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Frank McDonald

Director, Actor, Additional Credits
Born November 9, 1899Died March 8, 1980 (80 years)
A former railroad worker, Frank McDonald came to Hollywood after a career on the stage as an actor/producer/director. At first hired as a dialogue director, McDonald turned out some scripts and in the mid-'30s began directing. Working for almost every studio in Hollywood at one time or another, he did a lot of work for Republic, grinding out Gene Autry and Roy Rogers westerns, and at the Pine/Thomas "B" unit at Paramount, churning out westerns, action dramas and war pictures. Not entirely comfortable as a director -Evelyn Keyes once said, "I've never seen anyone as terrified of directing as Frank McDonald" - he nevertheless turned out more than 100 pictures in his career.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive
  • One Body Too Many
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
  • Death Valley Days
  • My Pal Trigger
  • Submarine Alert
  • Annie Oakley
  • The Gene Autry Show
  • Four Star Playhouse
  • Lights of Old Santa Fe
  • Bells of Rosarita
  • Gambler's Choice
  • Song of Arizona
  • Gaucho Serenade
  • Treasure of Ruby Hills
  • Under Nevada Skies
  • Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
  • Alaska Highway

Known For

  • Get Smart
  • One Body Too Many
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
  • Gunfight at Comanche Creek
  • My Pal Trigger
  • Flipper
  • McHale's Navy
  • Submarine Alert
  • The Purple Gang
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive
  • No Hands on the Clock
  • Scared Stiff
  • Lights of Old Santa Fe
  • Bells of Rosarita
  • The Underwater City
  • Tales of Wells Fargo

Filmography

2017
1994
1969
The Survivors (TV Series)
1965
1965
Get Smart (TV Series)
1964
Broadside (TV Series)
1964
Flipper (TV Series)
1963
1962
McHale's Navy (TV Series)
1962
1960
National Velvet (TV Series)
1960
The Tall Man (TV Series)
1960
1959
Pony Express (TV Series)
1959
1958
1957
The Gray Ghost (TV Series)
1957
Meet McGraw (TV Series)
1957
1956
1956
Broken Arrow (TV Series)
1955
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1955
Buffalo Bill Jr. (TV Series)
1955
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The Whistler (TV Series)
1954
Passport to Danger (TV Series)
1954
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The Range Rider (TV Series)
1951
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Racket Squad (TV Series)
1950
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Man Against Crime (TV Series)
1949
Family Theatre (TV Series)
1949
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