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Frank McGlynn Sr.

Actor, Writer
Born October 26, 1866Died May 18, 1951 (84 years)
Gaunt-looking American character actor Frank McGlynn Sr. is best remembered for his many portrayals in 1930s and 1940s historical films of US President Abraham Lincoln. McGlynn began performing on stage in 1896. Prior to that, he had been a practicing lawyer, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Love Affair
  • The Prisoner of Shark Island
  • The Last of the Mohicans
  • Hearts in Bondage
  • Hollywood Barn Dance
Known For
  • The Poor Little Rich Girl
  • Min and Bill
  • The Littlest Rebel
  • Little Miss Marker
  • Delinquent Daughters
  • Hearts in Bondage
  • Lost in the Stratosphere
  • Are We Civilized?
  • The Roaring West
  • Western Gold
  • Hollywood Barn Dance

Filmography

1947
1947
Trail Street · as Tim Mckeon
1946
Slightly Scandalous · as Graves
1945
I Was a Criminal · as Prison Warden
1944
Rogues Gallery · as Blake
1944
Delinquent Daughters · as Judge Craig
1942
In Old California · as Undetermined Minor Role
1942
1941
Three Girls About Town · as Josephus Wiegal, Senior Mortician
1941
Sergeant York · as Mountaineer (uncredited)
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob · as Panky Pankington
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand · as Judge Holman (uncredited)
1940
Boom Town · as Deacon
1940
Hi-Yo Silver · as Abraham Lincoln
1939
The Mad Empress · as President Abraham Lincoln
1939
Second Fiddle · as Lincolnesque Actor
1939
Land of Liberty · as Abraham Lincoln (edited From 'hearts In Bondage')
1939
Love Affair · as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
1938
The Girl of the Golden West · as Pete - Gambler
1938
The Lone Ranger · as Abraham Lincoln
1938
1937
Wells Fargo · as Lincoln
1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone · as Minister At Wedding
1937
Saratoga · as Ed Kenyon
1937
Western Gold · as Abraham Lincoln
1937
Broadway Melody of 1938 · as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
1937
Parnell · as Pat Hogan
1937
Silent Barriers · as Sir John Macdonald
1936
Career Woman · as Sheriff Duncan
1936
The Plainsman · as Abraham Lincoln
1936
1936
Hearts in Bondage · as Abraham Lincoln
1936
These Three · as Judge (uncredited)
1936
1936
1935
Captain Blood · as Reverend Ogle
1935
The Littlest Rebel · as President Abraham Lincoln
1935
The Roaring West · as Jinglebob Morgan
1935
Goin' to Town · as Judge
1935
It's a Small World · as Snake Brown Jr.
1935
1934
The Mighty Barnum · as Barnum's Butler
1934
Lost in the Stratosphere · as Colonel Worthington
1934
Belle of the Nineties · as Justice Of The Peace
1934
Wild Gold · as Thompson The Storekeeper
1934
Are We Civilized? · as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
1934
Little Miss Marker · as Doc Chesley
1934
Search for Beauty · as Rev. Rankin
1934
Massacre · as Missionary
1933
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case · as Amos Winterslip
1933
Unknown Valley · as Head Elder
1933
Hello, Everybody! · as Jonathan Reed
1933
Employees' Entrance · as The Editor
1932
Frisco Jenny · as Good Book Charlie
1932
Lady and Gent · as Principal
1932
The Wet Parade · as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
1932
Polly of the Circus · as Head Of Parish Board
1931
Huckleberry Finn · as Second Teacher (uncredited)
1931
The Secret 6 · as Judge
1931
The Great Meadow · as Pioneer
1930
Min and Bill · as Mr. Southard
1930
Good News · as Professor Kenyon
1919
The A.B.C. of Love · as The Innkeeper
1917
The Poor Little Rich Girl · as The Plumber
1913
Alexia's Strategy · as Usakoff (as Frank Mcglynn)
1913
Elise, the Forester's Daughter · as Elise's Father
1913
A Face from the Past · as Edward Pendleton
1913
1913
1913
The Bells · as Leo Noakes

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