Frank McGlynn Sr.
Acting · Directing
Born October 26, 1866, San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Filmography
- 1947Hollywood Barn Dance — Hiram Tubb
- 1947Trail Street — Tim McKeon (uncredited)
- 1944Delinquent Daughters — Judge Craig
- 1944Rogues' Gallery — Blake
- 1942In Old California — Undetermined Minor Role
- 1942March On, America! — Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1942Syncopation
- 1941A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob — Panky Pankington
- 1941Marry the Boss's Daughter — Hoffman
- 1941Sergeant York — Mountaineer (uncredited)
- 1941Three Girls About Town — Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
- 1940Boom Town — Deacon
- 1940Hi-Yo Silver — Abraham Lincoln
- 1940Third Finger, Left Hand — Judge Holman (uncredited)
- 1939Lincoln in the White House — Abraham Lincoln
- 1939Love Affair — Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
- 1939Second Fiddle — Lincolnesque Actor
- 1939The Honeymoon's Over — Thin Man
- 1939The Mad Empress — President Abraham Lincoln
- 1938Joaquin Murrieta — Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- 1938Strange Glory — Abraham Lincoln
- 1938The Girl of the Golden West — Pete - Gambler
- 1938The Lone Ranger — Abraham Lincoln
- 1937Broadway Melody of 1938 — Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
- 1937Parnell — Pat Hogan
- 1937Sing and Be Happy — Sheriff
- 1937Sudden Bill Dorn — Cap Jinks
- 1937The Great Barrier — Sir John Macdonald
- 1937Wells Fargo — Lincoln
- 1937Western Gold — Abraham Lincoln
- 1936Career Woman — Sheriff Duncan
- 1936For the Service — Jim, a Scout
- 1936King of the Royal Mounted — Henry Dundas
- 1936North of Nome — U. S. Marshal
- 1936The Last of the Mohicans — Gamut
- 1936The Plainsman — Abraham Lincoln
- 1936The Prisoner of Shark Island — Abraham Lincoln
- 1936These Three — Judge (uncredited)
- 1935Captain Blood — Reverend Ogle
- 1935Folies Bergère de Paris — Joseph
- 1935It's A Small World — Snake Brown Jr.
- 1935Outlawed Guns — Jingle
- 1935The Littlest Rebel — Abraham Lincoln
- 1935The Roaring West — Jinglebob Morgan
- 1934Are We Civilized? — Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
- 1934Little Miss Marker — Doc Chesley
- 1934Lost in the Stratosphere — Colonel Worthington
- 1934Massacre — Missionary
- 1934Search for Beauty — Rev. Rankin
- 1933Charlie Chan's Greatest Case — Amos Winterslip
- 1933Frisco Jenny — Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
- 1933Hello, Everybody! — Jonathan Reed
- 1933Unknown Valley — Head Elder
- 1932The Wet Parade — Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
- 1931Huckleberry Finn — Second teacher (uncredited)
- 1931The Secret Six — Judge
- 1931The Silent Partner
- 1930Good News — Professor Kenyon
- 1930Min and Bill — Mr. Southard
- 1930The Jazz Cinderella — Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
- 1924Abraham Lincoln — Abraham Lincoln
- 1919The ABC of Love — The Innkeeper
- 1918Rough and Ready — The Siwash
- 1918The Accidental Honeymoon — Farmer Perkins
- 1918The Caillaux Case — Emperor William of Germany
- 1918Why America Will Win — John F. Pershing
- 1917The Argyle Case — John Argyle
- 1917The Poor Little Rich Girl — The Plumber
- 1916Gloria's Romance — Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
- 1915Across the Great Divide — The Bandit
- 1915The Life of Abraham Lincoln — Abraham Lincoln
- 1915The Truth About Helen — Director
- 1915Through Turbulent Waters — Bill Ford
- 1915Vanity Fair — Captain William Dobbin
- 1913Alexia's Strategy — Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
- 1913By Fire and Water
- 1913The Bells — Leo Noakes
- 1913Who Will Marry Mary?
- 1912Two Men