Acting
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Acting · Born 1866-10-26 · 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.
Credits · 69
FilmHollywood Barn Dance
1947 · Hiram Tubb
FilmTrail Street
1947 · Tim McKeon (uncredited)
FilmRogues' Gallery
1944 · Blake
FilmDelinquent Daughters
1944 · Judge Craig
FilmMarch On, America!
1942 · Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
FilmIn Old California
1942 · Undetermined Minor Role
FilmSyncopation
1942
Marry the Boss's Daughter
FilmMarry the Boss's Daughter
1941 · Hoffman
FilmThree Girls About Town
1941 · Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
FilmSergeant York
1941 · Mountaineer (uncredited)
FilmA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Panky Pankington
FilmThird Finger, Left Hand
1940 · Judge Holman (uncredited)
FilmBoom Town
1940 · Deacon
FilmHi-Yo Silver
1940 · Abraham Lincoln
FilmThe Mad Empress
1939 · President Abraham Lincoln
FilmThe Honeymoon's Over
1939 · Thin Man
FilmSecond Fiddle
1939 · Lincolnesque Actor
FilmLove Affair
1939 · Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
FilmLincoln in the White House
1939 · Abraham Lincoln
FilmStrange Glory
1938 · Abraham Lincoln
FilmJoaquin Murrieta
1938 · Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
FilmThe Girl of the Golden West
1938 · Pete - Gambler
FilmThe Lone Ranger
1938 · Abraham Lincoln
FilmWells Fargo
1937 · Lincoln
FilmSudden Bill Dorn
1937 · Cap Jinks
FilmWestern Gold
1937 · Abraham Lincoln
FilmBroadway Melody of 1938
1937 · Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
FilmSing and Be Happy
1937 · Sheriff
FilmParnell
1937 · Pat Hogan
FilmThe Great Barrier
1937 · Sir John Macdonald
FilmCareer Woman
1936 · Sheriff Duncan
FilmThe Plainsman
1936 · Abraham Lincoln
FilmNorth of Nome
1936 · U. S. Marshal
FilmKing of the Royal Mounted
1936 · Henry Dundas
FilmThe Last of the Mohicans
1936 · Gamut
FilmFor the Service
1936 · Jim, a Scout
FilmThese Three
1936 · Judge (uncredited)
FilmThe Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · Abraham Lincoln
FilmThe Littlest Rebel
1935 · Abraham Lincoln
FilmCaptain Blood
1935 · Reverend Ogle
FilmOutlawed Guns
1935 · Jingle
FilmThe Roaring West
1935 · Jinglebob Morgan
FilmIt's A Small World
1935 · Snake Brown Jr.
FilmFolies Bergère de Paris
1935 · Joseph
FilmLost in the Stratosphere
1934 · Colonel Worthington
FilmAre We Civilized?
1934 · Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
FilmLittle Miss Marker
1934 · Doc Chesley
FilmSearch for Beauty
1934 · Rev. Rankin
FilmMassacre
1934 · Missionary
FilmCharlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933 · Amos Winterslip
FilmUnknown Valley
1933 · Head Elder
FilmHello, Everybody!
1933 · Jonathan Reed
FilmFrisco Jenny
1933 · Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
FilmThe Wet Parade
1932 · Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
FilmHuckleberry Finn
1931 · Second teacher (uncredited)
FilmThe Secret Six
1931 · Judge
FilmMin and Bill
1930 · Mr. Southard
FilmThe Jazz Cinderella
1930 · Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
FilmGood News
1930 · Professor Kenyon
Abraham Lincoln
FilmAbraham Lincoln
1924 · Abraham Lincoln
FilmThe ABC of Love
1919 · The Innkeeper
FilmWhy America Will Win
1918 · John F. Pershing
FilmThe Poor Little Rich Girl
1917 · The Plumber
FilmGloria's Romance
1916 · Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
Across the Great Divide
FilmAcross the Great Divide
1915 · The Bandit
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
FilmThe Life of Abraham Lincoln
1915 · Abraham Lincoln
FilmAlexia's Strategy
1913 · Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
By Fire and Water
FilmBy Fire and Water
1913
The Bells
FilmThe Bells
1913 · Leo Noakes