Frank McGlynn Sr.

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 (78 Appearances)

Hollywood Barn Dance

1947

Trail Street

1947

Rogues' Gallery

1944

Delinquent Daughters

1944

March On, America!

1942

In Old California

1942

Syncopation

1942

Marry the Boss's Daughter

1941

Three Girls About Town

1941

Sergeant York

1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

1941

Third Finger, Left Hand

1940

Boom Town

1940

Hi-Yo Silver

1940

The Mad Empress

1939

The Honeymoon's Over

1939

Second Fiddle

1939

Love Affair

1939

Lincoln in the White House

1939

Strange Glory

1938

Joaquin Murrieta

1938

The Girl of the Golden West

1938

The Lone Ranger

1938

Wells Fargo

1937

Sudden Bill Dorn

1937

Western Gold

1937

Broadway Melody of 1938

1937

Sing and Be Happy

1937

Parnell

1937

The Great Barrier

1937

Career Woman

1936

The Plainsman

1936

North of Nome

1936

King of the Royal Mounted

1936

The Last of the Mohicans

1936

For the Service

1936

These Three

1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

The Littlest Rebel

1935

Captain Blood

1935

Outlawed Guns

1935

The Roaring West

1935

It's A Small World

1935

Folies Bergère de Paris

1935

Lost in the Stratosphere

1934

Are We Civilized?

1934

Little Miss Marker

1934

Search for Beauty

1934

Massacre

1934

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

1933

Unknown Valley

1933

Hello, Everybody!

1933

Frisco Jenny

1933

The Wet Parade

1932

Huckleberry Finn

1931

The Silent Partner

1931

The Secret Six

1931

Min and Bill

1930

The Jazz Cinderella

1930

Good News

1930

Abraham Lincoln

1924

The ABC of Love

1919

The Caillaux Case

1918

Why America Will Win

1918

The Accidental Honeymoon

1918

Rough and Ready

1918

The Poor Little Rich Girl

1917

The Argyle Case

1917

Gloria's Romance

1916

Vanity Fair

1915

Across the Great Divide

1915

Through Turbulent Waters

1915

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

1915

Alexia's Strategy

1913

By Fire and Water

1913

Who Will Marry Mary?

1913

The Bells

1913

Two Men

1912 Debut
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