Person Details

Birthday: 1866-10-26 12:30:05

Death: 1951-05-18 12:30:05

Aliases: Frank McGlynn , Franklyn McGlynn

Gender: Male

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 49

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Sergeant York
Average
7

Sergeant York

(1941) Mountaineer (uncredited)
Captain Blood
Average
7

Captain Blood

(1935) Reverend Ogle
The Last of the Mohicans
Average
7
The Plainsman
Average
6

The Plainsman

(1936) Abraham Lincoln
Boom Town
Average
7

Boom Town

(1940) Deacon
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Average
7

The Prisoner of Shark Island

(1936) Abraham Lincoln
These Three
Average
7

These Three

(1936) Judge (uncredited)
In Old California
Average
5

In Old California

(1942) Undetermined Minor Role

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1947 Hiram Tubb
1944 Blake
Judge Craig
1942 Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
Undetermined Minor Role
1941 Hoffman
Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
Mountaineer (uncredited)
Panky Pankington
1940 Judge Holman (uncredited)
Deacon
Abraham Lincoln
1939 President Abraham Lincoln
Lincolnesque Actor
Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln
1938 Abraham Lincoln
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Pete - Gambler
Abraham Lincoln
1937 Lincoln
Cap Jinks
Abraham Lincoln
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
Sheriff
Sir John Macdonald
1936 Sheriff Duncan
Abraham Lincoln
U. S. Marshal
Henry Dundas
Gamut
Jim, a Scout
Judge (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln
1935 President Abraham Lincoln
Reverend Ogle
Jingle
Jinglebob Morgan
Snake Brown Jr.
Joseph
1934 Colonel Worthington
Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
Doc Chesley
Rev. Rankin
Missionary
1933 Amos Winterslip
Head Elder
Jonathan Reed
1932 Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
1931 Second teacher (uncredited)
Judge
1930 Mr. Southard
Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
Professor Kenyon
1919 The Innkeeper
1918 Emperor William of Germany
John F. Pershing
The Siwash
1917 The Plumber
1916 Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
1915 Captain William Dobbin
The Bandit
Bill Ford
Abraham Lincoln
1913 Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1915 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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