Frank McGlynn Sr.
Birthday
1866/10/26
Day of death
1951/05/18 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also know as
Frank McGlynn, Franklyn McGlynn
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.
Acting
(1936) The Last of the Mohicans
as Gamut
(1931) The Secret Six
as Judge
(1916) Gloria's Romance
as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
(1930) The Jazz Cinderella
as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
(1934) Little Miss Marker
as Doc Chesley
(1938) The Girl of the Golden West
as Pete - Gambler
(1937) Broadway Melody of 1938
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
(1935) The Littlest Rebel
as President Abraham Lincoln
(1936) King of the Royal Mounted
as Henry Dundas
(1935) Captain Blood
as Reverend Ogle
(1934) Are We Civilized?
as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
(1940) Third Finger, Left Hand
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
(1937) Sudden Bill Dorn
as Cap Jinks
(1936) The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Abraham Lincoln
(1941) Three Girls About Town
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
(1915) Through Turbulent Waters
as Bill Ford
(1918) Rough and Ready
as The Siwash
(1918) Why America Will Win
as John F. Pershing
(1915) The Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
(1938) Strange Glory
as Abraham Lincoln
(1937) Western Gold
as Abraham Lincoln
(1936) Career Woman
as Sheriff Duncan
(1938) The Lone Ranger
as Abraham Lincoln
(1933) Hello, Everybody!
as Jonathan Reed
(1944) Rogues' Gallery
as Blake
(1930) Good News
as Professor Kenyon
(1934) Search for Beauty
as Rev. Rankin
(1934) Massacre
as Missionary
(1918) The Caillaux Case
as Emperor William of Germany
(1917) The Poor Little Rich Girl
as The Plumber
(1935) Folies Bergère
as Joseph
(1936) The Plainsman
as Abraham Lincoln
(1933) Unknown Valley
as Head Elder
(1915) Vanity Fair
as Captain William Dobbin
(1935) Outlawed Guns
as Jingle
(1937) Wells Fargo
as Lincoln
(1941) Marry the Boss's Daughter
as Hoffman
(1912) Two Men
as ---
(1930) Min and Bill
as Mr. Southard
(1935) It's A Small World
as Snake Brown Jr.
(1939) Love Affair
as Orphanage Superintendent
(1939) Second Fiddle
as Lincolnesque Actor
(1939) Lincoln in the White House
as Abraham Lincoln
(1915) Across the Great Divide
as The Bandit
(1931) Huckleberry Finn
as Second teacher (uncredited)
(1917) The Argyle Case
as John Argyle
(1936) For the Service
as Jim, a Scout
(1947) Hollywood Barn Dance
as Hiram Tubb
(1937) Sing and Be Happy
as Sheriff
(1942) Syncopation
as ---
(1940) Boom Town
as Deacon
(1913) By Fire and Water
as ---
(1941) Sergeant York
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
(1941) A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Panky Pankington
(1940) Hi-Yo Silver
as Abraham Lincoln
(1942) In Old California
as Undetermined Minor Role
(1936) North of Nome
as U. S. Marshal
(1933) Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Amos Winterslip
(1936) These Three
as Judge (uncredited)
(1942) March On, America!
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1919) The ABC of Love
as The Innkeeper
(1932) The Wet Parade
as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
(1939) The Mad Empress
as President Abraham Lincoln
(1938) Joaquin Murrieta
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
(1935) The Roaring West
as Jinglebob Morgan
(1944) Delinquent Daughters
as Judge Craig
(1913) Alexia's Strategy
as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
(1937) The Great Barrier
as Sir John Macdonald
(1934) Lost in the Stratosphere
as Colonel Worthington
(1913) Who Will Marry Mary?
as ---
(1913) The Bells
as Leo Noakes
(1937) Parnell
as Pat Hogan