Acting
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Born 1866-10-26
San Francisco, California, USA
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
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Captain Blood
1935
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Sergeant York
1941
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Love Affair
1939
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
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Boom Town
1940
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The Plainsman
1936
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These Three
1936
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The Last of the Mohicans
1936
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In Old California
1942
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The Littlest Rebel
1935
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (79 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hollywood Barn Dance | Hiram Tubb | Movie | 1947 |
 | Trail Street | Tim McKeon (uncredited) | Movie | 1947 |
 | Rogues' Gallery | Blake | Movie | 1944 |
 | Delinquent Daughters | Judge Craig | Movie | 1944 |
 | March On, America! | Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | In Old California | Undetermined Minor Role | Movie | 1942 |
 | Syncopation | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1942 |
| Marry the Boss's Daughter | Hoffman | Movie | 1941 | |
 | Three Girls About Town | Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician | Movie | 1941 |
 | Sergeant York | Mountaineer (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Panky Pankington | Movie | 1941 |
 | Third Finger, Left Hand | Judge Holman (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | Boom Town | Deacon | Movie | 1940 |
 | Hi-Yo Silver | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Mad Empress | President Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Honeymoon's Over | Thin Man | Movie | 1939 |
 | Second Fiddle | Lincolnesque Actor | Movie | 1939 |
 | Love Affair | Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Lincoln in the White House | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1939 |
 | Strange Glory | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1938 |
 | Joaquin Murrieta | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Girl of the Golden West | Pete - Gambler | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Lone Ranger | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1938 |
 | Wells Fargo | Lincoln | Movie | 1937 |
 | Sudden Bill Dorn | Cap Jinks | Movie | 1937 |
 | Western Gold | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1937 |
 | Broadway Melody of 1938 | Boarding House Resident (uncredited) | Movie | 1937 |
 | Sing and Be Happy | Sheriff | Movie | 1937 |
 | Parnell | Pat Hogan | Movie | 1937 |
 | The Great Barrier | Sir John Macdonald | Movie | 1937 |
 | Career Woman | Sheriff Duncan | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Plainsman | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1936 |
 | North of Nome | U. S. Marshal | Movie | 1936 |
 | King of the Royal Mounted | Henry Dundas | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Last of the Mohicans | Gamut | Movie | 1936 |
 | For the Service | Jim, a Scout | Movie | 1936 |
 | These Three | Judge (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Prisoner of Shark Island | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Littlest Rebel | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1935 |
 | Captain Blood | Reverend Ogle | Movie | 1935 |
 | Outlawed Guns | Jingle | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Roaring West | Jinglebob Morgan | Movie | 1935 |
 | It's A Small World | Snake Brown Jr. | Movie | 1935 |
 | Folies Bergère de Paris | Joseph | Movie | 1935 |
 | Lost in the Stratosphere | Colonel Worthington | Movie | 1934 |
 | Are We Civilized? | Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner | Movie | 1934 |
 | Little Miss Marker | Doc Chesley | Movie | 1934 |
 | Search for Beauty | Rev. Rankin | Movie | 1934 |
 | Massacre | Missionary | Movie | 1934 |
 | Charlie Chan's Greatest Case | Amos Winterslip | Movie | 1933 |
 | Unknown Valley | Head Elder | Movie | 1933 |
 | Hello, Everybody! | Jonathan Reed | Movie | 1933 |
 | Frisco Jenny | Good Book Charlie (uncredited) | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Wet Parade | Food Control Speaker (uncredited) | Movie | 1932 |
 | Huckleberry Finn | Second teacher (uncredited) | Movie | 1931 |
| The Silent Partner | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1931 | |
 | The Secret Six | Judge | Movie | 1931 |
 | Min and Bill | Mr. Southard | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Jazz Cinderella | Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn) | Movie | 1930 |
 | Good News | Professor Kenyon | Movie | 1930 |
| Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1924 | |
 | The ABC of Love | The Innkeeper | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Caillaux Case | Emperor William of Germany | Movie | 1918 |
 | Why America Will Win | John F. Pershing | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Accidental Honeymoon | Farmer Perkins | Movie | 1918 |
 | Rough and Ready | The Siwash | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Poor Little Rich Girl | The Plumber | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Argyle Case | John Argyle | Movie | 1917 |
 | Gloria's Romance | Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn) | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Truth About Helen | Director | Movie | 1915 |
 | Vanity Fair | Captain William Dobbin | Movie | 1915 |
| Across the Great Divide | The Bandit | Movie | 1915 | |
 | Through Turbulent Waters | Bill Ford | Movie | 1915 |
| The Life of Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1915 | |
 | Alexia's Strategy | Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn) | Movie | 1913 |
| By Fire and Water | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1913 | |
| Who Will Marry Mary? | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1913 | |
| The Bells | Leo Noakes | Movie | 1913 | |
| Two Men | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 |