Frank McGlynn Sr.
Date of birth: 1866-10-26
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known 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.
Movie Credits
The Last of the Mohicans
1936-07-02
The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns—
The Secret Six
1931-04-18
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, mastermind
Gloria's Romance
1916-05-22
An adventurous young girl in Florida gets herself lost in the Everglades and finds terror and excite
The Jazz Cinderella
1930-09-01
Intending that her son, Herbert, marry debutante Mildred Vane, Mrs. Consuelo Carter is most dismayed
Little Miss Marker
1934-06-01
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of
The Girl of the Golden West
1938-03-18
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937-08-20
Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading
The Littlest Rebel
1935-12-27
Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife a
King of the Royal Mounted
1936-09-11
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant King protects a girl who has come to claim a mine left by her
Captain Blood
1935-12-26
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Are We Civilized?
1934-06-05
1934 drama of man's inhumanity to man, starring William Farnum and Anita Louise, directed by Edwin C
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940-10-11
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleague
Sudden Bill Dorn
1937-12-01
Bundy has found gold on the Kent ranch but directs everyone to Ghost Town as he tries to take over t
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936-02-28
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of Presid
Three Girls About Town
1941-10-23
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next doo
Through Turbulent Waters
1915-06-25
The west is the stamping ground for Paul Temple and his thespian associates. He is talking with his
Rough and Ready
1918-03-24
In New York, Bill Stratton saves a friend's marriage, but Bill's fiancée, Evelyn, misinterprets the
Why America Will Win
1918-09-08
This is not a romance but the biography of the man who now leads our vast forces in France. It shows
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
1915-02-26
This short 1915 Edison film stars Frank McGlynn as the famous president from his marriage to assassi
Strange Glory
1938-07-01
During the American Civil War, General Ulysses Grant carries out the 'Tennessee Plan,' which involve
Western Gold
1937-08-27
President Lincoln personally sends Bill Gibson west to see if he can stop the holdups of the needed
Career Woman
1936-12-18
A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds he
The Lone Ranger
1938-02-13
In 1865, Captain Mark Smith of the Confederate Army leads a band of deserters to conquer Texas and r
Hello, Everybody!
1933-02-17
The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sis
Rogues' Gallery
1944-12-06
Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of
Good News
1930-08-22
A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.
Search for Beauty
1934-02-02
Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine whi
Massacre
1934-01-20
Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reserva
The Caillaux Case
1918-09-15
Based on an international scandal that hit prewar France, when the editor of the Paris daily LE FIGA
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917-03-05
Gwen's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so she i
Folies Bergère
1935-02-22
An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.
The Plainsman
1936-11-16
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
Unknown Valley
1933-05-05
Looking for his missing father, Joe Gordon heads into the desert where Elders from a secret village
Vanity Fair
1915-10-05
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the positio
Outlawed Guns
1935-07-29
Outlawed Guns stars Buck Jones as Reece Rivers, the nice-guy older brother of headstrong Babe Rivers
Wells Fargo
1937-12-31
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, wil
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941-11-28
Young man from Kansas goes to New York to work for his tycoon-hero. His superiors won't listen to hi
Two Men
1912-01-01
A smuggler is conflicted between saving his wounded captor or letting him die.
Min and Bill
1930-11-29
Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy,
It's A Small World
1935-04-12
Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at night, o
Love Affair
1939-04-07
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to
Second Fiddle
1939-06-30
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Mi
Lincoln in the White House
1939-02-11
This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Get
Across the Great Divide
1915-09-03
Short western melodrama. A cash-strapped operator is working far from his beloved. A criminal and hi
Huckleberry Finn
1931-08-07
A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while H
The Argyle Case
1917-02-06
When multi-millionaire banker John Argyle is found brutally murdered in his home, suspicions are cas
For the Service
1936-06-01
Cowboy star Buck Jones made his directorial debut with the Universal western For the Service. Jones
Hollywood Barn Dance
1947-06-21
Based on and built around the west coast radio program, "The Hollywood Barn Dance", although no memb
Sing and Be Happy
1937-06-25
Rival advertising firms compete for a radio show's pickle manufacturing account.
Syncopation
1942-05-22
A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.
Boom Town
1940-08-30
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both lov
By Fire and Water
1913-08-08
A dramatic one-act film. The wife of the captain of a canal boat chooses the nicer boat and nicer un
Sergeant York
1941-09-27
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941-03-14
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where sh
Hi-Yo Silver
1940-04-10
Edited version of the 1938 Republic serial "The Lone Ranger."
In Old California
1942-05-31
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt D
North of Nome
1936-11-14
John Raglan is a seal hunter being hounded by hijackers, so he strands himself on an isolated island
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933-09-14
When a good-for-nothing man named Dan is stabbed to death and his arm broken, Charlie Chan is on the
These Three
1936-03-18
Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local do
March On, America!
1942-06-20
The story of America from the Pilgrims in 1620 to the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Americ
The ABC of Love
1919-12-14
Romance between the playwright Harry Bryant and the homeless and illiterate Kate.
The Wet Parade
1932-03-26
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich
The Mad Empress
1939-12-16
The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I
Joaquin Murrieta
1938-06-11
This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, i
The Roaring West
1935-07-08
A 15-episode serial involving the land rush, gold mines, stolen maps, etc.
Delinquent Daughters
1944-07-15
A town is shocked when a high school girl commits suicide. A reporter and a cop team up to investiga
Alexia's Strategy
1913-12-06
Walter Young and John Osgood are both in love with Alexia Trexell, daughter of the president of the
The Great Barrier
1937-01-02
The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934-11-14
Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a
Who Will Marry Mary?
1913-07-26
Six part adventure serial starring Mary Fuller as the sought after heroine. Episodes: 1) A Proposal
The Bells
1913-01-31
At the express wish of her father, Lucy Martin marries Leo Noakes, a stingy man and one twice her ag
Parnell
1937-06-04
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his re
Frisco Jenny
1933-01-14
Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After gi
The Silent Partner
1931-08-02
Abraham Lincoln
1924-02-01
The highlight of the picture will be the delivery of the Gettysburg Address and the singing of a num
Trail Street
1947-02-19
Bat Masterson cleans up Liberal, Kansas.