Frank McGlynn Sr.

Personal Info

Birthday

October 26, 1866

Day of Death

1951-05-18

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Frank McGlynn

Franklyn McGlynn

Frank McGlynn Sr.

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

Love Affair

Sergeant York

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Captain Blood

The Last of the Mohicans

Wells Fargo

Boom Town

Frisco Jenny

Filmography

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