Frank McDonald

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1899-11-09

Deathday 1980-03-08 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Also Known As Frank MacDonald, Bill Raynor

Frank McDonald

Biography

A former railroad worker, Frank McDonald came to Hollywood after a career on the stage as an actor/producer/director. At first hired as a dialogue director, McDonald turned out some scripts and in the mid-'30s began directing. Working for almost every studio in Hollywood at one time or another, he did a lot of work for Republic, grinding out Gene Autry and Roy Rogers westerns, and at the Pine/Thomas "B" unit at Paramount, churning out westerns, action dramas and war pictures. Not entirely comfortable as a director -Evelyn Keyes once said, "I've never seen anyone as terrified of directing as Frank McDonald" - he nevertheless turned out more than 100 pictures in his career.

Known For

Director

1965
1965
Get Smart

as Director

1964
Flipper

as Director

1962
1962
McHale's Navy

as Director

1960
Raymie

as Director

1960
National Velvet

as Director

1959
The Purple Gang

as Director

1958
1956
Broken Arrow

as Director

1955
The Big Tip Off

as Director

1955
1955
1955
1955
1955
Phantom Trails

as Director

1954
Thunder Pass

as Director

1954
1954
1954
Outlaw's Son

as Director

1954
1954
The Whistler

as Director

1953
Six Gun Decision

as Director

1953
1953
1953
Two Gun Marshal

as Director

1953
Son of Belle Starr

as Director

1952
1952
Yukon Gold

as Director

1952
Sea Tiger

as Director

1952
1951
Yellow Fin

as Director

1951
Texans Never Cry

as Director

1951
1951
Yukon Manhunt

as Director

1951
1951
The Range Rider

as Director

1950
Sierra Passage

as Director

1950
1950
Snow Dog

as Director

1950
1949
The Big Sombrero

as Director

1949
Apache Chief

as Director

1949
Ringside

as Director

1948
13 Lead Soldiers

as Director

1948
Mr. Reckless

as Director

1948
French Leave

as Director

1948
Gun Smugglers

as Director

1947
Linda, Be Good

as Director

1947
1947
Hit Parade of 1947

as Director

1946
My Pal Trigger

as Director

1946
Under Nevada Skies

as Director

1946
Rainbow Over Texas

as Director

1946
Song of Arizona

as Director

1946
Sioux City Sue

as Director

1945
Scared Stiff

as Director

1945
Tell It to a Star

as Director

1945
The Chicago Kid

as Director

1945
1945
Bells of Rosarita

as Director

1945
Man from Oklahoma

as Director

1945
1944
One Body Too Many

as Director

1944
1944
Gambler's Choice

as Director

1944
Timber Queen

as Director

1944
1944
Take It Big

as Director

1943
Submarine Alert

as Director

1943
Hoosier Holiday

as Director

1943
Mountain Rhythm

as Director

1943
Alaska Highway

as Director

1943
1943
Swing Your Partner

as Director

1943
High Explosive

as Director

1942
Wildcat

as Director

1942
The Old Homestead

as Director

1942
The Traitor Within

as Director

1942
1942
Wrecking Crew

as Director

1941
1941
Arkansas Judge

as Director

1941
Country Fair

as Director

1941
Flying Blind

as Director

1941
Under Fiesta Stars

as Director

1941
Tuxedo Junction

as Director

1940
Rancho Grande

as Director

1940
Grand Ole Opry

as Director

1940
Carolina Moon

as Director

1940
1940
Village Barn Dance

as Director

1940
Barnyard Follies

as Director

1940
In Old Missouri

as Director

1940
Gaucho Serenade

as Director

1939
Jeepers Creepers

as Director

1939
First Offenders

as Director

1939
They Asked For It

as Director

1939
Death Goes North

as Director

1938
Over the Wall

as Director

1938
Blondes at Work

as Director

1938
Flirting with Fate

as Director

1938
Freshman Year

as Director

1938
Reckless Living

as Director

1937
Smart Blonde

as Director

1937
1937
Fly Away Baby

as Director

1937
1937
Midnight Court

as Director

1937
1936
Isle of Fury

as Director

1936
Boulder Dam

as Director

1936
1936
The Big Noise

as Director

1936
1936
1935
Broadway Hostess

as Director

Crew

1959
Okefenokee

as Cinematography

Writer

1940