Frank McGlynn Sr.

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1866-10-26

Deathday 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

Actor

1947
Hollywood Barn Dance

as Hiram Tubb

1944
1944
Delinquent Daughters

as Judge Craig

1942
March On, America!

as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)

1942
In Old California

as Undetermined Minor Role

1941
Three Girls About Town

as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician

1941
Sergeant York

as Mountaineer (uncredited)

1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Panky Pankington

1940
Third Finger, Left Hand

as Judge Holman (uncredited)

1940
Boom Town

as Deacon

1940
Hi-Yo Silver

as Abraham Lincoln

1939
The Mad Empress

as President Abraham Lincoln

1939
Second Fiddle

as Lincolnesque Actor

1939
Love Affair

as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)

1939
Lincoln in the White House

as Abraham Lincoln

1938
Strange Glory

as Abraham Lincoln

1938
Joaquin Murrieta

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

1938
The Girl of the Golden West

as Pete - Gambler

1938
The Lone Ranger

as Abraham Lincoln

1937
Wells Fargo

as Lincoln

1937
Sudden Bill Dorn

as Cap Jinks

1937
Western Gold

as Abraham Lincoln

1937
Broadway Melody of 1938

as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

1937
1937
The Great Barrier

as Sir John Macdonald

1936
Career Woman

as Sheriff Duncan

1936
The Plainsman

as Abraham Lincoln

1936
North of Nome

as U. S. Marshal

1936
1936
For the Service

as Jim, a Scout

1936
These Three

as Judge (uncredited)

1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island

as Abraham Lincoln

1935
The Littlest Rebel

as President Abraham Lincoln

1935
Captain Blood

as Reverend Ogle

1935
Outlawed Guns

as Jingle

1935
The Roaring West

as Jinglebob Morgan

1935
It's A Small World

as Snake Brown Jr.

1935
Folies Bergère

as Joseph

1934
Lost in the Stratosphere

as Colonel Worthington

1934
Are We Civilized?

as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner

1934
Little Miss Marker

as Doc Chesley

1934
Search for Beauty

as Rev. Rankin

1934
Massacre

as Missionary

1933
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

as Amos Winterslip

1933
Unknown Valley

as Head Elder

1933
Hello, Everybody!

as Jonathan Reed

1932
The Wet Parade

as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)

1931
Huckleberry Finn

as Second teacher (uncredited)

1931
1930
Min and Bill

as Mr. Southard

1930
The Jazz Cinderella

as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)

1930
Good News

as Professor Kenyon

1919
The ABC of Love

as The Innkeeper

1918
The Caillaux Case

as Emperor William of Germany

1918
Why America Will Win

as John F. Pershing

1918
Rough and Ready

as The Siwash

1917
1917
The Argyle Case

as John Argyle

1916
Gloria's Romance

as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)

1915
Vanity Fair

as Captain William Dobbin

1915
1915
1915
The Life of Abraham Lincoln

as Abraham Lincoln

1913
Alexia's Strategy

as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)

Director

1915