Acting

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Born 1866-10-26 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died 1951-05-18

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.

Credits

Newest first

Hollywood Barn Dance
as Hiram Tubb
1947
Trail Street
as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
1947
Rogues' Gallery
as Blake
1944
Delinquent Daughters
as Judge Craig
1944
March On, America!
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
In Old California
as Undetermined Minor Role
1942
Syncopation
1942
Marry the Boss's Daughter
as Hoffman
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
1941
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
1940
Boom Town
as Deacon
1940
Hi-Yo Silver
as Abraham Lincoln
1940
The Mad Empress
as President Abraham Lincoln
1939
The Honeymoon's Over
as Thin Man
1939
Second Fiddle
as Lincolnesque Actor
1939
Love Affair
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
1939
Lincoln in the White House
as Abraham Lincoln
1939
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
1938
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
Sing and Be Happy
as Sheriff
1937
Parnell
as Pat Hogan
1937
The Great Barrier
as Sir John Macdonald
1937
Career Woman
as Sheriff Duncan
1936
The Plainsman
as Abraham Lincoln
1936
North of Nome
as U. S. Marshal
1936
King of the Royal Mounted
as Henry Dundas
1936
The Last of the Mohicans
as Gamut
1936
For the Service
as Jim, a Scout
1936
These Three
as Judge (uncredited)
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Abraham Lincoln
1936
The Littlest Rebel
as 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 de Paris
as Joseph
1935
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
1934
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Amos Winterslip
1933
Unknown Valley
as Head Elder
1933
Hello, Everybody!
as Jonathan Reed
1933
Frisco Jenny
as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
1933
The Wet Parade
as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
1932
Huckleberry Finn
as Second teacher (uncredited)
1931
The Silent Partner
1931
The Secret Six
as Judge
1931
Min and Bill
as Mr. Southard
1930
The Jazz Cinderella
as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
1930
Good News
as Professor Kenyon
1930
Abraham Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
1924
The ABC of Love
as The Innkeeper
1919
The Caillaux Case
as Emperor William of Germany
1918
Why America Will Win
as John F. Pershing
1918
The Accidental Honeymoon
as Farmer Perkins
1918
Rough and Ready
as The Siwash
1918
The Poor Little Rich Girl
as The Plumber
1917
The Argyle Case
as John Argyle
1917
Gloria's Romance
as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
1916
The Truth About Helen
Director
1915
Vanity Fair
as Captain William Dobbin
1915
Across the Great Divide
as The Bandit
1915
Through Turbulent Waters
as Bill Ford
1915
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
1915
Alexia's Strategy
as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
1913
By Fire and Water
1913
Who Will Marry Mary?
1913
The Bells
as Leo Noakes
1913
Two Men
1912