Personal Info
Birth date
1866-10-26 (158 Years)
Day of death
1951-05-18
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
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.
Filmography
Wells Fargo
5.214
Overview:
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.The Last of the Mohicans
6.3
Overview:
The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns—in part—a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of between 500 to 1,500 Anglo-American troops, who had honorably surrendered at Fort William Henry, plus some women and servants; the kidnapping of two sisters, daughters of the British commander; and their rescue by the last Mohicans.Sergeant York
7.2
Overview:
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.The Prisoner of Shark Island
6.88
Overview:
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.Captain Blood
7.215
Overview:
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.Love Affair
7
Overview:
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.The Secret Six
5.8
Overview:
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.Boom Town
6.9
Overview:
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.The Poor Little Rich Girl
5.681
Overview:
Gwen's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so she is lonely and unhappy. Her father is concerned only with making money, and her mother cares only about her social position. But one day a servant's irresponsibility creates a crisis that causes everyone to rethink what is important to them.In Old California
5.1
Overview:
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.Three Girls About Town
5.3
Overview:
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.Frisco Jenny
6.3
Overview:
Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the custody of a wealthy married couple. Years later, thanks to the protection of a corrupt politician, she becomes the main "madame" of San Francisco, in addition to participating in various illegal activities.The Plainsman
6.3
Overview:
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.These Three
7.1
Overview:
Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local doctor Joe. The school takes off and many students enroll, one of whom is a trouble-maker who tells a scandalous lie that threatens to destroy the trio's lives.The Mad Empress
5.6
Overview:
The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico and his struggles against Benito Juarez.Broadway Melody of 1938
6.2
Overview:
Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse, she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with to ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show.Little Miss Marker
6.417
Overview:
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.The Littlest Rebel
6.2
Overview:
Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.The Lone Ranger
6
Overview:
In 1865, Captain Mark Smith of the Confederate Army leads a band of deserters to conquer Texas and rule it as a dictator. In one of his first actions, he captures and assumes the identity of Texas' new Finance Commissioner, Colonel Marcus Jeffries, after having the real man murdered. When a contingent of Texas Rangers enters the territory, Snead, one of Smith's men, leads them into an ambush by Smith's "troopers". The Rangers are apparently wiped out, although one injured survivor is left. The survivor, nursed back to health by Tonto, swears to avenge the massacre and defeat "Colonel Jeffries" and his men.Massacre
5.8
Overview:
Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reservation of his youth, only to discover that his people are dying of various diseases and are being systematically cheated of their possessions and basic rights by crooked Indian agents. He heads to Washington in hopes of righting these wrongs, only to experience prejudice and hatred all along the way.Parnell
4.6
Overview:
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.Third Finger, Left Hand
6.8
Overview:
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
4.7
Overview:
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup comes to town to see Dot, his gal. When Steven is with Cecilia, everything is boring. When he is with Dot and Coffee Cup, everything is exciting and he falls for Dot. But Coffee is getting out of the Navy in a few days and he plans to marry Dot.North of Nome
6
Overview:
John Raglan is a seal hunter being hounded by hijackers, so he strands himself on an isolated island in the Bering Sea that is owned by a corporation. During a fierce sea-storm, Raglan rescues the passengers of a floundering ship, which includes the owner of the island, his daughter and her fiancée. The owner threatens to charge Ragland with poaching on private property, and then a gang of seal-skin thieves make an entrance.Delinquent Daughters
4
Overview:
A town is shocked when a high school girl commits suicide. A reporter and a cop team up to investigate and find out exactly what is going on among the youth of the town.Second Fiddle
4.857
Overview:
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.Folies Bergère
5.571
Overview:
An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.Acting
1947Hollywood Barn Dance as Hiram Tubb
1944Rogues' Gallery as Blake
1944Delinquent Daughters as Judge Craig
1942March On, America! as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942In Old California as Undetermined Minor Role
1942Syncopation as Unknown
1941Marry the Boss's Daughter as Hoffman
1941Three Girls About Town as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
1941Sergeant York as Mountaineer (uncredited)
1941A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Panky Pankington
1940Third Finger, Left Hand as Judge Holman (uncredited)
1940Boom Town as Deacon
1940Hi-Yo Silver as Abraham Lincoln
1939The Mad Empress as President Abraham Lincoln
1939Second Fiddle as Lincolnesque Actor
1939Love Affair as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
1939Lincoln in the White House as Abraham Lincoln
1938Strange Glory as Abraham Lincoln
1938Joaquin Murrieta as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1938The Girl of the Golden West as Pete - Gambler
1938The Lone Ranger as Abraham Lincoln
1937Wells Fargo as Lincoln
1937Sudden Bill Dorn as Cap Jinks
1937Western Gold as Abraham Lincoln
1937Broadway Melody of 1938 as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
1937Sing and Be Happy as Sheriff
1937Parnell as Pat Hogan
1937The Great Barrier as Sir John Macdonald
1936Career Woman as Sheriff Duncan
1936The Plainsman as Abraham Lincoln
1936North of Nome as U. S. Marshal
1936King of the Royal Mounted as Henry Dundas
1936The Last of the Mohicans as Gamut
1936For the Service as Jim, a Scout
1936These Three as Judge (uncredited)
1936The Prisoner of Shark Island as Abraham Lincoln
1935The Littlest Rebel as President Abraham Lincoln
1935Captain Blood as Reverend Ogle
1935Outlawed Guns as Jingle
1935The Roaring West as Jinglebob Morgan
1935It's A Small World as Snake Brown Jr.
1935Folies Bergère as Joseph
1934Lost in the Stratosphere as Colonel Worthington
1934Are We Civilized? as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
1934Little Miss Marker as Doc Chesley
1934Search for Beauty as Rev. Rankin
1934Massacre as Missionary
1933Charlie Chan's Greatest Case as Amos Winterslip
1933Unknown Valley as Head Elder
1933Hello, Everybody! as Jonathan Reed
1933Frisco Jenny as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
1932The Wet Parade as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
1931Huckleberry Finn as Second teacher (uncredited)
1931The Silent Partner as Unknown
1931The Secret Six as Judge
1930Min and Bill as Mr. Southard
1930The Jazz Cinderella as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
1930Good News as Professor Kenyon
1924Abraham Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
1919The ABC of Love as The Innkeeper
1918The Caillaux Case as Emperor William of Germany
1918Why America Will Win as John F. Pershing
1918Rough and Ready as The Siwash
1917The Poor Little Rich Girl as The Plumber
1917The Argyle Case as John Argyle
1916Gloria's Romance as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
1915Vanity Fair as Captain William Dobbin
1915Across the Great Divide as The Bandit
1915Through Turbulent Waters as Bill Ford
1915The Life of Abraham Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
1913Alexia's Strategy as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
1913By Fire and Water as Unknown
1913Who Will Marry Mary? as Unknown
1913The Bells as Leo Noakes
1912Two Men as Unknown
Directing
1915The Truth About Helen ... Director