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.
Gamut
The Last of the Mohicans
Judge
The Secret Six
Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
Gloria's Romance
Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
The Jazz Cinderella
Doc Chesley
Little Miss Marker
Pete - Gambler
The Girl of the Golden West
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1938
President Abraham Lincoln
The Littlest Rebel
Henry Dundas
King of the Royal Mounted
Reverend Ogle
Captain Blood
Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
Are We Civilized?
Judge Holman (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
Cap Jinks
Sudden Bill Dorn
Abraham Lincoln
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
Three Girls About Town
Bill Ford
Through Turbulent Waters
The Siwash
Rough and Ready
John F. Pershing
Why America Will Win
Abraham Lincoln
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Strange Glory
Abraham Lincoln
Western Gold
Sheriff Duncan
Career Woman
Abraham Lincoln
The Lone Ranger
Jonathan Reed
Hello, Everybody!
Blake
Rogues' Gallery
Professor Kenyon
Good News
Rev. Rankin
Search for Beauty
Missionary
Massacre
Emperor William of Germany
The Caillaux Case
The Plumber
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Joseph
Folies Bergère
Abraham Lincoln
The Plainsman
Head Elder
Unknown Valley
Captain William Dobbin
Vanity Fair
Jingle
Outlawed Guns
Lincoln
Wells Fargo
Hoffman
Marry the Boss's Daughter
Two Men
Mr. Southard
Min and Bill
Snake Brown Jr.
It's A Small World
Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Love Affair
Lincolnesque Actor
Second Fiddle
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln in the White House
The Bandit
Across the Great Divide
Second teacher (uncredited)
Huckleberry Finn
John Argyle
The Argyle Case
Jim, a Scout
For the Service
Hiram Tubb
Hollywood Barn Dance
Sheriff
Sing and Be Happy
Syncopation
Deacon
Boom Town
By Fire and Water
Mountaineer (uncredited)
Sergeant York
Panky Pankington
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Abraham Lincoln
Hi-Yo Silver
Undetermined Minor Role
In Old California
U. S. Marshal
North of Nome
Amos Winterslip
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Judge (uncredited)
These Three
Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
March On, America!
The Innkeeper
The ABC of Love
Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
President Abraham Lincoln
The Mad Empress
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Joaquin Murrieta
Jinglebob Morgan
The Roaring West
Judge Craig
Delinquent Daughters
Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
Alexia's Strategy
Sir John Macdonald
The Great Barrier
Colonel Worthington
Lost in the Stratosphere
Who Will Marry Mary?
Leo Noakes
The Bells
Pat Hogan
Parnell
Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
Frisco Jenny
The Silent Partner
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
74
Gender
Male
Birthday
1866-10-26
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
Frank McGlynn