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

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

74

Gender

Male

Birthday

1866-10-26

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Frank McGlynn