Frank McGlynn Sr.
Acting
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
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movieHollywood Barn Dance
1947
Hiram Tubb
movieTrail Street
1947
Tim McKeon (uncredited)
movieDelinquent Daughters
1944
Judge Craig
movieMarch On, America!
1942
Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieIn Old California
1942
Undetermined Minor Role
movieThree Girls About Town
1941
Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
movieSergeant York
1941
Mountaineer (uncredited)
movieA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
Panky Pankington
movieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940
Judge Holman (uncredited)
movieBoom Town
1940
Deacon
movieHi-Yo Silver
1940
Abraham Lincoln
movieThe Mad Empress
1939
President Abraham Lincoln
movieThe Honeymoon's Over
1939
Thin Man
movieSecond Fiddle
1939
Lincolnesque Actor
movieLove Affair
1939
Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
movieLincoln in the White House
1939
Abraham Lincoln
movieStrange Glory
1938
Abraham Lincoln
movieJoaquin Murrieta
1938
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
movieThe Girl of the Golden West
1938
Pete - Gambler
movieThe Lone Ranger
1938
Abraham Lincoln
movieWells Fargo
1937
Lincoln
movieSudden Bill Dorn
1937
Cap Jinks
movieWestern Gold
1937
Abraham Lincoln
movieBroadway Melody of 1938
1937
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
movieSing and Be Happy
1937
Sheriff
movieParnell
1937
Pat Hogan
movieThe Great Barrier
1937
Sir John Macdonald
movieCareer Woman
1936
Sheriff Duncan
movieThe Plainsman
1936
Abraham Lincoln
movieNorth of Nome
1936
U. S. Marshal
movieKing of the Royal Mounted
1936
Henry Dundas
movieFor the Service
1936
Jim, a Scout
movieThese Three
1936
Judge (uncredited)
movieThe Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
Abraham Lincoln
movieThe Littlest Rebel
1935
Abraham Lincoln
movieCaptain Blood
1935
Reverend Ogle
movieOutlawed Guns
1935
Jingle
movieThe Roaring West
1935
Jinglebob Morgan
movieIt's A Small World
1935
Snake Brown Jr.
movieLost in the Stratosphere
1934
Colonel Worthington
movieAre We Civilized?
1934
Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
movieLittle Miss Marker
1934
Doc Chesley
movieSearch for Beauty
1934
Rev. Rankin
movieMassacre
1934
Missionary
movieCharlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933
Amos Winterslip
movieUnknown Valley
1933
Head Elder
movieHello, Everybody!
1933
Jonathan Reed
movieFrisco Jenny
1933
Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
movieThe Wet Parade
1932
Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
movieHuckleberry Finn
1931
Second teacher (uncredited)
movieMin and Bill
1930
Mr. Southard
movieThe Jazz Cinderella
1930
Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
movieGood News
1930
Professor Kenyon
Abraham Lincoln
1924
Abraham Lincoln
movieThe ABC of Love
1919
The Innkeeper
movieThe Caillaux Case
1918
Emperor William of Germany
movieWhy America Will Win
1918
John F. Pershing
movieThe Accidental Honeymoon
1918
Farmer Perkins
movieRough and Ready
1918
The Siwash
movieThe Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
The Plumber
movieThe Argyle Case
1917
John Argyle
movieGloria's Romance
1916
Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
movieVanity Fair
1915
Captain William Dobbin
movieThrough Turbulent Waters
1915
Bill Ford
movieAlexia's Strategy
1913
Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
The Bells
1913
Leo Noakes
Directing1
movieThe Truth About Helen
1915
Director