Frank McGlynn Sr.

Frank McGlynn Sr.

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.

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Movies starring Frank McGlynn Sr. (75)

Hollywood Barn Dance (1947)

Hiram Tubb

Trail Street (1947)

Tim Mckeon (Uncredited)

Rogues' Gallery (1944)

Blake

Delinquent Daughters (1944)

Judge Craig

March On, America! (1942)

Abraham Lincoln (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

In Old California (1942)

Undetermined Minor Role

Syncopation (1942)
Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941)

Hoffman

Three Girls About Town (1941)

Josephus Wiegal, Senior Mortician

Sergeant York (1941)

Mountaineer (Uncredited)

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)

Panky Pankington

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)

Judge Holman (Uncredited)

Boom Town (1940)

Deacon

Hi-Yo Silver (1940)

Abraham Lincoln

The Mad Empress (1939)

President Abraham Lincoln

The Honeymoon's Over (1939)

Thin Man

Second Fiddle (1939)

Lincolnesque Actor

Love Affair (1939)

Orphanage Superintendent (Uncredited)

Lincoln in the White House (1939)

Abraham Lincoln

Strange Glory (1938)

Abraham Lincoln

Joaquin Murrieta (1938)

Justice Of The Peace (Uncredited)

The Girl of the Golden West (1938)

Pete - Gambler

The Lone Ranger (1938)

Abraham Lincoln

Wells Fargo (1937)

Lincoln

Sudden Bill Dorn (1937)

Cap Jinks

Western Gold (1937)

Abraham Lincoln

Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)

Boarding House Resident (Uncredited)

Sing and Be Happy (1937)

Sheriff

Parnell (1937)

Pat Hogan

The Great Barrier (1937)

Sir John Macdonald

Career Woman (1936)

Sheriff Duncan

The Plainsman (1936)

Abraham Lincoln

North of Nome (1936)

U. S. Marshal

King of the Royal Mounted (1936)

Henry Dundas

The Last of the Mohicans (1936)

Gamut

For the Service (1936)

Jim, A Scout

These Three (1936)

Judge (Uncredited)

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Abraham Lincoln

The Littlest Rebel (1935)

President Abraham Lincoln

Captain Blood (1935)

Reverend Ogle

Outlawed Guns (1935)

Jingle

The Roaring West (1935)

Jinglebob Morgan

It's A Small World (1935)

Snake Brown Jr.

Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)

Joseph

Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)

Colonel Worthington

Are We Civilized? (1934)

Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner

Little Miss Marker (1934)

Doc Chesley

Search for Beauty (1934)

Rev. Rankin

Massacre (1934)

Missionary

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)

Amos Winterslip

Unknown Valley (1933)

Head Elder

Hello, Everybody! (1933)

Jonathan Reed

Frisco Jenny (1933)

Good Book Charlie (Uncredited)

The Wet Parade (1932)

Food Control Speaker (Uncredited)

Huckleberry Finn (1931)

Second Teacher (Uncredited)

The Secret Six (1931)

Judge

Min and Bill (1930)

Mr. Southard

The Jazz Cinderella (1930)

Henry Murray (As Frank Mcglynn)

Good News (1930)

Professor Kenyon

The ABC of Love (1919)

The Innkeeper

The Caillaux Case (1918)

Emperor William Of Germany

Why America Will Win (1918)

John F. Pershing

Rough and Ready (1918)

The Siwash

The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)

The Plumber

The Argyle Case (1917)

John Argyle

Gloria's Romance (1916)

Gideon Trask (As Frank Mcglynn)

Vanity Fair (1915)

Captain William Dobbin

Across the Great Divide (1915)

The Bandit

Through Turbulent Waters (1915)

Bill Ford

The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1915)

Abraham Lincoln

Alexia's Strategy (1913)

Usakoff (As Frank Mcglynn)

By Fire and Water (1913)
Who Will Marry Mary? (1913)
The Bells (1913)

Leo Noakes

Two Men (1912)

Movies Made by Frank McGlynn Sr. (1)

The Truth About Helen (1915)

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