Hamilton MacFadden
Biography
Hamilton MacFadden (April 26, 1901 – January 1, 1977) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. MacFadden's parents were Rev. Robert A. MacFadden and Edith Hamilton MacFadden. His father died in 1909, leaving his mother to support herself and four children. In 1928, she became the first woman to file papers to run for governor of Massachusetts. MacFadden was a 1925 graduate of Harvard University. Soon after graduating, he became producer of the American Theatre Company, which presented plays for 10 weeks in the Boston area. The project was backed by Michael Strange, a writer who made her professional stage debut in the productions. He also served as director of the Community Arts Association in Santa Barbara, California, and the Theatre Guild School of Acting in New York. Plays that MacFadden produced on Broadway included Gods of the Lightning and La Gringa. After starting out on Broadway in the 1920s, he moved into filmmaking in Hollywood. During the early 1930s he was a contract director at Fox. McFadden made a number of films for them including several early entries in the Charlie Chan series such as Charlie Chan Carries On (1931). He was released from his Fox contract following the 1934 merger with Twentieth Century Pictures. Thereafter he mixed occasional directing jobs with a number of small supporting appearances in films. Later in his career, MacFadden was associate chief of the United States Department of State's international motion picture division.
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Movies (42)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
as Hamilton MacFadden (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
Inside the Law
Director (Directing)
1942
Young America
as Jim Benson
1942
The Power of God
Director (Directing)
1942
Charlie Chan in Rio
as Bill Kellogg
1941
Dressed to Kill
as Reporter
1941
The Reluctant Dragon
as Hamilton MacFadden
1941
Sleepers West
1941
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Reporter
1940
The Lady in Question
as Guard (uncredited)
1940
Shooting High
as J. Wallace Rutledge
1940
Chicken Wagon Family
as Auctioneer
1939
Charlie Chan in Reno
as Night Clerk
1939
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Townsend - Director
1939
While New York Sleeps
as Pete - Reporter
1938
Sharpshooters
as Bowman
1938
Tarnished Angel
as Reverend Summers
1938
Escape by Night
Director (Directing)
1937
Sea Racketeers
Director (Directing)
1937
The Legion of Missing Men
Director (Directing)
1937
It Can't Last Forever
Director (Directing)
1937
Three Legionnaires
Director (Directing)
1937
Fighting Youth
Director (Directing)
1935
Charlie Chan in Paris
Director (Directing)
1935
Elinor Norton
Director (Directing)
1934
She Was a Lady
Director (Directing)
1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
Director (Directing)
1934
Hold That Girl
Director (Directing)
1934
As Husbands Go
Director (Directing)
1934
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Director (Directing)
1933
The Man Who Dared
Director (Directing)
1933
Trick for Trick
Director (Directing)
1933
The Fourth Horseman
Director (Directing)
1932
Cheaters at Play
Director (Directing)
1932
Riders of the Purple Sage
Director (Directing)
1931
Their Mad Moment
Director (Directing)
1931
The Black Camel
as Val Martino (uncredited)
1931
Charlie Chan Carries On
Director (Directing)
1931
Are You There?
Director (Directing)
1930
Oh, for a Man!
Director (Directing)
1930
Crazy That Way
Director (Directing)
1930
Harmony at Home
Director (Directing)
1930