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.
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Movies (50)
Hollywood Barn Dance
as Hiram Tubb
1947
Trail Street
as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
1947
Rogues' Gallery
as Blake
1944
Delinquent Daughters
as Judge Craig
1944
March On, America!
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
In Old California
as Undetermined Minor Role
1942
Syncopation
1942
Marry the Boss's Daughter
as Hoffman
1941
Three Girls About Town
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
1941
Sergeant York
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Panky Pankington
1941
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
1940
Boom Town
as Deacon
1940
Hi-Yo Silver
as Abraham Lincoln
1940
The Mad Empress
as President Abraham Lincoln
1939
Second Fiddle
as Lincolnesque Actor
1939
Love Affair
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
1939
Lincoln in the White House
as Abraham Lincoln
1939
Strange Glory
as Abraham Lincoln
1938
Joaquin Murrieta
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1938
The Girl of the Golden West
as Pete - Gambler
1938
The Lone Ranger
as Abraham Lincoln
1938
Wells Fargo
as Lincoln
1937
Sudden Bill Dorn
as Cap Jinks
1937
Western Gold
as Abraham Lincoln
1937
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
1937
Sing and Be Happy
as Sheriff
1937
Parnell
as Pat Hogan
1937
The Great Barrier
as Sir John Macdonald
1937
Career Woman
as Sheriff Duncan
1936
The Plainsman
as Abraham Lincoln
1936
North of Nome
as U. S. Marshal
1936
King of the Royal Mounted
as Henry Dundas
1936
The Last of the Mohicans
as Gamut
1936
For the Service
as Jim, a Scout
1936
These Three
as Judge (uncredited)
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Abraham Lincoln
1936
The Littlest Rebel
as President Abraham Lincoln
1935
Captain Blood
as Reverend Ogle
1935
Outlawed Guns
as Jingle
1935
The Roaring West
as Jinglebob Morgan
1935
It's A Small World
as Snake Brown Jr.
1935
Folies Bergère
as Joseph
1935
Lost in the Stratosphere
as Colonel Worthington
1934
Are We Civilized?
as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
1934
Little Miss Marker
as Doc Chesley
1934
Search for Beauty
as Rev. Rankin
1934
Massacre
as Missionary
1934
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Amos Winterslip
1933
Unknown Valley
as Head Elder
1933