The Ten Commandments1956
As Simon
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Francis McDonald
Born
Francis McDonald (August 22, 1891 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor whose career spanned 52 years. McDonald's started acting professionally in stock theater with the Forepaugh Stock Company in Cincinnati. Following eight months with it, he worked one season with a stock company in Seattle, after which he performed for three seasons with a troupe in San Diego and Honolulu. He concluded his tenure in stock theater as juvenile leading man with the American Stock Company in Spokane, Washington. By 1913 McDonald began to perform in the rapidly expanding film industry, initially working for Marion Leonard's Monopole Company in Hollywood. He was cast in over 280 films between 1913 and 1965, including The Temptress in 1926 with Greta Garbo. After he was designated "Hollywood's Prettiest Man," McDonald sought a tougher image by shaving his mustache and seeking roles of villains. McDonald was one of Cecil B. DeMille's favorite character actors.[citation needed] DeMille gave him credited supporting roles in six of his films: The Plainsman (1936), The Buccaneer (1938), Union Pacific (1939), North West Mounted Police (1940), Samson and Delilah (1949), and The Ten Commandments (1956).
Filmography (223)
Notorious1946
As Man (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Samson and Delilah1949
As Story Teller
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Great Race1965
As Russian (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Bad Day at Black Rock1955
As Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Duel in the Sun1946
As Gambler (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916
As Extra (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Rancho Notorious1952
As Harbin
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Robin and the 7 Hoods1964
As Old Man at Robbo's Club (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Sea Wolf1941
As Svenson
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Three Musketeers1948
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Son of Ali Baba1952
As Palace Official (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Blood and Sand1941
As Manolo's Friend (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Ten Wanted Men1955
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Plainsman1936
As A River Gambler
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Sea Hawk1940
As Kroner
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Paleface1948
As Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
North West Mounted Police1940
As Louis Riel
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Prisoner of Shark Island1936
As John Wilkes Booth
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Red Mountain1951
As Marshal Roberts
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Morocco1930
As Sergeant Tatoche
TMDb 6.4 / 10
One Night in the Tropics1940
As Escobar's Aide (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Green Hell1940
As Gracco
TMDb 4.6 / 10
If I Were King1938
As Casin Cholet
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Union Pacific1939
As Gen. Dodge
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Guns of Fort Petticoat1957
As Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Walk the Proud Land1956
As The Shaman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Stranger Wore a Gun1953
As Frank
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Battling Butler1926
As Alfred 'Battling' Butler
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Woman in Hiding1950
As North Carolina Cannoneer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Strange Cargo1940
As Moussenq - Convict (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Idiot's Delight1939
As Flight Captain
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Beau Geste1939
As Arab Scout (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Fort Massacre1958
As Piute Man
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Sadie McKee1934
As Joe, Alderson’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Valley of the Sun1942
As Governor's Interpreter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Perils of Pauline1947
As Western Saloon Set Heavy
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Panhandle1948
As Crump
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Zorro's Black Whip1944
As Dan Hammond
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Canyon Passage1946
As Cobb (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Big Brown Eyes1936
As Malley (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Magnificent Doll1946
As Jenks (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Soldier and the Lady1937
As Chieftain (Uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Belle of the Yukon1944
As Miner Investing on River-Freeze Date (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Catman of Paris1946
As Devereaux
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Fort Osage1952
As Osage Chief
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Tony America1918
As Tony America
The Naked Dawn1955
As Railroad guard
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Legion of the Condemned1928
As Gonzolo Vasquez
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Woman from Monte Carlo1932
As Karkuff
TMDb 6.3 / 10
West Point of the Air1935
As Civilian Pilot
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Last Stagecoach West1957
As Old Man Colter
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Light That Failed1939
As George
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Till We Meet Again1944
As Cart Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date1940
As Santos the Portuguese
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Last Train from Madrid1937
As Mora (uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Wild Bill Hickok Rides1942
As Kidnapper
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Bandits of Corsica1953
As Grisha
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Gay Bride1934
As Detroit gangster (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Buccaneer1938
As Camden Blount
TMDb 6.4 / 10
So This Is Marriage?1924
As Smith
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Carson City Kid1940
As Laramie
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Real Folks1918
As Jimmie Dugan
Gene Autry and the Mounties1951
As Batiste
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Big Fisherman1959
As Scribe Spokesman
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Duel at Apache Wells1957
As Joe Dunn
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Go Straight!1925
As The Dove
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Answer1918
As Guido Garcia
Captain Caution1940
As French Seaman in Pub
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Raiders1952
As Mr. John Cummings
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Kansan1943
As Gil Hatton
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Captain Fly-by-Night1922
As Second Stranger
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Devil's in Love1933
As Officer Reading Verdict
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Brothers in the Saddle1949
As Hoyt Parker
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Operator 131934
As Denton (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Daughter of the Jungle1949
As Montu
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Straightaway1933
As Rogan
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Devil Is Driving1932
As Ticker (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Night Flight1933
As Radioman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Saddle Pals1947
As Sheriff
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Rose of the Yukon1949
As Alaskan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Buster1923
As Swing
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Robin Hood of El Dorado1936
As Pedro
TMDb 5.2 / 10
My Lady of Whims1925
As Rolf
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Mystery of the Riverboat1944
As Batiste
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Bad Men of the Border1945
As Captain Jose Garcia
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Pawnee1957
As Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
St. Elmo1914
As Murray Hammond
A Girl in Every Port1928
As Circus Manager
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Bar-C Mystery1926
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Night Train to Memphis1946
As Doctor
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Desert's Toll1926
As Frank Darwin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Woman-Wise1937
As Charley (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Monte Cristo1922
As Benedetto
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Temptress1926
As Timoteo
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Dead Don't Dream1948
As Bart Lansing
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Nevadan1950
As Hotel Guest (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Abandoned1949
As Winey - Pool Player (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Diamond Jim1935
As Gambler
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Men of the Timberland1941
As Jean Collet
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Lawyer's Secret1931
As The Weasel
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Mississippi1935
As Gambler (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Wreck1927
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Mummy's Boys1936
As Rasheed Bey
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Trilby1923
As Geko
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Kentucky Colonel1920
As Philip Burwood
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Girl in Danger1934
As Tony - Russo Henchman (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Strange Confession1945
As Hernandez
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Girl from Alaska1942
As Pelly
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Mr. Dolan of New York1917
As 'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)
Rim of the Canyon1949
As Charlie Lewis
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Pretty Smooth1919
As Jimmy Hartigan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Texas Buddies1932
As Blake
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mary of the Movies1923
As James Seiler
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Son of God’s Country1948
As Tom Ford
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Final Close-Up1919
As Jimmie Norton
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Kid from Kansas1941
As Cesar
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Devil's Playground1946
As Roberts
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Tangier1946
As Sanchez
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Devil's Pipeline1940
As Gaddi Sang
TMDb 7.0 / 10
In Spite of Danger1935
As Race Driver
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Perils of the Secret Service1917
As (Episode #3)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Son of a Badman1949
As Joe Christ
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Buckskin Frontier1943
As Duval
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Devil at His Elbow1916
As Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)
Bar 201943
As Quirt Rankin
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Roll on Texas Moon1946
As Steve Anders
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles1933
As Henchman (as Frances McDonald)
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Range War1939
As Morgan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Gray Ghost1917
As Williams
Outlaws of Red River1927
As Ben Tanner
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Successful Failure1934
As Radical Speaker
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Bad Lands1939
As Manuel Lopez
TMDb 5.3 / 10
His Debt1919
As Blair Whitcomb
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Bobbed Hair1925
As Pooch
TMDb 10.0 / 10
70,000 Witnesses1932
As Dominic Silvera (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Burn 'Em Up Barnes1934
As Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6], Ray Ridpath - Henchman
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Criminal Lawyer1937
As Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Wyoming1940
As Dawson - Henchman
TMDb 6.7 / 10
California Passage1950
As County Recorder Joe Kane
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dangerous Venture1947
As Kane
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Thunder Over Arizona1956
As Pliny Warren
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Palace of Pleasure1926
As Captain Fernandez
TMDb 7.0 / 10
South of the Rio Grande1945
As Torres
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Voice in the Night1934
As Henchman Jackson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dangerous Paradise1930
As Ricardo
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Carmen1913
As Don Jose
TMDb 8.0 / 10
River Gang1945
As Indignant Man
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Trumpet Blows1934
As Vega
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Voice on the Wire1917
As 'Red' Warren
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Burning Up1930
As 'Bullet' McGhan
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Dig That Uranium1955
As The Indian Chief
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Honor of the Mounted1932
As Jean La Train
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Safety in Numbers1930
As Phil Kemptom
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Drag Net1928
As Sniper Dawson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Line-Up1934
As Trigger - Henchman
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Cheyenne Wildcat1944
As Jim Douglas
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Viking1928
As Viking Friend of Leif (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Puppets
Puppets1926
As Bruno
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Forgotten Faces1928
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Invisible Informer1946
As Jules Ravelle
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Trailing the Killer1932
As Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Corpus Christi Bandits1945
As Dad Christie
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Mystery Man1944
As Bert Rogan
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Call of the North
The Call of the North1921
As Achille Picard
TMDb 9.0 / 10
White Fang1936
As Suds
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Brothers1930
As Tony
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Faust and Marguerite Test Footage1923
The Hand at the Window
The Hand at the Window1918
As Tony Brachieri
The Ghost Flower1918
Devil's Playground1937
As Romano
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Life in Hollywood No. 41927
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Gates of Doom1917
As Jang Sattib
Nomads of the North1920
As Buck McDougall
TMDb 5.7 / 10
My Pal Trigger1946
As Storekeeper
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Valley of Hell1928
As Creighton Steele
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Broadway Bad1933
As Charley Davis
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Gang Buster1931
As Pete Caltek
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Apache Chief1949
As Mohaska
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Bordertown Trail1944
As Matthews
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Powder River Rustlers1949
As Shears Williams
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Strange Gamble1948
As Henchman Longhorn
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Black Orchids1917
As George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin
TMDb 1.0 / 10
The She-Devil
The She-Devil1916
As Albert Alwain
The Yankee Señor1926
As Juan Gutiérrez
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Light Within1918
As Dr. Green
The Bold Frontiersman1948
As Adam Post
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Runaway Bride1930
As Barney Black
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Lumberjack1944
As Clyde Fenwick
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Courageous Coward1919
As Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Texas Masquerade1944
As Sam Nolan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
In Line of Duty1931
As Jacques Dupres
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Love Doctor1917
As Hildreth
Gun Law1938
As Henchman Nevada
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Marriage Bargain
The Marriage Bargain1935
As Ben Ainsley
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Wild West Days1937
As Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret 7
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Satan in Sables1925
As Emile
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Golden Snare1921
As Pierre Thoreau
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Kickin' the Crown Around
Kickin' the Crown Around1933
As Disputin
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Trooper O'Neill1922
As Pierre
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Prudence on Broadway1919
As Grayson Mills
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Terror Trail1933
As Tad McPherson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Parole Racket1937
As Nat Beldon
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Going Up1923
As Jules Gaillard
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Notorious Lady1927
As Manuela Silvera
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Arizona Express1924
As Victor Johnson
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Toton1919
As Pierre
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Two Gun Marshal1953
As Blake Cody
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Red Morning1934
As Sakki
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Hidden Valley1932
As Frank Gavin
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Express Messenger
The Express Messenger1915
As Dave Snowden
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Great Stagecoach Robbery1945
As Con Hollister
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Carnation Kid1929
As The Carnation Kid
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Hunted Woman
The Hunted Woman1925
As Joe De Bar
TMDb 8.0 / 10
East of Broadway1924
As Professor Mario
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Love's Prisoner1919
As Party Guest (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Woman Conquers1922
As Lawatha, Indian Guide
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Girl Overboard1929
As Francisco
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Gun Woman1918
As The Gent
Puppets of Fate
Puppets of Fate1921
As Gabriel Palombra
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Confession1920
As Tom Bartlett
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Northern Code1925
As Raoul La Fane
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Look Your Best1923
As Alberto Cabotto
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb