Acting credits
72
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Acting
Career Snapshot
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0.5
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Movies: 73Series: 0Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 134868
IMDb ID: nm0569466
Known for: Acting
Born: October 26, 1866
Died: May 18, 1951
Age: 84
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1913 - 1947
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 6.5
Wikidata: Q5488304
Also known as
Frank McGlynn • Franklyn McGlynn
Other jobs
Director (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Frank McGlynn Sr..
3.5
Hollywood Barn Dance
as Hiram Tubb
1947 Movie
6.4
Trail Street
as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
1947 Movie
4.9
Rogues' Gallery
as Blake
1944 Movie
4.0
Delinquent Daughters
as Judge Craig
1944 Movie
4.8
March On, America!
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942 Movie
5.1
In Old California
as Undetermined Minor Role
1942 Movie
6.2
Syncopation
1942 Movie
5.3
Three Girls About Town
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
1941 Movie
7.2
Sergeant York
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
1941 Movie
4.8
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Panky Pankington
1941 Movie
6.8
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
1940 Movie
6.9
Boom Town
as Deacon
1940 Movie
6.0
Hi-Yo Silver
as Abraham Lincoln
1940 Movie
5.6
The Mad Empress
as President Abraham Lincoln
1939 Movie
The Honeymoon's Over
as Thin Man
1939 Movie
4.9
Second Fiddle
as Lincolnesque Actor
1939 Movie
7.0
Love Affair
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
1939 Movie
6.0
Lincoln in the White House
as Abraham Lincoln
1939 Movie
4.0
Strange Glory
as Abraham Lincoln
1938 Movie
6.0
Joaquin Murrieta
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1938 Movie
4.6
The Girl of the Golden West
as Pete - Gambler
1938 Movie
6.0
The Lone Ranger
as Abraham Lincoln
1938 Movie
5.2
Wells Fargo
as Lincoln
1937 Movie
Sudden Bill Dorn
as Cap Jinks
1937 Movie