J. Farrell MacDonald
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a 41-year career from 1911 to 1951, and directed forty-four silent films from 1912 to 1917. MacDonald was the principal director of L. Frank Baum's Oz Film Manufacturing Company, and he can frequently be seen in the films of Frank Capra, Preston Sturges and, especially, John Ford. Early in his career, MacDonald was a singer in minstrel shows, and he toured the United States extensively for two years with stage productions. He made his first silent film in 1911, a dramatic short entitled The Scarlett Letter made by Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), the forerunner of Universal Pictures,. He continued to act in numerous films each year from that time on, and by 1912 he was directing them as well. The first film he directed was The Worth of a Man, another dramatic short, again for IMP, and he was to direct 43 more films until his last in 1917, Over the Fence, which he co-directed with Harold Lloyd. MacDonald had crossed paths with Lloyd several years earlier, when Lloyd was an extra and MacDonald had given him much-needed work – and he did the same with Hal Roach, both of whom appearing in small roles in The Patchwork Girl of Oz, which MacDonald directed in 1914. When Roach set up his own studio, with Lloyd as his principal attraction, he hired MacDonald to direct. By 1918, MacDonald, who was to become one of the most beloved character men in Hollywood, had given up directing and was acting full-time, predominantly in Westerns and Irish comedies. He first worked under director John Ford in 1919's A Fight for Love. In all, Ford would use MacDonald on twenty-five films between 1919 and 1950. With a voice that matched his personality, MacDonald made the transition to sound films easily, with no noticeable drop in his acting output – if anything, it went up. In 1931, for instance, MacDonald appeared in 14 films – among them the first version of The Maltese Falcon, in which he played "Detective Tom Polhaus" – and in 22 of them in 1932. Although he played laborers, policemen, military men and priests, among many other characters, his roles were usually a cut above a "bit part". His characters usually had names, and he was most often credited for his performances. A highlight of this period was his performance as the hobo "Mr. Tramp" in Our Little Girl with Shirley Temple (1935). In the 1940s, MacDonald was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in seven films written and directed by Sturges. MacDonald appeared in Sullivan's Travels, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The Great Moment, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, Unfaithfully Yours and The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, Sturges' last American film. Earlier, MacDonald had also appeared in The Power and the Glory, which Sturges wrote. His work on Sturges' films was generally uncredited. He was notable in 1946 in John Ford's My Darling Clementine in which he played "Mac," the bartender in the town saloon. MacDonald also had uncredited roles in It's a Wonderful Life and Here Comes The Groom.
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Discarded Lovers
as SommersIn this murder mystery, sexy blonde film star Irma Gladden is found dead in her car after...
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A Sporting Chance
as Luther Ripley aka KennedyJohn Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead...
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Mickey the Kid
as Sheriff J.J. WilloughbyA bank robber and his boy make a run for it during winter in a bus full of children.
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Touchdown!
as Pop StewartFootball coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs.
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Week-End Marriage
as Mr. DavisIn this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.
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The Fighting Heart
as JerryThis film is the story of a small-town boy and girl. The hero, Denny Bolton, thrashes the town...
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Murder on the Campus
as Police Capt. Ed KyneA popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the...
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None But the Brave
as John CraigCollege hero Charles Stanton fails miserably as an insurance agent; so he becomes a lifeguard,...
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Racing Hearts
as Silas MartinAutomobile maker John Kent is an old-fashioned sort who refuses to advertise his car line. His...
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The Last Alarm
as Jim HadleyA recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed...
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Mysterious Crossing
as Police Chief BullockWhile crossing on the train ferry to New Orleans, roving reporter Addison Francis Murphy borrows...
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Thunder in the Valley
as McPherson - InnkeeperThe popular Alfred Ollivant novel "Bob, Son of Battle" is the source for this drama about sheep...
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Texas Masquerade
as John MartindaleA young Eastern lawyer, seriously injured in a stage holdup, secures the help of Hoppy,...
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The Daltons' Women
as AlvinThe Dalton gang has moved west taking new identities and Marshals Lash and Fuzzy are after them....
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The Racing Strain
as Mr. MartinA race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society...
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Action
as Mormon PetersThree Outlaws came across a stranded baby and must decide to save the child or escape from the law.
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The Dalton Gang
as Judge PriceDeputy Marshall Larry West goes undercover to find out who has been terrorizing the territory,...
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Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as SloanBertha Sloan loses her job as a sewing-machine girl and subsequently is employed as telephone...
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Beggar's Holiday
as Pop MalloyA young woman falls in love with the man of her dreams, not knowing that he's an embezzler who's...
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Too Young to Marry
as Rev. StumpIn this comedy drama set in a small town, a milque-toast gets a backbone and stands up to his...
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Desperate Youth
as uncreditedWill the orphan girl win her hero in spite of scheming relatives who seek to keep her in the...
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Bullet Proof
as Jim BoonePierre Winton promises to avenge his father's killing at the hands of McGuirk, the bandit. While...
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Come on Over
as Michael MorahanShane O'Mealia leaves Ireland, promising to send for his sweetheart, Moyna. In the mean time the...
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Courage of the West
as Buck SaundersRangers go after bandits holding up Wells Fargo offices.
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The First Year
as Mr. BarstowOne of the films that Borzage shot under contract for Fox before he began his run of box-office...
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Our Little Girl
as HoboDon Middleton is so caught up with his work he neglects his wife Elsa. Lonely Elsa begins to...
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as uncreditedThe owner of a gambling hall is entrusted with the care of a pretty young girl. He falls in love...
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The Brass Bowl
as HickeyAfter arriving unexpectedly at his country home, Dan Maitland discovers a young woman attempting...
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The Phantom Express
as D.J. 'Smokey' NolanRailroad foes cause terror on the tracks with the illusion of a ghost train.
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The Truth About Youth
as Colonel GrahamA young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.
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Riley the Cop
as James 'Aloysius' RileyIn this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down...
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The Girl of the Golden West
as Sonora SlimA hard-bitten saloon girl falls for a dashing outlaw, and tries to keep the local sheriff from...
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This Sporting Age
as Jerry O'DayPolo, a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals by driving a...
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A Timely Repentance
as Louis NordellA lost film. John Crawford, an honest mechanic, and Wilbur Robinson, a young man of leisure,...
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The Dream
as Secondary Role (uncredited)A loutish husband neglects his patient, loving wife to enjoy a night on the town. When he comes...
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Goodbye, Weeds
as GardenerA sales pitch for an herbicide/fertilizer for the lawn made by Sherwin Williams.
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While Paris Sleeps
as uncreditedLon Chaney plays a Parisian sculptor who falls in love with his model (Mildred Manning). She,...
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Over the Border
as Peter GalbraithJen Galbraith is in love with Sgt. Tom Flaherty of the Royal Mounted. She is the daughter of...
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The Lucky Horseshoe
as MackBased on a story by Robert Lord, the film is about a ranch foreman who assumes responsibility...
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The Great Barrier
as Major RogersThe building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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Keeper of the Bees
as PostmasterMichael Worthington, an elderly owner of an apiary, befriends an embittered artist, Jamie...
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Riders of Vengeance
as BuellHarry's bride is murdered at their wedding along with Harry's mother and father, and the...
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Men Are Such Fools
as Prison Warden RandolphAn immigrant and his wife arrive in America hoping to make it big in the world of music. Shortly...
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The Ghost Breaker
as Sam MarcumA young man and his manservant, escaping from a backwoods family feud, are persuaded by a...
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The Gentleman from Arizona
as Wild Bill CoburnThe "gentleman" is played by John King, but the star of the show is J. Farrell McDonald, cast as...
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'Tween Two Loves
as Farmer HowardA story of an only daughter of a farmer; her mother is dead and she is her father's consolation....
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Those Who Dare
as uncreditedCaptain Manning, a seasoned salt, is ordered to remove his battered ship, the Swallow, from the...
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The Painted Angel
as Pa HudlerThe Painted Angel is a 1929 black and white American film. The storyline is based on a story by...
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The Freeze-Out
as Bobtail McGuireInto the town of Broken Buckle rides a stranger who threatens to open a new gambling...
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A Fight For Love
as The PriestThe Northwest Mounties are after Cheyenne Harry for the murder of an Indian boy, and the only...
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