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.

Known For

Sergeant York

Captain Blood

Love Affair

In Old California

Boom Town

Parnell

The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Last of the Mohicans

All Movies (78)

• Hollywood Barn Dance1947 · as Hiram Tubb
• Trail Street1947 · as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
• Rogues' Gallery1944 · as Blake
• Delinquent Daughters1944 · as Judge Craig
• March On, America!1942 · as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
• In Old California1942 · as Undetermined Minor Role
• Syncopation1942
• Marry the Boss's Daughter1941 · as Hoffman
• Three Girls About Town1941 · as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
• Sergeant York1941 · as Mountaineer (uncredited)
• A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob1941 · as Panky Pankington
• Third Finger, Left Hand1940 · as Judge Holman (uncredited)
• Boom Town1940 · as Deacon
• Hi-Yo Silver1940 · as Abraham Lincoln
• The Mad Empress1939 · as President Abraham Lincoln
• The Honeymoon's Over1939 · as Thin Man
• Second Fiddle1939 · as Lincolnesque Actor
• Love Affair1939 · as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
• Lincoln in the White House1939 · as Abraham Lincoln
• Strange Glory1938 · as Abraham Lincoln
• Joaquin Murrieta1938 · as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
• The Girl of the Golden West1938 · as Pete - Gambler
• The Lone Ranger1938 · as Abraham Lincoln
• Wells Fargo1937 · as Lincoln
• Sudden Bill Dorn1937 · as Cap Jinks
• Western Gold1937 · as Abraham Lincoln
• Broadway Melody of 19381937 · as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
• Sing and Be Happy1937 · as Sheriff
• Parnell1937 · as Pat Hogan
• The Great Barrier1937 · as Sir John Macdonald
• Career Woman1936 · as Sheriff Duncan
• The Plainsman1936 · as Abraham Lincoln
• North of Nome1936 · as U. S. Marshal
• King of the Royal Mounted1936 · as Henry Dundas
• The Last of the Mohicans1936 · as Gamut
• For the Service1936 · as Jim, a Scout
• These Three1936 · as Judge (uncredited)
• The Prisoner of Shark Island1936 · as Abraham Lincoln
• The Littlest Rebel1935 · as President Abraham Lincoln
• Captain Blood1935 · as Reverend Ogle
• Outlawed Guns1935 · as Jingle
• The Roaring West1935 · as Jinglebob Morgan
• It's A Small World1935 · as Snake Brown Jr.
• Folies Bergère de Paris1935 · as Joseph
• Lost in the Stratosphere1934 · as Colonel Worthington
• Are We Civilized?1934 · as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
• Little Miss Marker1934 · as Doc Chesley
• Search for Beauty1934 · as Rev. Rankin
• Massacre1934 · as Missionary
• Charlie Chan's Greatest Case1933 · as Amos Winterslip
• Unknown Valley1933 · as Head Elder
• Hello, Everybody!1933 · as Jonathan Reed
• Frisco Jenny1933 · as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
• The Wet Parade1932 · as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
• Huckleberry Finn1931 · as Second teacher (uncredited)
• The Silent Partner1931
• The Secret Six1931 · as Judge
• Min and Bill1930 · as Mr. Southard
• The Jazz Cinderella1930 · as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
• Good News1930 · as Professor Kenyon
• Abraham Lincoln1924 · as Abraham Lincoln
• The ABC of Love1919 · as The Innkeeper
• The Caillaux Case1918 · as Emperor William of Germany
• Why America Will Win1918 · as John F. Pershing
• The Accidental Honeymoon1918 · as Farmer Perkins
• Rough and Ready1918 · as The Siwash
• The Poor Little Rich Girl1917 · as The Plumber
• The Argyle Case1917 · as John Argyle
• Gloria's Romance1916 · as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
• Vanity Fair1915 · as Captain William Dobbin
• Across the Great Divide1915 · as The Bandit
• Through Turbulent Waters1915 · as Bill Ford
• The Life of Abraham Lincoln1915 · as Abraham Lincoln
• Alexia's Strategy1913 · as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
• By Fire and Water1913
• Who Will Marry Mary?1913
• The Bells1913 · as Leo Noakes
• Two Men1912