Acting
Frank McGlynn Sr.
EN, FR cinema · 79 credits
Born
26 October 1866
Died
18 May 1951 (aged 84)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as Frank McGlynn · Franklyn McGlynn
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
Filmography
Hollywood Barn Dance
as Hiram Tubb
Trail Street
as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
Rogues' Gallery
as Blake
Delinquent Daughters
as Judge Craig
In Old California
as Undetermined Minor Role
March On, America!
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
Sergeant York
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Panky Pankington
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
Boom Town
as Deacon
Hi-Yo Silver
as Abraham Lincoln
Love Affair
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
as Lincolnesque Actor
Lincoln in the White House
as Abraham Lincoln
The Mad Empress
as President Abraham Lincoln
The Honeymoon's Over
as Thin Man
The Girl of the Golden West
as Pete - Gambler
Strange Glory
as Abraham Lincoln
The Lone Ranger
as Abraham Lincoln
Joaquin Murrieta
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
Sudden Bill Dorn
as Cap Jinks
Western Gold
as Abraham Lincoln
Wells Fargo
as Lincoln
Sing and Be Happy
as Sheriff
The Great Barrier
as Sir John Macdonald
Parnell
as Pat Hogan
King of the Royal Mounted
as Henry Dundas
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Abraham Lincoln
Career Woman
as Sheriff Duncan
The Plainsman
as Abraham Lincoln
For the Service
as Jim, a Scout
North of Nome
as U. S. Marshal
These Three
as Judge (uncredited)
The Littlest Rebel
as Abraham Lincoln
Captain Blood
as Reverend Ogle
Folies Bergère de Paris
as Joseph
Outlawed Guns
as Jingle
It's A Small World
as Snake Brown Jr.
The Roaring West
as Jinglebob Morgan
Little Miss Marker
as Doc Chesley
Are We Civilized?
as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
Search for Beauty
as Rev. Rankin
Massacre
as Missionary
Lost in the Stratosphere
as Colonel Worthington
Hello, Everybody!
as Jonathan Reed
Unknown Valley
as Head Elder
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Amos Winterslip
Frisco Jenny
as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
The Secret Six
as Judge
Huckleberry Finn
as Second teacher (uncredited)
The Jazz Cinderella
as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
Good News
as Professor Kenyon
Min and Bill
as Mr. Southard
Abraham Lincoln
1924
Abraham Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
The ABC of Love
as The Innkeeper
Rough and Ready
as The Siwash
Why America Will Win
as John F. Pershing
The Caillaux Case
as Emperor William of Germany
The Accidental Honeymoon
as Farmer Perkins
The Poor Little Rich Girl
as The Plumber
The Argyle Case
as John Argyle
Gloria's Romance
as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
Through Turbulent Waters
as Bill Ford
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
1915
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
Vanity Fair
as Captain William Dobbin
Alexia's Strategy
as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
The Bells
1913
The Bells
as Leo Noakes