
Francis McDonald
Born: 1891-08-21
Place of birth: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
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

The Carnation Kid
1929

The Legion of the Condemned
1928

Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927

Outlaws of Red River
1927

The Yankee Señor
1926

Bobbed Hair
1925

Satan in Sables
1925

Trilby
1923

The Woman Conquers
1922

Prudence on Broadway
1919

Two Gun Marshal
1953

Powder River Rustlers
1949

Son of a Badman
1949

Son of God’s Country
1948

Night Train to Memphis
1946

River Gang
1945

Corpus Christi Bandits
1945

Bordertown Trail
1944