Frank McGlynn Sr.

Known for: Acting

Born: 1866-10-26 – 1951-05-18 (aged 84)

From: San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Filmography (78)

MOVIE★ 5.0
Hollywood Barn Dance
1947
as Hiram Tubb
MOVIE★ 6.5
Trail Street
1947
as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Rogues' Gallery
1944
as Blake
MOVIE★ 5.4
Delinquent Daughters
1944
as Judge Craig
MOVIE★ 5.5
March On, America!
1942
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3
In Old California
1942
as Undetermined Minor Role
MOVIE★ 6.8
Syncopation
1942
MOVIE★ 9.0
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941
as Hoffman
MOVIE★ 6.5
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
MOVIE★ 7.2
Sergeant York
1941
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Panky Pankington
MOVIE★ 7.0
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Boom Town
1940
as Deacon
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hi-Yo Silver
1940
as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Mad Empress
1939
as President Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Honeymoon's Over
1939
as Thin Man
MOVIE★ 5.1
Second Fiddle
1939
as Lincolnesque Actor
MOVIE★ 7.0
Love Affair
1939
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lincoln in the White House
1939
as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 6.0
Strange Glory
1938
as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 7.3
Joaquin Murrieta
1938
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Pete - Gambler
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Lone Ranger
1938
as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 5.5
Wells Fargo
1937
as Lincoln
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sudden Bill Dorn
1937
as Cap Jinks
MOVIE★ 9.0
Western Gold
1937
as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 6.6
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sing and Be Happy
1937
as Sheriff
MOVIE★ 4.6
Parnell
1937
as Pat Hogan
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Great Barrier
1937
as Sir John Macdonald
MOVIE★ 6.0
Career Woman
1936
as Sheriff Duncan
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Plainsman
1936
as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 8.0
North of Nome
1936
as U. S. Marshal
MOVIE★ 7.0
King of the Royal Mounted
1936
as Henry Dundas
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Last of the Mohicans
1936
as Gamut
MOVIE★ 10.0
For the Service
1936
as Jim, a Scout
MOVIE★ 7.2
These Three
1936
as Judge (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Littlest Rebel
1935
as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 7.2
Captain Blood
1935
as Reverend Ogle
MOVIE★ 8.0
Outlawed Guns
1935
as Jingle
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Roaring West
1935
as Jinglebob Morgan
MOVIE★ 6.0
It's A Small World
1935
as Snake Brown Jr.
MOVIE★ 6.0
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935
as Joseph
MOVIE★ 4.9
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934
as Colonel Worthington
MOVIE★ 6.0
Are We Civilized?
1934
as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
MOVIE★ 6.5
Little Miss Marker
1934
as Doc Chesley
MOVIE★ 5.5
Search for Beauty
1934
as Rev. Rankin
MOVIE★ 5.5
Massacre
1934
as Missionary
MOVIE★ 8.0
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933
as Amos Winterslip
MOVIE★ 6.8
Unknown Valley
1933
as Head Elder
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hello, Everybody!
1933
as Jonathan Reed
MOVIE★ 6.7
Frisco Jenny
1933
as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Wet Parade
1932
as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Huckleberry Finn
1931
as Second teacher (uncredited)
MOVIE
The Silent Partner
1931
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Secret Six
1931
as Judge
MOVIE★ 6.2
Min and Bill
1930
as Mr. Southard
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Jazz Cinderella
1930
as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Good News
1930
as Professor Kenyon
MOVIE★ 9.0
Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 5.6
The ABC of Love
1919
as The Innkeeper
MOVIE
The Caillaux Case
1918
as Emperor William of Germany
MOVIE★ 10.0
Why America Will Win
1918
as John F. Pershing
MOVIE
The Accidental Honeymoon
1918
as Farmer Perkins
MOVIE
Rough and Ready
1918
as The Siwash
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
as The Plumber
MOVIE
The Argyle Case
1917
as John Argyle
MOVIE★ 6.0
Gloria's Romance
1916
as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
MOVIE
Vanity Fair
1915
as Captain William Dobbin
MOVIE★ 7.5
Across the Great Divide
1915
as The Bandit
MOVIE
Through Turbulent Waters
1915
as Bill Ford
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
1915
as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 10.0
Alexia's Strategy
1913
as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
MOVIE★ 7.5
By Fire and Water
1913
MOVIE
Who Will Marry Mary?
1913
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Bells
1913
as Leo Noakes
MOVIE
Two Men
1912