Acting · San Francisco, California, USA · Born October 26, 1866
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.
MovieHollywood Barn Dance
1947
as Hiram Tubb
MovieTrail Street
1947
as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
MovieRogues' Gallery
1944
as Blake
MovieDelinquent Daughters
1944
as Judge Craig
MovieMarch On, America!
1942
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieIn Old California
1942
as Undetermined Minor Role
MovieSyncopation
1942
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941
as Hoffman
MovieThree Girls About Town
1941
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
MovieSergeant York
1941
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
MovieA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Panky Pankington
MovieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
MovieBoom Town
1940
as Deacon
MovieHi-Yo Silver
1940
as Abraham Lincoln
MovieThe Mad Empress
1939
as President Abraham Lincoln
MovieThe Honeymoon's Over
1939
as Thin Man
MovieSecond Fiddle
1939
as Lincolnesque Actor
MovieLove Affair
1939
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
MovieLincoln in the White House
1939
as Abraham Lincoln
MovieStrange Glory
1938
as Abraham Lincoln
MovieJoaquin Murrieta
1938
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
MovieThe Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Pete - Gambler
MovieThe Lone Ranger
1938
as Abraham Lincoln
MovieWells Fargo
1937
as Lincoln
MovieSudden Bill Dorn
1937
as Cap Jinks
MovieWestern Gold
1937
as Abraham Lincoln
MovieBroadway Melody of 1938
1937
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
MovieSing and Be Happy
1937
as Sheriff
MovieParnell
1937
as Pat Hogan
MovieThe Great Barrier
1937
as Sir John Macdonald
MovieCareer Woman
1936
as Sheriff Duncan
MovieThe Plainsman
1936
as Abraham Lincoln
MovieNorth of Nome
1936
as U. S. Marshal
MovieKing of the Royal Mounted
1936
as Henry Dundas
MovieThe Last of the Mohicans
1936
as Gamut
MovieFor the Service
1936
as Jim, a Scout
MovieThese Three
1936
as Judge (uncredited)
MovieThe Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as Abraham Lincoln
MovieThe Littlest Rebel
1935
as Abraham Lincoln
MovieCaptain Blood
1935
as Reverend Ogle
MovieOutlawed Guns
1935
as Jingle
MovieThe Roaring West
1935
as Jinglebob Morgan
MovieIt's A Small World
1935
as Snake Brown Jr.
MovieFolies Bergère de Paris
1935
as Joseph
MovieLost in the Stratosphere
1934
as Colonel Worthington
MovieAre We Civilized?
1934
as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
MovieLittle Miss Marker
1934
as Doc Chesley
MovieSearch for Beauty
1934
as Rev. Rankin
MovieMassacre
1934
as Missionary
MovieCharlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933
as Amos Winterslip
MovieUnknown Valley
1933
as Head Elder
MovieHello, Everybody!
1933
as Jonathan Reed
MovieFrisco Jenny
1933
as Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
MovieThe Wet Parade
1932
as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
MovieHuckleberry Finn
1931
as Second teacher (uncredited)
The Silent Partner
1931
MovieThe Secret Six
1931
as Judge
MovieMin and Bill
1930
as Mr. Southard
MovieThe Jazz Cinderella
1930
as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
MovieGood News
1930
as Professor Kenyon
Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Abraham Lincoln
MovieThe ABC of Love
1919
as The Innkeeper
MovieThe Caillaux Case
1918
as Emperor William of Germany
MovieWhy America Will Win
1918
as John F. Pershing
MovieThe Accidental Honeymoon
1918
as Farmer Perkins
MovieRough and Ready
1918
as The Siwash
MovieThe Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
as The Plumber
MovieThe Argyle Case
1917
as John Argyle
MovieGloria's Romance
1916
as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
MovieVanity Fair
1915
as Captain William Dobbin
Across the Great Divide
1915
as The Bandit
MovieThrough Turbulent Waters
1915
as Bill Ford
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
1915
as Abraham Lincoln
MovieAlexia's Strategy
1913
as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
By Fire and Water
1913
Who Will Marry Mary?
1913
The Bells
1913
as Leo Noakes
Two Men
1912
