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J. Farrell MacDonald

Name in Native Language: "Joseph Farrell MacDonald" (English/EN)
Actor / Film Director | * 06/06/1875 († 77, 08/02/1952) | Waterbury, Connecticut (United States of America (USA))
John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a four-decade career from 1911 to 1951, and directed forty-four silent films from 1912 to 1917. MacDonald was the principal director of L. Frank Baum's Oz Film Manufacturing Company, and he can frequently be seen in the films of Frank Capra, Preston Sturges and, especially, John Ford. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife. ...

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

NR

1927 | 3.9/5 | 1h 34min
Drama, Romance / Love
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After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child. ...

The Great Lie

NR

1941 | 3.5/5 | 1h 48min
Drama
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Wyatt Earp and his brothers Morgan and Virgil ride into Tombstone and leave brother James in charge of their cattle herd. On their return they find their cattle stolen and James dead. Wyatt takes on t ...

My Darling Clementine

Certification unknown

1946 | 3.7/5 | 1h 37min
Western, Romance / Love
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As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willou ...

Meet John Doe

Certification unknown

1941 | 3.7/5 | 2h 2min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Movies with J. Farrell MacDonald as Actor(247)

as Mr. Kroeger1951 Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
as Pop Shannon1951 Superman and the Mole-Men
as Husband on Airplane1951 Here Comes the Groom
as Ellis1950 Dakota Lil
as Alvin1950 The Daltons' Women
as Cap, the Retired Ferryboat Captain1950 Woman on the Run
as Pop Lockhart1949 Streets of San Francisco
as Judge Price1949 The Dalton Gang
as Doorman (uncredited)1949 You're My Everything
as Pops Murphy (uncredited)1948 Fury at Furnace Creek
as Doc Cooper1948 Panhandle
as Bill Baggs1948 Whispering Smith
as Doc Benson1948 Belle Starr's Daughter
as Sheriff Cap Weatherby1948 Shep Comes Home
as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)1948 Trouble Preferred
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)1948 If You Knew Susie
as Cop (uncredited)1948 Sitting Pretty
as Scotty MacKronish - Bus Driver1947 Web of Danger
as Postmaster1947 Keeper of the Bees
as Policeman (uncredited)1947 Christmas Eve
as Mac, Bailiff (uncredited)1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)1947 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Long-Count Bowman1946 Joe Palooka, Champ
as Mac the barman1946 My Darling Clementine
as Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)1946 It's a Wonderful Life
as Gardener1946 Goodbye, Weeds
as Jim, the Cook1946 Smoky
as Jury Foreman1945 Circumstantial Evidence
1945 Pillow of Death
as Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Street Vendor (uncredited)1945 Hangover Square
as Bank Guard (uncredited)1945 Fallen Angel
as Capt. Angel1945 Johnny Angel
as Sheriff (uncredited)1944 The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as The Priest1944 The Great Moment
as John Martindale1944 Texas Masquerade
as Captain1943 The Ape Man
as Man (uncredited)1943 True to Life
as Geoffrey MacCardle1943 Tiger Fangs
as Police Captain1942 Phantom Killer
as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)1942 The Palm Beach Story
as Port Captain1942 Reap the Wild Wind
as Henry Hathaway1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Cop1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Gen. Rosewater1942 Private Snuffy Smith
as Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson1942 The Living Ghost
as Police Sergeant Haggerty1942 One Thrilling Night
as Dr. Neville (from Churchtown)1942 Captains of the Clouds
as Capt. Mitchell1942 Bowery at Midnight
as Dr. Ferguson1941 The Great Lie
as Mulcahey1941 Broadway Limited
as 'Sourpuss'1941 Meet John Doe
as Jim Kerrigan1941 Riders of the Timberline
as Adams1941 Law of the Timber
as Tim Casey1941 In Old Cheyenne
as Cappy1940 Knights of the Range
as Jim Hadley1940 The Last Alarm
as Bill Stillwell1940 The Light of Western Stars
as Insp. Tim Ryan1940 I Take This Oath
as Dave1940 Dark Command
as Nevada Jim1940 Pony Express Days
as Sheiff Potts1940 Friendly Neighbors
as Jeff Chapman1940 Stagecoach War
as Sheriff Jim Austin1940 Prairie Law
as Doctor Billar1940 Untamed
as Wild Bill Coburn1939 The Gentleman from Arizona
as Pat O'Hannegan1939 Susannah of the Mounties
as Captain of the Falcon1939 Conspiracy
as Sheriff J.J. Willoughby1939 Mickey the Kid
as Capt. Hansen (uncredited)1939 Coast Guard
as Craig Dolan1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Captain1939 The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Doorman (uncredited)1939 East Side of Heaven
as Police Chief (uncredited)1939 They Shall Have Music
as Judge1939 Zenobia
as Chief Reardon1938 Gang Bullets
as Warden1938 Barefoot Boy
as Coach Pearson1938 Extortion
as CWO 'Sails' Quincannon1938 Submarine Patrol
as Dr. Thompson1938 White Banners
as Officer1938 There Goes My Heart
as 'Pop' Corrigan1938 Little Orphan Annie
as Charlie Wheeler1938 State Police
as William Barton (Detective Agency Head)1938 The Last Express
as Colonel Forbes1938 Come On, Rangers
as Father Patrick Ryan1938 The Crowd Roars
as Capt. Ryan1938 Numbered Woman
as Mayor Jim Hopkins1938 My Old Kentucky Home
as Irish Laborer (uncredited)1937 Parnell
as Inspector Sullivan1937 Shadows of the Orient
as Proprietor1937 Slave Ship
as Captain of Ship1937 Maid of Salem
as 'Doc' Howe1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Joe Holland1937 The Game That Kills
as Pop1937 Slim
as Policeman1937 Topper
as Buck Saunders1937 Courage of the West
as Bill 'One-Punch' Fagin1937 Flying Fists
as Andrew MacKinley1937 Roaring Timber
as Sgt. O'Hara1937 The Hit Parade
as Major Rogers1937 The Great Barrier
as Calvin Williams1937 County Fair
as Michael Devlin1936 Exclusive Story
as Windy MacLaine1936 Show Boat
as Police Chief Bullock1936 Mysterious Crossing
as Captain Timothy Harrigan1936 Florida Special
as 'Brains'1936 Riffraff
as Capt. Jackson1935 The Irish in Us
as Officer Murphy1935 Romance in Manhattan
as Prison Warden (uncredited)1935 The Whole Town's Talking
as Sheriff1935 Square Shooter
as Marshal Andy Jordan1935 The Arizonian
as Captain--Harbor Patrol1935 The Best Man Wins
as Mr. Keefer1935 Let 'em Have It
as Hallohan1935 Front Page Woman
as The Cop1935 Maybe It's Love
as Inspector1935 Northern Frontier
as Inspector Doremus1935 Star of Midnight
as Hobo1935 Our Little Girl
as Trinidad Dorn1935 Stormy
as Judge Hale1935 Hitch Hike Lady
as Capt. O'Brien1935 Waterfront Lady
as Coach Parker1935 Fighting Youth
as Harry Cromwell1935 Danger Ahead
as Applejack1935 The Healer
as Umpire1935 Swellhead
as Kemp1934 The Crime Doctor
as John Flannigan1934 Once to Every Woman
as The Doorman--Mike Costello1934 The Crosby Case
as Michael1934 Man of Two Worlds
as Mulligan1933 The Power and the Glory
as Prison Warden1933 Laughing at Life
as John Burke1933 Under Secret Orders
as Henry 'Hank' Davis1933 The Working Man
as Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell1933 Peg o' My Heart
as Shuster1933 I Loved a Woman
1933 How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
as Waco1933 The Vanishing Frontier
as J.C. Stillman1933 The Iron Master
as Police Capt. Ed Kyne1933 Murder on the Campus
as Grady1933 Myrt and Marge
as Prison Warden Randolph1932 Men Are Such Fools
as Pop Riley1932 Me and My Gal
as Jerry O'Day1932 This Sporting Age
as D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan1932 The Phantom Express
as Jim Baker1932 The Hurricane Express
as Tom O'Hara1932 Hearts of Humanity
as Captain Ryan1932 The Thirteenth Guest
as State Coach1932 70,000 Witnesses
as Mr. Martin1932 The Racing Strain
as Sommers1932 Discarded Lovers
as Scout1932 Stranger in Town
as Police Sgt. J.B. Antrim (uncredited)1932 The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Chief Scott1932 The Pride of the Legion
as Hogan1932 Steady Company
as Treadway1932 Scandal for Sale
as George Holman1932 Probation
as Detective Martin1932 Hotel Continental
as John Adams1932 Madame Racketeer
as Adam Naab1932 Heritage of the Desert
as 'Dickie' Collins1932 No Man of Her Own
as Jeff Cameron1931 The Painted Desert
as Pop Stewart1931 Touchdown!
1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'
as Policeman1931 The Stolen Jools
as Buzzard1931 Woman Hungry
as The Coach1931 The Spirit of Notre Dame
as Big Bill1931 The Squaw Man
as Timson, the butler1931 The Brat
as Dan Lewis1931 The Millionaire
as Ben Murdock1931 The Easiest Way
as Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus1931 The Maltese Falcon
as MacGuire1931 Sporting Blood
as Peg-Leg1931 Other Men's Women
as Rev. Stump1931 Too Young to Marry
as Pop Evans1931 Under Eighteen
as Rafferty1930 Song o' My Heart
as Sonora Slim1930 The Girl of the Golden West
as Colonel Graham1930 The Truth About Youth
as Costello1930 Men Without Women
as O'Toole1930 River's End
as Hackett1929 South Sea Rose
as Angus McGregor1929 Strong Boy
as Joe Hickey1929 Masquerade
as Will Whitten1929 Masked Emotions
as Train Conductor1929 Happy Days
as Pa Hudler1929 The Painted Angel
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)1928 In Old Arizona
as John Craig1928 None But the Brave
as Patrick Murphy1928 Abie's Irish Rose
1928 The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
as Jiggs1928 Bringing Up Father
as James 'Aloysius' Riley1928 Riley the Cop
as The Clown1928 4 Devils
as George Martin1927 The Cradle Snatchers
as Benjamin Strong1927 A Trip to Chinatown
as Pug Malone1927 East Side, West Side
as McGuire1927 Ankles Preferred
as Peter Roberts1927 Paid to Love
as The Photographer1927 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as Mike Costigan1926 3 Bad Men
as Mr. Barstow1926 The First Year
as Con O'Shea1926 The Shamrock Handicap
as Joe Heller1926 The Family Upstairs
as Sgt. Cassidy1926 The Country Beyond
as Sloan1926 Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Mack1925 The Lucky Horseshoe
as Jerry1925 The Fighting Heart
as Andy1925 Thank You
as Commodore John Gordon1925 Let Women Alone
as Donavan1925 Kentucky Pride
as Lemuel Townsend1925 Lightnin'
as Pete1924 The Signal Tower
as Hickey1924 The Brass Bowl
as Duc de Moing (Prologue)1924 Mademoiselle Midnight
as 'Chuck' Campbell1924 Western Luck
as Corporal Casey1924 The Iron Horse
as Murphy1923 Drifting
as Col. Patterson1923 Quicksands
as Silas Martin1923 Racing Hearts
1923 While Paris Sleeps
as Amhad Beg - Prime Minister1922 The Young Rajah
as Michael Morahan1922 Come on Over
as Captain Gaskell1922 The Bonded Woman
as Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)1922 Sky High
as Peter Galbraith1922 Over the Border
as Sam Marcum1922 The Ghost Breaker
as Joseph Piotto1921 Trailin'
as Sheriff Pat Garrity1921 Riding with Death
as Bobtail McGuire1921 The Freeze-Out
as Mormon Peters1921 Action
as Neuces River1921 The Wallop
as Father1920 The Path She Chose
as Joe Alabam (as J. Farrell McDonald)1920 Hitchin' Posts
as Jim Boone1920 Bullet Proof
as The Priest1919 A Fight For Love
1919 The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Butler1919 Roped
as Buell1919 Riders of Vengeance
as Luther Ripley aka Kennedy1919 A Sporting Chance
as Tom Placer McGraw1919 Marked Men
as Norcross1918 $5,000 Reward
as Paul Ferguson (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald)1915 Rags
as Louis Nordell1912 A Timely Repentance
as The Lighthouse Keeper1911 The Lighthouse Keeper
as Farmer Howard1911 'Tween Two Loves
as Secondary Role (uncredited)1911 The Dream

Movies with J. Farrell MacDonald as Crew(7)

Directing/Director1917 Over the Fence
Directing/Director1915 Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
Directing/Director1914 The Magic Cloak of Oz
Directing/Director1914 The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Directing/Director1914 His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz
Directing/Director1914 Samson
Directing/Director1913 Rory o' the Bogs

Full Name: Farrell MacDonald
Born: Sunday, 06/06 1875 (June) in Waterbury, Connecticut (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 08/02 1952 (August) in Hollywood (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Yale University
Other names for J. Farrell MacDonald (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joseph Farrell MacDonald"
"John Farrell MacDonald"
"Farrell Macdonald"
"J. Farrell McDonald"
"J.F. McDonald"
J. Farrell MacDonald frequently works together with these people:
John Ford (31x, Crew)
Thomas Little (12x, Crew)
Bess Flowers (11x, Actress)
Preston Sturges (11x, Crew)
Ward Bond (10x, Actor)
Harry Carey (10x, Actor)
Raymond Hatton (10x, Actor)
Franklyn Farnum (9x, Actor)
Al Bridge (9x, Actor)
Leo F. Forbstein (9x, Crew)
Warren Hymer (9x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:101203, Added: 06/05/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024