J. Farrell MacDonald actor
- Total known movies 265
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJohn 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 41-year career from 1911 to 1951, and directed forty-four silent films from 1912 to 1917.MacDonald was the principal director of L. Frank Baums Oz Film Manufacturing Company, and he can frequently be seen in the films of Frank Capra, Preston Sturges and, especially, John Ford.Early in his career, MacDonald was a singer in minstrel shows, and he toured the United States extensively for two years with stage productions. He made his first silent film in 1911, a dramatic short entitled The Scarlett Letter made by Carl Laemmles Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), the forerunner of Universal Pictures,. He continued to act in numerous films each year from that time on, and by 1912 he was directing them as well. The first film he directed was The Worth of a Man, another dramatic short, again for IMP, and he was to direct 43 more films until his last in 1917, Over the Fence, which he co-directed with Harold Lloyd. MacDonald had crossed paths with Lloyd several years earlier, when Lloyd was an extra and MacDonald had given him much-needed work – and he did the same with Hal Roach, both of whom appearing in small roles in The Patchwork Girl of Oz, which MacDonald directed in 1914. When Roach set up his own studio, with Lloyd as his principal attraction, he hired MacDonald to direct.By 1918, MacDonald, who was to become one of the most beloved character men in Hollywood, had given up directing and was acting full-time, predominantly in Westerns and Irish comedies. He first worked under director John Ford in 1919s A Fight for Love. In all, Ford would use MacDonald on twenty-five films between 1919 and 1950.With a voice that matched his personality, MacDonald made the transition to sound films easily, with no noticeable drop in his acting output – if anything, it went up. In 1931, for instance, MacDonald appeared in 14 films – among them the first version of The Maltese Falcon, in which he played Detective Tom Polhaus – and in 22 of them in 1932. Although he played laborers, policemen, military men and priests, among many other characters, his roles were usually a cut above a bit part. His characters usually had names, and he was most often credited for his performances. A highlight of this period was his performance as the hobo Mr. Tramp in Our Little Girl with Shirley Temple (1935).In the 1940s, MacDonald was part of Preston Sturges unofficial stock company of character actors, appearing in seven films written and directed by Sturges. MacDonald appeared in Sullivans Travels, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle of Morgans Creek, The Great Moment, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, Unfaithfully Yours and The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, Sturges last American film. Earlier, MacDonald had also appeared in The Power and the Glory, which Sturges wrote. His work on Sturges films was generally uncredited. He was notable in 1946 in John Fords My Darling Clementine in which he played Mac, the bartender in the town saloon. MacDonald also had uncredited roles in Its a Wonderful Life and Here Comes The Groom.
Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)
Movie 1946
Mac the barman
Movie 1946
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Movie 1947
Policeman
Movie 1937
Trinidad Dorn
Movie 1935
Neuces River
Movie 1921
Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)
Movie 1942
Doc Cooper
Movie 1948
Mike Costigan
Movie 1926
Jerry O'Day
Movie 1932
Mac, Bailiff (uncredited)
Movie 1947
Bobtail McGuire
Movie 1921
Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus
Movie 1931
Cap, the Retired Ferryboat Captain
Movie 1950
Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson
Movie 1942
'Dickie' Collins
Movie 1932
Capt. Angel
Movie 1945
Jim Boone
Movie 1920
Peter Galbraith
Movie 1922
Pop Shannon
Movie 1951
Norcross
Movie 1918
McPherson - Innkeeper
Movie 1947
Captain O'Brien
Movie 1943
Murphy
Movie 1923
Hogan
Movie 1932
Col. Patterson
Movie 1923
Silas Martin
Movie 1923
Capt. Mitchell
Movie 1942
Mr. Kroeger
Movie 1951
Port Captain
Movie 1942
Commodore John Gordon
Movie 1925
Benjamin Strong
Movie 1926
Warden
Movie 1938
Kemp
Movie 1934
Sheriff Pat Garrity
Movie 1921
Mr. Lane (uncredited)
Movie 1950
Jim Kerrigan
Movie 1941
Prison Warden (uncredited)
Movie 1935
Corporal Casey
Movie 1924
Policeman
Movie 1931
Sloan
Movie 1926
Bailiff (uncredited)
Movie 1948
Frank (uncredited)
Movie 1943
Movie 1921
Doorman (uncredited)
Movie 1949
Henry 'Hank' Davis
Movie 1933
Mulligan
Movie 1933
D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan
Movie 1932
Pop Evans
Movie 1932
'Brains'
Movie 1936
(uncredited)
Movie 1922
Tim Casey
Movie 1941
Joe, Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Movie 1939
Shuster
Movie 1933
Peter Roberts
Movie 1927
Joe Hickey
Movie 1929
Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)
Movie 1922
Judge
Movie 1939
Jim Hadley
Movie 1940
Pop Lockhart
Movie 1949
Pops Murphy (uncredited)
Movie 1948
Ben Murdock
Movie 1931
Colonel Forbes
Movie 1938
Umpire
Movie 1935
Adam Naab
Movie 1932
Detective Martin
Movie 1932
Police Captain
Movie 1942
Treadway
Movie 1932
Sommers
Movie 1932
Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell
Movie 1933
Hickey
Movie 1924
Tom O'Hara
Movie 1932
Michael Devlin
Movie 1936
Police Capt. Ed Kyne
Movie 1933
Applejack
Movie 1935
Pug Malone
Movie 1927
Harry Cromwell
Movie 1935
Inspector Sullivan
Movie 1935
Lemuel Townsend
Movie 1925
The Clown
Movie 1928
Big Bill
Movie 1931
Capt. O'Brien
Movie 1935
Colonel Graham
Movie 1930
Murphy
Movie 1935
James 'Aloysius' Riley
Movie 1928
George Martin
Movie 1927
Dan Lewis
Movie 1931
Chief Scott
Movie 1932
George Holman
Movie 1932
Insp. Tim Ryan
Movie 1940
Captain--Harbor Patrol
Movie 1935
Michael
Movie 1934
Sgt. O'Hara
Movie 1937
Bill 'One-Punch' Fagin
Movie 1937
Pete
Movie 1924
MacGuire
Movie 1931
Postmaster
Movie 1947
CWO 'Sails' Quincannon
Movie 1938
Peg-Leg
Movie 1931
O'Toole
Movie 1930
Prison Warden
Movie 1933
Dr. Thompson
Movie 1938
Jim, the Cook
Movie 1946
Sheriff (uncredited)
Movie 1943
Gen. Rosewater
Movie 1942
McGuire
Movie 1927
Judge Hale
Movie 1935
Pop Malloy
Movie 1934
Chief Reardon
Movie 1938
Mr. Keefer
Movie 1935
Father Patrick Ryan
Movie 1938
Con O'Shea
Movie 1926
Costello
Movie 1930
Jeff Cameron
Movie 1931
Captain of the Falcon
Movie 1939
Grady
Movie 1933
Prison Warden Randolph
Movie 1932
Donavan
Movie 1925
Police Chief Bullock
Movie 1936
Police Sergeant Haggerty
Movie 1942
Duc de Moing (Prologue)
Movie 1924
Mr. Martin
Movie 1932
Hobo
Movie 1935
Proprietor
Movie 1937
Mr. Barstow
Movie 1926
Michael Morahan
Movie 1922
Pat O'Hannegan
Movie 1939
John Craig
Movie 1928
Bill Baggs
Movie 1948
Craig Dolan
Movie 1939
Doc Benson
Movie 1948
Officer
Movie 1938
'Doc' Howe
Movie 1937
Mr. Davis
Movie 1932
Calvin Williams
Movie 1937
O'Shea, policeman
Movie 1944
Amhad Beg - Prime Minister
Movie 1922
Inspector
Movie 1935
Doorman (uncredited)
Movie 1939
Police Chief (uncredited)
Movie 1939
Cop (uncredited)
Movie 1948
Capt. Hansen (uncredited)
Movie 1939
Sheriff
Movie 1935
Captain
Movie 1939
John Burke
Movie 1933
'Chuck' Campbell
Movie 1924
Self (archive footage)
Movie 1997
Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)
Movie 1945
Inspector Doremus
Movie 1935
J.C. Stillman
Movie 1933
Jeff Chapman
Movie 1940
Policeman (uncredited)
Movie 1947
Movie 1924
Gilby - Pharmacist (uncredited)
Movie 1950
Dr. Billar
Movie 1940
Jiggs
Movie 1928
Mayor Jim Hopkins
Movie 1938
Captain of Ship
Movie 1937
Dr. Ferguson
Movie 1941
Movie 1911
Movie 1913
Hallohan
Movie 1935
Alvin
Movie 1950
Joe Holland
Movie 1937
Pop Riley
Movie 1932
William Barton (Detective Agency Head)
Movie 1938
Capt. Ryan
Movie 1938
Wild Bill Coburn
Movie 1939
'Pop' Corrigan
Movie 1938
Hackett
Movie 1929
Adams
Movie 1941
Geoffrey MacCardle
Movie 1943
Bill Stillwell
Movie 1940
John Flannigan
Movie 1934
Dave
Movie 1940
Capt. Jackson
Movie 1935
Joseph Piotto
Movie 1921
John Martindale
Movie 1944
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Movie 1945
Husband on Airplane
Movie 1951
Pop
Movie 1937
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Movie 1911
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Movie 1948
Marshal Andy Jordan
Movie 1935
Timson, the butler
Movie 1931
Cappy
Movie 1940
Movie 1923
Nevada Jim
Movie 1940
Train Conductor
Movie 1929
Sheiff Potts
Movie 1940
Gardener
Movie 1946
'Sourpuss'
Movie 1941
Butler
Movie 1919
Jean Paul Fippany
Movie 1926
Rev. Stump
Movie 1931
Scotty MacKronish - Bus Driver
Movie 1947
John Adams
Movie 1932
Henry Hathaway
Movie 1942
Angus McGregor
Movie 1929
Jerry
Movie 1925
Andy
Movie 1925
The Priest
Movie 1919
Buell
Movie 1919
Judge Price
Movie 1949
Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
Movie 1919
Rafferty
Movie 1930
Jim Baker
Movie 1932
The Lighthouse Keeper
Movie 1911
Paul Ferguson (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald)
Movie 1915
Farmer Howard
Movie 1911
Louis Nordell
Movie 1912
Captain Timothy Harrigan
Movie 1936
Mack
Movie 1925
Sonora Slim
Movie 1930
Sam Marcum
Movie 1922
The Doorman--Mike Costello
Movie 1934
Ellis
Movie 1950
Movie 1931
Himself
Movie 1933
Irish Laborer (uncredited)
Movie 1937
Tom Placer McGraw
Movie 1919
Pa Hudler
Movie 1929
Movie 1919
Police Sgt. J.B. Antrim (uncredited)
Movie 1932
Buzzard
Movie 1931
Coach Parker
Movie 1935
State Coach
Movie 1932
Cop
Movie 1942
Buck Saunders
Movie 1937
Mormon Peters
Movie 1921
Jury Foreman
Movie 1945
Man (uncredited)
Movie 1943
Long-Count Bowman
Movie 1946
Charlie Wheeler
Movie 1938
Patrick Murphy
Movie 1928
Patrick Kelly
Movie 1928
Joe Heller
Movie 1926
Scout
Movie 1931
Street Vendor (uncredited)
Movie 1945
Windy MacLaine
Movie 1936
The Coach
Movie 1931
Mulcahey
Movie 1941
Captain Gaskell
Movie 1922
Joe Alabam (as J. Farrell McDonald)
Movie 1920
Sheriff Jim Austin
Movie 1940
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Movie 1928
Pop Stewart
Movie 1931
Sheriff J.J. Willoughby
Movie 1939
Major Rogers
Movie 1937
Sheriff Cap Weatherby
Movie 1948
Movie 1945
The Priest
Movie 1944
Father
Movie 1920
Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
Movie 1948
Sgt. Cassidy
Movie 1926
Dan Reagan
Movie 1923
Irish Laborer
Movie 1937
