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