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