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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 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 Baum's 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 Laemmle's 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 1919's 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 Sullivan's Travels, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle of Morgan's 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 Ford's My Darling Clementine in which he played "Mac," the bartender in the town saloon. MacDonald also had uncredited roles in It's a Wonderful Life and Here Comes The Groom.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1875-06-05
- event Death Date 1952-08-02
- school Known for: Acting
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by J. Farrell MacDonald
7.8
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927-11-04
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946-12-20
7.5
My Darling Clementine
1946-10-17
6.2
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947-04-04
6.8
Topper
1937-07-16
0
Stormy
1935-10-21
4
The Wallop
1921-05-09
0
The Vanishing Frontier
1933-03-13
7
The Palm Beach Story
1942-08-28
5.8
Panhandle
1948-02-22
6.8
3 Bad Men
1926-08-28
6.5
Captains of the Clouds
1942-02-12
0
This Sporting Age
1932-09-14
7
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947-09-01
4
The Freeze-Out
1921-04-09
6.4
The Maltese Falcon
1931-05-23
6.8
Woman on the Run
1950-11-10
4.3
The Living Ghost
1942-08-11
6.5
No Man of Her Own
1932-12-30
5.9
Johnny Angel
1945-10-25
0
Bullet Proof
1920-05-03
0
Over the Border
1922-06-04
5.2
Superman and the Mole-Men
1951-11-23
0
$5,000 Reward
1918-05-25
7.5
Thunder in the Valley
1947-11-01
4.3
The Ape Man
1943-03-05
6.2
Drifting
1923-08-26
0
Steady Company
1932-03-13
5
Quicksands
1923-02-28
0
Racing Hearts
1923-07-15
5.1
Bowery at Midnight
1942-10-30
6.6
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951-08-01
6.5
Reap the Wild Wind
1942-03-26
0
Let Women Alone
1925-01-04
0
A Trip to Chinatown
1926-06-06
5.8
Barefoot Boy
1938-08-03
3.5
The Crime Doctor
1934-03-14
0
Riding with Death
1921-11-13
3
Hostile Country
1950-03-24
0
Riders of the Timberline
1941-09-17
6.8
The Whole Town's Talking
1935-02-22
6.7
The Iron Horse
1924-08-24
5.6
The Stolen Jools
1931-04-04
0
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
1926-12-19
0
Harrigan's Kid
1943-03-01
5.7
The Walls of Jericho
1948-11-22
0
Desperate Youth
1921-04-25
3.3
You're My Everything
1949-07-22
5.2
The Thirteenth Guest
1932-08-09
6.6
The Working Man
1933-04-20
5.8
The Power and the Glory
1933-10-06
4.8
The Phantom Express
1932-08-15
6.7
Under Eighteen
1932-01-02
5
Riffraff
1936-01-03
5.4
Manslaughter
1922-09-24
4.1
In Old Cheyenne
1941-04-04
4.7
Full Confession
1939-09-08
4.9
I Loved a Woman
1933-09-23
6
Paid to Love
1927-07-23
0
Masquerade
1929-07-14
5.6
Sky High
1922-01-15
4.6
Zenobia
1939-04-21
4.7
The Last Alarm
1940-06-25
0
Streets of San Francisco
1949-04-15
6
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948-04-30
5.3
The Easiest Way
1931-02-07
0
Swellhead
1935-05-04
6
Come On, Rangers
1938-11-21
5
Heritage of the Desert
1932-09-30
6
Hotel Continental
1932-02-21
4.3
Phantom Killer
1942-10-02
7
Scandal for Sale
1932-04-01
4.8
Discarded Lovers
1932-01-03
5.2
Peg o' My Heart
1933-05-26
0
The Brass Bowl
1924-11-06
6
Hearts of Humanity
1932-08-31
6.5
Exclusive Story
1936-01-17
5.4
Murder on the Campus
1933-12-26
5.7
The Healer
1935-06-14
7.2
East Side, West Side
1927-10-09
5.5
Danger Ahead
1935-08-01
5
Shadows of the Orient
1935-07-06
5.2
Lightnin'
1925-08-23
7
4 Devils
1928-10-03
5.4
The Squaw Man
1931-07-21
5.5
Waterfront Lady
1935-10-04
5.7
The Truth About Youth
1930-11-03
8.1
Romance in Manhattan
1935-01-11
5.6
Riley the Cop
1928-11-25
3.5
Cradle Snatchers
1927-05-28
7.5
The Millionaire
1931-05-01
6
The Pride of the Legion
1932-10-17
5
Probation
1932-03-15
4.3
I Take This Oath
1940-05-20
5.8
The Best Man Wins
1935-01-14
6
Man of Two Worlds
1934-01-13
4
The Hit Parade
1937-04-26
5
Flying Fists
1937-07-01
5.2
The Signal Tower
1924-07-19
5.5
Sporting Blood
1931-08-08
0
Keeper of the Bees
1947-07-10
6.6
Submarine Patrol
1938-11-25
5.7
Other Men's Women
1931-01-17
6
River's End
1930-11-01
6
Laughing at Life
1933-07-12
5.8
White Banners
1938-06-23
5.2
Smoky
1946-06-26
6.8
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1943-12-12
3.9
Private Snuffy Smith
1942-01-16
0
Ankles Preferred
1927-02-27
6.8
Hitch Hike Lady
1935-12-28
0
Beggar's Holiday
1934-08-17
5.7
Gang Bullets
1938-11-10
7
Let 'em Have It
1935-05-15
6.5
The Crowd Roars
1938-08-06
5.1
The Shamrock Handicap
1926-05-02
6.4
Men Without Women
1930-02-08
5
The Painted Desert
1931-01-18
5.5
Conspiracy
1939-08-01
4.2
Myrt and Marge
1933-11-25
0
Men Are Such Fools
1932-11-18
5.9
Kentucky Pride
1925-09-06
0
Mysterious Crossing
1936-12-27
5.1
One Thrilling Night
1942-06-05
5.8
Mademoiselle Midnight
1924-04-14
0
The Racing Strain
1932-12-16
4.3
Our Little Girl
1935-01-01
5.3
Slave Ship
1937-06-16
0
The First Year
1926-01-24
0
Come on Over
1922-03-11
6.3
Susannah of the Mounties
1939-06-13
0
None But the Brave
1928-08-05
6.5
Whispering Smith
1948-12-09
6
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939-02-25
4.3
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948-11-13
7.2
There Goes My Heart
1938-10-14
6.1
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937-09-17
6
Week-End Marriage
1932-06-18
6
County Fair
1937-11-24
6
Greenwich Village
1944-09-27
6
Maybe It's Love
1935-01-12
6.5
The Young Rajah
1922-11-11
0
Northern Frontier
1935-02-01
7.1
East Side of Heaven
1939-04-07
5.9
They Shall Have Music
1939-08-18
7.1
Sitting Pretty
1948-03-10
5
Coast Guard
1939-08-04
6
Square Shooter
1935-01-21
3.5
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939-10-26
0
Under Secret Orders
1933-12-06
0
Western Luck
1924-06-22
7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997-05-12
7.6
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945-02-28
6
Star of Midnight
1935-04-19
0
The Iron Master
1933-02-04
4
Stagecoach War
1940-07-12
5.4
Christmas Eve
1947-10-31
0
Those Who Dare
1924-11-15
7
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950-02-17
4.3
Untamed
1940-07-24
3
Bringing Up Father
1928-03-18
5
My Old Kentucky Home
1938-02-09
5.9
Maid of Salem
1937-02-12
6.9
The Great Lie
1941-04-05
0
The Scarlet Letter
1911-04-27
0
The Calling of Louis Mona
1913-03-28
5.8
Front Page Woman
1935-07-11
2
The Daltons' Women
1950-02-25
5.3
The Game That Kills
1937-09-21
6.5
Me and My Gal
1932-12-04
1
The Last Express
1938-10-27
0
Numbered Woman
1938-05-22
0
The Gentleman from Arizona
1939-12-25
0
Little Orphan Annie
1938-12-02
0
South Sea Rose
1929-12-09
0
Law of the Timber
1941-12-19
4
Tiger Fangs
1943-09-10
4
Light of Western Stars
1940-04-17
5.9
Once to Every Woman
1934-03-24
6.3
Dark Command
1940-04-15
7.7
The Irish in Us
1935-07-31
4.5
Trailin'
1921-12-11
0
Texas Masquerade
1944-02-08
6.4
Fallen Angel
1945-11-15
5.1
Here Comes the Groom
1951-09-20
6.3
Slim
1937-06-24
5.5
The Dream
1911-01-23
7.5
If You Knew Susie
1948-02-07
0
The Arizonian
1935-06-27
5.6
The Brat
1931-08-23
0
Knights of the Range
1940-02-23
0
While Paris Sleeps
1923-01-21
6
Pony Express Days
1940-07-13
6
Happy Days
1929-09-16
0
Friendly Neighbors
1940-11-17
0
Goodbye, Weeds
1946-10-30
7.3
Meet John Doe
1941-03-14
5
Roped
1919-01-03
0
The Dixie Merchant
1926-03-07
0
Too Young to Marry
1931-05-03
4.8
Web of Danger
1947-06-10
0
Masked Emotions
1929-06-22
4.8
Madame Racketeer
1932-07-23
4.7
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942-01-31
5
The Fighting Heart
1925-10-18
5
Strong Boy
1929-03-03
4
Thank You
1925-10-05
5
A Fight For Love
1919-03-24
3
Riders of Vengeance
1919-06-09
5
The Dalton Gang
1949-10-20
4.7
A Sporting Chance
1919-06-28
3.7
Song o' My Heart
1930-03-11
5.2
The Hurricane Express
1932-08-01
0
The Lighthouse Keeper
1911-05-18
7.5
Rags
1915-08-02
0
'Tween Two Loves
1911-09-28
0
A Timely Repentance
1912-03-11
6
Florida Special
1936-04-21
5
Roaring Timber
1937-07-03
0
The Lucky Horseshoe
1925-08-30
0
The Girl of the Golden West
1930-10-12
0
The Ghost Breaker
1922-09-10
4.2
The Crosby Case
1934-03-05
5
Dakota Lil
1950-02-17
0
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'
1931-08-18
0
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933-08-04
4.6
Parnell
1937-06-04
5
Marked Men
1919-12-21
0
The Painted Angel
1929-12-01
5.9
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932-05-28
4
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919-06-29
0
Woman Hungry
1931-04-04
7
Fighting Youth
1935-11-01
4.8
70,000 Witnesses
1932-09-09
5
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942-12-31
0
Courage of the West
1937-12-01
4
Action
1921-09-12
4.8
Circumstantial Evidence
1945-04-20
6
True to Life
1943-12-24
0
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946-05-26
6
State Police
1938-03-18
0
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
1928-01-15
0
Abie's Irish Rose
1928-04-19
0
The Family Upstairs
1926-08-29
3
Stranger in Town
1931-08-06
6.8
Hangover Square
1945-02-07
6.7
Show Boat
1936-05-17
6.3
The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931-10-13
5.1
Broadway Limited
1941-06-13
3
The Bonded Woman
1922-08-21
5
Hitchin' Posts
1920-09-13
5.5
Prairie Law
1940-06-14
5.2
In Old Arizona
1928-12-25
5
Extortion
1938-05-09
0
Touchdown!
1931-11-15
0
Mickey the Kid
1939-07-03
5
The Great Barrier
1937-01-02
6
Shep Comes Home
1948-12-03
6.6
Pillow of Death
1945-12-14
5.8
The Great Moment
1944-07-18
0
The Path She Chose
1920-05-24
0
Trouble Preferred
1948-12-31
0
The Country Beyond
1926-10-17
