Frank McGlynn Sr.
Biography
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.
Filmography
Hollywood Barn Dance
1947
as Hiram Tubb
Trail Street
1947
as Tim McKeon (uncredited)
Rogues' Gallery
1944
as Blake
Delinquent Daughters
1944
as Judge Craig
March On, America!
1942
as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
In Old California
1942
as Undetermined Minor Role
Syncopation
1942
- No poster
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941
as Hoffman
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
Sergeant York
1941
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Panky Pankington
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Judge Holman (uncredited)
Boom Town
1940
as Deacon
Hi-Yo Silver
1940
as Abraham Lincoln
The Mad Empress
1939
as President Abraham Lincoln
The Honeymoon's Over
1939
as Thin Man
Second Fiddle
1939
as Lincolnesque Actor
Love Affair
1939
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Lincoln in the White House
1939
as Abraham Lincoln
Strange Glory
1938
as Abraham Lincoln
Joaquin Murrieta
1938
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Pete - Gambler
The Lone Ranger
1938
as Abraham Lincoln
Wells Fargo
1937
as Lincoln