Frank McDonald

Frank McDonald

director, additional crew, actor

Frank McDonald was born on Nov 09, 1899 in USA. Frank McDonald's big-screen debut came with Smarty directed by Robert Florey in 1934. Frank McDonald is known for Timber Country Trouble directed by Frank McDonald, Guy Madison stars as Marshal James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok and Andy Devine as Deputy Marshal Aloysius 'Jingles' P. Jones. The upcoming new movie Frank McDonald plays is Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone which will be released on Jul 01, 1994.

A former railroad worker, Frank McDonald came to Hollywood after a career on the stage as an actor/producer/director. At first hired as a dialogue director, McDonald turned out some scripts and in the mid-'30s began directing. Working for almost every studio in Hollywood at one time or another, he did a lot of work for Republic, grinding out Gene Autry and Roy Rogers westerns, and at the Pine/Thomas "B" unit at Paramount, churning out westerns, action dramas and war pictures. Not entirely comfortable as a director--Evelyn Keyes once said, "I've never seen anyone as terrified of directing as Frank McDonald"--he nevertheless turned out more than 100 pictures in his career.

  • Birthday

    Nov 09, 1899
  • Place of Birth

    Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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