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Portrait of Francis McDonald

Acting

Francis McDonald

Titles
215movies33TV shows
Career

Active from 1913 to 1957, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles
33
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Battling Butler
Battling Butler
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 93 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Francis McDonald Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.8, average 5.6
  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Cringe Humor
    0.8, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 6
  • Moral Dilemma 4
  • Good vs. Evil 4
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Action 4
  • Good vs Evil 3
  • Family-Friendly 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Western 3
  • Silent Film Era 3
  • Early Sound Film 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

248

1960s

3 titles · average score 64

as Russian (uncredited)

as Old Man at Robbo's Club (uncredited)

TV show · as Storekeeper / Saul Weintraub

1950s

55 titles · average score 64

TV show · as Liveryman / Juan Hernandez

TV show · as Walter 'Salty' Sims / Capt. Noble

as Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)

TV show · as Gotch (as Francis MacDonald)

TV show · as William Wethered / Yancey Hatton

as Railroad guard

All 55 titles from the 1950s

1940s

65 titles · average score 63

TV show · as Wade Tanner / Chief Gray Horse

as Man (uncredited)

as Clyde Fenwick

as Bert Rogan

All 65 titles from the 1940s

1930s

60 titles · average score 62

as Henchman Nevada

as Ray Ridpath - Henchman [Chs. 1-6] / Ray Ridpath - Henchman

as Frank Gavin

as Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)

as Jacques Dupres

as Sergeant Tatoche

as 'Bullet' McGhan

All 60 titles from the 1930s

1920s

39 titles · average score 63
All 39 titles from the 1920s

1910s

26 titles · average score 85

as Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)

as Jimmy Hartigan

as Blair Whitcomb

as Pierre

as George Renoir / Ivan De Maupin

as Andrew Sealey (as Frank McDonald)

as Don Jose

All 26 titles from the 1910s