Acting
J. Farrell MacDonald
- Titles
- 274movies
- Career
Active from 1910 to 1951, busiest in 1932 with 17 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 43top three billing
- Average score
56/100
- Highest rated
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans79/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 69 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.4average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.2average 3.6
- Wholesome4.4average 3.3
- Romance4.5average 3.8
- Crime4.0average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.1, average 5.2
- Psychological4.4, average 5.6
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
- Dark Humor1.9, average 2.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Early Cinema 7
- Classic Western 6
- Nostalgic 6
- Historical Setting 6
- Classic Hollywood 4
- Black and White 4
- Moral Dilemma 4
- Silent Film Era 4
- 1930s 4
- Melodrama 4
- Horse Racing 4
- Silent Film 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
John FordDirector3 Bad Men, The Iron Horse, Action, The Shamrock Handicap, A Fight For Love, +15 more
George O'BrienActorSunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 3 Bad Men, The Iron Horse, Masked Emotions, East Side, West Side, +5 more
Harry CareyActorA Fight For Love, Riders of Vengeance, Roped, The Freeze-Out, The Wallop, +2 more
Sally BlaneActorHeritage of the Desert, The Spirit of Notre Dame, The Pride of the Legion, Probation, The Phantom Express, +1 more- JJoe HarrisActorA Fight For Love, Riders of Vengeance, The Freeze-Out, The Wallop, Bullet Proof, +1 more
Ethel WalesActorThe Thirteenth Guest, Cradle Snatchers, Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl, The Racing Strain, Let Women Alone, +1 more
Frances MarionWriterRags, Thank You, Riffraff, Bringing Up Father, Lightnin', +1 more
Eddie PhillipsActorThe Thirteenth Guest, Danger Ahead, Probation, The Racing Strain, The Phantom Express
Victor JoryActorSusannah of the Mounties, Riders of the Timberline, Light of Western Stars, The Pride of the Legion, Knights of the Range
Mary PickfordActorRags, A Timely Repentance, The Dream, The Lighthouse Keeper, 'Tween Two Loves- CCharles KenyonWriterThe Iron Horse, Under Eighteen, I Loved a Woman, The Working Man, River's End
Sam NewfieldDirectorI Take This Oath, Northern Frontier, Tiger Fangs, Beggar's Holiday, Under Secret Orders
Movies and TV shows
2721950s
8 titles · average score 65
62
as Pop Shannon
60
as Husband on Airplane (uncredited)
68
as Mr. Kroeger
80
as Cap, the Retired Ferryboat Captain
66
as Gilby - Pharmacist (uncredited)
54
as Ellis
as Mr. Lane (uncredited)
as Alvin
1940s
62 titles · average score 61
as Judge Price
89
as Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)
57
as Jim, the Cook
33
as Captain O'Brien
48
as Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson
as Adams
52
as Mulcahey
63
as Jim Kerrigan
49
as Jim Hadley
as Insp. Tim Ryan
40
as Bill Stillwell
51
as Jeff Chapman
1930s
117 titles · average score 59
as Inspector Sullivan
as Capt. O'Brien
as Harry Cromwell
60
as Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell
55
as Police Capt. Ed Kyne
45
as Captain Ryan
54
as Adam Naab
33
as D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan
as Sommers
as George Holman
47
as Costello
as O'Toole
1920s
61 titles · average score 63
as Angus McGregor
58
as James 'Aloysius' Riley
as Jiggs
79
as The Photographer
60
as Peter Roberts
as George Martin
71
as Mike Costigan
60
as Donavan
69
as Corporal Casey
as Jerry
57
as Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)
as Mormon Peters
1910s
24 titles · average score 54
60
as Tom Placer McGraw
as The Priest
as Buell
58
Director
as Paul Ferguson (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald)
48
Director
Director
as The Lighthouse Keeper
54
as Secondary Role (uncredited)