J. Farrell MacDonald
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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...
Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Photographer
My Darling Clementine
Mac the barman
Fallen Angel
Bank Guard (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Mac (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Sheriff (uncredited)
Dark Command
Dave
Filmography
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Superman and the Mole Men
1951
as Pop Shannon
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951
as Mr. Kroeger
Here Comes the Groom
1951
as Husband on Airplane (uncredited)
Woman on the Run
1950
as Cap, the Retired Ferryboat Captain
Hostile Country
1950
as Mr. Lane (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
as Gilby - Pharmacist (uncredited)
The Daltons' Women
1950
as Alvin
Dakota Lil
1950
as Ellis
You're My Everything
1949
as Doorman (uncredited)
Streets of San Francisco
1949
as Pop Lockhart
The Dalton Gang
1949
as Judge Price
Panhandle
1948
as Doc Cooper
The Walls of Jericho
1948
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948
as Pops Murphy (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
1948
as Bill Baggs
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
as Doc Benson
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Cop (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Shep Comes Home
1948
as Sheriff Cap Weatherby
Trouble Preferred
1948
as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Mac (uncredited)
Thunder in the Valley
1947
as McPherson - Innkeeper
Keeper of the Bees
1947
as Postmaster
Christmas Eve
1947
as Policeman (uncredited)
Web of Danger
1947
as Scotty MacKronish - Bus Driver
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Mac the barman
Smoky
1946
as Jim
Goodbye, Weeds
1946
as Gardener
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946
as Long-Count Bowman
Johnny Angel
1945
as Capt. Angel
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
as Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
1945
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
as Jury Foreman
Hangover Square
1945
as Street Vendor (uncredited)
Pillow of Death
1945
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Greenwich Village
1944
as O'Shea, policeman
Texas Masquerade
1944
as John Martindale
The Great Moment
1944
as The Priest
The Ape Man
1943
as Captain O'Brien
Harrigan's Kid
1943
as Frank (uncredited)
Tiger Fangs
1943
as Geoffrey MacCardle
True to Life
1943
as Man (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)
Captains of the Clouds
1942
as Dr. Neville
The Living Ghost
1942
as Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson
Bowery at Midnight
1942
as Capt. Mitchell
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Port Captain
Phantom Killer
1942
as Police Captain
Private Snuffy Smith
1942
as Gen. Rosewater
One Thrilling Night
1942
as Police Sergeant Haggerty
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
as Henry Hathaway
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
as Cop
Riders of the Timberline
1941
as Jim Kerrigan
In Old Cheyenne
1941
as Tim Casey
The Great Lie
1941
as Dr. Ferguson
Law of the Timber
1941
as Adams
Meet John Doe
1941
as 'Sourpuss'
Broadway Limited
1941
as Mulcahey
The Last Alarm
1940
as Jim Hadley
I Take This Oath
1940
as Insp. Tim Ryan
Stagecoach War
1940
as Jeff Chapman
Untamed
1940
as Dr. Billar
The Light of Western Stars
1940
as Bill Stillwell
Dark Command
1940
as Dave
Knights of the Range
1940
as Cappy
Pony Express Days
1940
as Nevada Jim
Friendly Neighbors
1940
as Sheiff Potts
Prairie Law
1940
as Sheriff Jim Austin
Full Confession
1939
as Joe, Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Zenobia
1939
as Judge
Conspiracy
1939
as Captain of the Falcon
Susannah of the Mounties
1939
as Pat O'Hannegan
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
as Craig Dolan
East Side of Heaven
1939
as Doorman (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
1939
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Coast Guard
1939
as Capt. Hansen (uncredited)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
as Captain
The Gentleman from Arizona
1939
as Wild Bill Coburn
Mickey the Kid
1939
as Sheriff J.J. Willoughby
Barefoot Boy
1938
as Warden
Come On, Rangers
1938
as Colonel Forbes
Submarine Patrol
1938
as CWO 'Sails' Quincannon
White Banners
1938
as Dr. Thompson
Gang Bullets
1938
as Chief Reardon
The Crowd Roars
1938
as Father Patrick Ryan
There Goes My Heart
1938
as Officer
My Old Kentucky Home
1938
as Mayor Jim Hopkins
The Last Express
1938
as William Barton (Detective Agency Head)
Numbered Woman
1938
as Capt. Mike Ryan
Little Orphan Annie
1938
as 'Pop' Corrigan
State Police
1938
as Charlie Wheeler
Extortion
1938
as Coach Pearson
Topper
1937
as Policeman
The Hit Parade
1937
as Sgt. O'Hara
Flying Fists
1937
as Bill 'One-Punch' Fagin
Slave Ship
1937
as Proprietor
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as 'Doc' Howe
County Fair
1937
as Calvin Williams
Maid of Salem
1937
as Captain of Ship
The Game That Kills
1937
as Joe Holland
Slim
1937
as Pop
Roaring Timber
1937
as Andrew MacKinley
Parnell
1937
as Irish Laborer (uncredited)
Courage of the West
1937
as Buck Saunders
The Great Barrier
1937
as Major Rogers
Parnell
1937
as Irish Laborer
Riffraff
1936
as 'Brains'
Exclusive Story
1936
as Michael Devlin
Mysterious Crossing
1936
as Police Chief Bullock
Florida Special
1936
as Harrigan
Show Boat
1936
as Windy MacLaine
Stormy
1935
as Trinidad Dorn
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
Swellhead
1935
as Umpire
The Healer
1935
as Applejack
Danger Ahead
1935
as Harry Cromwell
Shadows of the Orient
1935
as Inspector Sullivan
Waterfront Lady
1935
as Capt. O'Brien
The Best Man Wins
1935
as Captain--Harbor Patrol
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
as Judge Hale
Let 'em Have It
1935
as Mr. Keefer
Our Little Girl
1935
as Mr. Tramp
Maybe It's Love
1935
as The Cop
Northern Frontier
1935
as Inspector
Square Shooter
1935
as Sheriff
Star of Midnight
1935
as Inspector Doremus
Front Page Woman
1935
as Hallohan
The Irish in Us
1935
as Capt. Jackson
The Arizonian
1935
as Marshal Andy Jordan
Fighting Youth
1935
as Coach Parker
The Crime Doctor
1934
as Kemp
Romance in Manhattan
1934
as Murphy
Man of Two Worlds
1934
as Michael
Beggar's Holiday
1934
as Pop Malloy
Once to Every Woman
1934
as Flannigan
The Crosby Case
1934
as The Doorman--Mike Costello
The Vanishing Frontier
1933
as Waco
The Working Man
1933
as Henry 'Hank' Davis
The Power and the Glory
1933
as Mulligan
I Loved a Woman
1933
as Shuster
Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell
Murder on the Campus
1933
as Police Capt. Ed Kyne
Laughing at Life
1933
as Prison Warden
Myrt and Marge
1933
as Grady
Under Secret Orders
1933
as John Burke
The Iron Master
1933
as J.C. Stillman
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933
as Himself
This Sporting Age
1932
as Jerry O'Day
No Man of Her Own
1932
as "Dickie" Collins
Steady Company
1932
as Hogan
The Thirteenth Guest
1932
as Captain Ryan
The Phantom Express
1932
as D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan
Under Eighteen
1932
as Pop Evans
Heritage of the Desert
1932
as Adam Naab
Hotel Continental
1932
as Detective Martin
Scandal for Sale
1932
as Treadway
Discarded Lovers
1932
as Sommers
Hearts of Humanity
1932
as Tom O'Hara
The Pride of the Legion
1932
as Chief Scott
Probation
1932
as George Holman
Men Are Such Fools
1932
as Prison Warden Randolph
The Racing Strain
1932
as Mr. Martin
Week-End Marriage
1932
as Mr. Davis
Me and My Gal
1932
as Pop Riley
Madame Racketeer
1932
as John Adams
The Hurricane Express
1932
as Jim Baker
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
as Police Sgt. J.B. Antrim (uncredited)
70,000 Witnesses
1932
as State Coach
The Maltese Falcon
1931
as Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Policeman
The Easiest Way
1931
as Ben Murdock
The Squaw Man
1931
as Big Bill
The Millionaire
1931
as Dan Lewis
Sporting Blood
1931
as MacGuire
Other Men's Women
1931
as Peg-Leg
The Painted Desert
1931
as Jeff Cameron
The Brat
1931
as Timson, the butler
Too Young to Marry
1931
as Rev. Stump
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'
1931
Woman Hungry
1931
as Buzzard
Stranger in Town
1931
as Scout
The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931
as The Coach
Touchdown!
1931
as Pop Stewart
The Truth About Youth
1930
as Colonel Graham
River's End
1930
as O'Toole
Men Without Women
1930
as Costello
Song o' My Heart
1930
as Rafferty
The Girl of the Golden West
1930
as Sonora Slim
Masquerade
1929
as Joe Hickey
South Sea Rose
1929
as Hackett
Happy Days
1929
as Train Conductor
Masked Emotions
1929
as Will Whitten
Strong Boy
1929
as Angus McGregor
The Painted Angel
1929
as Pa Hudler
4 Devils
1928
as The Clown
Riley the Cop
1928
as James 'Aloysius' Riley
None But the Brave
1928
as John Craig
Bringing Up Father
1928
as Jiggs
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
1928
as Patrick Kelly
Abie's Irish Rose
1928
as Patrick Murphy
In Old Arizona
1928
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
as The Photographer
Paid to Love
1927
as Peter Roberts
East Side, West Side
1927
as Pug Malone
Cradle Snatchers
1927
as George Martin
Ankles Preferred
1927
as McGuire
3 Bad Men
1926
as Mike Costigan
A Trip to Chinatown
1926
as Benjamin Strong
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
1926
as Sloan
The Shamrock Handicap
1926
as Con O'Shea
The First Year
1926
as Mr. Barstow
The Dixie Merchant
1926
as Jean Paul Fippany
The Family Upstairs
1926
as Joe Heller
The Country Beyond
1926
as Sgt. Cassidy
The Last Frontier
1926
as Wild Bill Hickok
Let Women Alone
1925
as Commodore John Gordon
The Iron Horse
1925
as Corporal Casey
Lightnin'
1925
as Lemuel Townsend
Kentucky Pride
1925
as Donavan
The Fighting Heart
1925
as Jerry
Thank You
1925
as Andy
The Lucky Horseshoe
1925
as Mack
The Brass Bowl
1924
as Hickey
The Signal Tower
1924
as Pete
Mademoiselle Midnight
1924
as Duc de Moing (Prologue)
Western Luck
1924
as 'Chuck' Campbell
Those Who Dare
1924
Gerald Cranston's Lady
1924
as Rennie
The Storm Daughter
1924
as Con Mullaney
Drifting
1923
as Murphy
Quicksands
1923
as Col. Patterson
Racing Hearts
1923
as Silas Martin
While Paris Sleeps
1923
The Age of Desire
1923
as Dan Reagan
Fashionable Fakers
1923
as Pat O'Donnell
Over the Border
1922
as Peter Galbraith
Manslaughter
1922
as (uncredited)
Sky High
1922
as Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)
Come on Over
1922
as Michael Morahan
The Young Rajah
1922
as Amhad Beg - Prime Minister
The Ghost Breaker
1922
as Sam Marcum
The Bonded Woman
1922
as Captain Gaskell
The Bachelor Daddy
1922
as Joe Pelton
Tracks
1922
as Jack Bess
The Wallop
1921
as Neuces River
The Freeze-Out
1921
as Bobtail McGuire
Riding with Death
1921
as Sheriff Pat Garrity
Desperate Youth
1921
Trailin'
1921
as Joseph Piotto
Action
1921
as Mormon Peters
Bullet Proof
1920
as Jim Boone
Hitchin' Posts
1920
as Joe Alabam (as J. Farrell McDonald)
The Path She Chose
1920
as Father
Roped
1919
as Butler
A Fight For Love
1919
as The Priest
Riders of Vengeance
1919
as Buell
A Sporting Chance
1919
as Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
Marked Men
1919
as Tom Placer McGraw
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
This Hero Stuff
1919
as Softnose Smith
Molly of the Follies
1919
as Swannick
Trixie from Broadway
1919
as Slim Hayes
$5,000 Reward
1918
as Norcross
Fair Enough
1918
as Chief of Police Morgan
Rags
1915
as Paul Ferguson (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald)
The Calling of Louis Mona
1913
A Timely Repentance
1912
as Louis Nordell
The Scarlet Letter
1911
The Dream
1911
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Lighthouse Keeper
1911
as The Lighthouse Keeper
'Tween Two Loves
1911
as Farmer Howard
The Time-Lock Safe
1910
as Office Worker