Frank McDonald
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.
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Movies (119)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994 · Director
Mara of the Wilderness
1965 · Director
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963 · Director
The Underwater City
1962 · Director
Raymie
1960 · Director
The Purple Gang
1959 · Director
Mantelli e spade insanguinate
1959 · Director
Okefenokee
1959 · Cinematography
Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria
1958 · Director
The Tilted Tenderfoot
1955 · Director
The Matchmaking Marshal
1955 · Director
Timber Country Trouble
1955 · Director
Phantom Trails
1955 · Director
The Big Tip Off
1955 · Director
Treasure of Ruby Hills
1955 · Director
Trouble on the Trail
1954 · Director
Marshals in Disguise
1954 · Director
Outlaw's Son
1954 · Director
The Two Gun Teacher
1954 · Director
Thunder Pass
1954 · Director
Six Gun Decision
1953 · Director
Secret of Outlaw Flats
1953 · Director
Border City Rustlers
1953 · Director
Two Gun Marshal
1953 · Director
Son of Belle Starr
1953 · Director
The Yellow Haired Kid
1952 · Director
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
1952 · Director
Yukon Gold
1952 · Director
Sea Tiger
1952 · Director
Northwest Territory
1951 · Director
Yellow Fin
1951 · Director
Yukon Manhunt
1951 · Director
Father Takes the Air
1951 · Director
Texans Never Cry
1951 · Director
The Buckskin Rangers
1951 · Director
Sierra Passage
1950 · Director
Call of the Klondike
1950 · Director
Snow Dog
1950 · Director
Apache Chief
1949 · Director
Ringside
1949 · Director
The Big Sombrero
1949 · Director
Gun Smugglers
1948 · Director
13 Lead Soldiers
1948 · Director
French Leave
1948 · Director
Mr. Reckless
1948 · Director
Linda, Be Good
1947 · Director
When a Girl's Beautiful
1947 · Director
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1947 · Director
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947 · Director
Hit Parade of 1947
1947 · Director
Sioux City Sue
1946 · Director
Under Nevada Skies
1946 · Director
My Pal Trigger
1946 · Director
Rainbow Over Texas
1946 · Director
Song of Arizona
1946 · Director
Sunset in El Dorado
1945 · Director
Along the Navajo Trail
1945 · Director
Tell It to a Star
1945 · Director
Man from Oklahoma
1945 · Director
The Chicago Kid
1945 · Director
Scared Stiff
1945 · Director
Bells of Rosarita
1945 · Director
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944 · Director
One Body Too Many
1944 · Director
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
1944 · Director
Take It Big
1944 · Director
Gambler's Choice
1944 · Director
Timber Queen
1944 · Director
O, My Darling Clementine
1943 · Director
Hoosier Holiday
1943 · Director
Submarine Alert
1943 · Director
Alaska Highway
1943 · Director
Swing Your Partner
1943 · Director
High Explosive
1943 · Director
Mountain Rhythm
1943 · Director
The Traitor Within
1942 · Director
Wrecking Crew
1942 · Director
Wildcat
1942 · Director
The Old Homestead
1942 · Director
Shepherd of the Ozarks
1942 · Director
No Hands on the Clock
1941 · Director
Tuxedo Junction
1941 · Director
Flying Blind
1941 · Director
Under Fiesta Stars
1941 · Director
Country Fair
1941 · Director
Arkansas Judge
1941 · Director
Barnyard Follies
1940 · Director
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940 · Director
Carolina Moon
1940 · Director
Grand Ole Opry
1940 · Director
Gaucho Serenade
1940 · Director
In Old Missouri
1940 · Director
Rancho Grande
1940 · Director
Forgotten Girls
1940 · Story
Village Barn Dance
1940 · Director
Jeepers Creepers
1939 · Director
Death Goes North
1939 · Director
They Asked For It
1939 · Director
First Offenders
1939 · Director
Flirting with Fate
1938 · Director
Freshman Year
1938 · Director
Over the Wall
1938 · Director
Reckless Living
1938 · Director
Blondes at Work
1938 · Director
The Adventurous Blonde
1937 · Director
Dance Charlie Dance
1937 · Director
Fly Away Baby
1937 · Director
Midnight Court
1937 · Director
Her Husband's Secretary
1937 · Director
Smart Blonde
1937 · Director
Isle of Fury
1936 · Director
Love Begins at Twenty
1936 · Director
The Song of a Nation
1936 · Director
The Big Noise
1936 · Director
Murder by an Aristocrat
1936 · Director
Treachery Rides the Range
1936 · Director
Boulder Dam
1936 · Director
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936 · Director
Broadway Hostess
1935 · Director
TV shows (13)
Get Smart
1965 · Director
Flipper
1964 · Director
McHale's Navy
1962 · Director
National Velvet
1960 · Director
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Director
Broken Arrow
1956 · Director
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Director
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
1955 · Director
The Whistler
1954 · Director
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Director
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Director
The Range Rider
1951 · Director
The Gene Autry Show
1950 · Director