J. Farrell MacDonald
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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 Ford.
Early in his career, MacDonald was a singer in minstrel shows, and he toured the United States extensively for two years with stage productions. He made his first silent film in 1911, a dramatic short entitled The Scarlett Letter made by Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), the forerunner of Universal Pictures,. He continued to act in numerous films each year from that time on, and by 1912 he was directing them as well. The first film he directed was The Worth of a Man, another dramatic short, again for IMP, and he was to direct 43 more films until his last in 1917, Over the Fence, which he co-directed with Harold Lloyd. MacDonald had crossed paths with Lloyd several years earlier, when Lloyd was an extra and MacDonald had given him much-needed work – and he did the same with Hal Roach, both of whom appearing in small roles in The Patchwork Girl of Oz, which MacDonald directed in 1914. When Roach set up his own studio, with Lloyd as his principal attraction, he hired MacDonald to direct.
By 1918, MacDonald, who was to become one of the most beloved character men in Hollywood, had given up directing and was acting full-time, predominantly in Westerns and Irish comedies. He first worked under director John Ford in 1919's A Fight for Love. In all, Ford would use MacDonald on twenty-five films between 1919 and 1950.
With a voice that matched his personality, MacDonald made the transition to sound films easily, with no noticeable drop in his acting output – if anything, it went up. In 1931, for instance, MacDonald appeared in 14 films – among them the first version of The Maltese Falcon, in which he played "Detective Tom Polhaus" – and in 22 of them in 1932. Although he played laborers, policemen, military men and priests, among many other characters, his roles were usually a cut above a "bit part". His characters usually had names, and he was most often credited for his performances. A highlight of this period was his performance as the hobo "Mr. Tramp" in Our Little Girl with Shirley Temple (1935).
In the 1940s, MacDonald was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in seven films written and directed by Sturges. MacDonald appeared in Sullivan's Travels, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The Great Moment, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, Unfaithfully Yours and The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, Sturges' last American film. Earlier, MacDonald had also appeared in The Power and the Glory, which Sturges wrote. His work on Sturges' films was generally uncredited. He was notable in 1946 in John Ford's My Darling Clementine in which he played "Mac," the bartender in the town saloon. MacDonald also had uncredited roles in It's a Wonderful Life and Here Comes The Groom.
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Superman and the Mole Men
1951 · Pop Shannon
Here Comes the Groom
1951 · Husband on Airplane (uncredited)
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951 · Mr. Kroeger
Woman on the Run
1950 · Cap, the Retired Ferryboat Captain
Hostile Country
1950 · Mr. Lane (uncredited)
The Daltons' Women
1950 · Alvin
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950 · Gilby - Pharmacist (uncredited)
Dakota Lil
1950 · Ellis
The Dalton Gang
1949 · Judge Price
You're My Everything
1949 · Doorman (uncredited)
Streets of San Francisco
1949 · Pop Lockhart
Trouble Preferred
1948 · Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
1948 · Bill Baggs
Shep Comes Home
1948 · Sheriff Cap Weatherby
The Walls of Jericho
1948 · Bailiff (uncredited)
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948 · Doc Benson
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948 · Pops Murphy (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
1948 · Cop (uncredited)
Panhandle
1948 · Doc Cooper
If You Knew Susie
1948 · Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Thunder in the Valley
1947 · McPherson - Innkeeper
Christmas Eve
1947 · Policeman (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 · Mac (uncredited)
Keeper of the Bees
1947 · Postmaster
Web of Danger
1947 · Scotty MacKronish - Bus Driver
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 · Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)
Goodbye, Weeds
1946 · Gardener
My Darling Clementine
1946 · Mac the barman
Smoky
1946 · Jim
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946 · Long-Count Bowman
Pillow of Death
1945
Fallen Angel
1945 · Bank Guard (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
1945 · Capt. Angel
Circumstantial Evidence
1945 · Jury Foreman
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)
Hangover Square
1945 · Street Vendor (uncredited)
Greenwich Village
1944 · O'Shea, policeman
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Sheriff (uncredited)
The Great Moment
1944 · The Priest
Texas Masquerade
1944 · John Martindale
True to Life
1943 · Man (uncredited)
Tiger Fangs
1943 · Geoffrey MacCardle
The Ape Man
1943 · Captain O'Brien
Harrigan's Kid
1943 · Frank (uncredited)
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 · Cop
Bowery at Midnight
1942 · Capt. Mitchell
Phantom Killer
1942 · Police Captain
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)
The Living Ghost
1942 · Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson
One Thrilling Night
1942 · Police Sergeant Haggerty
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Port Captain
Captains of the Clouds
1942 · Dr. Neville
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · Henry Hathaway
Private Snuffy Smith
1942 · Gen. Rosewater
Law of the Timber
1941 · Adams
Riders of the Timberline
1941 · Jim Kerrigan
Broadway Limited
1941 · Mulcahey
The Great Lie
1941 · Dr. Ferguson
In Old Cheyenne
1941 · Tim Casey
Meet John Doe
1941 · 'Sourpuss'
Friendly Neighbors
1940 · Sheiff Potts
Untamed
1940 · Dr. Billar
Pony Express Days
1940 · Nevada Jim
Stagecoach War
1940 · Jeff Chapman
The Last Alarm
1940 · Jim Hadley
Prairie Law
1940 · Sheriff Jim Austin
I Take This Oath
1940 · Insp. Tim Ryan
The Light of Western Stars
1940 · Bill Stillwell
Dark Command
1940 · Dave
Knights of the Range
1940 · Cappy
The Gentleman from Arizona
1939 · Wild Bill Coburn
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939 · Captain
Full Confession
1939 · Joe, Police Sergeant (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
1939 · Police Chief (uncredited)
Coast Guard
1939 · Capt. Hansen (uncredited)
Conspiracy
1939 · Captain of the Falcon
Mickey the Kid
1939 · Sheriff J.J. Willoughby
Susannah of the Mounties
1939 · Pat O'Hannegan
Zenobia
1939 · Judge
East Side of Heaven
1939 · Doorman (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939 · Craig Dolan
Little Orphan Annie
1938 · 'Pop' Corrigan
Submarine Patrol
1938 · CWO 'Sails' Quincannon
Come On, Rangers
1938 · Colonel Forbes
Gang Bullets
1938 · Chief Reardon
The Last Express
1938 · William Barton (Detective Agency Head)
There Goes My Heart
1938 · Officer
The Crowd Roars
1938 · Father Patrick Ryan
Barefoot Boy
1938 · Warden
White Banners
1938 · Dr. Thompson
Numbered Woman
1938 · Capt. Mike Ryan
Extortion
1938 · Coach Pearson
State Police
1938 · Charlie Wheeler
My Old Kentucky Home
1938 · Mayor Jim Hopkins
Courage of the West
1937 · Buck Saunders
County Fair
1937 · Calvin Williams
The Game That Kills
1937 · Joe Holland
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937 · 'Doc' Howe
Topper
1937 · Policeman
Roaring Timber
1937 · Andrew MacKinley
Flying Fists
1937 · Bill 'One-Punch' Fagin
Slim
1937 · Pop
Slave Ship
1937 · Proprietor
Parnell
1937 · Irish Laborer (uncredited), Irish Laborer
The Hit Parade
1937 · Sgt. O'Hara
Maid of Salem
1937 · Captain of Ship
The Great Barrier
1937 · Major Rogers
Mysterious Crossing
1936 · Police Chief Bullock
Show Boat
1936 · Windy MacLaine
Florida Special
1936 · Harrigan
Exclusive Story
1936 · Michael Devlin
Riffraff
1936 · 'Brains'
Hitch Hike Lady
1935 · Judge Hale
Fighting Youth
1935 · Coach Parker
Stormy
1935 · Trinidad Dorn
Waterfront Lady
1935 · Capt. O'Brien
Danger Ahead
1935 · Harry Cromwell
The Irish in Us
1935 · Capt. Jackson
Front Page Woman
1935 · Hallohan
Shadows of the Orient
1935 · Inspector Sullivan
The Arizonian
1935 · Marshal Andy Jordan
The Healer
1935 · Applejack
Our Little Girl
1935 · Mr. Tramp
Let 'em Have It
1935 · Mr. Keefer
Swellhead
1935 · Umpire
Star of Midnight
1935 · Inspector Doremus
The Whole Town's Talking
1935 · Prison Warden (uncredited)
Northern Frontier
1935 · Inspector
Square Shooter
1935 · Sheriff
The Best Man Wins
1935 · Captain--Harbor Patrol
Maybe It's Love
1935 · The Cop
Romance in Manhattan
1934 · Murphy
Beggar's Holiday
1934 · Pop Malloy
The Cat's-Paw
1934 · Shigley
Once to Every Woman
1934 · Flannigan
The Crime Doctor
1934 · Kemp
The Crosby Case
1934 · The Doorman--Mike Costello
Man of Two Worlds
1934 · Michael
Murder on the Campus
1933 · Police Capt. Ed Kyne
Under Secret Orders
1933 · John Burke
Myrt and Marge
1933 · Grady
The Power and the Glory
1933 · Mulligan
I Loved a Woman
1933 · Shuster
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933 · Himself
Laughing at Life
1933 · Prison Warden
Peg o' My Heart
1933 · Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell
The Working Man
1933 · Henry 'Hank' Davis
The Vanishing Frontier
1933 · Waco
The Iron Master
1933 · J.C. Stillman
No Man of Her Own
1932 · "Dickie" Collins
The Racing Strain
1932 · Mr. Martin
Me and My Gal
1932 · Pop Riley
Men Are Such Fools
1932 · Prison Warden Randolph
The Pride of the Legion
1932 · Chief Scott
Heritage of the Desert
1932 · Adam Naab
This Sporting Age
1932 · Jerry O'Day
70,000 Witnesses
1932 · State Coach
Hearts of Humanity
1932 · Tom O'Hara
The Phantom Express
1932 · D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan
The Thirteenth Guest
1932 · Captain Ryan
Stranger in Town
1932 · Scout
The Hurricane Express
1932 · Jim Baker
Madame Racketeer
1932 · John Adams
Week-End Marriage
1932 · Mr. Davis
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932 · Police Sgt. J.B. Antrim (uncredited)
Scandal for Sale
1932 · Treadway
Probation
1932 · George Holman
Steady Company
1932 · Hogan
Hotel Continental
1932 · Detective Martin
Discarded Lovers
1932 · Sommers
Under Eighteen
1932 · Pop Evans
Touchdown!
1931 · Pop Stewart
The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931 · The Coach
The Brat
1931 · Timson, the butler
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'
1931
Sporting Blood
1931 · MacGuire
The Squaw Man
1931 · Big Bill
The Maltese Falcon
1931 · Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus
Too Young to Marry
1931 · Rev. Stump
The Millionaire
1931 · Dan Lewis
The Stolen Jools
1931 · Policeman
Woman Hungry
1931 · Buzzard
The Easiest Way
1931 · Ben Murdock
The Painted Desert
1931 · Jeff Cameron
Other Men's Women
1931 · Peg-Leg
The Truth About Youth
1930 · Colonel Graham
River's End
1930 · O'Toole
The Girl of the Golden West
1930 · Sonora Slim
Song o' My Heart
1930 · Rafferty
Men Without Women
1930 · Costello
South Sea Rose
1929 · Hackett
The Painted Angel
1929 · Pa Hudler
Happy Days
1929 · Train Conductor
Masquerade
1929 · Joe Hickey
Masked Emotions
1929 · Will Whitten
Strong Boy
1929 · Angus McGregor
In Old Arizona
1928 · Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Riley the Cop
1928 · James 'Aloysius' Riley
4 Devils
1928 · The Clown
None But the Brave
1928 · John Craig
Abie's Irish Rose
1928 · Patrick Murphy
Bringing Up Father
1928 · Jiggs
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
1928 · Patrick Kelly
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · The Photographer
East Side, West Side
1927 · Pug Malone
Paid to Love
1927 · Peter Roberts
Cradle Snatchers
1927 · George Martin
Ankles Preferred
1927 · McGuire
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
1926 · Sloan
The Country Beyond
1926 · Sgt. Cassidy
The Family Upstairs
1926 · Joe Heller
3 Bad Men
1926 · Mike Costigan
The Last Frontier
1926 · Wild Bill Hickok
A Trip to Chinatown
1926 · Benjamin Strong
The Shamrock Handicap
1926 · Con O'Shea
The Dixie Merchant
1926 · Jean Paul Fippany
The First Year
1926 · Mr. Barstow
The Fighting Heart
1925 · Jerry
Thank You
1925 · Andy
The Iron Horse
1925 · Corporal Casey
Kentucky Pride
1925 · Donavan
The Lucky Horseshoe
1925 · Mack
Lightnin'
1925 · Lemuel Townsend
Let Women Alone
1925 · Commodore John Gordon
Those Who Dare
1924
The Brass Bowl
1924 · Hickey
Gerald Cranston's Lady
1924 · Rennie
The Signal Tower
1924 · Pete
Western Luck
1924 · 'Chuck' Campbell
Mademoiselle Midnight
1924 · Duc de Moing (Prologue)
The Storm Daughter
1924 · Con Mullaney
Fashionable Fakers
1923 · Pat O'Donnell
The Age of Desire
1923 · Dan Reagan
Drifting
1923 · Murphy
Racing Hearts
1923 · Silas Martin
Quicksands
1923 · Col. Patterson
While Paris Sleeps
1923
The Young Rajah
1922 · Amhad Beg - Prime Minister
Manslaughter
1922 · (uncredited)
The Ghost Breaker
1922 · Sam Marcum
The Bonded Woman
1922 · Captain Gaskell
Over the Border
1922 · Peter Galbraith
Tracks
1922 · Jack Bess
The Bachelor Daddy
1922 · Joe Pelton
Come on Over
1922 · Michael Morahan
Sky High
1922 · Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)
Trailin'
1921 · Joseph Piotto
Riding with Death
1921 · Sheriff Pat Garrity
Action
1921 · Mormon Peters
The Wallop
1921 · Neuces River
Desperate Youth
1921
The Freeze-Out
1921 · Bobtail McGuire
Hitchin' Posts
1920 · Joe Alabam (as J. Farrell McDonald)
The Path She Chose
1920 · Father
Bullet Proof
1920 · Jim Boone
Marked Men
1919 · Tom Placer McGraw
This Hero Stuff
1919 · Softnose Smith
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
A Sporting Chance
1919 · Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
Trixie from Broadway
1919 · Slim Hayes
Riders of Vengeance
1919 · Buell
A Fight For Love
1919 · The Priest
Molly of the Follies
1919 · Swannick
Roped
1919 · Butler
Fair Enough
1918 · Chief of Police Morgan
$5,000 Reward
1918 · Norcross
Over the Fence
1917 · Director
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
1915 · Director
Rags
1915 · Paul Ferguson (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald)
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz
1914 · Director
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
1914 · Director
The Magic Cloak of Oz
1914 · Director
The Backslider
1914 · Director
Samson
1914 · Director
Rory o' the Bogs
1913 · Director
The Calling of Louis Mona
1913
A Timely Repentance
1912 · Louis Nordell
'Tween Two Loves
1911 · Farmer Howard
The Lighthouse Keeper
1911 · The Lighthouse Keeper
The Scarlet Letter
1911
The Dream
1911 · Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Time-Lock Safe
1910 · Office Worker
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