
Acting · 84 years old
San Francisco, California, USA
Gaunt-looking American character actor Frank McGlynn Sr. is best remembered for his many portrayals in 1930s and 1940s historical films of US President Abraham Lincoln. McGlynn began performing on stage in 1896. Prior to that, he had been a practicing lawyer, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Captain Blood
Reverend Ogle

Sergeant York
Mountaineer (uncredited)

These Three
Judge (uncredited)

Love Affair
Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)

Boom Town
Deacon

Third Finger, Left Hand
Judge Holman (uncredited)

The Prisoner of Shark Island
Abraham Lincoln

Huckleberry Finn
Second teacher (uncredited)

Frisco Jenny
Good Book Charlie (uncredited)

Little Miss Marker
Doc Chesley

The Plainsman
Abraham Lincoln

Trail Street
Tim McKeon (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1938
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

The Last of the Mohicans
Gamut

The Littlest Rebel
President Abraham Lincoln

Unknown Valley
Head Elder

Syncopation

Min and Bill
Mr. Southard

Gloria's Romance
Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)

Career Woman
Sheriff Duncan