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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 Ford. Early in his career, MacDonald was a singer in minstrel shows, and he toured the United...
Highest rated appearances
as Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
as Mr. Kroeger

The Dalton Gang
as Judge Price

You're My Everything
as Doorman (uncredited)
Streets of San Francisco
as Pop Lockhart

Trouble Preferred
as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)

Whispering Smith
as Bill Baggs

Shep Comes Home
as Sheriff Cap Weatherby

The Walls of Jericho
as Bailiff (uncredited)

Belle Starr's Daughter
as Doc Benson

Fury at Furnace Creek
as Pops Murphy (uncredited)

Sitting Pretty
as Cop (uncredited)

Panhandle
as Doc Cooper

If You Knew Susie
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Thunder in the Valley
as McPherson - Innkeeper

Christmas Eve
as Policeman (uncredited)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Mac (uncredited)

Keeper of the Bees
as Postmaster

Web of Danger
as Scotty MacKronish - Bus Driver

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life
as Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)

Goodbye, Weeds
as Gardener

My Darling Clementine
as Mac the barman

Smoky
as Jim

Joe Palooka, Champ
as Long-Count Bowman

Pillow of Death

Fallen Angel
as Bank Guard (uncredited)

Johnny Angel
as Capt. Angel

Circumstantial Evidence
as Jury Foreman

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)

Hangover Square
as Street Vendor (uncredited)

Greenwich Village
as O'Shea, policeman

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
as Sheriff (uncredited)

The Great Moment
as The Priest

Texas Masquerade
as John Martindale

True to Life
as Man (uncredited)

Tiger Fangs
as Geoffrey MacCardle

The Ape Man
as Captain O'Brien

Harrigan's Kid
as Frank (uncredited)

The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Cop

Bowery at Midnight
as Capt. Mitchell

Phantom Killer
as Police Captain

The Palm Beach Story
as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)

The Living Ghost
as Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson

One Thrilling Night
as Police Sergeant Haggerty

Reap the Wild Wind
as Port Captain

Captains of the Clouds
as Dr. Neville

Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Henry Hathaway

Private Snuffy Smith
as Gen. Rosewater

Law of the Timber
as Adams

Riders of the Timberline
as Jim Kerrigan

Broadway Limited
as Mulcahey

The Great Lie
as Dr. Ferguson

In Old Cheyenne
as Tim Casey

Meet John Doe
as 'Sourpuss'

Friendly Neighbors
as Sheiff Potts

Untamed
as Dr. Billar

Pony Express Days
as Nevada Jim

Stagecoach War
as Jeff Chapman

The Last Alarm
as Jim Hadley

Prairie Law
as Sheriff Jim Austin

I Take This Oath
as Insp. Tim Ryan

The Light of Western Stars
as Bill Stillwell

Dark Command
as Dave

Knights of the Range
as Cappy

The Gentleman from Arizona
as Wild Bill Coburn

The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Captain

Full Confession
as Joe, Police Sergeant (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music
as Police Chief (uncredited)

Coast Guard
as Capt. Hansen (uncredited)

Conspiracy
as Captain of the Falcon

Mickey the Kid
as Sheriff J.J. Willoughby

Susannah of the Mounties
as Pat O'Hannegan

Zenobia
as Judge

East Side of Heaven
as Doorman (uncredited)

The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Craig Dolan
Little Orphan Annie
as 'Pop' Corrigan

Submarine Patrol
as CWO 'Sails' Quincannon

Come On, Rangers
as Colonel Forbes

Gang Bullets
as Chief Reardon

The Last Express
as William Barton (Detective Agency Head)

There Goes My Heart
as Officer

The Crowd Roars
as Father Patrick Ryan

Barefoot Boy
as Warden

White Banners
as Dr. Thompson

Numbered Woman
as Capt. Mike Ryan

Extortion
as Coach Pearson

State Police
as Charlie Wheeler

My Old Kentucky Home
as Mayor Jim Hopkins

Courage of the West
as Buck Saunders

County Fair
as Calvin Williams

The Game That Kills
as Joe Holland

My Dear Miss Aldrich
as 'Doc' Howe

Topper
as Policeman

Roaring Timber
as Andrew MacKinley

Flying Fists
as Bill 'One-Punch' Fagin

Slim
as Pop

Slave Ship
as Proprietor

Parnell
as Irish Laborer (uncredited)

Parnell
as Irish Laborer

The Hit Parade
as Sgt. O'Hara

Maid of Salem
as Captain of Ship

The Great Barrier
as Major Rogers

Mysterious Crossing
as Police Chief Bullock

Show Boat
as Windy MacLaine

Florida Special
as Harrigan

Exclusive Story
as Michael Devlin

Riffraff
as 'Brains'

Hitch Hike Lady
as Judge Hale

Fighting Youth
as Coach Parker

Stormy
as Trinidad Dorn

Waterfront Lady
as Capt. O'Brien

Danger Ahead
as Harry Cromwell

The Irish in Us
as Capt. Jackson

Front Page Woman
as Hallohan

Shadows of the Orient
as Inspector Sullivan

The Arizonian
as Marshal Andy Jordan

The Healer
as Applejack

Our Little Girl
as Mr. Tramp

Let 'em Have It
as Mr. Keefer

Swellhead
as Umpire

Star of Midnight
as Inspector Doremus

The Whole Town's Talking
as Prison Warden (uncredited)

Northern Frontier
as Inspector

Square Shooter
as Sheriff

The Best Man Wins
as Captain--Harbor Patrol

Maybe It's Love
as The Cop

Romance in Manhattan
as Murphy

Beggar's Holiday
as Pop Malloy

Once to Every Woman
as Flannigan

The Crime Doctor
as Kemp

The Crosby Case
as The Doorman--Mike Costello

Man of Two Worlds
as Michael

Murder on the Campus
as Police Capt. Ed Kyne
Under Secret Orders
as John Burke

Myrt and Marge
as Grady

The Power and the Glory
as Mulligan

I Loved a Woman
as Shuster
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
as Himself

Laughing at Life
as Prison Warden

Peg o' My Heart
as Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell

The Working Man
as Henry 'Hank' Davis

The Vanishing Frontier
as Waco

The Iron Master
as J.C. Stillman

No Man of Her Own
as "Dickie" Collins

The Racing Strain
as Mr. Martin

Me and My Gal
as Pop Riley

Men Are Such Fools
as Prison Warden Randolph

The Pride of the Legion
as Chief Scott

Heritage of the Desert
as Adam Naab

This Sporting Age
as Jerry O'Day

70,000 Witnesses
as State Coach

Hearts of Humanity
as Tom O'Hara

The Phantom Express
as D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan

The Thirteenth Guest
as Captain Ryan

The Hurricane Express
as Jim Baker

Madame Racketeer
as John Adams

Week-End Marriage
as Mr. Davis

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Police Sgt. J.B. Antrim (uncredited)

Scandal for Sale
as Treadway

Probation
as George Holman

Steady Company
as Hogan

Hotel Continental
as Detective Martin

Discarded Lovers
as Sommers

Under Eighteen
as Pop Evans

Touchdown!
as Pop Stewart

The Spirit of Notre Dame
as The Coach

The Brat
as Timson, the butler

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'

Sporting Blood
as MacGuire

Stranger in Town
as Scout

The Squaw Man
as Big Bill

The Maltese Falcon
as Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus

Too Young to Marry
as Rev. Stump

The Millionaire
as Dan Lewis

The Stolen Jools
as Policeman

Woman Hungry
as Buzzard

The Easiest Way
as Ben Murdock

The Painted Desert
as Jeff Cameron

Other Men's Women
as Peg-Leg

The Truth About Youth
as Colonel Graham

River's End
as O'Toole

The Girl of the Golden West
as Sonora Slim

Song o' My Heart
as Rafferty

Men Without Women
as Costello

South Sea Rose
as Hackett

The Painted Angel
as Pa Hudler

Happy Days
as Train Conductor

Masquerade
as Joe Hickey

Masked Emotions
as Will Whitten

Strong Boy
as Angus McGregor

In Old Arizona
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)

Riley the Cop
as James 'Aloysius' Riley

4 Devils
as The Clown

None But the Brave
as John Craig

Abie's Irish Rose
as Patrick Murphy

Bringing Up Father
as Jiggs

The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
as Patrick Kelly

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Photographer

East Side, West Side
as Pug Malone

Paid to Love
as Peter Roberts

Cradle Snatchers
as George Martin

Ankles Preferred
as McGuire

Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Sloan

The Country Beyond
as Sgt. Cassidy

The Family Upstairs
as Joe Heller

3 Bad Men
as Mike Costigan

The Last Frontier
as Wild Bill Hickok

A Trip to Chinatown
as Benjamin Strong

The Shamrock Handicap
as Con O'Shea

The Dixie Merchant
as Jean Paul Fippany

The First Year
as Mr. Barstow

The Fighting Heart
as Jerry

Thank You
as Andy

The Iron Horse
as Corporal Casey

Kentucky Pride
as Donavan

The Lucky Horseshoe
as Mack

Lightnin'
as Lemuel Townsend

Let Women Alone
as Commodore John Gordon

Those Who Dare

The Brass Bowl
as Hickey

Gerald Cranston's Lady
as Rennie

The Signal Tower
as Pete

Western Luck
as 'Chuck' Campbell

Mademoiselle Midnight
as Duc de Moing (Prologue)

The Storm Daughter
as Con Mullaney

Fashionable Fakers
as Pat O'Donnell

The Age of Desire
as Dan Reagan

Drifting
as Murphy

Racing Hearts
as Silas Martin

Quicksands
as Col. Patterson

While Paris Sleeps

The Young Rajah
as Amhad Beg - Prime Minister

Manslaughter
as (uncredited)

The Ghost Breaker
as Sam Marcum

The Bonded Woman
as Captain Gaskell

Over the Border
as Peter Galbraith

Tracks
as Jack Bess

The Bachelor Daddy
as Joe Pelton

Come on Over
as Michael Morahan

Sky High
as Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)

Trailin'
as Joseph Piotto

Riding with Death
as Sheriff Pat Garrity

Action
as Mormon Peters

The Wallop
as Neuces River

Desperate Youth

The Freeze-Out
as Bobtail McGuire

Hitchin' Posts
as Joe Alabam (as J. Farrell McDonald)
The Path She Chose
as Father

Bullet Proof
as Jim Boone

Marked Men
as Tom Placer McGraw

This Hero Stuff
as Softnose Smith

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

A Sporting Chance
as Luther Ripley aka Kennedy

Trixie from Broadway
as Slim Hayes

Riders of Vengeance
as Buell

A Fight For Love
as The Priest

Molly of the Follies
as Swannick

Roped
as Butler
Fair Enough
as Chief of Police Morgan

$5,000 Reward
as Norcross

Rags
as Paul Ferguson (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald)
The Calling of Louis Mona

A Timely Repentance
as Louis Nordell

'Tween Two Loves
as Farmer Howard
The Lighthouse Keeper
as The Lighthouse Keeper

The Scarlet Letter

The Dream
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Time-Lock Safe
as Office Worker