Frank McGlynn Sr.

Frank McGlynn Sr.

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.

Known For

Cast Credits

Trail Street

as Tim McKeon (uncredited)

Delinquent Daughters

as Judge Craig

March On, America!

as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)

In Old California

as Undetermined Minor Role

Three Girls About Town

as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician

Sergeant York

as Mountaineer (uncredited)

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Panky Pankington

Third Finger, Left Hand

as Judge Holman (uncredited)

Boom Town

as Deacon

Hi-Yo Silver

as Abraham Lincoln

The Mad Empress

as President Abraham Lincoln

Second Fiddle

as Lincolnesque Actor

Love Affair

as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)

Lincoln in the White House

as Abraham Lincoln

Strange Glory

as Abraham Lincoln

Joaquin Murrieta

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

The Lone Ranger

as Abraham Lincoln

Wells Fargo

as Lincoln

Sudden Bill Dorn

as Cap Jinks

Western Gold

as Abraham Lincoln

Broadway Melody of 1938

as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)

Parnell

as Pat Hogan

The Great Barrier

as Sir John Macdonald

Crew Credits