J. Farrell MacDonald
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 5, 1875, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
- Died
- August 2, 1952
- Movies
- 284
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) |
| 1951 | Superman and the Mole Men | Pop Shannon |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | Husband on Airplane (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell | Mr. Kroeger |
| 1950 | Woman on the Run | Cap, the Retired Ferryboat Captain |
| 1950 | Hostile Country | Mr. Lane (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Daltons' Women | Alvin |
| 1950 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Gilby - Pharmacist (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Dakota Lil | Ellis |
| 1949 | The Dalton Gang | Judge Price |
| 1949 | You're My Everything | Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Streets of San Francisco | Pop Lockhart |
| 1948 | Trouble Preferred | Apartment House Manager (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Whispering Smith | Bill Baggs |
| 1948 | Shep Comes Home | Sheriff Cap Weatherby |
| 1948 | The Walls of Jericho | Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter | Doc Benson |
| 1948 | Fury at Furnace Creek | Pops Murphy (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Sitting Pretty | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Panhandle | Doc Cooper |
| 1948 | If You Knew Susie | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Thunder in the Valley | McPherson - Innkeeper |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Mac (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Keeper of the Bees | Postmaster |
| 1947 | Web of Danger | Scotty MacKronish - Bus Driver |
| 1947 | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Goodbye, Weeds | Gardener |
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine | Mac the barman |
| 1946 | Smoky | Jim |
| 1946 | Joe Palooka, Champ | Long-Count Bowman |
| 1945 | Pillow of Death | |
| 1945 | Fallen Angel | Bank Guard (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Johnny Angel | Capt. Angel |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Jury Foreman |
| 1945 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Hangover Square | Street Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Greenwich Village | O'Shea, policeman |
| 1944 | The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Great Moment | The Priest |
| 1944 | Texas Masquerade | John Martindale |
| 1943 | True to Life | Man (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Tiger Fangs | Geoffrey MacCardle |
| 1943 | The Ape Man | Captain O'Brien |
| 1943 | Harrigan's Kid | Frank (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Cop |
| 1942 | Bowery at Midnight | Capt. Mitchell |
| 1942 | Phantom Killer | Police Captain |
| 1942 | The Palm Beach Story | Officer O'Donnell (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Living Ghost | Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson |
| 1942 | One Thrilling Night | Police Sergeant Haggerty |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | Port Captain |
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds | Dr. Neville |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Henry Hathaway |
| 1942 | Private Snuffy Smith | Gen. Rosewater |
| 1941 | Law of the Timber | Adams |
| 1941 | Riders of the Timberline | Jim Kerrigan |
| 1941 | Broadway Limited | Mulcahey |
| 1941 | The Great Lie | Dr. Ferguson |
| 1941 | In Old Cheyenne | Tim Casey |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | 'Sourpuss' |
| 1940 | Friendly Neighbors | Sheiff Potts |
| 1940 | Untamed | Dr. Billar |
| 1940 | Pony Express Days | Nevada Jim |
| 1940 | Stagecoach War | Jeff Chapman |
| 1940 | The Last Alarm | Jim Hadley |
| 1940 | Prairie Law | Sheriff Jim Austin |
| 1940 | I Take This Oath | Insp. Tim Ryan |
| 1940 | The Light of Western Stars | Bill Stillwell |
| 1940 | Dark Command | Dave |
| 1940 | Knights of the Range | Cappy |
| 1939 | The Gentleman from Arizona | Wild Bill Coburn |
| 1939 | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Captain |
| 1939 | Full Confession | Joe, Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music | Police Chief (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Coast Guard | Capt. Hansen (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Conspiracy | Captain of the Falcon |
| 1939 | Mickey the Kid | Sheriff J.J. Willoughby |
| 1939 | Susannah of the Mounties | Pat O'Hannegan |
| 1939 | Zenobia | Judge |
| 1939 | East Side of Heaven | Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Craig Dolan |
| 1938 | Little Orphan Annie | 'Pop' Corrigan |
| 1938 | Submarine Patrol | CWO 'Sails' Quincannon |
| 1938 | Come On, Rangers | Colonel Forbes |
| 1938 | Gang Bullets | Chief Reardon |
| 1938 | The Last Express | William Barton (Detective Agency Head) |
| 1938 | There Goes My Heart | Officer |
| 1938 | The Crowd Roars | Father Patrick Ryan |
| 1938 | Barefoot Boy | Warden |
| 1938 | White Banners | Dr. Thompson |
| 1938 | Numbered Woman | Capt. Mike Ryan |
| 1938 | Extortion | Coach Pearson |
| 1938 | State Police | Charlie Wheeler |
| 1938 | My Old Kentucky Home | Mayor Jim Hopkins |
| 1937 | Courage of the West | Buck Saunders |
| 1937 | County Fair | Calvin Williams |
| 1937 | The Game That Kills | Joe Holland |
| 1937 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | 'Doc' Howe |
| 1937 | Topper | Policeman |
| 1937 | Roaring Timber | Andrew MacKinley |
| 1937 | Flying Fists | Bill 'One-Punch' Fagin |
| 1937 | Slim | Pop |
| 1937 | Slave Ship | Proprietor |
| 1937 | Parnell | Irish Laborer (uncredited), Irish Laborer |
| 1937 | The Hit Parade | Sgt. O'Hara |
| 1937 | Maid of Salem | Captain of Ship |
| 1937 | The Great Barrier | Major Rogers |
| 1936 | Mysterious Crossing | Police Chief Bullock |
| 1936 | Show Boat | Windy MacLaine |
| 1936 | Florida Special | Harrigan |
| 1936 | Exclusive Story | Michael Devlin |
| 1936 | Riffraff | 'Brains' |
| 1935 | Hitch Hike Lady | Judge Hale |
| 1935 | Fighting Youth | Coach Parker |
| 1935 | Stormy | Trinidad Dorn |
| 1935 | Waterfront Lady | Capt. O'Brien |
| 1935 | Danger Ahead | Harry Cromwell |
| 1935 | The Irish in Us | Capt. Jackson |
| 1935 | Front Page Woman | Hallohan |
| 1935 | Shadows of the Orient | Inspector Sullivan |
| 1935 | The Arizonian | Marshal Andy Jordan |
| 1935 | The Healer | Applejack |
| 1935 | Our Little Girl | Mr. Tramp |
| 1935 | Let 'em Have It | Mr. Keefer |
| 1935 | Swellhead | Umpire |
| 1935 | Star of Midnight | Inspector Doremus |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking | Prison Warden (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Northern Frontier | Inspector |
| 1935 | Square Shooter | Sheriff |
| 1935 | The Best Man Wins | Captain--Harbor Patrol |
| 1935 | Maybe It's Love | The Cop |
| 1934 | Romance in Manhattan | Murphy |
| 1934 | Beggar's Holiday | Pop Malloy |
| 1934 | The Cat's-Paw | Shigley |
| 1934 | Once to Every Woman | Flannigan |
| 1934 | The Crime Doctor | Kemp |
| 1934 | The Crosby Case | The Doorman--Mike Costello |
| 1934 | Man of Two Worlds | Michael |
| 1933 | Murder on the Campus | Police Capt. Ed Kyne |
| 1933 | Under Secret Orders | John Burke |
| 1933 | Myrt and Marge | Grady |
| 1933 | The Power and the Glory | Mulligan |
| 1933 | I Loved a Woman | Shuster |
| 1933 | How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points | Himself |
| 1933 | Laughing at Life | Prison Warden |
| 1933 | Peg o' My Heart | Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell |
| 1933 | The Working Man | Henry 'Hank' Davis |
| 1933 | The Vanishing Frontier | Waco |
| 1933 | The Iron Master | J.C. Stillman |
| 1932 | No Man of Her Own | "Dickie" Collins |
| 1932 | The Racing Strain | Mr. Martin |
| 1932 | Me and My Gal | Pop Riley |
| 1932 | Men Are Such Fools | Prison Warden Randolph |
| 1932 | The Pride of the Legion | Chief Scott |
| 1932 | Heritage of the Desert | Adam Naab |
| 1932 | This Sporting Age | Jerry O'Day |
| 1932 | 70,000 Witnesses | State Coach |
| 1932 | Hearts of Humanity | Tom O'Hara |
| 1932 | The Phantom Express | D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan |
| 1932 | The Thirteenth Guest | Captain Ryan |
| 1932 | The Hurricane Express | Jim Baker |
| 1932 | Madame Racketeer | John Adams |
| 1932 | Week-End Marriage | Mr. Davis |
| 1932 | The Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Police Sgt. J.B. Antrim (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Scandal for Sale | Treadway |
| 1932 | Probation | George Holman |
| 1932 | Steady Company | Hogan |
| 1932 | Hotel Continental | Detective Martin |
| 1932 | Discarded Lovers | Sommers |
| 1932 | Under Eighteen | Pop Evans |
| 1931 | Touchdown! | Pop Stewart |
| 1931 | The Spirit of Notre Dame | The Coach |
| 1931 | The Brat | Timson, the butler |
| 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver' | |
| 1931 | Sporting Blood | MacGuire |
| 1931 | Stranger in Town | Scout |
| 1931 | The Squaw Man | Big Bill |
| 1931 | The Maltese Falcon | Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus |
| 1931 | Too Young to Marry | Rev. Stump |
| 1931 | The Millionaire | Dan Lewis |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Policeman |
| 1931 | Woman Hungry | Buzzard |
| 1931 | The Easiest Way | Ben Murdock |
| 1931 | The Painted Desert | Jeff Cameron |
| 1931 | Other Men's Women | Peg-Leg |
| 1930 | The Truth About Youth | Colonel Graham |
| 1930 | River's End | O'Toole |
| 1930 | The Girl of the Golden West | Sonora Slim |
| 1930 | Song o' My Heart | Rafferty |
| 1930 | Men Without Women | Costello |
| 1929 | South Sea Rose | Hackett |
| 1929 | The Painted Angel | Pa Hudler |
| 1929 | Happy Days | Train Conductor |
| 1929 | Masquerade | Joe Hickey |
| 1929 | Masked Emotions | Will Whitten |
| 1929 | Strong Boy | Angus McGregor |
| 1928 | In Old Arizona | Stage Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Riley the Cop | James 'Aloysius' Riley |
| 1928 | 4 Devils | The Clown |
| 1928 | None But the Brave | John Craig |
| 1928 | Abie's Irish Rose | Patrick Murphy |
| 1928 | Bringing Up Father | Jiggs |
| 1928 | The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris | Patrick Kelly |
| 1927 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | The Photographer |
| 1927 | East Side, West Side | Pug Malone |
| 1927 | Paid to Love | Peter Roberts |
| 1927 | Cradle Snatchers | George Martin |
| 1927 | Ankles Preferred | McGuire |
| 1926 | Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl | Sloan |
| 1926 | The Country Beyond | Sgt. Cassidy |
| 1926 | The Family Upstairs | Joe Heller |
| 1926 | 3 Bad Men | Mike Costigan |
| 1926 | The Last Frontier | Wild Bill Hickok |
| 1926 | A Trip to Chinatown | Benjamin Strong |
| 1926 | The Shamrock Handicap | Con O'Shea |
| 1926 | The Dixie Merchant | Jean Paul Fippany |
| 1926 | The First Year | Mr. Barstow |
| 1925 | The Fighting Heart | Jerry |
| 1925 | Thank You | Andy |
| 1925 | The Iron Horse | Corporal Casey |
| 1925 | Kentucky Pride | Donavan |
| 1925 | The Lucky Horseshoe | Mack |
| 1925 | Lightnin' | Lemuel Townsend |
| 1925 | Let Women Alone | Commodore John Gordon |
| 1924 | Those Who Dare | |
| 1924 | The Brass Bowl | Hickey |
| 1924 | Gerald Cranston's Lady | Rennie |
| 1924 | The Signal Tower | Pete |
| 1924 | Western Luck | 'Chuck' Campbell |
| 1924 | Mademoiselle Midnight | Duc de Moing (Prologue) |
| 1924 | The Storm Daughter | Con Mullaney |
| 1923 | Fashionable Fakers | Pat O'Donnell |
| 1923 | The Age of Desire | Dan Reagan |
| 1923 | Drifting | Murphy |
| 1923 | Racing Hearts | Silas Martin |
| 1923 | Quicksands | Col. Patterson |
| 1923 | While Paris Sleeps | |
| 1922 | The Young Rajah | Amhad Beg - Prime Minister |
| 1922 | Manslaughter | (uncredited) |
| 1922 | The Ghost Breaker | Sam Marcum |
| 1922 | The Bonded Woman | Captain Gaskell |
| 1922 | Over the Border | Peter Galbraith |
| 1922 | Tracks | Jack Bess |
| 1922 | The Bachelor Daddy | Joe Pelton |
| 1922 | Come on Over | Michael Morahan |
| 1922 | Sky High | Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald) |
| 1921 | Trailin' | Joseph Piotto |
| 1921 | Riding with Death | Sheriff Pat Garrity |
| 1921 | Action | Mormon Peters |
| 1921 | The Wallop | Neuces River |
| 1921 | Desperate Youth | |
| 1921 | The Freeze-Out | Bobtail McGuire |
| 1920 | Hitchin' Posts | Joe Alabam (as J. Farrell McDonald) |
| 1920 | The Path She Chose | Father |
| 1920 | Bullet Proof | Jim Boone |
| 1919 | Marked Men | Tom Placer McGraw |
| 1919 | This Hero Stuff | Softnose Smith |
| 1919 | The Outcasts of Poker Flat | |
| 1919 | A Sporting Chance | Luther Ripley aka Kennedy |
| 1919 | Trixie from Broadway | Slim Hayes |
| 1919 | Riders of Vengeance | Buell |
| 1919 | A Fight For Love | The Priest |
| 1919 | Molly of the Follies | Swannick |
| 1919 | Roped | Butler |
| 1918 | Fair Enough | Chief of Police Morgan |
| 1918 | $5,000 Reward | Norcross |
| 1915 | Rags | Paul Ferguson (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald) |
| 1913 | The Calling of Louis Mona | |
| 1912 | A Timely Repentance | Louis Nordell |
| 1911 | 'Tween Two Loves | Farmer Howard |
| 1911 | The Lighthouse Keeper | The Lighthouse Keeper |
| 1911 | The Scarlet Letter | |
| 1911 | The Dream | Secondary Role (uncredited) |
| 1910 | The Time-Lock Safe | Office Worker |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1917 | Over the Fence | Director |
| 1915 | Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster | Director |
| 1914 | His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz | Director |
| 1914 | The Patchwork Girl of Oz | Director |
| 1914 | The Magic Cloak of Oz | Director |
| 1914 | The Backslider | Director |
| 1914 | Samson | Director |
| 1913 | Rory o' the Bogs | Director |
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