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.
The Last of the Mohicans
Gamut
The Secret Six
Judge
Gloria's Romance
Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
The Jazz Cinderella
Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
Little Miss Marker
Doc Chesley
The Girl of the Golden West
Pete - Gambler
Broadway Melody of 1938
Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
The Littlest Rebel
President Abraham Lincoln
King of the Royal Mounted
Henry Dundas
Captain Blood
Reverend Ogle
Are We Civilized?
Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
Third Finger, Left Hand
Judge Holman (uncredited)
Sudden Bill Dorn
Cap Jinks
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Abraham Lincoln
Three Girls About Town
Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
Through Turbulent Waters
Bill Ford
Rough and Ready
The Siwash
Why America Will Win
John F. Pershing
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Strange Glory
Abraham Lincoln
Western Gold
Abraham Lincoln
Career Woman
Sheriff Duncan
The Lone Ranger
Abraham Lincoln
Hello, Everybody!
Jonathan Reed
Rogues' Gallery
Blake
Good News
Professor Kenyon
Search for Beauty
Rev. Rankin
Massacre
Missionary
The Caillaux Case
Emperor William of Germany
The Poor Little Rich Girl
The Plumber
Folies Bergère
Joseph
The Plainsman
Abraham Lincoln
Unknown Valley
Head Elder
Vanity Fair
Captain William Dobbin
Outlawed Guns
Jingle
Wells Fargo
Lincoln
Min and Bill
Mr. Southard
It's A Small World
Snake Brown Jr.
Love Affair
Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Lincolnesque Actor
Lincoln in the White House
Abraham Lincoln
Across the Great Divide
The Bandit
Huckleberry Finn
Second teacher (uncredited)
The Argyle Case
John Argyle
For the Service
Jim, a Scout
Hollywood Barn Dance
Hiram Tubb
Sing and Be Happy
Sheriff
Syncopation
Boom Town
Deacon
By Fire and Water
Sergeant York
Mountaineer (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Panky Pankington
Hi-Yo Silver
Abraham Lincoln
In Old California
Undetermined Minor Role
North of Nome
U. S. Marshal
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Amos Winterslip
These Three
Judge (uncredited)
March On, America!
Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
The ABC of Love
The Innkeeper
The Wet Parade
Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
The Mad Empress
President Abraham Lincoln
Joaquin Murrieta
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Roaring West
Jinglebob Morgan
Delinquent Daughters
Judge Craig
Alexia's Strategy
Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
The Great Barrier
Sir John Macdonald
Lost in the Stratosphere
Colonel Worthington
Parnell
Pat Hogan
Frisco Jenny
Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
Trail Street
Tim McKeon (uncredited)