J. Farrell MacDonald
Acting
Born June 5, 1875 · Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Biography
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 Stat…
Known For · 40 titles
It's a Wonderful Life
My Darling Clementine
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Fallen Angel
Meet John Doe
The Palm Beach Story
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Millionaire
Greenwich Village
Woman on the Run
Front Page Woman
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Reap the Wild Wind
Zenobia
3 Bad Men
Topper
Men Without Women
Slim
Superman and the Mole Men
Drifting
Desperate Youth
Masked Emotions
Swellhead
Goodbye, Weeds
The Iron Horse
Parnell
The Whole Town's Talking
Happy Days
Action
Heritage of the Desert
The Walls of Jericho
The Great Lie
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Bowery at Midnight
The Maltese Falcon
Rags
Dark Command
Belle Starr's Daughter
Flying Fists