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Frank McGlynn Sr.
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Occupation
Actor
Spouse
Rose Sheridan McGlynn
Role
Film actor
Name
Frank Sr.
Years active
1911-1947 (film)
Born
October 26, 1866 (
1866-10-26
)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Died
May 18, 1951, Newburgh, New York, United States
Children
Frank McGlynn Jr., Virginia Rose McGlynn, Mary Rose McGlynn, Helen McGlynn, Thomas McGlynn
Parents
Mary McGlynn, Frank McGlynn
Movies
The Littlest Rebel, The Prisoner of Shark Isla, Captain Blood, Little Miss Marker, The Poor Little Rich Girl
Similar People
David Butler, Alexander Hall, Michael Curtiz, John Ford, Sepp Allgeier
Frank McGlynn Sr. (October 26, 1866 – May 18, 1951) was an American stage and film actor who found success later in life playing Abraham Lincoln.
McGlynn was born in San Francisco the eldest of two daughters and a son raised by Frank and Mary McGlynn. Census records indicate that McGlynn lost a younger brother (George b. 1869) sometime between 1870 and 1880. His father was second generation Irish from New York who supported his family as a carpenter and later working in real estate. McGlynn’s mother was born in Australia of Irish parents who brought her to America at about the time of the California Gold Rush.
Originally McGlynn studied to be a lawyer. He received his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and was admitted to the bar in 1894. By 1896, though, he was appearing on stage at the Casino Theatre, performing in The Gold Bug, a burlesque musical comedy written by Glen MacDonough with music from Victor Herbert.
Career
Later that year McGlynn toured in a road production of Under the Red Robe, a story based on the Stanley Weyman novel that was adapted for the stage by Edward Everett Rose. Over the following two decades McGlynn played mostly supporting roles with stock companies and in early silent films.
McGlynn’s big break came in 1919, when at the age of fifty-three, the six-foot, four-inch actor was given the opportunity to play the lead in John Drinkwater’s play Abraham Lincoln. The play had a run of 193 performances at the Cort Theatre in New York and played on the road for well over two years. In 1924, McGlynn appeared in a two-reel short film made by Lee DeForest and J. Searle Dawley in DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process, in an excerpt of the play.
McGlynn went on to play in seven Broadway plays; his last as Johnnie, in Frankie and Johnnie at the Theatre Republic in 1930. McGlynn’s 1919 performance as Lincoln also rejuvenated his film career which lasted into the late 1940s. He portrayed Lincoln in ten films and in one film an actor who plays Lincoln.
Death
McGlynn died at the age of eighty-four on May 18, 1951, at his daughter’s residence in Newburg, New York. He was survived by three daughters, Helen, Virginia Rose, Mary Rose and a son, Rev. Thomas McGlynn. His wife, Rose (née Sheridan) McGlynn and son Frank Jr. (also an actor), preceded him in death. He is interred in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
Actor
1947
Hollywood Barn Dance as
Pa (Hiram) Tubb (as Frank McGlynn)
1947
Trail Street as
Tim McKeon (uncredited)
1946
Slightly Scandalous as
Graves (uncredited)
1945
I Was a Criminal as
Prison Warden
1944
Rogues Gallery as
Blake (as Frank McGlynn)
1944
Delinquent Daughters as
Judge Craig (as Frank McGlynn)
1942
In Old California as
Old Miner (uncredited)
1942
Syncopation as
Simon Goodwill (uncredited)
1941
Marry the Boss's Daughter as
Hoffman
1941
Three Girls About Town as
Josephus Wiegal
1941
Sergeant York as
Mountaineer (uncredited)
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as
Panky
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand as
Judge Holman (uncredited)
1940
Boom Town as
Deacon
1939
The Mad Empress as
President Abraham Lincoln
1939
The Honeymoon's Over as
Thin Man
1939
Second Fiddle as
Lincolnesque Actor (uncredited)
1939
Love Affair as
Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
1939
Lincoln in the White House (Short) as
Abraham Lincoln
1938
Strange Glory (Short) as
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
1938
Joaquin Murrieta (Short) as
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1938
The Girl of the Golden West as
Pete - Gambler (uncredited)
1938
The Lone Ranger as
Abraham Lincoln [Ch. 1]
1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as
Minister (uncredited)
1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone as
Minister at Wedding (uncredited)
1937
Wells Fargo as
Lincoln (as Frank McGlynn)
1937
Sudden Bill Dorn as
Cap Jinks
1937
Western Gold as
Abraham Lincoln
1937
Broadway Melody of 1938 as
Boardinghouse Resident (uncredited)
1937
Saratoga as
Ed Kenyon (uncredited)
1937
Sing and Be Happy as
Sheriff
1937
Parnell as
Pat Hogan (uncredited)
1937
That I May Live as
Dr. Curtis (uncredited)
1937
Silent Barriers as
Sir John Macdonald - Prime Minister of Canada
1936
Career Woman as
Sheriff Duncan
1936
The Plainsman as
Abraham Lincoln
1936
North of Nome as
U. S. Marshal
1936
King of the Royal Mounted as
Henry Dundas
1936
The Last of the Mohicans as
David Gamut
1936
Parole! as
A.R. Patton (uncredited)
1936
Hearts in Bondage as
Abraham Lincoln
1936
For the Service as
Jim LaMont
1936
These Three as
Judge (uncredited)
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as
Preacher (uncredited)
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island as
President Abraham Lincoln
1936
It's Up to You as
Bixby
1935
Captain Blood as
Rev. Ogle
1935
The Littlest Rebel as
Abraham Lincoln
1935
Outlawed Guns as
Jingles
1935
The Roaring West as
Jinglebob Morgan
1935
Goin' to Town as
Judge (uncredited)
1935
It's a Small World as
Snake Brown Jr.
1935
Folies Bergère de Paris as
Joseph
1934
The Mighty Barnum as
Barnum's Butler (uncredited)
1934
Lost in the Stratosphere as
Colonel Worthington (as Frank McGlynn)
1934
Belle of the Nineties as
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1934
Wild Gold as
Thompson the Storekeeper (uncredited)
1934
Are We Civilized? as
Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
1934
Little Miss Marker as
Doc Chesley
1934
Search for Beauty as
Rev. Rankin
1934
Massacre as
Missionary
1933
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case as
Amos Winterslip
1933
Unknown Valley as
Head Elder (as Frank McGlynn)
1933
Hello, Everybody! as
Jonathan Reed
1933
Employees' Entrance as
The Editor (scenes deleted)
1932
Frisco Jenny as
Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
1932
Lady and Gent as
Principal
1932
The Wet Parade as
Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
1932
Polly of the Circus as
Head of Parish Board (uncredited)
1931
Huckleberry Finn as
Second teacher (uncredited)
1931
The Silent Partner (Short)(as Frank McGlynn)
1931
The Secret 6 as
Judge (as Frank McGlynn)
1931
The Great Meadow as
Pioneer (uncredited)
1930
Min and Bill as
Mr. Southard (as Frank McGlynn)
1930
The Jazz Cinderella as
Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
1930
Good News as
Professor Kenyon (as Frank McGlynn)
1924
Abraham Lincoln (Short) as
Abraham Lincoln (as Frank McGlynn)
1919
The A.B.C. of Love as
Innkeeper (uncredited)
1918
The Caillaux Case as
Emperor William of Germany (as Frank McGlynn)
1918
Why America Will Win as
John F. Pershing
1918
The Accidental Honeymoon as
Farmer Perkins
1918
Rough and Ready as
The Siwash (as Franklyn McGlynn)
1917
The Mad Lover as
Lawyer Robertson (as Frank McGlynn)
1917
The Poor Little Rich Girl as
The Plumber
1917
The Argyle Case as
John Argyle (as Frank McGlynn)
1916
Gloria's Romance as
Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
1915
The Girl of the Gypsy Camp (Short) as
Reverend Auba
1915
Vanity Fair as
Captain William Dobbin
1915
Across the Great Divide (Short) as
The Bandit
1915
The Way Back as
Samuel Kingman (as Frank McGlynn)
1915
Through Turbulent Waters as
Bill Ford
1915
The Test (Short) as
Tom O'Neil - Foreman
1915
His Peasant Princess (Short) as
The King of Rodenkurst (as Frank McGlynn)
1915
With Bridges Burned (Short) as
Paul Grigsby (as Frank McGlynn)
1915
A Woman's Revenge (Short) as
Roger Davis (as Frank McGlynn)
1915
A Deadly Hate (Short) as
Warden Johnson (as Frank McGlynn)
1915
For the Man She Loved (Short)
1915
In the Shadow of Death (Short) as
Lizette's Grandfather (as Frank McGlynn)
1915
The Life of Abraham Lincoln (Short) as
Abraham Lincoln (as Frank McGlynn)
1915
From a Life of Crime (Short) as
Rev. Matthews
1915
The Voice of Conscience (Short) as
Dr. Thodore Yorke - the Husband
1915
The Magnate of Paradise (Short) as
Finlaison (as Frank McGlynn)
1914
The Premature Compromise (Short) as
The Ship's Captain
1914
The Birth of Our Saviour (Short) as
Herod (as Frank McGlynn)
1914
The Last of the Hargroves (Short) as
Mr. Hargrove - Viney's Father
1914
What Could She Do (Short) as
The Police Inspector
1914
The Everlasting Triangle (Short) as
Santley, of the West
1914
The Pines of Lorey as
John Boyd (as Frank McGlynn)
1914
The Man in the Dark (Short) as
Silver Joe
1914
The Case of the Vanished Bonds (Short)(as Frank McGlynn)
1914
Jim's Vindication (Short) as
Jim Black (as Frank McGlynn)
1914
Sheep's Clothing (Short) as
Addison Quoin - Detective
1914
Detective Swift (Short) as
Jacques Renault aka Count Otronski
1913
Alexia's Strategy (Short) as
Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
1913
What Shall It Profit a Man? (Short) as
Gilbert Storm (as Frank McGlynn)
1913
The Price of Human Lives (Short) as
Gregory Cort - The Father
1913
Nora's Boarders (Short)
1913
The Phantom Signal (Short)
1913
Elise, the Forester's Daughter (Short) as
Elise's Father
1913
A Face from the Past (Short) as
Edward Pendleton (as Frank McGlynn)
1913
A Woodland Paradise (Short) as
Amos Munroe
1913
A Daughter of the Wilderness (Short) as
The Priest (as Frank McGlynn)
1913
The Girl and the Outlaw (Short) as
Zeb Norton
1913
The Contents of the Suitcase (Short)(as Frank McGlynn)
1913
A Light on Troubled Waters (Short)(as Frank McGlynn)
1913
Joyce of the North Woods (Short) as
Birkdale - Joyce's Husband
1913
The Treasure of Captain Kidd (Short)
1913
By Fire and Water (Short)
1913
The Bells (Short) as
Leo Noakes - The Father's Choice (as Frank McGlynn)
1913
Who Will Marry Mary?
1913
The Dream Fairy (Short) as
The Famous Surgeon
1911
Foul Play (Short) as
Wylie - mate of the Prosperpine (as Frank McGlynn)
1911
The Spirit of the Gorge (Short) as
The Medicine Man (as Frank McGlynn)
1911
The Battle of Bunker Hill (Short) as
Jack - a Colonial Officer
1911
The Wager and the Wage Earners (Short)
1911
The Niece and the Chorus Lady (Short)
1911
The Twin Towers (Short)
1911
A Buried Past (Short) as
The Prisoner turned Mayor
1911
The Strike at the Mines (Short)
1911
Nell's Last Deal (Short)(as Frank McGlynn)
1911
Love and the Stock Market (Short) as
The Designing Lover
1911
The Rival Candidates (Short) as
Hubby
Director
1916
The Coward's Code (Short) (as Frank McGlynn)
1915
Faith and Fortune (Short)
1915
Her Inspiration (Short)
1915
The Truth About Helen
1915
Waifs of the Sea (Short) (as Frank McGlynn)
1915
The Broken Word (Short)
1914
Detective Swift (Short) (as Frank McGlynn)
1914
The Giants-White Sox Tour (Documentary short)
1912
In the Government Service (Short) (as Frank McGlynn)
1911
The Pride of Lexington (Short) (as Frank McGlynn)
1910
Ononko's Vow (Short)
1910
The Big Scoop (Short)
1910
'Mid the Cannon's Roar (Short)
1910
Sandy the Substitute (Short)
1910
Pardners (Short)
Writer
1914
Detective Swift (Short) (story - as Frank McGlynn)
