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J. Farrell MacDonald

Acting

Born June 5, 1875 · Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Died August 2, 1952

Also known as Joseph Farrell MacDonald · John Farrell MacDonald · Farrell Macdonald

Biography

John Farrell MacDonald was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a four-decade career from 1911 to 1951, and directed forty-four silent films from 1912 to 1917.

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Filmography50+ titles

It's a Wonderful Life

1946as Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)

Come On, Rangers

1938as Colonel Forbes

Northern Frontier

1935as Inspector

Romance in Manhattan

1935as Murphy

Sunrise

1927as The Photographer

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997as Self (archive footage)

My Darling Clementine

1946as Mac the barman

Meet John Doe

1941as 'Sourpuss'

Laughing at Life

1933as Prison Warden

The Spirit of Notre Dame

1931as The Coach

Exclusive Story

1936as Michael Devlin

Sitting Pretty

1948as Cop (uncredited)

Tiger Fangs

1943as Geoffrey MacCardle

The Palm Beach Story

1942as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)

The Great Lie

1941as Dr. Ferguson

Law of the Timber

1941as Adams

The Crowd Roars

1938as Father Patrick Ryan

Numbered Woman

1938as Capt. Mike Ryan

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947as Mac (uncredited)

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1943as Sheriff (uncredited)

The Whole Town's Talking

1935as Prison Warden (uncredited)

3 Bad Men

1926as Mike Costigan

Woman on the Run

1950as Cap, the Retired Ferryboat Captain

Greenwich Village

1944as O'Shea, policeman

Topper

1937as Policeman

The Iron Horse

1924as Corporal Casey

Captains of the Clouds

1942as Dr. Neville

Fallen Angel

1945as Bank Guard (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music

1939as Police Chief (uncredited)

Susannah of the Mounties

1939as Pat O'Hannegan

The Working Man

1933as Henry 'Hank' Davis

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

1947as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Reap the Wild Wind

1942as Port Captain

Dark Command

1940as Dave

Me and My Gal

1932as Pop Riley

The Maltese Falcon

1931as Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus

Men without Women

1930as Costello

Fury at Furnace Creek

1948as Pops Murphy (uncredited)

Johnny Angel

1945as Capt. Angel

Shadows of the Orient

1935as Inspector Sullivan

Gang Bullets

1938as Chief Reardon

Front Page Woman

1935as Hallohan

Star of Midnight

1935as Inspector Doremus

Over the Fence

1917Director

Panhandle

1948as Doc Cooper

I Take This Oath

1940as Insp. Tim Ryan

Heritage of the Desert

1932as Adam Naab

Other Men's Women

1931as Peg-Leg

The Stolen Jools

1931as Policeman

His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz

1914Director