Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 26, 1866
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
- Frank McGlynn
- Franklyn McGlynn
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Biography
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.
Known For - Movies
Sergeant York
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
Captain Blood
as Reverend Ogle
Wells Fargo
as Lincoln
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
Boom Town
as Deacon
In Old California
as Undetermined Minor Role
Three Girls About Town
as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
The Last of the Mohicans
as Gamut
Love Affair
as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
as Lincolnesque Actor