Frank McDonald
Biography
A former railroad worker, Frank McDonald came to Hollywood after a career on the stage as an actor/producer/director. At first hired as a dialogue director, McDonald turned out some scripts and in the mid-'30s began directing. Working for almost every studio in Hollywood at one time or another, he did a lot of work for Republic, grinding out Gene Autry and Roy Rogers westerns, and at the Pine/Thomas "B" unit at Paramount, churning out westerns, action dramas and war pictures. Not entirely comfortable as a director -Evelyn Keyes once said, "I've never seen anyone as terrified of directing as Frank McDonald" - he nevertheless turned out more than 100 pictures in his career.
Directing (116 movies)
My Pal Trigger
1946
One Body Too Many
1944
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
Scared Stiff
1945
The Big Tip Off
1955
Submarine Alert
1943
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944
Under Nevada Skies
1946
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963
Smart Blonde
1937
Isle of Fury
1936
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
No Hands on the Clock
1941
Over the Wall
1938
Rainbow Over Texas
1946
The Underwater City
1962
The Big Sombrero
1949
Blondes at Work
1938
Song of Arizona
1946
Treasure of Ruby Hills
1955
Dance Charlie Dance
1937
13 Lead Soldiers
1948
Mara of the Wilderness
1965
Fly Away Baby
1937
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
Arkansas Judge
1941
Tell It to a Star
1945
Rancho Grande
1940
Boulder Dam
1936
Broadway Hostess
1935
Midnight Court
1937
The Chicago Kid
1945
Sioux City Sue
1946
Flirting with Fate
1938
Mr. Reckless
1948
Grand Ole Opry
1940
Wildcat
1942
Linda, Be Good
1947
Gambler's Choice
1944
The Purple Gang
1959
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947
Murder by an Aristocrat
1936
Timber Queen
1944
Hoosier Holiday
1943
Mountain Rhythm
1943
The Old Homestead
1942
Carolina Moon
1940
Yellow Fin
1951
Along the Navajo Trail
1945
Thunder Pass
1954
Alaska Highway
1943
The Big Noise
1936
Her Husband's Secretary
1937
Sierra Passage
1950
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1947
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
Trouble on the Trail
1954
The Yellow Haired Kid
1952
Six Gun Decision
1953
Secret of Outlaw Flats
1953
Texans Never Cry
1951
Jeepers Creepers
1939
Village Barn Dance
1940
Country Fair
1941
Border City Rustlers
1953
Yukon Gold
1952
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
1944
Apache Chief
1949
Bells of Rosarita
1945
Man from Oklahoma
1945
The Tilted Tenderfoot
1955
Two Gun Marshal
1953
First Offenders
1939
When a Girl's Beautiful
1947
Hit Parade of 1947
1947
Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria
1958
Mantelli e spade insanguinate
1959
Marshals in Disguise
1954
The Matchmaking Marshal
1955
Barnyard Follies
1940
In Old Missouri
1940
O, My Darling Clementine
1943
French Leave
1948
Freshman Year
1938
Flying Blind
1941
Take It Big
1944
Under Fiesta Stars
1941
The Traitor Within
1942
They Asked For It
1939
Shepherd of the Ozarks
1942
Gaucho Serenade
1940
Outlaw's Son
1954
Ringside
1949
Gun Smugglers
1948
Love Begins at Twenty
1936
Reckless Living
1938
The Song of a Nation
1936
Call of the Klondike
1950
Snow Dog
1950
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