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Frank McDonald

Known for Directing
Date of Birth
November 9, 1899
Would Be
125 Years Old Now
Date of Death
March 8, 1980
Died At
80 Years Old
Born In
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.
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