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J. Farrell MacDonald

Highest Rated: 100% Show Boat (1936)

Lowest Rated: 60% The Great Lie (1941)

Birthday: Jun 6, 1875

Birthplace: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

J Farrell MacDonald was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. MacDonald began his acting career appearing in various films, such as "Riders of Vengeance" (1919) with Harry Carey, "Marked Men" (1920) and "Hitchin' Posts" (1920). He also appeared in "The Wallop" (1921), "The Freeze Out" (1921) and the Tom Mix western "Trailin'" (1921). He continued to act in productions like "This Sporting Age" (1932), the drama "Hotel Continental" (1932) with Peggy Shannon and "The Hurricane Express" (1932). He also appeared in "The Phantom Express" (1932). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the Richard Greene action film "Submarine Patrol" (1938), "The Crowd Roars" (1938) and the drama "White Banners" (1938) with Claude Rains. He also appeared in the Robert Livinston western "The Lone Ranger Rides Again" (1939) and the Oliver Hardy comedy "Zenobia" (1939). MacDonald more recently acted in "Superman and the Mole Men" (1951). MacDonald was married to Mrs. Mrs MacDonald. MacDonald passed away in August 1952 at the age of 77.

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Highest rated movies

100% 73% Show Boat
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100% 48% Captains of the Clouds
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98% 92% Sunrise
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94% 91% A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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91% 69% No Man of Her Own
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88% 77% Woman on the Run
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83% The Cradle Snatchers
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83% 61% Whispering Smith
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80% 30% Front Page Woman
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75% 80% The Iron Horse
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J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald ABIE'S IRISH ROSE, J. Farrell MacDonald, 1928 THE EASIEST WAY, Clara Blandick, Anita Page, Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, J. Farrell MacDonald, Andy Shuford, Jack Hanlon, 1931 GREENWICH VILLAGE, from left: Carmen Miranda, J. Farrell MacDonald, 1944. ©20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, TM & Copyright KNIGHTS OF THE RANGE, front from left: Ethel Wales, J Farrell MacDonald, Victor Jory, Russell Hayden, Jean Parker, 1940 TOPPER, Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, J. Farrell McDonald, 1937. MAN OF TWO WORLDS, Elissa Landi, Henry Stephenson, J. Farrell MacDonald (back), Francis Lederer, 1934 THE PAINTED DESERT, Helen Twelvetrees, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clark Gable, 1931 ROMANCE IN MANHATTAN, Sidney Toler, Francis Lederer, Ginger Rogers, J. Farrell MacDonald, 1935 THE LAST ALARM, Polly Ann Young, J. Farrel MacDonald, Mary Gordon, Warren Hull, George Pembroke, 1940 View more photos

Filmography

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No Score Yet 81% Superman and the Mole Men Pop Shannon (Character) - 1951
88% 77% Woman on the Run Sea Captain (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dalton Gang Judge Price (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Law of the Barbary Coast Sergeant O'Leary (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 50% Fighting Man of the Plains Joe Partridge (Character) - 1949
83% 61% Whispering Smith Bill Baggs (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 60% The Walls of Jericho Bailiff (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 54% Smoky Jim (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 33% Johnny Angel Capt. Angel (Character) - 1945
94% 91% A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Carney The Junkman (uncredited) (Character) - 1945
67% 30% The Great Moment The Priest (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Follow the Leader Clancy (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow of Suspicion Police Captain Mike Dolan (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tiger Queen Geoffrey MacCardle (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 67% Clancy Street Boys Police Sgt. Flanagan (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 14% The Ape Man Capt. O'Brien (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Thrilling Night Police Sergeant Haggerty (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Mugs From Brooklyn Cop (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 22% The Living Ghost Police Lt. "Pete" Peterson (Character) - 1942
100% 48% Captains of the Clouds Dr. Neville (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 16% Bowery at Midnight Capt. Mitchell (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Phantom Killer Police Captain (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Private Snuffy Smith General Rosewater (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Tokyo, U.S.A. Capt. Wade (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Law of the Timber Adams (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Old Cheyenne Tim Casey (Character) - 1941
60% 71% The Great Lie Dr. Ferguson (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Alarm Jim Hadley (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Light of Western Stars Bill Stillwell (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stagecoach War Jeff Chapman (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Knights of the Range Cappy (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pony Express Days Nevada jim (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Prairie Law Sheriff Jim Austin (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 64% They Shall Have Music Police Chief (uncredited) (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 64% Susannah of the Mounties Pat O'Hannegan (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conspiracy Captain of the Falcon (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 58% Zenobia Judge (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Come On, Rangers Colonel Forbes (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Old Kentucky Home Mayor Jim Hopkins (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flying Fists Bill "One-Punch" Fagin (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Crowd Roars Father Patrick Ryan (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Orphan Annie `Pop' Corrigan (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Submarine Patrol CWO 'Sails' Quincannon (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 78% White Banners Dr. Thompson (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Courage of the West Buck Saunders (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 50% Slim Pop (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadows of the Orient Inspector Sullivan (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet County Fair Calvin Williams (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Dear Miss Aldrich `'Doc'` Howe (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Game That Kills Joe Holland (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Barrier Major Rogers (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Pal Applejack (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Exclusive Story Michael Devlin (Character) - 1936
100% 73% Show Boat Windy (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Healer Applejack (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Northern Frontier Inspector McKenzie (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 18% The Irish in Us Capt. Jackson (Character) - 1935
80% 30% Front Page Woman Hallohan (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Waterfront Lady Capt. O'Brien (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 40% Our Little Girl Mr. Tramp (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 57% Romance in Manhattan Officer Murphy (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maybe It's Love The Cop (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danger Ahead Harry Cromwell - City Editor (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fighting Youth Coach Parker (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 47% Riffraff "Brains" (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stormy Trinidad Dorn (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder on the Campus Police Capt. Ed Kyne (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 56% The Cat's Paw Shigley (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Myrt and Marge Grady (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beggar's Holiday The tramp (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Once to Every Woman Flannigan (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 14% Man of Two Worlds Michael (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 64% Peg O' My Heart Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Iron Master J.C. Stillman (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 38% I Loved a Woman Shuster (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Under Secret Orders John Burke (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 0% The Phantom Express D.J. "Smokey" Nolan (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Probation Uncle George (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 59% Me and My Gal Pop Riley (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Discarded Lovers Chief Sommers (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 64% Under Eighteen Pop Evans (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hearts of Humanity Tom O'Hara (Character) - 1932
91% 69% No Man of Her Own `'Dickie'` Collins (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet When the West Was Young Adam Naab (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 23% The Thirteenth Guest Police Capt. Ryan (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Week-end Marriage Mr. Davis (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pride of the Legion Chief Scott (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Vanishing Frontier Waco (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Spirit of Notre Dame Coach (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet 46% Other Men's Women Peg-Leg (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sporting Blood MacGuire (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Easiest Way Ben Murdock (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet 8% The Painted Desert Jeff Cameron (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Brat Timson (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Too Young to Marry Rev. Stump (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touchdown Pop Stewart (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet River's End O'Toole (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet 20% Men Without Women Costello (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet 11% The Truth About Youth Colonel Graham (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet 29% Song o' My Heart Rafferty (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Riley the Cop James "Aloysius" Riley (Character) - 1928
98% 92% Sunrise The Photographer (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paid to Love Peter Roberts (Character) - 1927
83% No Score Yet The Cradle Snatchers George Martin (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet East Side, West Side Pug Malone (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet 74% Three Bad Men Mike Costigan (Character) - 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Shamrock Handicap Con O'Shea (Character) - 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet The First Year Mr. Barstow (Character) - 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lightnin' Lemuel Townsend (Character) - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kentucky Pride Donovan (Character) - 1925
75% 80% The Iron Horse Corp. Casey (Character) - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Signal Tower Pete (Character) - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet Western Luck 'Chuck' Campbell (Character) - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet Drifting Murphy (Character) - 1923
No Score Yet 56% Sky High Jim Frazer (Character) - 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet Come on Over Michael (Character) - 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Young Rajah Tehjunder Roy (Character) - 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trailin' Joseph Piotto (Character) - 1921
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Freeze-Out Bobtail McGuire (Character) - 1921
No Score Yet No Score Yet Over the Fence Director - 1917
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rags Paul Ferguson (Character) - 1915
No Score Yet 33% The Patchwork Girl of Oz Director - 1914
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dream Unknown (Character) - 1911

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Superman Unknown (Guest Star) 1953