Frank McDonald

Director

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.

Born: November 9, 1899 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Died: March 8, 1980 (Age 80)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
13 Lead Soldiers Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1948
Alaska Highway Movie	4.8	Directing	Director	1943
Along the Navajo Trail Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1945
Bells of Rosarita Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1945
Blondes at Work Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1938
Boulder Dam Movie	6	Directing	Director	1936
Broadway Hostess Movie	5	Directing	Director	1935
Carolina Moon Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1940
Dance Charlie Dance Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1937
Fly Away Baby Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1937
Flying Blind Movie	4.5	Directing	Director	1941
Gambler's Choice Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1944
Gaucho Serenade Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1940
Gun Smugglers Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1948
Gunfight at Comanche Creek Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1963
Isle of Fury Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1936
Lights of Old Santa Fe Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1944
Love Begins at Twenty Movie	6	Directing	Director	1936
Mara of the Wilderness Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1965
Midnight Court Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1937
Mr. Reckless Movie	5.1	Directing	Director	1948
Murder by an Aristocrat Movie	5.4	Directing	Director	1936
My Pal Trigger Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1946
No Hands on the Clock Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1941
One Body Too Many Movie	5.2	Directing	Director	1944
Over the Wall Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1938
Rainbow Over Texas Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1946
Rancho Grande Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1940
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride Movie	6.8	Directing	Director	1940
Scared Stiff Movie	4.7	Directing	Director	1945
Sierra Passage Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1950
Sioux City Sue Movie	6	Directing	Director	1946
Smart Blonde Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1937
Song of Arizona Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1946
Submarine Alert Movie	5.1	Directing	Director	1943
Sunset in El Dorado Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1945
Texans Never Cry Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1951
The Adventurous Blonde Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1937
The Big Noise Movie	6	Directing	Director	1936
The Big Sombrero Movie	5.2	Directing	Director	1949
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan Movie	5.4	Directing	Director	1936
The Purple Gang Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1959
The Underwater City Movie	4.5	Directing	Director	1962
Thunder Pass Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1954
Timber Queen Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1944
Treachery Rides the Range Movie	5.2	Directing	Director	1936
Treasure of Ruby Hills Movie	5.4	Directing	Director	1955
Under Fiesta Stars Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1941
Under Nevada Skies Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1946
Wildcat Movie	5.4	Directing	Director	1942
Man from Oklahoma Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1945
Tell It to a Star Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1945
Northwest Territory Movie	5.4	Directing	Director	1951
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon Movie		Directing	Director	1952
Son of Belle Starr Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1953
Her Husband's Secretary Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1937
Grand Ole Opry Movie	6.9	Directing	Director	1940
Swing Your Partner Movie	6.9	Directing	Director	1943
O, My Darling Clementine Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1943
Yukon Manhunt Movie	5.1	Directing	Director	1951
Hoosier Holiday Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1943
Six Gun Decision Movie		Directing	Director	1953
Country Fair Movie	7.1	Directing	Director	1941
Sing, Neighbor, Sing Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1944
In Old Missouri Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1940
The Big Tip Off Movie	6	Directing	Director	1955
The Chicago Kid Movie	6.9	Directing	Director	1945
Twilight on the Rio Grande Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1947
Jeepers Creepers Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1939
Village Barn Dance Movie		Directing	Director	1940
Arkansas Judge Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	1941
Apache Chief Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1949
Wrecking Crew Movie	6	Directing	Director	1942
Ringside Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1949
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1947
Trouble on the Trail Movie	7.6	Directing	Director	1954
Border City Rustlers Movie	7.9	Directing	Director	1953
Secret of Outlaw Flats Movie	7.3	Directing	Director	1953
The Yellow Haired Kid Movie		Directing	Director	1952
The Two Gun Teacher Movie		Directing	Director	1954
Flirting with Fate Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1938
Call of the Klondike Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1950
Take It Big Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1944
Barnyard Follies Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1940
They Asked For It Movie	3.4	Directing	Director	1939
Yukon Gold Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1952
Raymie Movie	7.1	Directing	Director	1960
The Traitor Within Movie		Directing	Director	1942
Freshman Year Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1938
Reckless Living Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1938
Snow Dog Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1950
Forgotten Girls Movie	6	Writing	Story	1940
Shepherd of the Ozarks Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1942
French Leave Movie	7.1	Directing	Director	1948
Father Takes the Air Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1951
Tuxedo Junction Movie	6.5	Directing	Director	1941
First Offenders Movie		Directing	Director	1939
When a Girl's Beautiful Movie	6.9	Directing	Director	1947
High Explosive Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1943
Sea Tiger Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1952
Okefenokee Movie	4.8	Crew	Cinematography	1959
Death Goes North Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1939
Phantom Trails Movie		Directing	Director	1955
Timber Country Trouble Movie	8.1	Directing	Director	1955
Mountain Rhythm Movie	6.5	Directing	Director	1943
The Old Homestead Movie		Directing	Director	1942
Linda, Be Good Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1947
Yellow Fin Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1951
Hit Parade of 1947 Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1947
Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria Movie		Directing	Director	1958
Mantelli e spade insanguinate Movie		Directing	Director	1959
The Matchmaking Marshal Movie		Directing	Director	1955
The Tilted Tenderfoot Movie		Directing	Director	1955
Two Gun Marshal Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1953
Marshals in Disguise Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1954
Outlaw's Son Movie		Directing	Director	1954
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok TV Show	7.5	Directing	Director 38 Episodes	1951-1958
Broken Arrow TV Show	7.3	Directing	Director 4 Episodes	1956-1958
Flipper TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	6.1	Directing	Director 4 Episodes	1964-1967
Four Star Playhouse TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.3	Directing	Director 2 Episodes	1952-1956
Get Smart TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	8	Directing	Director 5 Episodes	1965-1970
McHale's Navy TV Show	7.2	Directing	Director 2 Episodes	1962-1966
National Velvet TV Show	7.3	Directing	Director 30 Episodes	1960
The Gene Autry Show TV Show	6.9	Directing	Director 16 Episodes	1950-1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp TV Show Available on 11 streaming services.	7.4	Directing	Director 61 Episodes	1955-1961
The Range Rider TV Show	7.3	Directing	Director 1 Episode	1951-1953
Wanted: Dead or Alive TV Show Available on 7 streaming services.	7.8	Directing	Director 1 Episode	1958-1961
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle TV Show	5.8	Directing	Director 1 Episode	1955-1956
The Whistler TV Show	8	Directing	Director 1 Episode	1954-1955
The Song of a Nation Short Film	5.6	Directing	Director	1936
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone Movie	5.4	Directing	Director	1994
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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