Frank McDonald
Personal Info:
KNOWN FOR
Directing
GENDER
male
BIRTHDAY
1899-11-09
DAY OF DEATH
1980-03-08
PLACE OF BIRTH
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ALSO KNOWN AS
Frank MacDonaldBill Raynor
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
- 1994
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1958
- 1955
- 1952
- 1946
- 1946
- 1944
- 1943
- 1941
- 1938
- 1937
- 1937
- 1937
- 1936
- 1936
writing
- 1940
crew
- 1959