Frank McDonald
- Directing
- November 9, 1899 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- March 8, 1980
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone · Director
- Mara of the Wilderness · Director
- Get Smart · Director
- Flipper · Director
- Gunfight at Comanche Creek · Director
- McHale's Navy · Director
- The Underwater City · Director
- National Velvet · Director
- Raymie · Director
- The Purple Gang · Director
- Mantelli e spade insanguinate · Director
- Okefenokee · Cinematography
- Wanted: Dead or Alive · Director
- Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria · Director
- Broken Arrow · Director
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp · Director
- Sheena: Queen of the Jungle · Director
- The Tilted Tenderfoot · Director
- The Matchmaking Marshal · Director
- Timber Country Trouble · Director
- Phantom Trails · Director
- The Big Tip Off · Director
- Treasure of Ruby Hills · Director
- Trouble on the Trail · Director
- Marshals in Disguise · Director
- Outlaw's Son · Director
- The Two Gun Teacher · Director
- Thunder Pass · Director
- The Whistler · Director
- Six Gun Decision · Director
- Secret of Outlaw Flats · Director
- Border City Rustlers · Director
- Two Gun Marshal · Director
- Son of Belle Starr · Director
- The Yellow Haired Kid · Director
- The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon · Director
- Four Star Playhouse · Director
- Yukon Gold · Director
- Sea Tiger · Director
- Northwest Territory · Director
- Yellow Fin · Director
- Yukon Manhunt · Director
- Father Takes the Air · Director
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok · Director
- The Range Rider · Director
- Texans Never Cry · Director
- Sierra Passage · Director
- Call of the Klondike · Director
- The Gene Autry Show · Director
- Snow Dog · Director
- Apache Chief · Director
- Ringside · Director
- The Big Sombrero · Director
- Gun Smugglers · Director
- 13 Lead Soldiers · Director
- French Leave · Director
- Mr. Reckless · Director
- Linda, Be Good · Director
- When a Girl's Beautiful · Director
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back · Director
- Twilight on the Rio Grande · Director
- Hit Parade of 1947 · Director
- Sioux City Sue · Director
- Under Nevada Skies · Director
- My Pal Trigger · Director
- Rainbow Over Texas · Director
- Song of Arizona · Director
- Sunset in El Dorado · Director
- Along the Navajo Trail · Director
- Tell It to a Star · Director
- Man from Oklahoma · Director
- The Chicago Kid · Director
- Scared Stiff · Director
- Bells of Rosarita · Director
- Lights of Old Santa Fe · Director
- One Body Too Many · Director
- Sing, Neighbor, Sing · Director
- Take It Big · Director
- Gambler's Choice · Director
- Timber Queen · Director