J. Farrell MacDonald

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a 41-year career from 1911 to 1951, and directed forty-four silent films from 1912 to 1917. MacDonald was the principal director of L. Frank Baum's Oz Film Manufacturing Company, and he can frequently be seen in the films of Frank Capra, Preston Sturges and, especially, John Ford. Early in his career, MacDonald was a singer in minstrel shows, and he toured the United States extensively for two years with stage productions. He made his first silent film in 1911, a dramatic short entitled The Scarlett Letter made by Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), the forerunner of Universal Pictures,. He continued to act in numerous films each year from...

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It's a Wonderful LifeMovie • 1946Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansMovie • 1927Fallen AngelMovie • 1945My Darling ClementineMovie • 1946Meet John DoeMovie • 1941Woman on the RunMovie • 1950TopperMovie • 1937A Tree Grows in BrooklynMovie • 1945The Palm Beach StoryMovie • 1942Superman and the Mole MenMovie • 1951The Great LieMovie • 1941The Whole Town's TalkingMovie • 1935The Bachelor and the Bobby-SoxerMovie • 1947Dark CommandMovie • 1940No Man of Her OwnMovie • 1932Reap the Wild WindMovie • 19423 Bad MenMovie • 1926Show BoatMovie • 1936The Miracle of Morgan's CreekMovie • 1944Hangover SquareMovie • 1945Sitting PrettyMovie • 1948The Maltese FalconMovie • 1931The Sin of Harold DiddlebockMovie • 1947The Painted DesertMovie • 1931