J. Farrell MacDonald

Acting

J. Farrell MacDonald

Born June 5, 1875 · Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Died August 2, 1952 · aged 77

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 Compa…

Known For

It's a Wonderful LifeIt's a Wonderful Life · 1946
It's a Wonderful Life
8.31946
MovieDramaFamily
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
My Darling ClementineMy Darling Clementine · 1946
My Darling Clementine
7.51946
MovieWestern
Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.
Fallen AngelFallen Angel · 1945
Fallen Angel
6.61945
MovieCrimeMystery
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
Front Page WomanFront Page Woman · 1935
Front Page Woman
5.91935
MovieComedyRomance
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
SlimSlim · 1937
Slim
6.51937
MovieDramaRomance
Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl, who hates their dangerous profession.
ZenobiaZenobia · 1939
Zenobia
5.01939
MovieComedy
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Greenwich VillageGreenwich Village · 1944
Greenwich Village
6.71944
MovieComedyMusic
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
3 Bad Men3 Bad Men · 1926
3 Bad Men
6.91926
MovieRomanceWestern
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

Movies

It's a Wonderful LifeIt's a Wonderful Life · 1946
It's a Wonderful Life
8.31946
MovieDramaFamily
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
My Darling ClementineMy Darling Clementine · 1946
My Darling Clementine
7.51946
MovieWestern
Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.
Fallen AngelFallen Angel · 1945
Fallen Angel
6.61945
MovieCrimeMystery
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
Front Page WomanFront Page Woman · 1935
Front Page Woman
5.91935
MovieComedyRomance
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
SlimSlim · 1937
Slim
6.51937
MovieDramaRomance
Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl, who hates their dangerous profession.
ZenobiaZenobia · 1939
Zenobia
5.01939
MovieComedy
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Greenwich VillageGreenwich Village · 1944
Greenwich Village
6.71944
MovieComedyMusic
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
3 Bad Men3 Bad Men · 1926
3 Bad Men
6.91926
MovieRomanceWestern
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
Goodbye, WeedsGoodbye, Weeds · 1946
Goodbye, Weeds
1946
MovieDocumentary
A sales pitch for an herbicide/fertilizer for the lawn made by Sherwin Williams.
Masked EmotionsMasked Emotions · 1929
Masked Emotions
8.01929
MovieDramaCrime
Set on the Maine coast, a young sloop skipper Bramdlet Dickery discovers a plot to smuggle alien Chinese into the United States. Bramdlet's younger brother Thad is enamored with daughter of the captain of the smuggling ship. A struggle over the smuggling ensues. Masked Emotions is a 1929 American sound adventure crime drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation starring George O'Brien and Nora Lane. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
The MillionaireThe Millionaire · 1931
The Millionaire
7.91931
MovieComedyDrama
A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.
ParnellParnell · 1937
Parnell
4.61937
MovieDramaHistory
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.
Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansSunrise: A Song of Two Humans · 1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
7.81927
MovieDramaRomance
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
SwellheadSwellhead · 1935
Swellhead
10.01935
MovieActionComedy
Baseball player Terry McCall is a very good baseball player, who doesn't mind bragging about his skills on the baseball diamond and also his off-the-field skills at wooing and winning women. An accident causes his luck to turn bad and results in him turning blind, but he later regains his sight after being instrumental in saving the life of Mickey Malone, the team's young mascot. He then promises Mary Malone, Mickey's sister, for whose affection he has been competing with a teammate, that he is through showing off and bragging. But, in the end, he is still blowing smoke.
DriftingDrifting · 1923
Drifting
7.01923
MovieDrama
In Shanghai, an American girl who helps run an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.
ActionAction · 1921
Action
6.31921
MovieWestern
Three Outlaws came across a stranded baby and must decide to save the child or escape from the law.
Flying FistsFlying Fists · 1937
Flying Fists
6.01937
MovieActionAdventure
A lumberjack knocks out a champion boxer in a brawl, gets drawn into the boxing world where he is unknowingly set up for a fixed fight.
Thunder in the ValleyThunder in the Valley · 1947
Thunder in the Valley
8.31947
MovieDrama
The popular Alfred Ollivant novel "Bob, Son of Battle" is the source for this drama about sheep dogs in the Scottish highlands, filmed in mountains in Utah’s Garfield County. Gwenn is a crusty shepherd whose struggling relationship with his son McCallister is complicated by a predatory animal that is attacking the flocks of local shepherds.
RopedRoped · 1919
Roped
7.01919
MovieComedyWestern
Wealthy ranch owner Cheyenne Harry decides he needs a housekeeper, but his cowboys decide he needs a wife and advertise in an eastern newspaper. The ad is answered by Aileen Judson-Brown, as dictated by her fortune-hunting mother. Harry marries Aileen and a baby is born a year later. Deciding to gain more money and social standing, Mrs. Judson-Brown then tries to break up the marriage so that Aileen can marry Ferdie Van Duzen. Mrs. Judson-Brown steals the baby and tells Harry the baby has died and Aileen no longer loves him. Harry goes out West in sorrow, but when Mrs. Judson-Brown's butler wires Harry the truth, Harry locates the baby and discovers Aileen still loves him. The reunited family goes West together, leaving Mrs. Judson-Brown behind.
Our Little GirlOur Little Girl · 1935
Our Little Girl
5.21935
MovieComedyDrama
Don Middleton is so caught up with his work he neglects his wife Elsa. Lonely Elsa begins to spend more time with Don's best friend and they become attracted to one another. Don and Elsa decide to get a divorce, unaware of the effect their problems are having on their daughter Molly. When Elsa announces plans to remarry, Molly runs away from home.
Desperate YouthDesperate Youth · 1921
Desperate Youth
8.01921
MovieAdventureDrama
Will the orphan girl win her hero in spite of scheming relatives who seek to keep her in the background?
RagsRags · 1915
Rags
7.51915
MovieDrama
Mary Pickford plays "Rags," a pretty but wild girl who defends her alcoholic father a disgraced bank cashier, no matter how he mistreats her. Enter a handsome engineer whose family had once fired Rag's father for theft. Rags falls in love but realizes that marriage is a hopeless proposition considering her lowly place in society. But when she learns that her father plans to rob the newcomer, Rags betrays him to the sheriff, and he is shot in the ensuing battle.
Reap the Wild WindReap the Wild Wind · 1942
Reap the Wild Wind
6.41942
MovieAdventureAction
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.
Happy DaysHappy Days · 1929
Happy Days
6.31929
MovieMusic
In Fox's contribution to the all-star revue cycle of early talkies, showboat singer Margie, hearing that the show is in arrears, goes to New York to gather all of the former stars to stage a minstrel show as a benefit.