Gaunt-looking American character actor Frank McGlynn Sr. is best remembered for his many portrayals in 1930s and 1940s historical films of US President Abraham Lincoln. McGlynn began performing on stage in 1896. Prior to that, he had been a practicing lawyer, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
The Last of the Mohicans
As Gamut
The Secret Six
As Judge
Gloria's Romance
As Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
The Jazz Cinderella
As Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
Little Miss Marker
As Doc Chesley
The Girl of the Golden West
As Pete - Gambler
Broadway Melody of 1938
As Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
The Littlest Rebel
As President Abraham Lincoln
King of the Royal Mounted
As Henry Dundas
Captain Blood
As Reverend Ogle
Are We Civilized?
As Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
Third Finger, Left Hand
As Judge Holman (uncredited)
Sudden Bill Dorn
As Cap Jinks
The Prisoner of Shark Island
As Abraham Lincoln
Three Girls About Town
As Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
Through Turbulent Waters
As Bill Ford
Rough and Ready
As The Siwash
Why America Will Win
As John F. Pershing
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
As Abraham Lincoln
Strange Glory
As Abraham Lincoln
Western Gold
As Abraham Lincoln
Career Woman
As Sheriff Duncan
The Lone Ranger
As Abraham Lincoln
Hello, Everybody!
As Jonathan Reed
Rogues' Gallery
As Blake
Good News
As Professor Kenyon
Search for Beauty
As Rev. Rankin
Massacre
As Missionary
The Caillaux Case
As Emperor William of Germany
The Poor Little Rich Girl
As The Plumber
Folies Bergère
As Joseph
The Plainsman
As Abraham Lincoln
Unknown Valley
As Head Elder
Vanity Fair
As Captain William Dobbin
Outlawed Guns
As Jingle
Wells Fargo
As Lincoln
Marry the Boss's Daughter
As Hoffman
Two Men
Min and Bill
As Mr. Southard
It's A Small World
As Snake Brown Jr.
Love Affair
As Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
As Lincolnesque Actor
Lincoln in the White House
As Abraham Lincoln
Across the Great Divide
As The Bandit
Huckleberry Finn
As Second teacher (uncredited)
The Argyle Case
As John Argyle
For the Service
As Jim, a Scout
Hollywood Barn Dance
As Hiram Tubb
Sing and Be Happy
As Sheriff
Syncopation
Boom Town
As Deacon
By Fire and Water
Sergeant York
As Mountaineer (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
As Panky Pankington
Hi-Yo Silver
As Abraham Lincoln
In Old California
As Undetermined Minor Role
North of Nome
As U. S. Marshal
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
As Amos Winterslip
These Three
As Judge (uncredited)
March On, America!
As Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
The ABC of Love
As The Innkeeper
The Wet Parade
As Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
The Mad Empress
As President Abraham Lincoln
Joaquin Murrieta
As Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Roaring West
As Jinglebob Morgan
Delinquent Daughters
As Judge Craig
Alexia's Strategy
As Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
The Great Barrier
As Sir John Macdonald
Lost in the Stratosphere
As Colonel Worthington
Who Will Marry Mary?
The Bells
As Leo Noakes