Frank McDonald(1899-1980)
- Director
- Additional Crew
- Actor
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.
