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John Farrell MacDonald

Highest Rated:: 100% My Darling Clementine (1946)
Lowest Rated:: 50% In Old Arizona (1929)

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Bio:: J. Farrell MacDonald was one of the most beloved and prolific character actors in Hollywood history. A former minstrel singer, MacDonald toured the U.S. in stage productions for nearly two decades before he ever set foot in Tinseltown. He made his earliest film appearances in 1911 with Carl…

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Highest Rated Movies

The Whole Town's Talking (Passport to Fame)
100%
Sullivan's Travels
100%
Show Boat
100%
The Palm Beach Story
100%

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 50% - 100%

Number of Movies: 125

Box Office Since 2001: --

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
1951		Here Comes the Groom	Man	--
1951		Superman and the Mole Men	Pop Shannon	--
1950		Woman on the Run	Sea Captain	--
1950		Daltons' Women	Actor	--
1949		Fighting Man of the Plains	Partridge	--
1949	71%	The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend	Sheriff Sweetzer	--
1949		The Dalton Gang	Judge Price	--
1948		The Walls of Jericho	Bailiff	--
1948		Sitting Pretty	Cop	--
1948		Fury at Furnace Creek	Pops	--
1948		The Luck of the Irish	Captain	--
1948	93%	Unfaithfully Yours	Doorman	--
1948		Whispering Smith	Bill Baggs	--
1948		Panhandle	Doc Cooper	--
1948		If You Knew Susie	Policeman	--
1948		When My Baby Smiles at Me	Doorman	--
1947	89%	Sin of Harold Diddlebock	Desk sergeant	--
1946	93%	It's a Wonderful Life	House Owner	--
1946	100%	My Darling Clementine	Mac the Bartender	--
1946		Smoky	Jim the Cook	--
1945		Johnny Angel	Capt. Angel	--
1945		Hangover Square	Man	--
1945		Pillow of Death	Sexton	--
1945	100%	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Carney the junkman	--
1945		The Dolly Sisters	Doorman	--
1945	78%	Fallen Angel	Bank Guard	--
1945		The Woman Who Came Back	Sheriff	--
1945		Nob Hill	Cabby	--
1944		Greenwich Village	Actor	--
1944	86%	The Miracle of Morgan's Creek	Sheriff	--
1944		Pin Up Girl	Trainman	--
1944		Texas Masquerade	John Martindale	--
1944	83%	The Great Moment	The Priest	--
1944		Irish Eyes Are Smiling	Doorman	--
1943		The Ape Man (Lock Your Doors)	Police Captain O'Brien	--
1943		Clancy Street Boys	Flanagan	--
1943		Tiger Fangs	Geoffrey MacCardle	--
1942		Walking Nightmare	Lieutenant Peterson	--
1942	100%	The Palm Beach Story	O'Donnell	--
1942		Bowery at Midnight	Capt. Mitchell	--
1942		Captains of the Clouds	Dr. Neville	--
1942		Phantom Killer	Police Captain	--
1942		Private Snuffy Smith	General	--
1942	67%	Reap the Wild Wind	Port Captain	--
1941	88%	Meet John Doe	Sourpuss Smithers	--
1941		Riders of the Timberline	Kerrigan	--
1941		The Great Lie	Dr. Ferguson	--
1941		In Old Cheyenne	Tim Casey	--
1941	100%	Sullivan's Travels	Desk Sergeant	--
1940		I Take This Oath	Inspector Ryan	--
1940		Knights of the Range	Cappy	--
1940		Gentleman from Arizona	Coburn	--
1940		Light of the Western Stars	Bill Stillwell	--
1940		The Dark Command	Dave	--
1940		The Last Alarm	Jim Hadley	--
1940		Stagecoach War	Jeff Chapman	--
1939		The Housekeeper's Daughter	Captain	--
1939		Susannah of the Mounties	Pat O'Hannegan	--
1939		Zenobia, (Elephants Never Forget)	Judge	--
1939		They Shall Have Music (Melody of Youth) (Ragged Angels)	Police Chief	--
1939		East Side of Heaven	Doorman	--
1938		There Goes My Heart	Officer	--
1938		Gang Bullets (The Crooked Way)	Reardon	--
1938		White Banners	Dr. Thompson	--
1938		Flying Fists	Kay's Father	--
1938		Come on Rangers	Col. Forbes	--
1937		Maid of Salem	Captain of Ship	--
1937		Shadows of the Orient	Sullivan	--
1937		Slim	Pop Traver	--
1937	94%	Topper	Policeman	--
1936		Little Pal	Actor	--
1936		Exclusive Story	Michael Devlin	--
1936	100%	Show Boat	Windy	--
1935		Northern Frontier	Inspector Stevens	--
1935		Riff Raff	Brains	--
1935		Captain Hurricane	Actor	--
1935		Fighting Youth	Coach Parker	--
1935		Waterfront Lady	O'Brien	--
1935		Let 'em Have It	Mr. Keefer	--
1935		Star of Midnight	Inspector Doremus	--
1935		Square Shooter	Actor	--
1935		Our Little Girl	Mr. Tramp	--
1935	100%	The Whole Town's Talking (Passport to Fame)	Warden	--
1935		Danger Ahead	Actor	--
1935	80%	Front Page Woman	Hallohan	--
1935		The Irish in Us	Jackson	--
1934		Murder on the Campus	Capt. Ed Kyne	--
1934		Romance in Manhattan	Officer Murphy	--
1934		The Cat's-Paw	Police Chief Pat Shigley	--
1933		The Power and the Glory	Mulligan	--
1933		The Working Man	Hank Davidson	--
1933		Peg O'My Heart	Patrick Shamus O'Connell	--
1933		I Loved a Woman	Shuster	--
1933		Laughing at Life	Warden	--
1933		Racing Strain	Actor	--
1933		Hearts of Humanity	Actor	--
1932		Heritage of the Desert	Adam Nash	--
1932		Phantom Express	Smokey Joe Nolan	--
1932		The Hurricane Express	Jim Baker	--
1932		No Man of Her Own	Detective Dickie Collins	--
1932		Madame Racketeer	John Adams	--
1932		Me and My Gal	Pat "Pop" Riley	--
1932		Probation	Judge Holman	--
1932		Under Eighteen	Pop Evans	--
1932		The Thirteenth Guest	Captain Ryan	--
1931		The Painted Desert	Jeff Cameron	--
1931		The Spirit of Notre Dame (Vigour of Youth)	Coach	--
1931		Sporting Blood	MacGuire	--
1931		The Squaw Man (The White Man)	Bill	--
1931		Other Men's Women (The Steel Highway)	Pegleg	--
1931	67%	The Maltese Falcon	Polhouse	--
1931		The Millionaire	Dan Lewis	--
1930		Men Without Women	Costello	--
1930		The Truth About Youth	Colonel Graham	--
1930		Born Reckless	District Attorney Cardigan	--
1929		Song O' My Heart	Joe Rafferty	--
1929	50%	In Old Arizona	Tad	--
1928		The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris	Mr. Kelly	--
1927	98%	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans	The Photographer	--
1927		East Side, West Side	Pug Malone	--
1926		Three Bad Men (3 Bad Men)	Mike Costigan	--
1924	75%	The Iron Horse	Cpl. Casey	--
1922		Sky High	Jim Halloway	--
1922		Young Rajah	Tehjunder Roy	--
1921		Trailin'	Plotto (in prologue)	--

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Quotes from John Farrell MacDonald's Characters

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1. George Bailey: Am I talking too much?
2. House Owner: Yes! Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death?
3. George Bailey: How's that?
4. House Owner: I said why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death?
5. George Bailey: ...You want me to kiss her, huh?
6. House Owner: Oh, youth is wasted on the wrong people!
From It's a Wonderful Life. Submitted by Sarah K (4 months ago)

1. Wyatt Earp: Mac, you ever been in love?
2. Mac the Bartender: No, I've been a bartender all my life.
From My Darling Clementine. Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)