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John Farrell MacDonald

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

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
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1951 Superman and the Mole Men
  • Pop Shannon
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1950 Daltons' Women
  • Actor
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1950 Woman on the Run
  • Sea Captain
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1949 The Dalton Gang
  • Judge Price
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1949 Fighting Man of the Plains
  • Partridge
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1949 71% The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
  • Sheriff Sweetzer
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1948 Whispering Smith
  • Bill Baggs
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1948 Panhandle
  • Doc Cooper
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1948 If You Knew Susie
  • Policeman
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1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me
  • Doorman
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1948 The Walls of Jericho
  • Bailiff
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1948 Sitting Pretty
  • Cop
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1948 Fury at Furnace Creek
  • Pops
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1948 The Luck of the Irish
  • Captain
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1948 93% Unfaithfully Yours
  • Doorman
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1947 89% Sin of Harold Diddlebock
  • Desk sergeant
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1946 Smoky
  • Jim the Cook
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1946 95% It's a Wonderful Life
  • House Owner
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1946 100% My Darling Clementine
  • Mac the Bartender
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1945 78% Fallen Angel
  • Bank Guard
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1945 The Woman Who Came Back
  • Sheriff
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1945 Nob Hill
  • Cabby
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1945 Johnny Angel
  • Capt. Angel
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1945 Hangover Square
  • Man
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1945 Pillow of Death
  • Sexton
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1945 100% A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  • Carney the junkman
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1945 The Dolly Sisters
  • Doorman
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1944 Pin Up Girl
  • Trainman
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1944 Texas Masquerade
  • John Martindale
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1944 83% The Great Moment
  • The Priest
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1944 Irish Eyes Are Smiling
  • Doorman
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1944 Greenwich Village
  • Actor
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1944 90% The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
  • Sheriff
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1943 Clancy Street Boys
  • Flanagan
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1943 Tiger Fangs
  • Geoffrey MacCardle
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1943 The Ape Man (Lock Your Doors)
  • Police Captain O'Brien
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1942 Captains of the Clouds
  • Dr. Neville
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1942 Phantom Killer
  • Police Captain
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1942 Private Snuffy Smith
  • General
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1942 67% Reap the Wild Wind
  • Port Captain
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1942 Walking Nightmare
  • Lieutenant Peterson
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1942 100% The Palm Beach Story
  • O'Donnell
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1942 Bowery at Midnight
  • Capt. Mitchell
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1941 The Great Lie
  • Dr. Ferguson
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1941 In Old Cheyenne
  • Tim Casey
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1941 100% Sullivan's Travels
  • Desk Sergeant
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1941 88% Meet John Doe
  • Sourpuss Smithers
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1941 Riders of the Timberline
  • Kerrigan
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1940 Gentleman from Arizona
  • Coburn
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1940 Light of the Western Stars
  • Bill Stillwell
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1940 The Dark Command
  • Dave
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1940 The Last Alarm
  • Jim Hadley
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1940 Stagecoach War
  • Jeff Chapman
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1940 I Take This Oath
  • Inspector Ryan
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1940 Knights of the Range
  • Cappy
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1939 Zenobia, (Elephants Never Forget)
  • Judge
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1939 They Shall Have Music (Melody of Youth) (Ragged Angels)
  • Police Chief
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1939 East Side of Heaven
  • Doorman
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1939 The Housekeeper's Daughter
  • Captain
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1939 Susannah of the Mounties
  • Pat O'Hannegan
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1938 White Banners
  • Dr. Thompson
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1938 Flying Fists
  • Kay's Father
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1938 Come on Rangers
  • Col. Forbes
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1938 There Goes My Heart
  • Officer
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1938 Gang Bullets (The Crooked Way)
  • Reardon
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1937 Shadows of the Orient
  • Sullivan
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1937 Slim
  • Pop Traver
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1937 94% Topper
  • Policeman
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1937 Maid of Salem
  • Captain of Ship
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1936 100% Show Boat
  • Windy
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1936 Little Pal
  • Actor
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1936 Exclusive Story
  • Michael Devlin
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1935 Let 'em Have It
  • Mr. Keefer
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1935 Star of Midnight
  • Inspector Doremus
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1935 Square Shooter
  • Actor
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1935 Our Little Girl
  • Mr. Tramp
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1935 100% The Whole Town's Talking (Passport to Fame)
  • Warden
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1935 Danger Ahead
  • Actor
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1935 80% Front Page Woman
  • Hallohan
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1935 The Irish in Us
  • Jackson
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1935 Northern Frontier
  • Inspector Stevens
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1935 Riff Raff
  • Brains
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1935 Captain Hurricane
  • Actor
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1935 Fighting Youth
  • Coach Parker
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1935 Waterfront Lady
  • O'Brien
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1934 Romance in Manhattan
  • Officer Murphy
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1934 The Cat's-Paw
  • Police Chief Pat Shigley
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1934 Murder on the Campus
  • Capt. Ed Kyne
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1933 Laughing at Life
  • Warden
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1933 Racing Strain
  • Actor
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1933 Hearts of Humanity
  • Actor
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1933 The Power and the Glory
  • Mulligan
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1933 The Working Man
  • Hank Davidson
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1933 Peg O'My Heart
  • Patrick Shamus O'Connell
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1933 I Loved a Woman
  • Shuster
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1932 No Man of Her Own
  • Detective Dickie Collins
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1932 Madame Racketeer
  • John Adams
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1932 Me and My Gal
  • Pat "Pop" Riley
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1932 Probation
  • Judge Holman
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1932 Under Eighteen
  • Pop Evans
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1932 The Thirteenth Guest
  • Captain Ryan
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1932 Heritage of the Desert
  • Adam Nash
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1932 Phantom Express
  • Smokey Joe Nolan
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1932 The Hurricane Express
  • Jim Baker
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1931 Sporting Blood
  • MacGuire
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1931 The Squaw Man (The White Man)
  • Bill
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1931 Other Men's Women (The Steel Highway)
  • Pegleg
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1931 67% The Maltese Falcon
  • Polhouse
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1931 The Millionaire
  • Dan Lewis
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1931 The Painted Desert
  • Jeff Cameron
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1931 The Spirit of Notre Dame (Vigour of Youth)
  • Coach
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1930 Men Without Women
  • Costello
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1930 The Truth About Youth
  • Colonel Graham
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1930 Born Reckless
  • District Attorney Cardigan
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1929 50% In Old Arizona
  • Tad
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1929 Song O' My Heart
  • Joe Rafferty
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1928 The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
  • Mr. Kelly
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1927 East Side, West Side
  • Pug Malone
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1927 98% Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • The Photographer
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1926 Three Bad Men (3 Bad Men)
  • Mike Costigan
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1924 86% The Iron Horse
  • Cpl. Casey
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1922 Sky High
  • Jim Halloway
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1922 Young Rajah
  • Tehjunder Roy
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1921 Trailin'
  • Plotto (in prologue)
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Quotes from John Farrell MacDonald's Characters

    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 (13 months ago)
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