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J. Farrell MacDonald

American actor and director (1875-1952)

Born
6 June 1875, Waterbury
Died
2 August 1952
Citizenship
United States
Occupation
actor, film director, television actor, film actor, stage actor
Films here
3

John Farrell MacDonald (April 14, 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 four-decade 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 Company, and he can frequently be seen in the films of Frank Capra, Preston Sturges and, especially, John Ford.

Filmography (martial arts films)

YearFilmCredit
1935The Irish in UsCast
1938The Crowd RoarsCast
1946Joe Palooka, ChampCast

Frequent collaborators

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q3038280 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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