Directing
Community Rating
5.0
TMDB estimate
Born
November 9, 1899
Died
March 8, 1980 (age 80)
Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Director
1994
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Mara of the Wilderness
as Director
1965
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Get Smart
as Director
1965
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Flipper
as Director
1964
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Gunfight at Comanche Creek
as Director
1963
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McHale's Navy
as Director
1962
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The Underwater City
as Director
1962
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National Velvet
as Director
1960
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Raymie
as Director
1960
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The Purple Gang
as Director
1959
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Mantelli e spade insanguinate
as Director
1959
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Okefenokee
as Cinematography
1959
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Director
1958
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Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria
as Director
1958
—Broken Arrow
as Director
1956
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Director
1955
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Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
as Director
1955
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The Tilted Tenderfoot
as Director
1955
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The Matchmaking Marshal
as Director
1955
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Timber Country Trouble
as Director
1955
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