J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

June 5, 1875

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 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 41-year career from 1911 to 1951, and directed forty-four silent films fro…

Known For

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Sunrise

Sunrise

1927 · 1h 34m · Movie

A married farmer falls under the spell of a sophisticated woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

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My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine

1946 · 1h 37m · Movie

After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.

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Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

1941 · 2h 2m · Movie

A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.

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Topper

Topper

1937 · 1h 37m · Movie

A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.

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The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944 · 1h 38m · Movie

After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl with an awkward boyfriend wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity.

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Woman on the Run

Woman on the Run

1950 · 1h 17m · Movie

Frank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.

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The Whole Town's Talking

The Whole Town's Talking

1935 · 1h 33m · Movie

A meek milquetoast clerk is mistaken for public enemy N° 1, and the notorious killer takes advantage of the situation.

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Dark Command

Dark Command

1940 · 1h 34m · Movie

In Kansas during the Civil War, opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders.

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Superman and the Mole-Men

Superman and the Mole-Men

1951 · 58m · Movie

When underground beings explore the surface world from a deep oil well and inadvertently cause a panic, only Superman can prevent a tragedy.

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Captains of the Clouds

Captains of the Clouds

1942 · 1h 54m · Movie

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.

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No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own

1932 · 1h 25m · Movie

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

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Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith

1948 · 1h 28m · Movie

Legendary railroad detective Whispering Smith becomes convinced that old friend and colleague Murray Sinclair has joined a criminal band to loot the railroad.

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13
Me and My Gal

Me and My Gal

1932 · 1h 19m · Movie

Young New York cop Dan falls in love with waterfront waitress Helen. Helen's sister Kate falls for gangster Duke. Dan must do in Duke.

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14
In Old Arizona

In Old Arizona

1928 · 1h 35m · Movie

A charming, happy-go-lucky bandit in old Arizona plays cat-and-mouse with the sheriff trying to catch him while he romances a local beauty.

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The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert

1931 · 1h 19m · Movie

Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child, resulting in lifelong rivalry.

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Pillow of Death

Pillow of Death

1945 · 1h 6m · Movie

An unfaithful attorney is suspected of murdering his wife.

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Our Little Girl

Our Little Girl

1935 · 1h 5m · Movie

A troubled child tries to patch up her parents' broken marriage by running away.

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18
Sky High

Sky High

1922 · 58m · Movie

A government agent infiltrates a gang of Chinese immigrant smugglers and pursues their ringleader throughout the heart of the Southwestern desert.

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Panhandle

Panhandle

1948 · 1h 25m · Movie

John Sands, a former Texas marshal turns to ranching, and later to a gunfighter when he sets out to prove that casino/saloon owner, Matt Garson, had his brother, a newspaperman, killed.

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Kentucky Pride

Kentucky Pride

1925 · 1h 10m · Movie

The story of a Beaumont race horse, told through from the point of view of the horse via intertitles.

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Drifting

Drifting

1923 · 1h 10m · Movie

In Shanghai, an American girl smuggling opium is put under surveillance by an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she determines to get out of the drug business, but she is afraid of the man wh...

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Barefoot Boy

Barefoot Boy

1938 · 1h 3m · Movie

Other than a statement in the opening credits that the story owes its origin to a John Greenleaf Whittier poem, this film has little or no connection to the poem for which it shares its title. In this film, Kenneth Hale, a pampere...

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State Police

State Police

1938 · 1h 1m · Movie

The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.

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