Frank McDonald

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Get Smart (1965) — Director
2. Flipper (1964) — Director
3. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) — Director
4. One Body Too Many (1944) — Director
5. McHale's Navy (1962) — Director
6. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) — Director
7. Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963) — Director
8. Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994) — Director
9. Isle of Fury (1936) — Director
10. The Adventurous Blonde (1937) — Director
11. Smart Blonde (1937) — Director
12. My Pal Trigger (1946) — Director
13. Submarine Alert (1943) — Director
14. Four Star Playhouse (1952) — Director
15. Blondes at Work (1938) — Director
16. Fly Away Baby (1937) — Director
17. No Hands on the Clock (1941) — Director
18. Song of Arizona (1946) — Director
19. The Underwater City (1962) — Director
20. Broadway Hostess (1935) — Director
21. Scared Stiff (1945) — Director
22. The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936) — Director
23. Bells of Rosarita (1945) — Director
24. The Gene Autry Show (1950) — Director
25. The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951) — Director
26. Broken Arrow (1956) — Director
27. Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944) — Director
28. 13 Lead Soldiers (1948) — Director
29. Midnight Court (1937) — Director
30. Mr. Reckless (1948) — Director
31. Gambler's Choice (1944) — Director
32. Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947) — Director
33. Yukon Gold (1952) — Director
34. Flying Blind (1941) — Director
35. Ringside (1949) — Director
36. Sunset in El Dorado (1945) — Director
37. The Range Rider (1951) — Director
38. National Velvet (1960) — Director
39. Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955) — Director
40. The Purple Gang (1959) — Director