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Frank McGlynn Sr. (October 26, 1866 – May 18, 1951) was an American stage and screen actor who, in a career that spanned more than half a century, is best known for his convincing impersonations and performances as Abraham Lincoln in both plays and films.
Frank McGlynn Sr. was a US actor, director and writer who played Abraham Lincoln in several films. He was born in 1866 in San Francisco and died in 1951 in Newburgh, New York.
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- San Francisco, California, USA
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- Newburgh, New York, USA
Frank McGlynn Sr. was a stage and film actor who specialized in playing Abraham Lincoln. His son Frank McGlynn Jr. also acted in some westerns and serials, but died young of tuberculosis.
Gaunt-looking American character actor Frank McGlynn Sr. is best remembered for his many portrayals in 1930s and 1940s historical films of US President Abraham Lincoln. McGlynn began performing on stage in 1896. Prior to that, he had been a practicing lawyer, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Read More.
Frank McGlynn Sr.. Actor: Captain Blood. Frank McGlynn Sr. was born on 26 October 1866 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Captain Blood (1935), Little Miss Marker (1934) and The Littlest Rebel (1935). He was married to Rose O'Byrne. He died on 18 May 1951 in Newburgh, New York, USA.
Produced by Warner Bros. and directed by William C. McGann, the 21-minute Technicolor film stars Frank McGlynn Sr., a veteran actor who since 1915 had specialized in impersonating Lincoln on both stage and screen.
By 1896, however, McGlynn had turned to a career entirely different from law. That year he began appearing on stage in New York at the…#FrankMcGlynnSr. #biog...
