Jack Mcdonald


Biography

Jack McDonald worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. McDonald's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as the William Farnum western "The Spoilers" (1914), "The Big Punch" (1920) and "The Last of the Mohicans" (1920). He also appeared in the drama "Lorna Doone" (1922) with Madge Bellamy, "Main Street" (1923) with Florence Vidor and t...

Biography

Jack McDonald worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. McDonald's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as the William Farnum western "The Spoilers" (1914), "The Big Punch" (1920) and "The Last of the Mohicans" (1920). He also appeared in the drama "Lorna Doone" (1922) with Madge Bellamy, "Main Street" (1923) with Florence Vidor and the Gibson Gowland drama "Greed" (1924). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the twenties and the nineties, appearing in "Champion of Lost Causes" (1925), the adventure "Don Q, Son of Zorro" (1925) with Douglas Fairbanks and "13 Washington Square" (1928). He also appeared in the Laura La Plante drama "Show Boat" (1929) and the western "The Phantom City" (1929) with Ken Maynard. McDonald was additionally credited in "A Bucket of Blood" (Showtime, 1995-96), "Mummy Hunters" (TBS, 1995-96) and "Bears!" (TBS, 1997-98). His credits also expanded to "Avalanche!" (PBS, 1998-99). McDonald was most recently credited in "West Point" (PBS, 2001-02). McDonald passed away in June 1941 at the age of 61.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Ship From Shanghai (1930)
Reid
Big Money (1930)
Butler
The Girl in the Show (1929)
Ernest Beaumont
Show Boat (1929)
Windy
13 Washington Square (1928)
Mayfair
The Phantom City (1928)
Simon
The Broken Gate (1927)
Sheriff Dan Cummins
Buttons (1927)
Hatchet Face
The Interferin' Gent (1927)
Joe Luke
The Flame of the Yukon (1926)
Sour Dough Joe
Smouldering Fires (1925)
The Trail Rider (1925)
Dee Winch
Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925)
General de Muro
Champion of Lost Causes (1925)
Joseph Wilbur
Greed (1925)
Gribbons
Against All Odds (1924)
Warner's uncle
The Circus Cowboy (1924)
Ezra Bagley
Cameo Kirby (1923)
Larkin Bunce
While Paris Sleeps (1923)
Father Marionette
Main Street (1923)
Nat Hicks
The World's a Stage (1922)
Property man
A California Romance (1922)
Don Manuel Casca
Western Speed (1922)
Brad Usher
Lorna Doone (1922)
"The Counsellor"
Singing River (1921)
Bert Condon
The Big Punch (1921)
The Bait (1921)
Bennett Barton, The Fisherman
Ladies Must Live (1921)
The butler
The White Circle (1920)
Gregorio
Deep Waters (1920)
Morgan Leroy
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Tamenund
Better Times (1919)
Ezra Scroggs
Her Country First (1918)
Farmer
Mile-A-Minute Kendall (1918)
Jack Evans
Code of the Yukon (1918)
Justice Breen
His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918)
Jim Breede
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
Rev. Jonathan Smellie
This Is the Life (1917)
The butler
The Eyes of the World (1917)
Edward Taine, Materialism
The Ne'er-Do-Well (1916)
Allan Allan
The Love Thief (1916)
Charles Rogers
The Rosary (1915)
Doctor
The Spoilers (1914)
Slap Jack

Special Thanks (Feature Film)

A Bucket of Blood (1995)
Special Thanks To

Director (Special)

West Point (2002)
Director
Legendary Lighthouses II (2001)
Director

Writer (Special)

Bears! (1998)
Writer
Avalanche! (1997)
Writer
Mummy Hunters (1996)
Writer
Search and Seizure: The Supreme Court and the Police (1992)
Writer

Producer (Special)

West Point (2002)
Producer
Legendary Lighthouses II (2001)
Producer
Avalanche! (1997)
Coproducer

Special Thanks (Special)

Bears! (1998)
Writer
Avalanche! (1997)
Writer
Mummy Hunters (1996)
Writer
Search and Seizure: The Supreme Court and the Police (1992)
Writer

Misc. Crew (Special)

The Octopus Show (2000)
Creative Consultant
Avalanche! (1997)
Other

Life Events

Bibliography