Directing
Frank McDonald
- Born
- Nov 9, 1899 · Aged 80
- Died
- Mar 8, 1980
- Place of birth
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 0
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 130
Also known as (2)
- Frank MacDonald
- Bill Raynor
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…