Jack McDonald
Acting
Biography
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Born: September 17, 1880
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known For
Greed
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
Don Q Son of Zorro
Don Cesar De Vega crosses swords with a vicious member of the Queen's Guard, and steals the affection of a young heiress. When the officer frames the young upstart for murder, Don Cesar fakes his own death and retreats to the crumbling ruins of the family castle he plots his vengeance.
Smouldering Fires
A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her much younger factory workers. She doesn't know that he is in love with her younger sister.
The Last of the Mohicans
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.
The Spoilers
The Spoilers is a 1914 film directed by Colin Campbell. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. It was adapted to screen by Lanier Bartlett from the Rex Beach novel of the same name.
Lorna Doone
In 17th-century England, an outlaw clan kidnaps a young girl, who grows up among them. The farm boy who met her just before the kidnapping eventually rescues her, and they fall in love.
Cameo Kirby
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Behind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths, mother sends young Rebecca off to Riverboro to be raised by her wealthy Aunt Miranda. The little girl is treated like a prisoner by her strict Aunt, yet she gamely does her best to get an education. When spoiled girls at school mock the spirited Rebecca as "missy poor-house," she soon makes them come to eat their words. Despite many difficulties, Rebecca manages to help the less fortunate and spread joy in Riverboro, dreaming that her reward will come when she is "all growed up." This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion.
Show Boat
This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel
The Ship from Shanghai
On a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States, the sailors, led by the megalomaniac steward, revolt and take control.
Filmography
as Reid
as Ernest Beaumont
as Windy
as Simon
as Soldier
as Mayfair
as Sheriff Dan Cummins
as Sour Dough Joe
as General de Muro
as Dee Winch
as Joseph Wilbur
as Member of the Committee
as Placer County Sheriff (uncredited)
as Warner's Uncle
as Ezra Bagley
as Canby
as Nat Hicks
as Don Manuel Casca
as Property Man
as 'Counsellor' Doone
as Brad Usher
as The Butler
as Friend of Jed's
as Bennett Barton - The Fisherman
as Tamenund
as Bert Condon
as The Sheirff
as Gregorio
as Ezra Scroggs
as Napoleon Snape
as George Bassett
as Justice Breen
as Farmer
as Jack Evans
as Jim Breede
as The Butler
as Reverend Jonathan Smellie
as Edward Taine, Materialism
as Charles Rogers
as Sidewinder Steve
as Sidewinder Steve
as Tom Monjar
as Preston - the Rich Uncle
as Dunk
as B.T. Daly
as Slap Jack
as Red Maguire - the Gangster