* 6.6. 1875, Waterbury, Ct. - † 2.8. 1952, Hollywood, California.

A veteran of the stage as an actor and a singer, he entered films with IMP in 1911 and for several years played leads in numerous productions, often opposite his wife, who was billed as Mrs. MacDonald. He later worked for other studios and directed a number of films, including LONESOME LUKE—SOCIAL GANGSTER , one of Harold Lloyd's earliest vehicles. MacDonald gradually moved from leads to supporting roles and by the early 20s had become established as a fine character actor. He figured prominently in many of John Ford's silents and later appeared in several of that director's talkies. In all he appeared in hundreds of films.
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Filmografie J. Farrell MacDonald
1911 'Tween Two Loves/The Stronger Love
1911 The Piece of String
1911 The Forged Dispatch
1911 The Lighthouse Keeper
1911 The Scarlet Letter .... Undetermined Role
1912 The Old Folks' Christmas
1912 A Timely Repentance
1913 The Dread Inheritance (unconfirmed)
1913 Back to Primitive (as J.F. McDonald)
1913 The Calling of Louis Mona
1913 On Burning Sands
1914 And She Never Knew director
1914 The Last Egyptian .... Kara, the Last Egyptian
(L.Frank Baum's Whimsical Fairy Tale/The Raggedy Girl
1914 The Patchwork Girl of Oz director
1914 The Tides of Sorrow director
1914 The Mother Heart
1914 The Mexican's Last Raid
1914 From Father to Son
1914 For the Freedom of Cuba
1914 The Option
1914 The Gambler's Oath
1915 The Heart of Maryland .... Col. Thorpe
1915 Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster director
1915 Lorna Doone director
1915 The Stronger Man
1915 Rags (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald) .... Paul Ferguson
1915 Captain Fracasse (unconfirmed)
1915 Felix Holt
1916 The Price of Power
1917 The Best Man
1917 The Victor of the Plot
1917 Her Heart's Desire
1918 Fair Enough (as J. Farrel McDonald) .... Chief of Police Morgan
1918 $5,000 Reward .... Norcross
1919 Marked Men/Trail of Shadows
1919 This Hero Stuff .... Softnose Smith
1919 The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919 A Sporting Chance .... Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
1919 Trixie from Broadway .... Slim Hayes
1919 Riders of Vengeance .... Buell
1919 Charge It to Me .... Officer Hennessey
1919 A Fight for Love/Hell's Neck .... The Priest
1919 Molly of the Follies .... Swannick
1919 Roped .... Butler
1920 Hitchin' Posts/The Land of Promise .... Joe Alabam
1920 The Boss of Copperhead/The Blind Man of Copperhead
1920 Backfire
1920 Under Sentence
1920 Two from Texas
1920 The Path She Chose .... Father
1920 Bullet Proof .... Jim Boone
1921 Trailin' .... Piotto (prolog)
1921 Riding with Death .... Sheriff Pat Garrity
1921 Bucking the Line .... Dave Kinsey
1921 Action/Let's Go 1921 .... Mormon Peters
1921 Little Miss Hawkshaw .... Inspector Hahn
1921 The Wallop .... Neuces River
1921 Desperate Youth .... 'Mendocino' Bill
1921 The Freeze-Out .... Bobtail McGuire
1922 The Young Rajah .... Amhad Beg - Prime Minister
1922 Manslaughter
1922 The Ghost Breaker .... Sam Marcum

1922 The Bonded Woman .... Captain Gaskell
1922 Over the Border .... Peter Galbraith
1922 Tracks .... Jack Bess
1922 The Bachelor Daddy .... Joe Pelton
1922 Come on Over/Darlin' .... Michael Morahan
1922 Sky High .... Jim Halloway
1923 THE GLORY OF LOVE/While Paris Sleeps .... George Morier
1923 Fashionable Fakers .... Pat O'Donnell (aka Abdul Ishmid)
1923 The Age of Desire .... Dan Reagan
1923 Drifting .... Murphy
1923 Racing Hearts .... Silas Martin
1923 Quicksands .... Colonel Patterson
1924 The Brass Bowl .... Hickey
1924 Gerald Cranston's Lady .... Rennie
1924 The Iron Horse .... Cpl. Casey
1924 The Signal Tower .... Pete
1924 Western Luck .... 'Chuck' Campbell
1924 Mademoiselle Midnight .... Duc de Moing (Prologue)
1924 The Storm Daughter .... Con Mullaney
1924 Fair Week .... Jasper Remus
1925 The Fighting Heart/Once to Every Man .... Jerry
1925 Thank You .... Andy
1925 Kentucky Pride .... Donovan
1925 The Lucky Horseshoe .... Mack
1925 Lightnin' .... Judge Lemuel Townsend
1925 The Scarlet Honeymoon .... Joshua Thorpe
1925 Let Women Alone/On the Dotted Line/On the Shelf ……Commodore John Gordon
1926 Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl .... Sloan
1926 The Country Beyond .... Sergeant Cassidy
1926 The Family Upstairs .... Joe Heller
1926 The Last Frontier .... Wild Bill Hickok
1926 3 Bad Men .... Mike Costigan
1926 A Trip to Chinatown .... Benjamin Strong
1926 The Shamrock Handicap/1732
…..Cornelius Emmet Sarsfield 'Con' O'Shea
1926 The Dixie Merchant .... Jean Paul Fippany
1926 The First Year .... Mr. Barstow
1927 East Side, West Side .... Pug Malone
1927 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans .... The Photographer
1927 Paid to Love .... Peter Roberts
1927 Colleen .... Mr. O'Flynn
1927 The Cradle Snatchers
1927 Rich But Honest .... Diamond Jim O'Grady
1927 Love Makes 'Em Wild .... W. Barden
1927 Ankles Preferred .... McGuire
1928 In Old Arizona .... Stage passenger
1928 Riley the Cop (as Farrell Macdonald) .... James 'Aloysius' Riley
1928 4 Devils .... The clown
1928 None But the Brave .... John Craig
1928 Abie's Irish Rose .... Patrick Murphy
1928 Bringing Up Father..Jiggs as Jiggs of Maggie and Jiggs cartoon fame
1928 The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris .... Kelly
1929 South Sea Rose .... Hackett
1929 The Painted Angel/The Broadway Hostess .... Pa Hudler
1929 Happy Days .... Train Conductor
1929 Masquerade .... Joe Hickey
1929 Masked Emotions .... Will Whitten
1929 Strong Boy .... Angus McGregor
1930 The Truth About Youth .... Colonel Graham
1930 River's End .... Pat O'Toole
1930 The Girl of the Golden West .... Sonora Slim
1930 Song o' My Heart (as Farrell MacDonald) .... Joe Rafferty
1930 Born Reckless .... District Attorney Cardigan
1930 Men Without Women (as Farrell Macdonald) .... Costello
1931 Under 18 .... Pop Evans
1931 Touchdown/Playing the Game .... Pop Stewart
1931 The Spirit of Notre Dame/Vigour of Youth .... Coach
1931 The Squaw Man/The White Man (as J. Farrell McDonald) .... Big Bill
1931 The Brat .... Timson, the butler
1931 Sporting Blood (as J. Farrell McDonald) .... MacGuire
1931 The Maltese Falcon/Dangerous Female .... Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus
1931 Too Young to Marry/Broken Dishes .... Rev. Stump
1931 The Millionaire .... Dan Lewis
1931 The Slippery Pearls/The Stolen Jools .... Policeman
1931 Woman Hungry/The Challenge .... Buzzard
1931 The Easiest Way .... Ben Murdock
1931 The Painted Desert .... Jeff Cameron
1931 Other Men's Women/The Steel Highway .... Peg-Leg
1932 THE BIG PAY-OFF/ Pride of the Legion .... Chief Scott
1932 The Racing Strain .... Mr. Martin
1932 No Man of Her Own .... 'Dickie' Collins
1932 Me and My Gal .... Pop Riley
1932 Men Are Such Fools
1932 Pride of the Legion/The Big Pay-Off .... Chief Scott
1932 Heritage of the Desert/When the West Was Young .... Adam Naab
1932 The Singing Plumber
1932 This Sporting Age .... Jerry O'Day
1932 70,000 Witnesses .... State Coach
1932 Hearts of Humanity .... Tom O'Hara
1932 The Phantom Express .... D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan
1932 The Thirteenth Guest/Lady Beware .... Police Capt. Ryan
1932 The Hurricane Express .... Jim Baker, Railroad engineer

1932 The Vanishing Frontier .... Waco
1932 Madame Racketeer/The Sporting Widow .... John Adams
1932 Stranger in Town
1932 Week-end Marriage/Weekend Lives/Working Wives