
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 Frank McDonald" - he nevertheless turned out more than 100 pictures in his career.

Along the Navajo Trail

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National Velvet

Grand Ole Opry

Call of the Klondike

The Range Rider

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Wanted: Dead or Alive

McHale's Navy

Flirting with Fate

Texans Never Cry

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

The Purple Gang

Fly Away Baby

Flipper

Smart Blonde

Blondes at Work

Rainbow Over Texas

Dance Charlie Dance

13 Lead Soldiers

Thunder Pass

Sierra Passage

Man from Oklahoma

Gaucho Serenade

Love Begins at Twenty

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

Gambler's Choice

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Timber Queen

High Explosive

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

The Big Tip Off

In Old Missouri

Wrecking Crew

My Pal Trigger

Bells of Rosarita

Isle of Fury

Broadway Hostess

Lights of Old Santa Fe

Sunset in El Dorado

One Body Too Many

Under Nevada Skies

Over the Wall

The Big Sombrero

The Adventurous Blonde

Boulder Dam

Carolina Moon

Alaska Highway

The Big Noise

Her Husband's Secretary

Barnyard Follies

Shepherd of the Ozarks

Snow Dog

Northwest Territory

Father Takes the Air

Sea Tiger

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

No Hands on the Clock

The Underwater City

Mr. Reckless

Sheena: Queen of the Jungle

Midnight Court

Submarine Alert

Song of Arizona

Ringside

The Gene Autry Show

Scared Stiff

Treasure of Ruby Hills

Rancho Grande

Yellow Fin

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

Yukon Gold

Jeepers Creepers

Apache Chief

Wildcat

Flying Blind

Murder by an Aristocrat

Yukon Manhunt

Twilight on the Rio Grande

Mara of the Wilderness

Treachery Rides the Range

Arkansas Judge

Tell It to a Star

The Chicago Kid

Sioux City Sue

Linda, Be Good

Mountain Rhythm

The Old Homestead

Trouble on the Trail

The Yellow Haired Kid

Six Gun Decision

Secret of Outlaw Flats

Country Fair

Border City Rustlers

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

The Tilted Tenderfoot

Two Gun Marshal

Hit Parade of 1947

Mantelli e spade insanguinate

Marshals in Disguise

Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria

The Matchmaking Marshal

O, My Darling Clementine

French Leave

Freshman Year

Take It Big

Under Fiesta Stars

The Traitor Within

Outlaw's Son

Gun Smugglers

Reckless Living

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

The Two Gun Teacher

Son of Belle Starr

Timber Country Trouble

Phantom Trails

Swing Your Partner

Tuxedo Junction

Raymie

Death Goes North