Frank McDonald (director)
Frank McDonald, Frank MacDonald and Bill Raynor ( born November 9, 1899 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, † March 8, 1980 in Oxnard, California ) was an American film and television director, actor and cinematographer.
Life
Frank McDonald, was in the years prior to his arrival in Hollywood, a railway worker. Then he worked as a writer and worked on the theater stage as an actor and director. In 1933 he began as a dialogue director for Warner Bros. and got two years later the opportunity as a director to direct a film. He then went to Monogram Pictures, which was later acquired by Allied Artists, where he worked on B-movies in the category Western, action and war films until his retirement in 1965.
When Republic Pictures McDonald worked together very often in Western films with the Western Stars Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. Later, he was one of the mainstays of Gene Autry Flying "A" Ranch Rodeo Schow.
In his career, McDonald made more than 100 films and was listed in the credits as Frank MacDonald and Bill Raynor.
Frank McDonald was married to actress Goodee Montgomery. He died on March 8, 1980 in Oxnard, California at the age of 80 years.
Trivia
Evelyn Keyes once said: " I've never met a director of the so panicked when he began to make a film like Frank McDonald ".