Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/5/1875
Place of Birth
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
J. Farrell MacDonald
Biography
Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
as Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Mac, Bailiff (uncredited)
The Best Man Wins
as Captain--Harbor Patrol
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Photographer
Week-End Marriage
as Mr. Davis
Too Young to Marry
as Rev. Stump
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'
Unknown Role
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men
as Pop Shannon
Dark Command
as Dave
When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Gilby - Pharmacist (uncredited)
Smoky
as Jim, the Cook
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Captain
Danger Ahead
as Harry Cromwell
Thank You
as Andy
Exclusive Story
as Michael Devlin
The Brat
as Timson, the butler
Marked Men
as Tom Placer McGraw
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
as Patrick Kelly
4 Devils
as The Clown
Career Timeline
1951
1950
1949
1948
Trouble Preferred
as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
as Bill Baggs
Shep Comes Home
as Sheriff Cap Weatherby
The Walls of Jericho
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Doc Benson
Fury at Furnace Creek
as Pops Murphy (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
as Cop (uncredited)
Panhandle
as Doc Cooper
If You Knew Susie
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1947
Thunder in the Valley
as McPherson - Innkeeper
Christmas Eve
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Mac, Bailiff (uncredited)
Keeper of the Bees
as Postmaster
Web of Danger
as Scotty MacKronish - Bus Driver
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Cop
Bowery at Midnight
as Capt. Mitchell
Phantom Killer
as Police Captain
The Palm Beach Story
as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)
The Living Ghost
as Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson
One Thrilling Night
as Police Sergeant Haggerty
Reap the Wild Wind
as Port Captain
Captains of the Clouds
as Dr. Neville
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Henry Hathaway
Private Snuffy Smith
as Gen. Rosewater
1941
1940
Friendly Neighbors
as Sheiff Potts
Untamed
as Dr. Billar
Pony Express Days
as Nevada Jim
Stagecoach War
as Jeff Chapman
The Last Alarm
as Jim Hadley
Prairie Law
as Sheriff Jim Austin
I Take This Oath
as Insp. Tim Ryan
The Light of Western Stars
as Bill Stillwell
Dark Command
as Dave
Knights of the Range
as Cappy
1939
The Gentleman from Arizona
as Wild Bill Coburn
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Captain
Full Confession
as Joe, Police Sergeant (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Coast Guard
as Capt. Hansen (uncredited)
Conspiracy
as Captain of the Falcon
Mickey the Kid
as Sheriff J.J. Willoughby
Susannah of the Mounties
as Pat O'Hannegan
Zenobia
as Judge
East Side of Heaven
as Doorman (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Craig Dolan
1938
Little Orphan Annie
as 'Pop' Corrigan
Submarine Patrol
as CWO 'Sails' Quincannon
Come On, Rangers
as Colonel Forbes
Gang Bullets
as Chief Reardon
The Last Express
as William Barton (Detective Agency Head)
There Goes My Heart
as Officer
The Crowd Roars
as Father Patrick Ryan
Barefoot Boy
as Warden
White Banners
as Dr. Thompson
Numbered Woman
as Capt. Ryan
Extortion
as Coach Pearson
State Police
as Charlie Wheeler
My Old Kentucky Home
as Mayor Jim Hopkins
1937
Courage of the West
as Buck Saunders
County Fair
as Calvin Williams
The Game That Kills
as Joe Holland
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as 'Doc' Howe
Topper
as Policeman
Roaring Timber
as Andrew MacKinley
Flying Fists
as Bill 'One-Punch' Fagin
Slim
as Pop
Slave Ship
as Proprietor
Parnell
as Irish Laborer (uncredited)
Parnell
as Irish Laborer
The Hit Parade
as Sgt. O'Hara
Maid of Salem
as Captain of Ship
The Great Barrier
as Major Rogers
1936
1935
Hitch Hike Lady
as Judge Hale
Fighting Youth
as Coach Parker
Stormy
as Trinidad Dorn
Waterfront Lady
as Capt. O'Brien
Danger Ahead
as Harry Cromwell
The Irish in Us
as Capt. Jackson
Front Page Woman
as Hallohan
Shadows of the Orient
as Inspector Sullivan
The Arizonian
as Marshal Andy Jordan
The Healer
as Applejack
Let 'em Have It
as Mr. Keefer
Swellhead
as Umpire
Star of Midnight
as Inspector Doremus
The Whole Town's Talking
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
Northern Frontier
as Inspector
Square Shooter
as Sheriff
The Best Man Wins
as Captain--Harbor Patrol
Maybe It's Love
as The Cop
Romance in Manhattan
as Murphy
Our Little Girl
as Hobo
1934
1933
Murder on the Campus
as Police Capt. Ed Kyne
Under Secret Orders
as John Burke
Myrt and Marge
as Grady
The Power and the Glory
as Mulligan
I Loved a Woman
as Shuster
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
as Himself
Laughing at Life
as Prison Warden
Peg o' My Heart
as Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell
The Working Man
as Henry 'Hank' Davis
The Vanishing Frontier
as Waco
The Iron Master
as J.C. Stillman
1932
No Man of Her Own
as "Dickie" Collins
The Racing Strain
as Mr. Martin
Me and My Gal
as Pop Riley
Men Are Such Fools
as Prison Warden Randolph
The Pride of the Legion
as Chief Scott
Heritage of the Desert
as Adam Naab
This Sporting Age
as Jerry O'Day
70,000 Witnesses
as State Coach
Hearts of Humanity
as Tom O'Hara
The Phantom Express
as D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan
The Thirteenth Guest
as Captain Ryan
The Hurricane Express
as Jim Baker
Madame Racketeer
as John Adams
Week-End Marriage
as Mr. Davis
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Police Sgt. J.B. Antrim (uncredited)
Scandal for Sale
as Treadway
Probation
as George Holman
Steady Company
as Hogan
Hotel Continental
as Detective Martin
Discarded Lovers
as Sommers
Under Eighteen
as Pop Evans
1931
Touchdown!
as Pop Stewart
The Spirit of Notre Dame
as The Coach
The Brat
as Timson, the butler
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'
Role unknown
Sporting Blood
as MacGuire
Stranger in Town
as Scout
The Squaw Man
as Big Bill
The Maltese Falcon
as Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus
Too Young to Marry
as Rev. Stump
The Millionaire
as Dan Lewis
The Stolen Jools
as Policeman
Woman Hungry
as Buzzard
The Easiest Way
as Ben Murdock
The Painted Desert
as Jeff Cameron
Other Men's Women
as Peg-Leg
1930
1929
1928
1927
1926
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Sloan
The Country Beyond
as Sgt. Cassidy
The Family Upstairs
as Joe Heller
3 Bad Men
as Mike Costigan
The Last Frontier
as Wild Bill Hickok
A Trip to Chinatown
as Benjamin Strong
The Shamrock Handicap
as Con O'Shea
The Dixie Merchant
as Jean Paul Fippany
The First Year
as Mr. Barstow
1925
1924
1923
1922
The Young Rajah
as Amhad Beg - Prime Minister
Manslaughter
as (uncredited)
The Ghost Breaker
as Sam Marcum
The Bonded Woman
as Captain Gaskell
Over the Border
as Peter Galbraith
Tracks
as Jack Bess
The Bachelor Daddy
as Joe Pelton
Come on Over
as Michael Morahan
Sky High
as Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)