Kenneth MacDonald
Kenneth MacDonald
A stage actor since the 1920s, Kenneth MacDonald found the going rough in Hollywood until he published and distributed a pamphlet titled "The Case of Kenneth MacDonald." This little self-promotional book brought him to the attention of studio executives, and throughout the 1930s MacDonald could be seen as a mustachioed, mellifluous-voiced villain in scores of westerns and melodramas. His work in the Charles Starrett westerns at Columbia led to a lengthy association with that studio. From 1940 through 1954, MacDonald played featured roles in such Columbia productions as Island of Doomed Men (1940), Power of the Whistler (1945) and The Caine Mutiny (1954); he was also prominently cast in the studio's short subjects, especially in the comedies of the Three Stooges and Hugh Herbert, his most familiar role being that of a society criminal or shyster lawyer. During the 1960s, Kenneth MacDonald was a semi-regular on the Perry Mason TV series, playing a solemn judge. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Kenneth MacDonald:
- The Errand Boy with Jerry Lewis , Brian Donlevy , Howard McNear , Renee Taylor , Kathleen Freeman , Isobel Elsom , Sig Rumann , Doodles Weaver , Fritz Feld , Roscoe Ates , Don "Red" Barry , Lorne Greene , Mike Mazurki , Harry "Snub" Pollard , Michael Ross , Frank Scannell , Herb Vigran , Dick Winslow , Richard Bakalyan , Michael Landon , Benny Rubin
- Brute Force with Burt Lancaster , Hume Cronyn , Charles Bickford , Yvonne DeCarlo , Ann Blyth , Howard Duff , Jeff Corey , Jay C. Flippen , John Harmon , John Hoyt , Sam Levene , Charles McGraw , Ray Teal , Crane Whitley , Herbert Heywood , Al Hill , Frank Marlowe , Howard M. Mitchell , Gene Roth , Glenn Strange , Billy Wayne
- The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston , Yul Brynner , Anne Baxter , Edward G. Robinson , Yvonne DeCarlo , Debra Paget , Nina Foch , Cedric Hardwicke , Martha Scott , Judith Anderson , Vincent Price , John Carradine , Douglas Dumbrille , Frank DeKova , Henry Wilcoxon , Lawrence Dobkin , H.B. Warner , Woody Strode , Charlton Heston , Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer , Michael Ansara , Henry Brandon , Frankie Darro , Edward Earle , Franklin Farnum , Frank Lackteen , Peter Mamakos , Robert Vaughn , Clint Walker , Michael Connors , Cecil B. DeMille , John Hart , Stanley Price , James Coburn
- Crossfire with Robert Young , Robert Mitchum , Robert Ryan , Gloria Grahame , Paul Kelly , Sam Levene , Steve Brodie , Lex Barker , George Meader , Philip Morris
- Back to Bataan with John Wayne , Anthony Quinn , Beulah Bondi , Richard Loo , Lawrence Tierney , Paul Fix , Vladimir Sokoloff , Benson Fong , Ray Teal
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