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It's a Wonderful Life

1946·Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)

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J. Farrell MacDonald Acting Filmography (275)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997·Self (archive footage)

Superman and the Mole Men

1951·Pop Shannon

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell

1951·Mr. Kroeger

Here Comes the Groom

1951·Husband on Airplane (uncredited)

Woman on the Run

1950·Cap, the Retired Ferryboat Captain

Hostile Country

1950·Mr. Lane (uncredited)

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950·Gilby - Pharmacist (uncredited)

The Daltons' Women

You're My Everything

1949·Doorman (uncredited)

Streets of San Francisco

1949·Pop Lockhart

The Dalton Gang

1949·Judge Price

1948·Doc Cooper

The Walls of Jericho

1948·Bailiff (uncredited)

Fury at Furnace Creek

1948·Pops Murphy (uncredited)

Whispering Smith

1948·Bill Baggs

Belle Starr's Daughter

1948·Doc Benson

1948·Cop (uncredited)

If You Knew Susie

1948·Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Shep Comes Home

1948·Sheriff Cap Weatherby

Trouble Preferred

1948·Apartment House Manager (uncredited)

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

1947·Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947·Mac, Bailiff (uncredited)

Thunder in the Valley

1947·McPherson - Innkeeper

Keeper of the Bees

1947·Postmaster

1947·Policeman (uncredited)

1947·Scotty MacKronish - Bus Driver

It's a Wonderful Life

1946·Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree (uncredited)

My Darling Clementine

1946·Mac the barman

1946·Jim, the Cook

Joe Palooka, Champ

1946·Long-Count Bowman

1945·Capt. Angel

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945·Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)

1945·Bank Guard (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence

1945·Jury Foreman

Hangover Square

1945·Street Vendor (uncredited)

Pillow of Death

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944·Sheriff (uncredited)

Greenwich Village

1944·O'Shea, policeman

Texas Masquerade

1944·John Martindale

The Great Moment

1944·The Priest

1943·Captain O'Brien

1943·Frank (uncredited)

1943·Geoffrey MacCardle

1943·Man (uncredited)

The Palm Beach Story

1942·Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)

Captains of the Clouds

1942·Dr. Neville

The Living Ghost

1942·Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson

Bowery at Midnight

1942·Capt. Mitchell

Reap the Wild Wind

1942·Port Captain

1942·Police Captain

Private Snuffy Smith

1942·Gen. Rosewater

One Thrilling Night

1942·Police Sergeant Haggerty

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

1942·Henry Hathaway

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

Riders of the Timberline

1941·Jim Kerrigan

In Old Cheyenne

1941·Tim Casey

1941·Dr. Ferguson

Law of the Timber

1941·'Sourpuss'

Broadway Limited

1940·Jim Hadley

I Take This Oath

1940·Insp. Tim Ryan

1940·Jeff Chapman

1940·Dr. Billar

The Light of Western Stars

1940·Bill Stillwell

Knights of the Range

Pony Express Days

1940·Nevada Jim

Friendly Neighbors

1940·Sheiff Potts

1940·Sheriff Jim Austin

Full Confession

1939·Joe, Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1939·Captain of the Falcon

Susannah of the Mounties

1939·Pat O'Hannegan

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939·Craig Dolan

East Side of Heaven

1939·Doorman (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music

1939·Police Chief (uncredited)

1939·Capt. Hansen (uncredited)

The Housekeeper's Daughter

The Gentleman from Arizona

1939·Wild Bill Coburn

1939·Sheriff J.J. Willoughby

Come On, Rangers

1938·Colonel Forbes

Submarine Patrol

1938·CWO 'Sails' Quincannon

1938·Dr. Thompson

1938·Chief Reardon

The Crowd Roars

1938·Father Patrick Ryan

There Goes My Heart

My Old Kentucky Home

1938·Mayor Jim Hopkins

The Last Express

1938·William Barton (Detective Agency Head)

1938·Capt. Mike Ryan

Little Orphan Annie

1938·'Pop' Corrigan

1938·Charlie Wheeler

1938·Coach Pearson

1937·Policeman

1937·Sgt. O'Hara

1937·Bill 'One-Punch' Fagin

1937·Proprietor

My Dear Miss Aldrich

1937·'Doc' Howe

1937·Calvin Williams

1937·Captain of Ship

The Game That Kills

1937·Joe Holland

1937·Andrew MacKinley

1937·Irish Laborer (uncredited)

Courage of the West

1937·Buck Saunders

The Great Barrier

1937·Major Rogers

Exclusive Story

1936·Michael Devlin

Mysterious Crossing

1936·Police Chief Bullock

Florida Special

1936·Windy MacLaine

1935·Trinidad Dorn

The Whole Town's Talking

1935·Prison Warden (uncredited)

1935·Applejack

1935·Harry Cromwell

Shadows of the Orient

1935·Inspector Sullivan

Waterfront Lady

1935·Capt. O'Brien

Romance in Manhattan

The Best Man Wins

1935·Captain--Harbor Patrol

Hitch Hike Lady

1935·Judge Hale

Let 'em Have It

1935·Mr. Keefer

Our Little Girl

Maybe It's Love

Northern Frontier

1935·Inspector

Star of Midnight

1935·Inspector Doremus

Front Page Woman

The Irish in Us

1935·Capt. Jackson

1935·Marshal Andy Jordan

1935·Coach Parker

The Crime Doctor

Man of Two Worlds

Beggar's Holiday

1934·Pop Malloy

Once to Every Woman

1934·Flannigan

The Crosby Case

1934·The Doorman--Mike Costello

The Vanishing Frontier

The Working Man

1933·Henry 'Hank' Davis

The Power and the Glory

I Loved a Woman

Peg o' My Heart

1933·Patrick Shamus 'Pat' O'Connell

Murder on the Campus

1933·Police Capt. Ed Kyne

Laughing at Life

1933·Prison Warden

Under Secret Orders

1933·John Burke

The Iron Master

1933·J.C. Stillman

How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

This Sporting Age

1932·Jerry O'Day

No Man of Her Own

1932·"Dickie" Collins

The Thirteenth Guest

1932·Captain Ryan

The Phantom Express

1932·D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan

1932·Pop Evans

Heritage of the Desert

1932·Adam Naab

Hotel Continental

1932·Detective Martin

Scandal for Sale

Discarded Lovers

Hearts of Humanity

1932·Tom O'Hara

The Pride of the Legion

1932·Chief Scott

1932·George Holman

Men Are Such Fools

1932·Prison Warden Randolph

The Racing Strain

1932·Mr. Martin

Week-End Marriage

1932·Mr. Davis

1932·Pop Riley

Madame Racketeer

1932·John Adams

The Hurricane Express

1932·Jim Baker

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932·Police Sgt. J.B. Antrim (uncredited)

70,000 Witnesses

1932·State Coach

The Maltese Falcon

1931·Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus

The Stolen Jools

1931·Policeman

The Easiest Way

1931·Ben Murdock

The Millionaire

1931·Dan Lewis

Other Men's Women

The Painted Desert

1931·Jeff Cameron

1931·Timson, the butler

Too Young to Marry

1931·Rev. Stump

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'

Stranger in Town

The Spirit of Notre Dame

1931·The Coach

1931·Pop Stewart

The Truth About Youth

1930·Colonel Graham

Men without Women

Song o' My Heart

The Girl of the Golden West

1930·Sonora Slim

1929·Joe Hickey

1929·Train Conductor

Masked Emotions

1929·Will Whitten

1929·Angus McGregor

The Painted Angel

1929·Pa Hudler

1928·The Clown

1928·James 'Aloysius' Riley

None But the Brave

1928·John Craig

Bringing Up Father

The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris

1928·Patrick Kelly

Abie's Irish Rose

1928·Patrick Murphy

1928·Stage Passenger (uncredited)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927·The Photographer

1927·Peter Roberts

East Side, West Side

1927·Pug Malone

Cradle Snatchers

1927·George Martin

Ankles Preferred

1926·Mike Costigan

A Trip to Chinatown

1926·Benjamin Strong

Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl

The Shamrock Handicap

1926·Con O'Shea

1926·Mr. Barstow

The Dixie Merchant

1926·Jean Paul Fippany

The Family Upstairs

1926·Joe Heller

The Country Beyond

1926·Sgt. Cassidy

The Last Frontier

1926·Wild Bill Hickok

Let Women Alone

1925·Commodore John Gordon

1925·Corporal Casey

1925·Lemuel Townsend

The Fighting Heart

The Lucky Horseshoe

The Signal Tower

Mademoiselle Midnight

1924·Duc de Moing (Prologue)

1924·'Chuck' Campbell

Gerald Cranston's Lady

The Storm Daughter

1924·Con Mullaney

1923·Col. Patterson

1923·Silas Martin

While Paris Sleeps

The Age of Desire

1923·Dan Reagan

Fashionable Fakers

1923·Pat O'Donnell

Over the Border

1922·Peter Galbraith

1922·(uncredited)

1922·Jim Frazer (as J. Farrel MacDonald)

1922·Michael Morahan

The Young Rajah

1922·Amhad Beg - Prime Minister

The Ghost Breaker

1922·Sam Marcum

The Bonded Woman

1922·Captain Gaskell

The Bachelor Daddy

1922·Joe Pelton

1922·Jack Bess

1921·Neuces River

1921·Bobtail McGuire

Riding with Death

1921·Sheriff Pat Garrity

Desperate Youth

1921·Joseph Piotto

1921·Mormon Peters

1920·Jim Boone

1920·Joe Alabam (as J. Farrell McDonald)

The Path She Chose

A Fight For Love

1919·The Priest

Riders of Vengeance

A Sporting Chance

1919·Luther Ripley aka Kennedy

1919·Tom Placer McGraw

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

This Hero Stuff

1919·Softnose Smith

Molly of the Follies

Trixie from Broadway

1919·Slim Hayes

1918·Chief of Police Morgan

1915·Paul Ferguson (as Joseph Farrell MacDonald)

The Calling of Louis Mona

A Timely Repentance

1912·Louis Nordell

The Scarlet Letter

1911·Secondary Role (uncredited)

The Lighthouse Keeper

1911·The Lighthouse Keeper

'Tween Two Loves

1911·Farmer Howard

The Time-Lock Safe

1910·Office Worker