- Born
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- Birth nameJoseph Farrell MacDonald
- Nickname
- J. Farrel MacDonald
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- J. Farrell MacDonald was born on April 14, 1875 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Sunrise (1927), My Darling Clementine (1946) and The Great Lie (1941). He was married to Edith Bostwick. He died on August 2, 1952 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- SpouseEdith Bostwick(1920 - December 3, 1943) (her death)
- Attended Yale University, where he played football, graduating in 1903 with a B.A. and LL.B. He also attended Stewarttown University in Stewarttown, Ontario, Canada, where he earned an LL.D. He studied law and earned graduate and mining certificates, eventually joining a government geological survey through Mexico, Colorado and into the Rockies.
- Often acted in westerns whenever not playing Irish cops.
- Was the principal director of L. Frank Baum's Oz Film Manufacturing Co.
- Began as a singer in minstrel shows. In films with Carl Laemmle in New York from 1911.
- Character player, usually stern of demeanor, who appeared in hundreds of films, many of them westerns, from 1915-1951. He was long associated with the director John Ford.
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