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Ian MacDonald is a Actor American born on 28 june 1914 at Great Falls (USA)

Ian MacDonald

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Birth name Ulva Williams Pippy
Nationality USA
Birth 28 june 1914 at Great Falls (USA)
Death 11 april 1978 (at 63 years) at Bozeman (USA)

Ian MacDonald (June 28, 1914 – April 11, 1978) was an American actor and producer during the 1940s and 1950s. He is perhaps best known as villain Frank Miller in High Noon (1952).

Biography

Après une première expérience au cinéma dans un film sorti en 1931, Ian MacDonald (pseudonyme) contribue à soixante-quatre autres films américains, sortis de 1941 à 1959.

Parmi eux figurent de nombreux westerns, dont Montana de Ray Enright (1950, avec Errol Flynn et Alexis Smith), Le train sifflera trois fois de Fred Zinnemann (1952, avec Gary Cooper et Grace Kelly), Taza, fils de Cochise de Douglas Sirk (1954, avec Rock Hudson dans le rôle-titre et Barbara Rush, lui-même personnifiant Geronimo), ou encore L'Homme aux colts d'or d'Edward Dmytryk (1959, avec Henry Fonda et Richard Widmark), son dernier film — dans un petit rôle non crédité —.

Hors le western, citons le film noir La Femme aux cigarettes de Jean Negulesco (1948, avec Ida Lupino et Cornel Wilde), ainsi que les films d'aventure L'Aigle du désert de Frederick De Cordova (1950, avec Yvonne De Carlo et Richard Greene) et Le Souffle sauvage d'Hugo Fregonese (1953, avec Gary Cooper et Barbara Stanwyck).

En outre, il est producteur de quatre films (1955-1956) où il joue, dont deux (1955) auxquels il collabore également comme scénariste.

Pour la télévision, Ian MacDonald participe entre 1949 et 1960 (année où il se retire) à vingt-sept séries, dont Rintintin (un épisode, 1955) et Gunsmoke (un épisode, 1958).

Au théâtre enfin, il se produit à Broadway (New York) en 1948, dans la pièce The Vigil, aux côtés d'Henry Wilcoxon.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ian MacDonald (53 films)

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Actor

Night of the Demons III, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Demons in film, Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Amelia Kinkade, Kris Holden-Ried, Christian Tessier, Vlasta Vrána, Joel Gordon, Ian MacDonald
Roles Le vendeur de la boutique
Rating46% 2.3184752.3184752.3184752.3184752.318475
Several years have passed after the massacre for the St. Rita's Academy and on Halloween night, Officer Larry (Larry Day) is on night watch at Hull House, where he is confronted and murdered by Angela (Amelia Kinkade) with his own police badge.
Warlock
Warlock (1959)
, 2h2
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels, Wallace Ford
Roles MacDonald (uncredited)
Rating70% 3.5448653.5448653.5448653.5448653.544865
Warlock is a small Utah mining town of the early 1880s. Local cowboys working for Abe McQuown (Tom Drake) often come into town to shoot the place up, kill on just a whim, and beat up and humiliate any deputy sheriff who tries to stand up to them.
Money, Women and Guns, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Jock Mahoney, Kim Hunter, Gene Evans, Timothy Hovey, Tom Drake, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Roles Nibbs
Rating60% 3.0468753.0468753.0468753.0468753.046875
Avant de mourir, assassiné par trois bandits masqués dont deux tombent sous ses balles, Ben, un vieux chercheur d'or, écrit son testament, léguant $ 300.000 à cinq hommes. Célèbre marshal fédéral, Ward Hogan reçoit pour mission de les retrouver. Un à un, méthodiquement, il les identifie, tout en ne perdant jamais de vue qu'il doit aussi démasquer le troisième tueur. Et si, justement, celui-ci compte parmi les héritiers ?
Duel at Apache Wells, 1h9
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ben Cooper, Jim Davis, Harry Shannon, Francis McDonald, Frank Puglia
Roles Marcus Wolf
Rating60% 3.0448553.0448553.0448553.0448553.044855
After years of absence, Johnny Shattuck (Ben Cooper) returns home, only to find a gang after his father's ranch and his girlfriend (Anna Maria Alberghetti).
Accused of Murder, 1h14
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors David Brian, Sidney Blackmer, Vera Ralston, Virginia Grey, Warren Stevens, Lee Van Cleef
Roles Trumbull
Rating55% 2.798062.798062.798062.798062.79806
Nightclub singer Ilona Vance (Vera Ralston) is accused of murder, as she was the last person to see crooked attorney Frank Hobart (Sidney Blackmer) alive. Lt. Hargis (David Brian) attempts to prove her innocence.
Stagecoach To Fury, 1h15
Directed by William F. Claxton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Forrest Tucker, Mari Blanchard, Wallace Ford, Paul Fix, Leslie Banning, Wright King
Roles Sheriff Ross
Rating59% 2.9531652.9531652.9531652.9531652.953165
A stagecoach with a mixed group of passenger en route to the town of Fury makes a stop at a layover. Upon arrival the passengers are held up by Lorenzo Garcia and his gang of bandidos capture and disarm the passengers, shooting one when he stops to raise his fallen trousers when he puts his hands up. The two staff of the coaching stop are missing presumed murdered. Garcia questions former Army captain Frank Townsend, now riding shotgun on the stagecoach on the location of the Federal Government gold shipment they expected to be carried by the stagecoach. After Garcia shoots and wounds Tim O'Connor the driver to encourage information, Townsend reveals that the stagecoach was to remain at the layover until a wagon containing the gold shipment would arrive and transfer the cargo to the stage.
Son of Sinbad, 1h18
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Dale Robertson, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, Mari Blanchard, Leon Askin, Kim Novak
Roles Murad
Rating53% 2.656192.656192.656192.656192.65619
In ancient Baghdad, poet Omar Khayyám wanders the streets in search of his friend, Sinbad, the son and namesake of Sinbad the Sailor, and finds him outside the Khalif's palace. Although the Khalif has offered a reward for his capture, the roguish Sinbad ignores Omar's warnings and nonchalantly sneaks into the palace. Spouting Omar's poetry, Sinbad romances Nerissa, one of the Khalif's harem girls, but is exposed by jealous slave Ameer, who also loves him.
Apache
Apache (1954)
, 1h23
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Harold Hecht
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire, Charles Bronson, John Dehner, Walter Sande
Roles Clagg
Rating62% 3.147393.147393.147393.147393.14739
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his girl and settle down to grow crops. His pursuers have other ideas though.
Taza, Son of Cochise, 1h19
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Gregg Palmer, Jeff Chandler, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller
Roles Geronimo
Rating56% 2.8035552.8035552.8035552.8035552.803555
Taza succède a son père Cochise, ardent défenseur de la paix avec les "visages pales". Mais son frère, Naiche, qui convoite la belle Oona promise à Taza, pactise avec Geronimo contre les hommes blancs.
The Egyptian, 2h19
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Children's films
Actors Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Michael Wilding, Edmund Purdom, John Carradine
Roles Ship's Captain
Rating64% 3.248293.248293.248293.248293.24829
The Egyptian tells the story of Sinuhe (Edmund Purdom), a struggling physician in 18th dynasty Egypt (14th Century BC.) who is thrown by chance into contact with the pharaoh Akhnaton (Michael Wilding). He rises to and falls from great prosperity, wanders the world, and becomes increasingly drawn towards a new religion spreading throughout Egypt. His companions throughout are his lover, a shy tavern maid named Merit (Jean Simmons), and his corrupt but likable servant, Kaptah (Peter Ustinov).
Johnny Guitar, 1h50
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Political films
Actors Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady, Ernest Borgnine, Ward Bond
Roles Pete
Rating75% 3.797333.797333.797333.797333.79733
On the outskirts of a wind-swept Arizona cattle town, an aggressive and strong-willed saloonkeeper named Vienna maintains a volatile relationship with the local cattlemen and townsfolk. Not only does she support the railroad being laid nearby (the cattlemen oppose it), but she permits "The Dancin' Kid" (her former amour) and his confederates to frequent her saloon. The locals, led by McIvers but egged on by Emma Small, a onetime rival of Vienna, are determined to force Vienna out of town, and the hold-up of the stage (they suspect, erroneously, by "The Dancin' Kid") offers a perfect pretext. Vienna faces them down, helped by the mysterious and just arrived Johnny Guitar. He turns out to be her ex-lover and a reformed gunslinger whose real name is Johnny Logan. Their smouldering love/hate relationship develops until McIvers gives Vienna, Johnny Guitar and "The Dancin Kid" and his sidekicks 24 hours to leave.
Blowing Wild, 1h32
Directed by Hugo Fregonese, Don Alvarado
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Noir, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman, Anthony Quinn, Ward Bond, Ian MacDonald
Roles Jackson
Rating63% 3.1928453.1928453.1928453.1928453.192845
After the bandit El Gavilan destroys their South American oil field, partners Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson need jobs. "Paco" Conway offers them work, but his marriage to Jeff's old love Marina makes the situation awkward. Jeff refuses until another employer cons them out of their pay and Dutch is injured, so he accepts the offer to help with Paco's 18 oil wells.
The Silver Whip, 1h13
Directed by Harmon Jones
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Dale Robertson, Rory Calhoun, Robert Wagner, Lola Albright, Kathleen Crowley, J. M. Kerrigan
Roles Hank
Rating65% 3.2910153.2910153.2910153.2910153.291015
Cocky young drifter Jess Harker wants to be a driver on the stagecoach's main line, just like Race Crim, his hero. The coach line's boss, Luke Bowen, doesn't believe Jess is ready yet.
Flaming Feather, 1h17
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Sterling Hayden, Forrest Tucker, Arleen Whelan, Barbara Rush, Victor Jory, Richard Arlen
Roles Tombstone Jack
Rating58% 2.904152.904152.904152.904152.90415
A mysterious outlaw, known only as The Sidewinder, is terrorizing Arizona settlers. A rancher whose property was raided, Tex McCloud, and a U.S. Cavalry officer named Blaine both decide to seek justice. They even make a friendly wager over which one will get to The Sidewinder first.