Ian MacDonald
Biography
Born in Great Falls, Montana, Ian MacDonald was an American actor and producer whose film work was concentrated in the 1940s and 1950s. He became interested in performing while attending school in Helena and continued acting at Intermountain College there, graduating in 1934. After teaching for two years in Marysville, he moved to Hollywood and later trained at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and was discharged in 1946 as a captain. MacDonald was perhaps best remembered for playing Frank Miller, the villain in High Noon (1952). He also had an uncredited role in Battleground (1949) as the colonel who answered German officers' demands for American surrender. He died in 1978.
63years old at death
- Born Great Falls
- Died Bozeman
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Ulva Pippy (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 7 years1947 to 1954
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Early training
Before Hollywood, MacDonald taught school for two years in Marysville, then washed dishes at a YMCA while studying drama at the Pasadena Community Playhouse.
Ian MacDonald movies on Netflix
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Eleven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together5 more actors
- Clancy CooperThe Silver Whip (1953) and Road House (1948)
- Paul GuilfoyleApache (1954) and White Heat (1949)
- Robert FoulkWhite Heat (1949) and Road House (1948)
- George BellJohnny Guitar (1954) and High Noon (1952)
- Wally CassellWhite Heat (1949) and Ramrod (1947)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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