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Ian MacDonald

Born 1914-06-28
Died 1978-04-11
📍 Great Falls, Montana, USA

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Ian MacDonald (born Ulva W. Pippy, 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).

Military service

MacDonald served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. He entered on July 13, 1942, and was discharged on April 15, 1946, reaching the rank of captain.

On June 17, 1967, in Santa Monica, California, MacDonald married Shirley Kannegaard, a nurse whom he met when he was a patient at Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital. They remained wed until his death.

On April 11, 1978, MacDonald died at his home in Bozeman, Montana, at age 63. CLR

Selected filmography

Stick to Your Guns (1941) - Henchman Elbows

Secret of the Wastelands (1941) - Hollister

They Died with Their Boots On (1941) - Soldier (uncredited)

Swamp Woman (1941) - Det. Lt. Rance

The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) - 'Butch' Raglan

North of the Rockies (1942) - Lazare

The Strange Woman (1946) - Boat Captain (uncredited)

Ramrod (1947) - Walt Shipley

Pursued (1947) - A Callum (uncredited)

Deep Valley (1947) - Blast Foreman (uncredited)

Dark Passage (1947) - Cop in Bus Depot (uncredited)

My Girl Tisa (1948) - Guard (uncredited)

The Woman from Tangier (1948) - Paul Moreles

Mr. Reckless (1948) - Jim Halsey

Port Said (1948) - Jakoll

Speed to Spare (1948) - Pusher Wilkes

Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1948) - Nick

A Southern Yankee (1948) - Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

The Man from Colorado (1948) - Jack Rawson (uncredited)

Road House (1948) - Police Captain

Song of India (1949) - Prince's Officer (uncredited)

Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949) - Mike

Streets of San Francisco (1949) - Luke Fraser

Come to the Stable (1949) - Mr. Matthews (uncredited)

White Heat (1949) - Bo Creel (uncredited)

Battleground (1949) - Army Colonel (uncredited)

Malaya (1949) - Carlos Tassuma

Montana (1950) - Slim Reeves

Whirlpool (1950) - Hogan - Store Detective (uncredited)

Comanche Territory (1950) - Walshy

Colt .45 (1950) - Miller

The Lawless (1950) - Al Peters

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) - Detective Casey (uncredited)

The Desert Hawk (1950) - Yussef

Thunder in God's Country (1951) - Smitty

New Mexico (1951) - Pvt. Daniels

The Texas Rangers (1951) - The Sundance Kid

Show Boat (1951) - Drunken Sport (uncredited)

Ten Tall Men (1951) - Lustig

The Barefoot Mailman (1951) - Theron Henchman (uncredited)

This Woman Is Dangerous (1952) - Joe Grossland, Private Eye

Flaming Feather (1952) - Tombstone Jack

High Noon[2] (1952) - Frank Miller

The Brigand (1952) - Maj. Schrock

The Savage (1952) - Chief Yellow Eagle

Toughest Man in Arizona (1952) - Steve Girard

Hiawatha (1952) - Chief Megissogwon

The Silver Whip (1953) - Hank

A Perilous Journey (1953) - Sprague

Blowing Wild (1953) - Jackson

Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) - Geronimo

Johnny Guitar (1954) - Pete

Apache (1954) - Clagg

The Egyptian (1954) - Ship's Captain (uncredited)

They Were So Young (1954) - General Rodriguez Garcia (uncredited)

Timberjack (1955) - Pauquette

Son of Sinbad (1955) - Murad

The Lonesome Trail (1955) - Gonaga

Two-Gun Lady (1955) - Jud Ivers

Accused of Murder (1956) - Trumbull

Stagecoach to Fury (1956) - Sheriff Ross

Duel at Apache Wells (1957) - Marcus Wolf

Money, Women and Guns (1958) - Nibbs

Filmography 71

The Rebel
as Ben Tompkins
1959
The Rebel
as Tom
1959
Riverboat
as John Murrell
1959
Warlock
as MacDonald (uncredited)
1959
Money, Women and Guns
as Nibbs
1958
Trackdown
as Jed Burroughs
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Duel at Apache Wells
as Marcus Wolf
1957
Accused of Murder
as Trumbull
1956
Stagecoach To Fury
as Sheriff Ross
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Ed Loomis
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Leeds
1956
Two-Gun Lady
as Jud Ivers
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mike Dukovnik
1955
Gunsmoke
as Mr. Troyman
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Lonesome Trail
as Gonaga
1955
Timberjack
as Pauquette
1955
The Egyptian
as Ship's Captain
1954
Apache
as Clagg
1954
Johnny Guitar
as Pete
1954
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Geronimo
1954
Blowing Wild
as Jackson
1953
City Detective
1953
A Perilous Journey
as Sprague
1953
The Silver Whip
as Hank
1953
Hiawatha
as Chief Megissogwon
1952
Biff Baker U.S.A.
as Hank
1952
Toughest Man in Arizona
as Steve Girard
1952
The Savage
as Yellow Eagle
1952
The Brigand
as Maj. Schrock
1952
High Noon
as Frank Miller
1952
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Joe Crossland
1952
Flaming Feather
as Tombstone Jack
1952
Ten Tall Men
as Lustig
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Eric
1951
Racket Squad
1951
The Texas Rangers
as The Sundance Kid
1951
New Mexico
as Pvt. Daniels
1951
Thunder in God's Country
as Smitty
1951
The Desert Hawk
as Yussef
1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Detective Casey (uncredited)
1950
The Lawless
as Al Peters
1950
Colt .45
as Miller
1950
Comanche Territory
as Walsh
1950
Montana
as Slim Reeves
1950
Whirlpool
as Hogan - Store Detective (uncredited)
1950
Malaya
as Carlos Tassuma
1949
White Heat
as Creel
1949
Come to the Stable
as Mr. Matthews (uncredited)
1949
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
as Mike
1949
Road House
as Police captain
1948
The Man from Colorado
as Jack Rawson (uncredited)
1948
16 Fathoms Deep
as Nick
1948
Speed to Spare
as Pusher Wilkes
1948
Port Said
as Jakoll
1948
Mr. Reckless
as Jim Halsey
1948
The Woman from Tangier
as Paul Moreles
1948
My Girl Tisa
as Guard (uncredited)
1948
Dark Passage
as Cop in Bus Depot (uncredited)
1947
Deep Valley
as Blast Foreman
1947
Ramrod
as Walt Shipley
1947
Pursued
as A Callum (uncredited)
1947
The Strange Woman
as Boat Captain (uncredited)
1946
North of the Rockies
as Henchman Lazare
1942
The Adventures of Martin Eden
as 'Butch' Raglan
1942
Swamp Woman
as Det. Lt. Rance
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Soldier (uncredited)
1941
Secret of the Wastelands
as Hollister
1941
Stick to Your Guns
as Henchman "Elbows"
1941
Madame Guillotine
as Jacques
1931