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Ian MacDonald

Ian MacDonald

Born: 1914-06-28 • 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
Warlock poster
Warlock
1959 • MacDonald (uncredited)
Money, Women and Guns poster
Money, Women and Guns
1958 • Nibbs
Duel at Apache Wells poster
Duel at Apache Wells
1957 • Marcus Wolf
Accused of Murder poster
Accused of Murder
1956 • Trumbull
Stagecoach To Fury poster
Stagecoach To Fury
1956 • Sheriff Ross
Two-Gun Lady poster
Two-Gun Lady
1955 • Jud Ivers
The Lonesome Trail poster
The Lonesome Trail
1955 • Gonaga
Timberjack poster
Timberjack
1955 • Pauquette
The Egyptian poster
The Egyptian
1954 • Ship's Captain
Apache poster
Apache
1954 • Clagg
Johnny Guitar poster
Johnny Guitar
1954 • Pete
Taza, Son of Cochise poster
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954 • Geronimo
Blowing Wild poster
Blowing Wild
1953 • Jackson
A Perilous Journey poster
A Perilous Journey
1953 • Sprague
The Silver Whip poster
The Silver Whip
1953 • Hank
Hiawatha poster
Hiawatha
1952 • Chief Megissogwon
Toughest Man in Arizona poster
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 • Steve Girard
The Savage poster
The Savage
1952 • Yellow Eagle
The Brigand poster
The Brigand
1952 • Maj. Schrock
High Noon poster
High Noon
1952 • Frank Miller
This Woman Is Dangerous poster
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952 • Joe Crossland
Flaming Feather poster
Flaming Feather
1952 • Tombstone Jack
Ten Tall Men poster
Ten Tall Men
1951 • Lustig
The Texas Rangers poster
The Texas Rangers
1951 • The Sundance Kid
New Mexico poster
New Mexico
1951 • Pvt. Daniels
Thunder in God's Country poster
Thunder in God's Country
1951 • Smitty
The Desert Hawk poster
The Desert Hawk
1950 • Yussef
Where the Sidewalk Ends poster
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950 • Detective Casey (uncredited)
The Lawless poster
The Lawless
1950 • Al Peters
Colt .45 poster
Colt .45
1950 • Miller
Comanche Territory poster
Comanche Territory
1950 • Walsh
Montana poster
Montana
1950 • Slim Reeves
Whirlpool poster
Whirlpool
1950 • Hogan - Store Detective (uncredited)
Malaya poster
Malaya
1949 • Carlos Tassuma
White Heat poster
White Heat
1949 • Creel
Come to the Stable poster
Come to the Stable
1949 • Mr. Matthews (uncredited)
No Image
Streets of San Francisco
1949 • Luke Fraser
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight poster
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
1949 • Mike
Road House poster
Road House
1948 • Police captain
The Man from Colorado poster
The Man from Colorado
1948 • Jack Rawson (uncredited)
16 Fathoms Deep poster
16 Fathoms Deep
1948 • Nick
Speed to Spare poster
Speed to Spare
1948 • Pusher Wilkes
Port Said poster
Port Said
1948 • Jakoll
Mr. Reckless poster
Mr. Reckless
1948 • Jim Halsey
The Woman from Tangier poster
The Woman from Tangier
1948 • Paul Moreles
My Girl Tisa poster
My Girl Tisa
1948 • Guard (uncredited)
Dark Passage poster
Dark Passage
1947 • Cop in Bus Depot (uncredited)
Deep Valley poster
Deep Valley
1947 • Blast Foreman
Ramrod poster
Ramrod
1947 • Walt Shipley
Pursued poster
Pursued
1947 • A Callum (uncredited)
The Strange Woman poster
The Strange Woman
1946 • Boat Captain (uncredited)
North of the Rockies poster
North of the Rockies
1942 • Henchman Lazare
The Adventures of Martin Eden poster
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942 • 'Butch' Raglan
Swamp Woman poster
Swamp Woman
1941 • Det. Lt. Rance
They Died with Their Boots On poster
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 • Soldier (uncredited)
Secret of the Wastelands poster
Secret of the Wastelands
1941 • Hollister
Stick to Your Guns poster
Stick to Your Guns
1941 • Henchman "Elbows"
Madame Guillotine poster
Madame Guillotine
1931 • Jacques