
Ian MacDonald
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 28 June 1914 · Great Falls, Montana, USA
- Died
- 11 April 1978
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Known for
Acting 58
- 1959Warlock as MacDonald (uncredited)
- 1958Money, Women and Guns as Nibbs
- 1957Duel at Apache Wells as Marcus Wolf
- 1956Accused of Murder as Trumbull
- 1956Stagecoach To Fury as Sheriff Ross
- 1955Two-Gun Lady as Jud Ivers
- 1955The Lonesome Trail as Gonaga
- 1955Timberjack as Pauquette
- 1954The Egyptian as Ship's Captain
- 1954Apache as Clagg
- 1954Johnny Guitar as Pete
- 1954Taza, Son of Cochise as Geronimo
- 1953Blowing Wild as Jackson
- 1953A Perilous Journey as Sprague
- 1953The Silver Whip as Hank
- 1952Hiawatha as Chief Megissogwon
- 1952Toughest Man in Arizona as Steve Girard
- 1952The Savage as Yellow Eagle
- 1952The Brigand as Maj. Schrock
- 1952High Noon as Frank Miller
- 1952This Woman Is Dangerous as Joe Crossland
- 1952Flaming Feather as Tombstone Jack
- 1951Ten Tall Men as Lustig
- 1951The Texas Rangers as The Sundance Kid
- 1951New Mexico as Private Daniels
- 1951Thunder in God's Country as Smitty
- 1950The Desert Hawk as Yussef
- 1950Where the Sidewalk Ends as Detective Casey (uncredited)
- 1950The Lawless as Al Peters
- 1950Colt .45 as Miller
- 1950Comanche Territory as Walsh
- 1950Montana as Slim Reeves
- 1950Whirlpool as Hogan - Store Detective (uncredited)
- 1949Malaya as Carlos Tassuma
- 1949White Heat as Creel
- 1949Come to the Stable as Mr. Matthews (uncredited)
- 1949Streets of San Francisco as Luke Fraser
- 1949Joe Palooka in the Big Fight as Mike
- 1948Road House as Police captain
- 1948The Man from Colorado as Jack Rawson (uncredited)
- 194816 Fathoms Deep as Nick
- 1948Speed to Spare as Pusher Wilkes
- 1948Port Said as Jakoll
- 1948Mr. Reckless as Jim Halsey
- 1948The Woman from Tangier as Paul Moreles
- 1948My Girl Tisa as Guard (uncredited)
- 1947Dark Passage as Cop in Bus Depot (uncredited)
- 1947Deep Valley as Blast Foreman
- 1947Ramrod as Walt Shipley
- 1947Pursued as A Callum (uncredited)
- 1946The Strange Woman as Boat Captain (uncredited)
- 1942North of the Rockies as Henchman Lazare
- 1942The Adventures of Martin Eden as 'Butch' Raglan
- 1941Swamp Woman as Det. Lt. Rance
- 1941They Died with Their Boots On as Soldier (uncredited)
- 1941Secret of the Wastelands as Hollister
- 1941Stick to Your Guns as Henchman "Elbows"
- 1931Madame Guillotine as Jacques
Writing 2
- 1955The Lonesome Trail · screenplay
- 1955The Silver Star · screenplay





