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Kenneth MacDonald
★ Acting

Kenneth MacDonald

1901 – 1972 · Portland, Indiana, USA · Active 1923–1997

Kenneth MacDonald, active in the 1950s, is known for his roles in cult classics like Carson City (1952) and The She-Creature (1956). In Carson City, he navigates the gritty landscape of the Old West, while in The She-Creature, he contributes to the eerie atmosphere of this horror tale. MacDonald's performances reflect the era's fascination with genre films, showcasing his ability to embody characters that resonate within the cult cinema community.

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The She-Creature

The She-Creature

1956 ★ 3.7
as Police Doctor with Prof. Anderson

Dr. Carlo Lombardi, a carnival hypnotist, conducts experiments in hypnotic regression that take his unwitting female subject Andrea Talbott to a past life as a prehistoric humanoid form of sea life. He uses the physical manifestation of the prehistoric creature to commit murders.

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Filmography

146 credits
1990s 1 credit
1997
TV ★ 7.6
1960s 9 credits
1969
Then Came Bronson as The Banker
TV ★ 5.2
1968
Movie ★ 6.1
1967
40 Guns to Apache Pass as Harry Malone
Movie ★ 5.3
1966
Fantastic Voyage as Henry - Heart Monitoring (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1961
The Ladies Man as Papa Heebert (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1961
The Errand Boy as Mr. Fumble
Movie ★ 6.1
1961
Gunslinger as Sheriff Ed Harkness
TV ★ 6.3
1960
Movie ★ 5.3
1960
Checkmate as Elmer
TV ★ 4.8
1950s 54 credits
1959
Bonanza as Sheriff
TV ★ 7.5
1958
The Heart Is a Rebel as Alfred Carlson
Movie ★ 8.0
1958
Man from God's Country as Judge (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.0
1957
Perry Mason as Judge
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Perry Mason as Judge One
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Perry Mason as Second Judge
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Perry Mason as Judge Carter
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Meet McGraw as Sheriff Corin
TV ★ 6.5
1957
Sugarfoot as Mayor
TV ★ 5.2
1956
Scheming Schemers as Mr. Allen
Movie ★ 6.0
1956
Movie ★ 6.9
1956
The She-Creature as Police Doctor with Prof. Anderson
Movie ★ 4.1
1956
Movie ★ 6.0
1956
Perils of the Wilderness as Bart Randall (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
Movie ★ 6.5
1956
The Ten Commandments as Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave
Movie ★ 7.8
1955
The Gun That Won the West as Colonel E.M. Still
Movie ★ 5.0
1955
Movie ★ 5.3
1955
Blunder Boys as Capt. F. B. Eye
Movie ★ 8.2
1955
Hot Ice as Dapper Malone
Movie ★ 6.2
1955
Of Cash and Hash as Lefty Loomis
Movie ★ 6.3
1955
Movie ★ 6.4
1954
Movie ★ 6.5
1954
Southwest Passage as Sheriff Morgan
Movie ★ 6.3
1954
The Caine Mutiny as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.2
1954
Shot in the Frontier as Bill Noonan (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1954
Movie ★ 5.5
1953
Loose Loot as Icabod Slipp
Movie ★ 7.0
1953
Marshal of Cedar Rock as Sheriff Blake
Movie ★ 6.3
1953
Booty and the Beast as Icabod Slipp
Movie ★ 6.3
1953
Savage Frontier as Marshal Bradley
Movie ★ 9.0
1953
Movie ★ 6.6
1952
Rose of Cimarron as Posse Sheriff
Movie ★ 5.6
1952
Three Dark Horses as William 'Bill' Wick
Movie ★ 7.0
1952
Leadville Gunslinger as Sheriff Nichols
Movie ★ 8.0
1952
Trail Guide as Wagon Master Wheeler
Movie ★ 6.3
1952
Arctic Flight as Father François
Movie ★ 6.9
1952
Carson City as Dave Fairchild (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1951
My Forbidden Past as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1951
Hula-La-La as Varanu, Witch Doctor
Movie ★ 6.0
1951
Distant Drums as General's Staff Officer
Movie ★ 6.3
1951
Movie ★ 4.6
1951
Law of the Badlands as Captain Bill McVey
Movie ★ 6.5
1951
Hot Lead as Sheriff Lacy
Movie ★ 6.8
1951
Desert of Lost Men as Bill Hackett
Movie ★ 8.0
1951
Along the Great Divide as Crowley (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
1950
Experiment Alcatraz as Col. Harris
Movie ★ 6.9
1950
Movie ★ 6.0
1950
Studio Stoops as Dandy Dawson
Movie ★ 7.2
1950
Storm Over Wyoming as Robert Dawson
Movie ★ 6.4
1950
Movie ★ 5.8
1950
Border Treasure as Sheriff Carrigan
Movie ★ 6.6
1950
Salt Lake Raiders as Deputy Marshal Tom
Movie ★ 7.5
1950
Dakota Lil as Fletch, Sentry (as Ken MacDonald)
Movie ★ 5.4
1950
The Cisco Kid as Marshal Ed Watson
TV ★ 6.1
1940s 66 credits
1949
Vagabond Loafers as Mr. Allen
Movie ★ 7.7
1949
Hellfire as Man with Warning (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1949
Movie ★ 9.0
1949
The Gay Amigo as Captain Lewis
Movie ★ 6.8
1949
The Mysterious Desperado as Sheriff Anders
Movie ★ 7.0
1949
Stagecoach Kid as Sheriff
Movie ★ 7.3
1949
The Lone Ranger as Inspector Williams
TV ★ 6.8
1948
Belle Starr's Daughter as Uncle Jim Davis
Movie ★ 5.1
1948
Crime on Their Hands as Dapper Malone
Movie ★ 7.1
1948
Shivering Sherlocks as Lefty Loomis
Movie ★ 6.3
1948
The Gallant Blade as Gen. de Beaufort
Movie ★ 6.8
1948
False Paradise as Nat Bentley
Movie ★ 6.3
1948
Frontier Agent as Burton Wheelock
Movie ★ 8.0
1948
Movie ★ 7.3
1947
Rolling Down to Reno as Ted Crissman
Movie
1947
Framed as (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1947
Hold That Lion! as Icabod Slipp
Movie ★ 7.6
1947
Movie ★ 6.3
1947
Cheyenne as Gambler (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1946
Pardon My Terror as Mr. Grooch
Movie ★ 7.0
1946
Movie ★ 8.0
1946
Monkey Businessmen as Dr. Mallard (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1945
The Windjammer as Producer
Movie
1945
Movie ★ 5.9
1945
Cornered as Henchman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1945
The Monster and the Ape as Police Inspector Hamilton
Movie ★ 6.8
1945
Shadow Of Terror as McKenzie
Movie ★ 7.0
1945
The Lost Trail as John Corbett
Movie ★ 7.0
1945
Back to Bataan as Maj. McKinley (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.1
1944
Pride of the Plains as Dan Hurley
Movie ★ 9.0
1944
Black Arrow as Jake Jackson
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
The Racket Man as Draft Board Medical Officer
Movie ★ 7.7
1944
Cowboy from Lonesome River as Senator Daniel G. Proctor / Sheppard Proctor
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
West of the Rio Grande as Martin Keene
Movie ★ 9.0
1944
Movie ★ 6.5
1943
We've Never Been Licked as Captain (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1943
Robin Hood of the Range as Henry Marlowe
Movie ★ 6.5
1943
The Phantom as Dr. Bremmer
Movie ★ 6.6
1943
Six Gun Gospel as Ace Benton
Movie ★ 5.3
1943
Destroyer as Admiral (Clark's CO)
Movie ★ 6.8
1942
Movie ★ 7.0
1942
The Valley of Vanishing Men as Jonathan Kincaid
Movie ★ 9.0
1942
Movie ★ 8.0
1942
Movie ★ 9.0
1942
Sabotage Squad as Recruiting Station Doctor
Movie ★ 7.5
1942
Eagle Squadron as Margate Dispatcher
Movie ★ 7.0
1942
Stand By All Networks as Captain Banion
Movie ★ 5.2
1942
Movie ★ 5.3
1942
Cadets on Parade as Dr. Nesbitt
Movie ★ 8.0
1941
The Devil Commands as Sheriff Ed Willis
Movie ★ 6.3
1941
Mystery Ship as Gorman
Movie ★ 8.0
1941
Movie ★ 6.4
1941
Movie ★ 10.0
1941
Under Age as Johnson
Movie ★ 7.5
1941
Movie ★ 7.2
1941
Prairie Pioneers as Fields (as Ken MacDonald)
Movie ★ 8.0
1941
Go West, Young Lady as Pony Express Rider
Movie ★ 6.8
1941
Movie ★ 7.5
1940
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
Texas Stagecoach as John Appleby
Movie ★ 9.0
1940
Movie ★ 10.0
1940
The Durango Kid as Mace Ballard
Movie ★ 7.5
1940
Before I Hang as Anson, Prison Guard
Movie ★ 6.3
1940
Island of Doomed Men as Doctor Rosener
Movie ★ 5.6
1940
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
Mandrake the Magician as James Webster
Movie ★ 5.0
1930s 13 credits
1939
Outside These Walls as Hutchins (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.8
1939
Mandrake the Magician as James Webster
Movie ★ 5.9
1939
Movie ★ 5.3
1939
Movie ★ 4.3
1939
Movie ★ 10.0
1939
Movie ★ 8.0
1939
Taming of the West as Carp Blaisdale
Movie ★ 10.0
1935
Border Vengeance as Flash Purdue
Movie ★ 7.5
1933
Below the Sea as Sailor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1933
Cocktail Hour as Ship’s Steward (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.3
1932
The Last Mile as Harris... Guard
Movie ★ 5.8
1931
Safe in Hell as Wireless Operator (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1931
Dirigible as Lt. Fogarty (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1920s 3 credits
1928
The Little Buckaroo as Jack Pemberton
Movie ★ 7.0
1926
The Law of the Snow Country as Sergeant Jimmy Burke
Movie ★ 7.0
1923
Slow as Lightning as Jimmie March
Movie ★ 6.5