Hamilton MacFadden Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

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Hamilton MacFadden

Directing

Biography

Hamilton MacFadden (April 26, 1901 – January 1, 1977) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. MacFadden's parents were Rev. Robert A. MacFadden and Edith Hamilton MacFadden. His father died in 1909, leaving his mother to support herself and four children. In 1928, she became the first woman to file papers to run for governor of Massachusetts. MacFadden was a 1925 graduate of Harvard University. Soon after graduating, he became producer of the American Theatre Company, which presented plays for 10 weeks in the Boston area. The project was backed by Michael Strange, a writer who made her professional stage debut in the productions. He also served as director of the Community Arts Association in Santa Barbara, California, and the Theatre Guild School of Acting in New York. Plays that MacFadden produced on Broadway included Gods of the Lightning and La Gringa. After starting out on Broadway in the 1920s, he moved into filmmaking in Hollywood. During the early 1930s he was a contract director at Fox. McFadden made a number of films for them including several early entries in the Charlie Chan series such as Charlie Chan Carries On (1931). He was released from his Fox contract following the 1934 merger with Twentieth Century Pictures. Thereafter he mixed occasional directing jobs with a number of small supporting appearances in films. Later in his career, MacFadden was associate chief of the United States Department of State's international motion picture division.

Filmography Movies

Acting

The Reluctant Dragon movie poster
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The Reluctant Dragon

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The Reluctant Dragon
Hamilton MacFadden
Charlie Chan in Reno movie poster
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Charlie Chan in Reno

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Charlie Chan in Reno
Night Clerk
Charlie Chan in Rio movie poster
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Charlie Chan in Rio

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Charlie Chan in Rio
Bill Kellogg
The Jones Family in Hollywood movie poster
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The Jones Family in Hollywood

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The Jones Family in Hollywood
Townsend - Director
Shooting High movie poster
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Shooting High

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Shooting High
J. Wallace Rutledge
Sharpshooters movie poster
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Sharpshooters

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Sharpshooters
Bowman
While New York Sleeps movie poster
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While New York Sleeps

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While New York Sleeps
Pete - Reporter
The Black Camel movie poster
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The Black Camel

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The Black Camel
Val Martino (uncredited)
Tarnished Angel movie poster
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Tarnished Angel

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Tarnished Angel
Reverend Summers
Chicken Wagon Family movie poster
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Chicken Wagon Family

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Chicken Wagon Family
Auctioneer

Production

Charlie Chan in Paris movie poster
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Charlie Chan in Paris

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Charlie Chan in Paris
Director
She Was a Lady movie poster
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She Was a Lady

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She Was a Lady
Director
The Black Camel movie poster
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The Black Camel

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The Black Camel
Director
Inside the Law movie poster
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Inside the Law

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Inside the Law
Director
The Legion of Missing Men movie poster
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The Legion of Missing Men

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The Legion of Missing Men
Director
Sea Racketeers movie poster
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Sea Racketeers

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Sea Racketeers
Director
Escape by Night movie poster
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Escape by Night

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Escape by Night
Director
Crazy That Way movie poster
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Crazy That Way

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Crazy That Way
Director
Crazy That Way movie poster
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Crazy That Way

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Crazy That Way
Writer
Riders of the Purple Sage movie poster
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Riders of the Purple Sage

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Riders of the Purple Sage
Director