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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
as Ben Tompkins(1 ep)
as Tom(1 ep)
as John Murrell(1 ep)
as MacDonald (uncredited)
as Nibbs
as Jed Burroughs(1 ep)
as Marcus Wolf
as Lafe Kilbane(1 ep)
as Trumbull
as Sheriff Ross
as Ed Loomis(1 ep)
as Leeds(1 ep)
as Jud Ivers
as Mike Dukovnik(1 ep)
as Mr. Troyman(1 ep)
as Gonaga
as Pauquette
as Ship's Captain
as Clagg
as Pete
as Geronimo
as Jackson
as Sprague
as Hank
as Chief Megissogwon
as Hank(1 ep)
as Steve Girard
as Yellow Eagle
as Maj. Schrock
as Frank Miller
as Joe Crossland
as Tombstone Jack
as Lustig
as Eric(1 ep)
as The Sundance Kid
as Private Daniels
as Smitty
as Yussef
as Detective Casey (uncredited)
as Al Peters
as Miller
as Walsh
as Slim Reeves
as Hogan - Store Detective (uncredited)
as Carlos Tassuma
as Creel
as Mr. Matthews (uncredited)
as Luke Fraser
as Mike
as Police captain
as Jack Rawson (uncredited)
as Nick
as Pusher Wilkes
as Jakoll
as Jim Halsey
as Paul Moreles
as Guard (uncredited)
as Cop in Bus Depot (uncredited)
as Blast Foreman
as Walt Shipley
as A Callum (uncredited)
as Boat Captain (uncredited)
as Henchman Lazare
as 'Butch' Raglan
as Det. Lt. Rance
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Hollister
as Henchman "Elbows"
as Jacques
