# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-farrell-macdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:56:47.099Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/j-farrell-macdonald"
name: "J. Farrell MacDonald"
slug: "j-farrell-macdonald"
description: "John Farrell MacDonald was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a four-decade career from 1911 to 1951, and directed forty-four silent films from 1912 to 1917."
tagline: "American actor and director (1875-1952)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1875-06-06"
deathDate: "1952-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump