Frank McGlynn Sr. (October 26, 1866 – May 18, 1951) was an American stage and screen actor who, in a career that spanned more than half a century, is best known for his convincing impersonations and performances as Abraham Lincoln in both plays and films.

[2][3] Those records show too that McGlynn's mother, a native of Australia, immigrated to the United States with her Irish parents around the time of the California Gold Rush.

His father, also of Irish ancestry, moved to California and supported the family there as a carpenter and later by working in real estate.

[4] Later that year McGlynn toured in a road production of Under the Red Robe, a story based on Stanley Weyman's novel that was adapted for the stage by Edward Everett Rose.

[citation needed] Unfortunately, with the exceptions of some film stills that survive, no full copy or partial reels of that motion picture have been found.