[1] MacQuarrie was born in San Francisco, California, and attended school there.

[3] His film work included The Count of Monte Cristo (1913), before becoming a director at Universal.

In the 1910s, MacQuarrie directed at Universal, and in the early 1920s he returned to acting.

[4] He diversified his activities in 1919, joining his wife in her real-estate business in Hollywood.

[1] On August 20, 1942, MacQuarrie died in Los Angeles, California, aged 63.