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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

46

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-04-26

Day of Death

1977-01-01 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Chelsea, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Hamilton Mac Fadden

Hamilton MacFadden

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.

Known For

Acting

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

The Reluctant Dragon

as

Hamilton MacFadden

Charlie Chan in Reno

1939

Charlie Chan in Reno

as

Night Clerk

Charlie Chan in Rio

1941

Charlie Chan in Rio

as

Bill Kellogg

The Jones Family in Hollywood

1939

The Jones Family in Hollywood

as

Townsend - Director

Shooting High

1940

Shooting High

as

J. Wallace Rutledge

Sharpshooters

1938

Sharpshooters

as

Bowman

While New York Sleeps

1938

While New York Sleeps

as

Pete - Reporter

The Black Camel

1931

The Black Camel

as

Val Martino (uncredited)

Tarnished Angel

1938

Tarnished Angel

as

Reverend Summers

Chicken Wagon Family

1939

Chicken Wagon Family

as

Auctioneer

The Lady in Question

1940

The Lady in Question

as

Guard (uncredited)

Dressed to Kill

1941

Dressed to Kill

as

Reporter

Young America

1942

Young America

as

Jim Benson

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

2004

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

as

Hamilton MacFadden (archive footage)

Production

Crew

Directing