About

Known credits:
46
Birthday:
1901-04-26
Place of birth:
Chelsea, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Website:
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Hamilton MacFadden

Overview

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
2004 Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 Actor Hamilton MacFadden (archive footage) 59
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1942 Young America Actor Jim Benson N/A
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1941 Charlie Chan in Rio Actor Bill Kellogg 59
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1941 Dressed to Kill Actor Reporter 59
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1941 The Reluctant Dragon Actor Hamilton MacFadden 60
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1941 Sleepers West Actor 58
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1940 Michael Shayne: Private Detective Actor Reporter 58
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1940 The Lady in Question Actor Guard (uncredited) 59
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1940 Shooting High Actor J. Wallace Rutledge 59
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1939 Chicken Wagon Family Actor Auctioneer N/A
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1939 Charlie Chan in Reno Actor Night Clerk 58
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1939 The Jones Family in Hollywood Actor Townsend - Director N/A
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1938 While New York Sleeps Actor Pete - Reporter N/A
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1938 Sharpshooters Actor Bowman N/A
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1938 Tarnished Angel Actor Reverend Summers 59
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1931 The Black Camel Actor Val Martino (uncredited) 59
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Directing
1942 Inside the Law Directing Director 59
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1942 The Power of God Directing Director N/A
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1937 Escape by Night Directing Director 59
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1937 Sea Racketeers Directing Director N/A
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1937 The Legion of Missing Men Directing Director 59
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1937 It Can't Last Forever Directing Director 58
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1937 Three Legionnaires Directing Director N/A
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1935 Fighting Youth Directing Director 59
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1935 Charlie Chan in Paris Directing Director 59
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1934 Elinor Norton Directing Director 59
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1934 She Was a Lady Directing Director N/A
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1934 Stand Up and Cheer! Directing Director 58
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1934 Hold That Girl Directing Director N/A
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1934 As Husbands Go Directing Director N/A
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1933 Charlie Chan's Greatest Case Directing Director 59
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1933 The Man Who Dared Directing Director 59
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1933 Trick for Trick Directing Director N/A
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1932 The Fourth Horseman Directing Director N/A
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1932 Cheaters at Play Directing Director N/A
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1931 Riders of the Purple Sage Directing Director N/A
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1931 Their Mad Moment Directing Director 58
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1931 The Black Camel Directing Director 59
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1931 Charlie Chan Carries On Directing Director 59
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1930 Are You There? Directing Director N/A
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1930 Oh, for a Man! Directing Director 58
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1930 Crazy That Way Directing Director N/A
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1930 Harmony at Home Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1935 Fighting Youth Writing Screenplay 59
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1930 Crazy That Way Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1930 Oh, for a Man! Production Associate Producer 58
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