Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 26, 1901
Died
Jan 01, 1977
Place of Birth
Chelsea, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
45 titles
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
Filmography
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Hamilton MacFadden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Inside the Law
Director
Young America
Jim Benson
The Power of God
Director
Charlie Chan in Rio
Bill Kellogg
Dressed to Kill
Reporter
The Reluctant Dragon
Hamilton MacFadden
Sleepers West
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Reporter
The Lady in Question
Guard (uncredited)
Shooting High
J. Wallace Rutledge
The Honeymoon's Over
Screenplay
Chicken Wagon Family
Auctioneer
Charlie Chan in Reno
Night Clerk
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Townsend - Director
While New York Sleeps
Pete - Reporter
Sharpshooters
Bowman
Tarnished Angel
Reverend Summers
Escape by Night
Director
Sea Racketeers
Director
The Legion of Missing Men
Director
It Can't Last Forever
Director
Three Legionnaires
Director
Fighting Youth
Screenplay
Charlie Chan in Paris
Director
Elinor Norton
Director
She Was a Lady
Director
Stand Up and Cheer!
Director
Hold That Girl
Director
As Husbands Go
Director
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Director
Mother's Helper
Director
The Man Who Dared
Director
Trick for Trick
Director
Second Hand Wife
Director
The Fourth Horseman
Director
Cheaters at Play
Director
Riders of the Purple Sage
Director
Their Mad Moment
Director
The Black Camel
Val Martino (uncredited)
Charlie Chan Carries On
Director
Are You There?
Director
Oh, for a Man!
Associate Producer
Crazy That Way
Director
Harmony at Home
Director