Ian MacDonald (born Ulva W. Pippy, June 28, 1914 – April 11, 1978) was an American

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and producer during the 1940s and 1950s. He is perhaps best known as villain Frank Miller in ''

High Noon ''High Noon'' is a 1952 American Western (genre), Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, which occurs in Real time (media), real time, centers ...

'' (1952).

Early years

MacDonald was the son of Rev. William Pippy and Sarah MacDonald Pippy. He attended schools in Helena, Montana, and developed an interest in acting while he was a student at Helena High School. He continued acting at Intermountain College in Helena, from which he graduated in 1934. He taught school for two years in Marysville before he moved to Hollywood, after which he washed dishes at a YMCA and studied drama at the Pasadena Community Playhouse.

Military service

MacDonald served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. He entered on July 13, 1942, and was discharged on April 15, 1946, reaching the rank of captain.

Career

McDonald played the uncredited colonel in the movie

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(1949) who delivered the "Nuts" reply to the German officers demanding that the American forces surrender.

Personal life

On June 17, 1967, in Santa Monica, California, MacDonald married Shirley Kannegaard, a nurse whom he met when he was a patient at Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital. They remained wed until his death.

Death

On April 11, 1978, MacDonald died at his home in Bozeman, Montana, at age 63.

Selected filmography

* '' Stick to Your Guns'' (1941) - Henchman Elbows * '' Secret of the Wastelands'' (1941) - Hollister * '' They Died with Their Boots On'' (1941) - Soldier (uncredited) * '' Swamp Woman'' (1941) - Det. Lt. Rance * '' The Adventures of Martin Eden'' (1942) - 'Butch' Raglan * '' North of the Rockies'' (1942) - Lazare * '' The Strange Woman'' (1946) - Boat Captain (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) - Walt Shipley * '' Pursued'' (1947) - A Callum (uncredited) * '' Deep Valley'' (1947) - Blast Foreman (uncredited) * '' Dark Passage'' (1947) - Cop in Bus Depot (uncredited) * '' My Girl Tisa'' (1948) - Guard (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1948) - Paul Moreles * '' Mr. Reckless'' (1948) - Jim Halsey * ''

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'' (1948) - Jakoll * '' Speed to Spare'' (1948) - Pusher Wilkes * '' Sixteen Fathoms Deep'' (1948) - Nick * '' A Southern Yankee'' (1948) - Hospital Orderly (uncredited) * '' The Man from Colorado'' (1948) - Jack Rawson (uncredited) * '' Road House'' (1948) - Police Captain * '' Song of India'' (1949) - Prince's Officer (uncredited) * '' Joe Palooka in the Big Fight'' (1949) - Mike * '' Streets of San Francisco'' (1949) - Luke Fraser * ''

Come to the Stable ''Come to the Stable'' is a 1949 American comedy drama film that tells how two French religious sisters come to a small New England town and involve the townsfolk in helping them to build a children's hospital. It features Loretta Young, Celeste ...

'' (1949) - Mr. Matthews (uncredited) * '' White Heat'' (1949) - Bo Creel (uncredited) * ''

'' (1949) - Army Colonel (uncredited) * '' Malaya'' (1949) - Carlos Tassuma * ''

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'' (1950) - Slim Reeves * ''

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'' (1950) - Hogan - Store Detective (uncredited) * '' Comanche Territory'' (1950) - Walshy * '' Colt .45'' (1950) - Miller * ''

The Lawless ''The Lawless'' is a 1950 American film noir directed by Joseph Losey and featuring Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell and Johnny Sands. A crusading newspaper editor in California becomes concerned about the plight of the state's fruit pickers, mostl ...

'' (1950) - Al Peters * '' Where the Sidewalk Ends'' (1950) - Detective Casey (uncredited) * '' The Desert Hawk'' (1950) - Yussef * '' Thunder in God's Country'' (1951) - Smitty * ''

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'' (1951) - Pvt. Daniels * '' The Texas Rangers'' (1951) - The Sundance Kid * ''

Show Boat ''Show Boat'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 Show Boat (novel), novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the per ...

'' (1951) - Drunken Sport (uncredited) * '' Ten Tall Men'' (1951) - Lustig * ''

The Barefoot Mailman ''The Barefoot Mailman'' is a 1951 American historical comedy adventure film directed by Earl McEvoy and starring Robert Cummings, Terry Moore and Jerome Courtland. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film was based on the 1943 novel ...

'' (1951) - Theron Henchman (uncredited) * '' This Woman Is Dangerous'' (1952) - Joe Grossland, Private Eye * '' Flaming Feather'' (1952) - Tombstone Jack * ''

'' (1952) - Frank Miller * '' The Brigand'' (1952) - Maj. Schrock * '' The Savage'' (1952) - Chief Yellow Eagle * '' Toughest Man in Arizona'' (1952) - Steve Girard * ''

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'' (1952) - Chief Megissogwon * '' The Silver Whip'' (1953) - Hank * '' A Perilous Journey'' (1953) - Sprague * '' Blowing Wild'' (1953) - Jackson * '' Taza, Son of Cochise'' (1954) - Geronimo * ''

Johnny Guitar ''Johnny Guitar'' is a 1954 American independent Western film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ernest Borgnine, and Scott Brady. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. ...

'' (1954) - Pete * ''

Apache The Apache ( ) are several Southern Athabaskan language-speaking peoples of the Southwestern United States, Southwest, the Southern Plains and Northern Mexico. They are linguistically related to the Navajo. They migrated from the Athabascan ho ...

'' (1954) - Clagg * ''

The Egyptian ''The Egyptian'' (''Sinuhe egyptiläinen'', Sinuhe the Egyptian) is a historical novel by Mika Waltari. It was first published in Finnish in 1945, and in an abridged English translation by Naomi Walford in 1949, from Swedish rather than Finni ...

'' (1954) - Ship's Captain (uncredited) * '' They Were So Young'' (1954) - General Rodriguez Garcia (uncredited) * '' Timberjack'' (1955) - Pauquette * '' Son of Sinbad'' (1955) - Murad * '' The Lonesome Trail'' (1955) - Gonaga * '' Two-Gun Lady'' (1955) - Jud Ivers * ''

Accused of Murder ''Accused of Murder'' is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Kane and starring David Brian, Vera Ralston and Sidney Blackmer. Plot Nightclub singer Ilona Vance is accused of murder because she was the last person to see croo ...

'' (1956) - Trumbull * '' Stagecoach to Fury'' (1956) - Sheriff Ross * '' Duel at Apache Wells'' (1957) - Marcus Wolf * '' Money, Women and Guns'' (1958) - Nibbs * ''

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''Warlock (1959) - Cast and Credits - Yahoo! Movies
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Ian 1914 births 1978 deaths American male film actors Male actors from Montana 20th-century American male actors Male Western (genre) film actors Western (genre) television actors Helena High School alumni