Hamilton MacFadden
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 26, 1901, Chelsea, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- January 1, 1977
- Movies
- 46
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2004 | Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 | Hamilton MacFadden (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Young America | Jim Benson |
| 1941 | Charlie Chan in Rio | Bill Kellogg |
| 1941 | Dressed to Kill | Reporter |
| 1941 | The Reluctant Dragon | Hamilton MacFadden |
| 1941 | Sleepers West | |
| 1940 | Michael Shayne: Private Detective | Reporter |
| 1940 | The Lady in Question | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Shooting High | J. Wallace Rutledge |
| 1939 | Chicken Wagon Family | Auctioneer |
| 1939 | Charlie Chan in Reno | Night Clerk |
| 1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Townsend - Director |
| 1938 | While New York Sleeps | Pete - Reporter |
| 1938 | Sharpshooters | Bowman |
| 1938 | Tarnished Angel | Reverend Summers |
| 1931 | The Black Camel | Val Martino (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1942 | Inside the Law | Director |
| 1942 | The Power of God | Director |
| 1939 | The Honeymoon's Over | Screenplay |
| 1937 | Escape by Night | Director |
| 1937 | Sea Racketeers | Director |
| 1937 | The Legion of Missing Men | Director |
| 1937 | It Can't Last Forever | Director |
| 1937 | Three Legionnaires | Director |
| 1935 | Fighting Youth | Director, Screenplay |
| 1935 | Charlie Chan in Paris | Director |
| 1934 | Elinor Norton | Director |
| 1934 | She Was a Lady | Director |
| 1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! | Director |
| 1934 | Hold That Girl | Director |
| 1934 | As Husbands Go | Director |
| 1933 | Charlie Chan's Greatest Case | Director |
| 1933 | Mother's Helper | Director |
| 1933 | The Man Who Dared | Director |
| 1933 | Trick for Trick | Director |
| 1933 | Second Hand Wife | Director, Screenplay |
| 1932 | The Fourth Horseman | Director |
| 1932 | Cheaters at Play | Director |
| 1931 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Director |
| 1931 | Their Mad Moment | Director |
| 1931 | The Black Camel | Director |
| 1931 | Charlie Chan Carries On | Director |
| 1930 | Are You There? | Director |
| 1930 | Oh, for a Man! | Director |
| 1930 | Crazy That Way | Director, Writer |
| 1930 | Harmony at Home | Director |
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