Hamilton MacFadden

Directing·Apr 26, 1901·Chelsea, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Inside the Law1942 · Director	Director
The Power of God1942 · Director	Director
Escape by Night1937 · Director	Director
Sea Racketeers1937 · Director	Director
The Legion of Missing Men1937 · Director	Director
It Can't Last Forever1937 · Director	Director
TThree Legionnaires1937 · Director	Director
Fighting Youth1935 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Charlie Chan in Paris1935 · Director	Director
Elinor Norton1934 · Director	Director
She Was a Lady1934 · Director	Director
Stand Up and Cheer!1934 · Director	Director
Hold That Girl1934 · Director	Director
As Husbands Go1934 · Director	Director
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case1933 · Director	Director
The Man Who Dared1933 · Director	Director
TTrick for Trick1933 · Director	Director
Second Hand Wife1933 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Fourth Horseman1932 · Director	Director
Cheaters at Play1932 · Director	Director
Riders of the Purple Sage1931 · Director	Director
Their Mad Moment1931 · Director	Director
The Black Camel1931 · Val Martino (uncredited), Director	Val Martino (uncredited), Director
Charlie Chan Carries On1931 · Director	Director
Are You There?1930 · Director	Director
Oh, for a Man!1930 · Director	Director
Crazy That Way1930 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Harmony at Home1930 · Director	Director