---
name: "Mike Donlin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-donlin"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 May 1878"
died: "24 September 1933"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T22:13:46.617339+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mike Donlin

Actor. Born 30 May 1878 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. Died 24 September 1933.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 May 1878, Peoria, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 24 September 1933
- **Also known as:** Michael Joseph Donlin, Turkey Mike
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 91 (1), 1930s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15522113, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14425

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The General*](https://film.one/film/the-general.md) (91)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mike Donlin was an American actor and former professional baseball player. Born Michael Joseph Donlin on 30 May 1878 in Peoria, Illinois, he played outfield in Major League Baseball from 1899 to 1914, chiefly with the New York Giants, before moving into stage and screen work.

After retiring from baseball, Donlin appeared in numerous films, often in supporting or uncredited roles. He is credited as a Union general in Buster Keaton’s *The General* (1926) and had parts in *Beggars of Life* (1928), *One Way Passage* (1932) and *She Done Him Wrong* (1933). He died in Hollywood on 24 September 1933.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, sabr.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *The General* (1926), Fi1m 91, as Union General — [page](https://film.one/film/the-general.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), Fi1m 78, as Tout (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/she-done-him-wrong.md)

## Also known for

- *One Way Passage* (1932), Hong Kong Bartender (uncredited)
- *Spite Marriage* (1929), Man in Ship's Engine Room
- *20,000 Years in Sing Sing* (1932), Inmate (uncredited)
- *Beggars of Life* (1928), Bill

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