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Hobart Bosworth (1867–1943)

Hobart Bosworth--pioneering movie director, writer, producer and actor--was born Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, OH. He was a direct descendant of Miles Standish and John and Priscilla Alden on his father's side and of New York's Van Zandt family, the first Dutch settlers to land in the New World, on his mother's side. Bosworth was always proud of his lineage... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1942 Sin Town
Humiston
 
1942 The Gay Sisters
Clergyman at Wedding (uncredited)
 
1942 Escape from Crime
Chaplain (uncredited)
 
1942 I Was Framed
D.L. Wallace
 
1942 Bullet Scars
Dr. Sidney Carter
 
1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Fanatic in Chicago (uncredited)
 
1941 They Died with Their Boots On
Mr. Cartwright (uncredited)
 
1941 Law of the Tropics
Boss Frank Davis
 
1941 One Foot in Heaven
Richard Hardy Case (uncredited)
 
1941 Bullets for O'Hara
Judge Southerland (uncredited)
 
1938 King of the Sierras
Uncle Hank
 
1938 Rollin' Plains
John Gospel Moody
 
1937 Portia on Trial
Governor
 
1936 General Spanky
Colonel Blanchard
 
1936 Wildcat Trooper
Dr. Martin
 
1936 Wolves of the Sea
Capt. Wolf Hansen
 
1936 The Dark Hour
Charles Carson
 
1935 Steamboat Round the Bend
Chaplain
 
1935 Hollywood Extra Girl (documentary short)
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
 
1935 The Crusades
Frederick - Duke of the Germans
 
1935 Together We Live
Col. Dickenson
 
1935 The Keeper of the Bees
Michael the Bee Master
 
1934 Music in the Air
Cornelius
 
1934 Whom the Gods Destroy
Alec Klein
 
1932 The Phantom Express
Mr. Harrington
 
1932 Million Dollar Legs
Olympics Starter (uncredited)
 
1932 No Greater Love
Doctor
 
1932 The Last of the Mohicans
Chingachgook, 'the Sagamore'
 
1932 The County Fair
Col. Ainsworth
 
1932 The Miracle Man
The Patriarch
 
1931 Fanny Foley Herself
Seely
 
1931 This Modern Age
Mr. Robert Blake Sr.
 
1931 Shipmates
Admiral Corbin
 
1931 Sit Tight
Dunlap
 
1930 Just Imagine
Z-4
 
1930 The Third Alarm
Precinct Fire Captain
 
1930 Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Duc de Brissac
 
1930 The Office Wife
McGowan
 
1930 The Devil's Holiday
Ezra Stone
 
1930 Mammy
Meadows
 
1930 General Crack
Count Hensdorff
 
1929 The Show of Shows
Executioner - Guillotine Sequence
 
1929 Hurricane
Hurricane Martin
 
1929 The Man Higher Up (short)
The Doctor
 
1929 Eternal Love
Rev. Tass
 
1928 A Woman of Affairs
Sir Morton
 
1928 Annapolis
Father
 
1928 Sawdust Paradise
Isaiah
 
1928 A Man of Peace (short)
 
1928 Hangman's House
Lord Justice O'Brien
 
1928 After the Storm
Manin Dane
 
1928 Freckles
McLean
 
1928 The Smart Set
Durant
 
1927 My Best Girl
Robert Merrill
 
1927 The Chinese Parrot
P.J. Madden
 
1927 The Blood Ship
Jim Newman
 
1927 Annie Laurie
The MacDonald Chieftain
 
1927 Three Hours
Jonathan Durkin
 
1926 Spangles
Robert 'Big Bill' Bowman
 
1926 The Nervous Wreck
Jud Morgan
 
1926 The Far Cry
Julian Marsh
 
1925 The Golden Strain
Maj. Milton Mulford
 
1925 Steel Preferred
James Creeth
 
1925 Winds of Chance
Sam Kirby
 
1925 The Half-Way Girl
John Guthrie
 
1925 Zander the Great
The Sheriff
 
1925 Chickie
Jonathan
 
1925 My Son
Sheriff Ellery Parker
 
1925 If I Marry Again
John Jordan
 
1924 Sundown
John Brent
 
1924 The Silent Watcher
John Steele, 'The Chief'
 
1924 Hello, 'Frisco (short)
Hobart Bosworth
 
1924 Bread
Mr. Corey
 
1924 Captain January
Jeremiah Judkins
 
1924 The Woman on the Jury
Judge Davis
 
1924 Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
Thomas Lipton/Robert Horton
 
1924 Name the Man
Christian Stowell
 
1924 Through the Dark
Warden
 
1923 The Man Life Passed By
'Iron Man' Moore
 
1923 In the Palace of the King
Mendoza
 
1923 The Eternal Three
Dr. Frank R. Walters
 
1923 The Common Law
Henry Neville
 
1923 Little Church Around the Corner
John Morton
 
1923 Man Alone
Ben Dixon
 
1922 The Strangers' Banquet
Shane Keogh
 
1922 White Hands
'Hurricane Hardy'
 
1921 The Sea Lion
John Nelson
 
1921 Blind Hearts
Lars Larson
 
1921 The Cup of Life
'Bully' Brand
 
1921 The Foolish Matrons
Dr. Ian Fraser
 
1920 A Thousand to One
William Newlands
 
1920 The Brute Master
Bucko McAllister, The Brute Master
 
1920 His Own Law
J.C. MacNeir
 
1920 Below the Surface
Martin Flint
 
1919 Behind the Door
Oscar Krug
 
1917 The Devil-Stone
Robert Judson
 
1917 The Woman God Forgot
Cortez
 
1917 Betrayed
Leopoldo Juares
 
1917 What Money Can't Buy
Govrian Texler
 
1917 The Little American
German Colonel
 
1917 The Inner Shrine
Derek Pruyn
 
1917 Unconquered
Henry Jackson
 
1917 Freckles
John McLean
 
1917 A Mormon Maid
John Hogue
 
1916 The Way of the World
John Nevill
 
1916 The Iron Hand
Tim Noland
 
1916 Doctor Neighbor
Dr. Neighbor
 
1916 Two Men of Sandy Bar
John Oakhurst
 
1916 The Yaqui
Tambor
 
1916 The Target
Big Bill Brent
 
1915 The White Scar
Na-Ta-Wan-Gan
 
1915 Colorado
Thomas Doyle
 
1915 Fatherhood
Lon Gilchrist
 
1915 'Twas Ever Thus
Hard Muscle/Col. Warren/John Rogers
 
1915 Nearly a Lady
Cameo Appearance as Frederica's Father (uncredited)
 
1915 The Scarlet Sin
Eric Norton
 
1915 Little Sunset
Gus Bergstrom the 'Terrible Swede'
 
1915 Help Wanted
Jerrold D. Scott
 
1915 Pretty Mrs. Smith
Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
 
1915 Buckshot John
'Buckshot John' Moran
 
1915 Tainted Money
 
1915 The Beachcomber
The sailor
 
1914 The Country Mouse
Billy Bladerson
 
1914 The Pursuit of the Phantom
Richard Alden
 
1914 Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
Elam Harnish, aka 'Burning Daylight'
 
1914 An Odyssey of the North
Naass
 
1914 Martin Eden
 
1914 The Valley of the Moon
Undetermined Secondary Role (unconfirmed)
 
1914 John Barleycorn
Scratch Nelson
 
1914 The Traitor (short)
 
1913 In the Midst of the Jungle (short)
Col. Jackson
 
1913 As a Father Spareth His Son (short)
Dr. May - the Father
 
1913 The Love of Penelope (short)
Henry Brent
 
1913 The Young Mrs. Eames (short)
Bob Cary
 
1913 The Rancher's Failing (short)
Jonas Meade - the Ranch Foreman
 
1913 Nan of the Woods (short)
Don's Father
 
1913 Fate Fashions a Letter (short)
Detective Rand
 
1913 The Unseen Defense (short)
 
1913 In God We Trust (short)
Bill - the Burglar
 
1913 Songs of Truce (short)
Joe Elliott - a Northern Sympathizer
 
1913 The Beaded Buckskin Bag (short)
Secondary Supporting Role
 
1913 The Girl and the Judge (short)
Judge Goff
 
1913 Buck Richards' Bride (short)
Buck Richards
 
1913 In the Days of Witchcraft (short)
Adam Radcliffe
 
1913 Her Guardian (short)
John Broderick
 
1913 Seeds of Silver (short)
Ralph Arnold
 
1913 Alas! Poor Yorick! (short)
 
1913 A Wise Old Elephant (short)
Robert Harding
 
1913 Yankee Doodle Dixie (short)
Col. Grey
 
1913 Pierre of the North (short)
Pierre
 
1913 The Artist and the Brute (short)
Barker - the Brute
 
1913 Altar of the Aztecs (short)
Edwin Dalton - the Mining Engineer
 
1913 A Plain Girl's Love (short)
Silverton West - the Blacksmith
 
1913 Greater Wealth (short)
John Sharon
 
1912 Harbor Island (short)
Hardin Cole
 
1912 The Girl of the Mountains (short)
Hank - the Mountaineer Miner
 
1912 The Vintage of Fate (short)
Bob Owen
 
1912 Miss Aubry's Love Affair (short)
 
1912 Atala (short)
Chactas
 
1912 The Fisherboy's Faith (short)
The Fisherman (unconfirmed)
 
1912 Getting Atmosphere (short)
The Director of the Mutoscope M.P.C.
 
1912 Monte Cristo (short)
Edmond Dantes
 
1912 The Pirate's Daughter (short)
 
1912 The Trade Gun Bullet (short)
Jim Redfield - Ranch Foreman
 
1912 Land Sharks vs. Sea Dogs (short)
Old Olsen
 
1912 In the Tents of the Asra (short)
 
1912 A Messenger to Kearney (short)
Clay Davis
 
1912 The Polo Substitute (short)
Probyn Hampstead
 
1912 The Professor's Wooing (short)
Professor John Farley
 
1912 The Vision Beautiful (short)
 
1912 A Reconstructed Rebel (short)
Col. Yancey
 
1912 A Child of the Wilderness (short)
Larry Tompkins
 
1912 Rivals (short)
Big Bill
 
1912 The Love of an Island Maid (short)
John Dalton
 
1912 The Price He Paid (short)
Dr. Blake
 
1912 The Hand of Fate (short)
Emil Kiznoff
 
1912 The End of the Romance (short)
John Strong
 
1912 Darkfeather's Strategy (short)
Rain Cloud
 
1912 Tenderfoot Bob's Regeneration (short)
Bob Haines
 
1912 The Hobo (short)
Harry Larned - the Hobo
 
1912 The Junior Officer (short)
John Hampton - the Junior Officer
 
1912 The Girl of the Lighthouse (short)
Old Manuel - the Lighthouse Keeper
 
1912 A Crucial Test (short)
 
1912 The Shrinking Rawhide (short)
Alcalde
 
1912 As Told by Princess Bess (short)
The Retired Army Officer
 
1912 A Cowboy Damon and Pythias (short)
 
1912 The Danites (short)
Sandy
 
1912 Disillusioned (short)
Mark Manley - the Cowboy
 
1912 Bunkie (short)
Lt. Brook
 
1912 The Test (short)
Luke Connors
 
1912 Merely a Millionaire (short)
Brewer - the Millionaire/The Tramp (dual role)
 
1912 The Other Fellow (short)
Jack Brown
 
1912 The Mate of the Alden Bessie (short)
The First Mate
 
1912 Arthur Preston Hankins (short)
 
1911 A Modern Rip (short)
 
1911 A Counterfeit Santa Claus (short)
 
1911 Evangeline (short)
Gabriel
 
1911 George Warrington's Escape (short)
George Warrington
 
1911/II The Chief's Daughter (short)
Daniel Boone
 
1911 The Maid at the Helm (short)
Bill Hartley
 
1911 A Frontier Girl's Courage (short)
Jim Hawkins
 
1911 The Right Name, But the Wrong Man (short)
Jack Hargrave
 
1911 Blackbeard (short)
Gov. Gonzales
 
1911 The Convert of San Clemente (short)
 
1911 In the Days of Gold (short)
Dick Harding 'A black sheep'
 
1911 Little Injin (short)
 
1911 A Painter's Idyl (short)
 
1911/I Coals of Fire (short)
Bill Ewing
 
1911 How They Stopped the Run on the Bank (short)
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1911 An Indian Vestal (short)
 
1911 John Oakhurst, Gambler (short)
John Oakhurst
 
1911 A Cup of Cold Water (short)
 
1911 McKee Rankin's '49' (short)
An Old Miner - the '49'
 
1911 The Totem Mark (short)
Lotokah
 
1911 In the Shadow of the Pines (short)
James Anderson - Fur Trader
 
1911 The Knight Errant (short)
The Knight Errant
 
1911 The Sheriff of Tuolomne (short)
Rev. Kirby - the Sheriff of Tuolomne
 
1911 The Profligate (short)
Capt. Dubois - the Profligate
 
1911 It Happened in the West (short)
The Squaw Man
 
1911 The New Faith (short)
Caius Valerius
 
1911 A Sacrifice to Civilization (short)
 
1911 Range Pals (short)
Steve Murdock
 
1911 The Novice (short)
 
1911 One of Nature's Noblemen (short)
 
1911 Stability vs. Nobility (short)
Colonel Bradley
 
1911 In Old California When the Gringos Came (short)
Scudder
 
1911 Unto Us a Child Is Born (short)
Robert Watson
 
1911 The Code of Honor (short)
 
1911 The Eye of Conscience (short)
Harold Burton
 
1911 The Padre
The Padre - Father Sebastian
 
1911 The Buccaneers (short)
The Husband
 
1911 Thelma (short)
Olaf Guldmar
 
1911 The Little Circus Rider (short)
 
1911 The Spy (short)
The Spy
 
1911 An Englishman's Honor (short)
Drayton
 
1910 Justinian and Theodora (short)
Justinian
 
1910 A Tale of the Sea (short)
Bill
 
1910 The Sergeant (short)
Sergeant Robert Adams
 
1910 The Schoolmaster of Mariposa (short)
The Schoolmaster of Mariposa
 
1910/I Willie (short)
 
1910 The Sheriff (short)
John Mason
 
1910 The Long Trail (short)
 
1910 In the Great Northwest (short)
Jules
 
1910 Davy Crockett (short)
 
1910 The Common Enemy (short)
 
1910 Across the Plains (short)
 
1910 The Roman (short)
 
1909 The Christian Martyrs (short)
 
1909 Pine Ridge Feud (short)
 
1909 On the Border (short)
 
1909 Up San Juan Hill (short)
 
1909 Briton and Boer (short)
 
1909 The Stampede (short)
 
1909 The Leopard Queen (short)
 
1909 In the Sultan's Power (short)
 
1909 Fighting Bob (short)
Fighting Bob
 
1909 In the Badlands (short)
 
1909 Boots and Saddles (short)
 
1909 The Tenderfoot (short)
 
1908 On Thanksgiving Day (short)
 
1908 The Spirit of '76 (short)
 
1908 Damon and Pythias (short)
 
1908 Rip Van Winkle (short)
Rip Van Winkle
 
Show ShowDirector (58 titles)
1915 The White Scar
 
1915 Fatherhood
 
1915 Nearly a Lady
 
1915 Help Wanted
 
1915 Buckshot John
 
1914 The Chechako
 
1914 Martin Eden
 
1914 John Barleycorn
 
1913 The Sea Wolf
 
1912 John Colter's Escape (short)
 
1912 Miss Aubry's Love Affair (short)
 
1912 Atala (short)
 
1912 Getting Atmosphere (short)
 
1912/II The Awakening (short)
 
1912 The Pirate's Daughter (short)
 
1912 The Substitute Model (short)
 
1912 The Trade Gun Bullet (short)
 
1912 Land Sharks vs. Sea Dogs (short)
 
1912 In the Tents of the Asra (short)
 
1912 A Child of the Wilderness (short)
 
1912 The Hobo (short)
 
1912 Disillusioned (short)
 
1912 Bunkie (short)
 
1912 A Night Out (short)
 
1912 Merely a Millionaire (short)
 
1912 The Other Fellow (short)
 
1911 A Modern Rip (short)
 
1911 Evangeline (short)
 
1911 George Warrington's Escape (short)
 
1911/II The Chief's Daughter (short)
 
1911 A Frontier Girl's Courage (short)
 
1911 The Convert of San Clemente (short)
 
1911 The Bootlegger (short)
 
1911 In the Days of Gold (short)
 
1911 Little Injin (short)
 
1911 A Painter's Idyl (short)
 
1911/I Coals of Fire (short)
 
1911 An Indian Vestal (short)
 
1911 John Oakhurst, Gambler (short)
 
1911 A Cup of Cold Water (short)
 
1911 McKee Rankin's '49' (short)
 
1911 In the Shadow of the Pines (short)
 
1911 It Happened in the West (short)
 
1911 The New Faith (short)
 
1911 A Sacrifice to Civilization (short)
 
1911 Stability vs. Nobility (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (33 titles)
1920 The Brute Master (story)
 
1915 The White Scar (scenario)
 
1915 Fatherhood (scenario)
 
1915 A Little Brother of the Rich (scenario)
 
1915 The Beachcomber (story)
 
1914 The Pursuit of the Phantom (scenario)
 
1914 Martin Eden (story)
 
1913 The Sea Wolf (uncredited)
 
1913 Buck Richards' Bride (short) (story)
 
1912 The Pirate's Daughter (short)
 
1912 The Substitute Model (short) (scenario)
 
1912 The Trade Gun Bullet (short) (scenario)
 
1912 In the Tents of the Asra (short) (story)
 
1912 The Polo Substitute (short)
 
1912 A Child of the Wilderness (short) (story)
 
1912 The Hobo (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Disillusioned (short) (story)
 
1912 The Mate of the Alden Bessie (short) (scenario)
 
1911 A Modern Rip (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1911 Evangeline (short) (scenario)
 
1911 George Warrington's Escape (short) (adaptation and scenario)
 
1911/II The Chief's Daughter (short)
 
1911 In the Days of Gold (short)
 
1911 Little Injin (short)
 
1911/I Coals of Fire (short) (scenario)
 
1911 An Indian Vestal (short)
 
1911 McKee Rankin's '49' (short)
 
1911 The Totem Mark (short)
 
1910 The Sergeant (short)
 
1910/I Willie (short) (scenario)
 
Show ShowProducer (12 titles)
1921 The Sea Lion (producer)
 
1921 Blind Hearts (producer)
 
1916 He Fell in Love with His Wife (producer - uncredited)
 
1915 The White Scar (producer)
 
1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill (producer)
 
1915 The Beachcomber (producer)
 
1914 The Country Mouse (producer)
 
1914 Burning Daylight (producer)
 
1914 An Odyssey of the North (producer)
 
1914 Martin Eden (producer)
 
1914 John Barleycorn (producer)
 
1913 The Sea Wolf (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1915 Fatherhood (location manager)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1915 Fatherhood (set designer)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1941 Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (short)
Himself - Narrator
 
1924 A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (documentary short)
Himself
 
1923 Souls for Sale
Himself - Celebrity Actor
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2012 Baby Peggy, the Elephant in the Room (video documentary)
Lighthouse Keeper
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1951 Strictly Dishonorable
Himself - Actor in Silent Movie 'A Woman of Affairs' (uncredited)
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Stage actor, film producer, director, and screenwriter.

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Trivia:

Founded Bosworth Inc., a film production company active from 1913-1916, when it was merged into Famous Players-Lasky Corp. See more »

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Star Sign:

Leo