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William S. Hart (1864–1946)

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A storybook hero, the original screen cowboy, ever forthright and honest, even when (as was often the case) he played a villain, William S. Hart lived for a while in the Dakota Territory, then worked as a postal clerk in New York City. In 1888 he began to study acting. In 1899 he created the role of Messala in "Ben-Hur"... See full bio »

Born:

William Surrey Hart
in Newburgh, New York, USA

Died:

(age 81) in Newhall, California, USA
William S. Hart
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1925 Tumbleweeds
Don Carver (as Wm. S. Hart)
 
1924 Singer Jim McKee
'Singer' Jim McKee
 
1923 Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok
 
1922 Travelin' on
J.B., The Stranger
 
1921 White Oak
Oak Miller, a gambling man
 
1921 Three Word Brand
Three Word Brand/Gov. Marsden/Ben Trego
 
1921 The Whistle
Robert Evans
 
1921 O'Malley of the Mounted
Sergeant O'Malley
 
1920 The Testing Block
'Sierra' Bill
 
1920 The Cradle of Courage
'Square' Kelly
 
1920 Sand
Dan Kurrie
 
1920 The Toll Gate
Black Deering
 
1919 John Petticoats
'Hardwood' John Haynes
 
1919 Wagon Tracks
Buckskin Hamilton
 
1919 Square Deal Sanderson
Square Deal Sanderson
 
1919 The Money Corral
Lem Beason
 
1919 The Poppy Girl's Husband
Hairpin Harry Dutton
 
1919 Breed of Men
Careless Carmody
 
1918 Branding Broadway
Robert Sands
 
1918 The Border Wireless
Steve Ransom
 
1918 Riddle Gawne
Jefferson 'Riddle' Gawne
 
1918 Shark Monroe
Shark Monroe
 
1918 Selfish Yates
'Selfish' Yates
 
1918 The Tiger Man
Hawk Parsons
 
1918 Blue Blazes Rawden
Blue Blazes Rawden
 
1918 Staking His Life (short)
Bud Randall
 
1918 The Lion of the Hills
 
1918 Wolves of the Rail
'Buck' Andrade
 
1917 The Narrow Trail
Ice Harding (as Wm. S. Hart)
 
1917 The Silent Man
'Silent' Budd Marr
 
1917 The Cold Deck
Jefferson 'On-the-Level' Leigh
 
1917 Wolf Lowry
Tom 'Wolf' Lowery
 
1917 The Square Deal Man
Jack O'Diamonds
 
1917 The Desert Man
Jim Alton
 
1917 The Gun Fighter
Cliff Hudspeth
 
1917 Truthful Tulliver
Truthful Tulliver
 
1917 All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
 
1916 The Devil's Double (short)
'Bowie' Blake
 
1916 The Return of Draw Egan
'Draw' Egan aka William Blake
 
1916 The Dawn Maker
Joe Elk
 
1916 The Patriot
Bob Wiley
 
1916 The Captive God
Chiapa
 
1916 The Apostle of Vengeance
David Hudson
 
1916 The Primal Lure
Angus McConnell
 
1916 The Aryan
Steve Denton
 
1916 Hell's Hinges
Blaze Tracy
 
1915 Between Men
Bob White
 
1915 The Disciple
Jim Houston
 
1915 Keno Bates, Liar (short)
Keno Bates
 
1915 Pinto Ben (short)
Pinto Ben - Boss Rider
 
1915 Knight of the Trail (short)
Jim Treen
 
1915 Cash Parrish's Pal (short)
Cash Parrish
 
1915 The Ruse (short)
'Bat' Peters
 
1915 Tools of Providence (short)
Steve Blake
 
1915 The Conversion of Frosty Blake (short)
Frosty Blake
 
1915 The Darkening Trail
Yukon Ed
 
1915 'Bad Buck' of Santa Ynez (short)
Bad Buck Peters (as Wm. S. Hart)
 
1915 The Man from Nowhere (short)
Buck Varley - the Man from Nowhere
 
1915 The Taking of Luke McVane (short)
Luke McVane
 
1915 On the Night Stage
'Silent' Texas Smith
 
1915 The Roughneck (short)
Dave Page
 
1915 The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow (short)
Sheriff Hale
 
1915 The Grudge (short)
Rio Ed
 
1915 Mr. 'Silent' Haskins (short)
Lon Haskins
 
1915 The Scourge of the Desert (short)
Bill Evers
 
1915 Grit (short)
 
1914 In the Sage Brush Country (short)
Jim Brandon
 
1914 Two-Gun Hicks (short)
Two-Gun Hicks
 
1914 The Bargain
Jim Stokes
 
1914 Jim Cameron's Wife (short)
Andy Stiles
 
1914 His Hour of Manhood (short)
Pete Larson
 
1914 The Gringo (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1914 The Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
 
1907 Ben Hur (short)
Messala
 
???? The Man Killer
 
Show ShowDirector (53 titles)
1925 Tumbleweeds (uncredited)
 
1920 The Cradle of Courage
 
1919 Square Deal Sanderson
 
1919 The Money Corral
 
1919 The Poppy Girl's Husband
 
1918 Branding Broadway
 
1918 A Bullet for Berlin (short)
 
1918 The Border Wireless
 
1918 Riddle Gawne
 
1918 Shark Monroe
 
1918 Selfish Yates
 
1918 The Tiger Man
 
1918 Blue Blazes Rawden
 
1918 Wolves of the Rail
 
1917 The Narrow Trail
 
1917 The Silent Man
 
1917 The Cold Deck
 
1917 Wolf Lowry
 
1917 The Square Deal Man
 
1917 The Desert Man
 
1917 The Gun Fighter
 
1917 Truthful Tulliver
 
1916 The Devil's Double (short)
 
1916 The Return of Draw Egan
 
1916 The Dawn Maker
 
1916 The Patriot
 
1916 The Apostle of Vengeance
 
1916 The Primal Lure
 
1916 The Aryan
 
1916 Hell's Hinges (uncredited)
 
1915 Between Men
 
1915 The Disciple
 
1915 Keno Bates, Liar (short)
 
1915 Pinto Ben (short)
 
1915 Knight of the Trail (short)
 
1915 Cash Parrish's Pal (short)
 
1915 The Ruse (short)
 
1915 Tools of Providence (short)
 
1915 The Conversion of Frosty Blake (short)
 
1915 The Darkening Trail
 
1915 'Bad Buck' of Santa Ynez (short)
 
1915 The Man from Nowhere (short)
 
1915 The Taking of Luke McVane (short)
 
1915 The Roughneck (short)
 
1915 The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow (short)
 
1915 The Grudge (short)
 
1915 Mr. 'Silent' Haskins (short)
 
1915 The Scourge of the Desert (short)
 
1915 Grit (short)
 
1914 In the Sage Brush Country (short)
 
1914 Two-Gun Hicks (short)
 
1914 The Gringo (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1914 The Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
 
Show ShowProducer (19 titles)
1925 Tumbleweeds (producer)
 
1923 Wild Bill Hickok (producer)
 
1921 White Oak (producer)
 
1921 Three Word Brand (producer)
 
1921 O'Malley of the Mounted (producer)
 
1920 The Cradle of Courage (producer)
 
1920 Sand (producer)
 
1920 The Toll Gate (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1919 Wagon Tracks (producer)
 
1919 The Money Corral (producer)
 
1919 The Poppy Girl's Husband (producer)
 
1919 Breed of Men (producer)
 
1918 Branding Broadway (producer)
 
1918 The Border Wireless (producer)
 
1918 Riddle Gawne (producer)
 
1918 Shark Monroe (producer)
 
1918 Wolves of the Rail (producer)
 
1917 The Silent Man (executive producer)
 
1914 The Bad Buck of Santa Ynez (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (11 titles)
1936 O'Malley of the Mounted (story)
 
1924 Singer Jim McKee (story)
 
1923 Wild Bill Hickok (writer)
 
1922 Travelin' on (story)
 
1921 White Oak (story "Single Handed")
 
1921 O'Malley of the Mounted (story)
 
1920 The Testing Block (screenplay / story)
 
1920 The Toll Gate (story "By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them" - uncredited)
 
1919 The Money Corral (story "Somebody's Fool")
 
1917 The Narrow Trail (story)
 
1915 Pinto Ben (short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1930 Billy the Kid (technical advisor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1940 Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (short)
Himself - Rodeo Spectator
 
1937 Cinema Circus (short)
Himself
 
1934 The Hollywood Gad-About (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1932/I Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Himself
 
1931 Stars of Yesterday (documentary short)
Himself
 
1928 Show People
Himself - at Banquet (uncredited)
 
1926 Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Himself
 
1924 Hello, 'Frisco (short)
Himself
 
1923 Hollywood
Himself, Cameo appearance
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 17-F (documentary short)
Himself
 
1918 United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (short)
Himself
 
1918 A Bullet for Berlin (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (25 titles)
2005 Keep Em' Rollin' (video documentary short)
Various roles (uncredited)
 
2002 Decasia (documentary)
 
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1997 Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1996 The Roaring Twenties (video documentary short)
Himself (clips from his cowboy movies) (uncredited)
 
1987 The West That Never Was (TV documentary)
 
1983 Historia del cine: Epoca muda (video documentary)
Various roles
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1976 It's Showtime (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (TV series documentary)
 
1963 Fractured Flickers (TV series)
 
1962 The Great Chase (documentary)
 
1962 The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show (TV series)
 
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Himself
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Bronc Busters (short)
Himself
 
1953 Yesterday and Today
 
1953 RKO Screenliner: Laughs of Yesterday (short)
The Gambler
 
1953 Screen Snapshots: Out West in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (documentary short)
Himself
 
1948 Variety Time
Texas Tex (uncredited)
 
1947 Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (short)
Himself
 
1941 One Foot in Heaven
Silent' Budd Marr (scenes from 'The Silent Man) (uncredited)
 
1939 The Movies March On (documentary short)
Himself (segment "The Fugitive")
 
1936 Fashions in Love (short)
 
1931 The House That Shadows Built (documentary)
 
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Personal Details

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(1896) Stage: Appeared (as "Robert 'Cap' Sheaf") in "The Great Northwest" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Herbert Hall Winslow and Will R. Wilson. American Theatre: 31 Aug 1896-unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Frances Drake, Maud Hosford, John E. Kellerd (as "Bart Foxwell"). See more »

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Alternate Names:

Wm. S. Hart

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Trivia:

While living in semi-retirement in Newhall, he was disturbed by a plane which kept flying over his house. The plane was being piloted by Amelia Earhart, and they ended up becoming good friends after he invited her to dinner in order to complain about the noise her plane was making. See more »

Nickname:

Two-Gun Bill See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius