William S. Hart

William S. Hart

Acting 1864-12-06 Newburgh, New York, USA

The first Western superstar, the taciturn Hart actually was a successful Shakespearean actor who played Messala in “Ben-Hur” on Broadway in 1899 before riding the range in movies. A longtime fan of the Old West, Hart was friends with Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. His film career began in 1914. After two supporting roles he gained fame as the lead in the feature-length western “The Bargain” shot on location at the Grand Canyon. Hart strove to make his westerns realistic with detailed attention played to costumes and props. Though Hart could be cast as a villain, he imbued all of his characters with honor and integrity. After making western shorts for producer Thomas Ince, he went to Famous Players-Lasky, which merged with Paramount Pictures in 1917. At Paramount he made such gritty feature westerns as “Square Deal Sanderson” and “The Toll Gate.” His star began to fade in the early 1920s when audiences grew tired of his moralistic Western tales. Not helping his career was his 1923 divorce from his wife, Winifred, who accused him of having two children by another woman. He made one last film, 1925’s “Tumbleweeds, which he financed himself. In 1939, the film was reissued this time with a prologue featuring a 75-year-old Hart shot on location at his ranch in Newhall talking about the West and his days in films. He died in 1946 at age 81. His home and ranch were turned into William S. Hart Park in Newhall.

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1976 Self (archive footage)
1961 Self (archive footage)
1953 (archive footage)
1948 Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941 Self (uncredited)
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1928 Self (uncredited)
1925 Don Carver
1925 Director
1924 William S. Hart
1924 'Singer' Jim McKee
1924 Story
1923 William S. Hart
1923 Wild Bill Hickok
1923 Writer
1923 Producer
1922 J.B., The Stranger
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1921 Robert Evans
1921 Three Word Brand / Governor Marsden / Ben Trego
1921 Oak Miller, a gambling man
1921 Sergeant O'Malley
1921 Producer
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1920 Dan Kurrie
1920 Black Deering
1920 'Square' Kelly
1920 'Sierra' Bill
1920 Director
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1920 Story
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1920 Screenplay
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1919 Buckskin Hamilton
1919 Careless Carmody
1919 'Hardwood' John Haynes
1919 Square Deal Sanderson
1919 Hairpin Harry Dutton
1919 Lem Beason
1919 Director
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1918 Steve Ransom
1918 Bud Randall
1918 Shark Monroe
1918 Blue Blazes Rawden
1918 Robert Sands
1918 'Buck' Andrade
1918 Hawk Parsons
1918 'Selfish' Yates
1918 Jefferson 'Riddle' Gawne
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1917 Ice Harding
1917 Jefferson "On the Level" Leigh
1917 Budd Marr
1917 Cliff Hudspeth
1917 Jack O'Diamonds
1917 Jim Alton
1917 Truthful Tulliver
1917 Tom 'Wolf' Lowry
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1916 'Bowie' Blake
1916 Blaze Tracy
1916 'Draw' Egan aka William Blake
1916 Bob White
1916 Joe Elk
1916 Chiapa
1916 Steve Denton
1916 Bob Wiley
1916 David Hudson
1916 Angus McConnell
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1915 Dave Page
1915 Boss Rider
1915 Bill Evers
1915 Lon Haskins
1915 Rio Ed
1915 Frosty Blake
1915 Cash Parrish
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1915 Keno Bates
1915 'Bat' Peters
1915 Luke McVane
1915 Jim Treen
1915 Texas
1915 Yukon Ed
1915 Jim Houston
1915 Bad Buck Peters
1915 Steve Blake
1915 Sheriff Hale
1915 "Buck" Farley
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1914 Pete Larson
1914 Andy Stiles
1914 Two-Gun Hicks
1914 Jim Stokes
1914 Jim Brandon
1914 Director
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1907 Messala