Cast
King Baggot
Acting
Cast
King Baggot
Known for
Acting
Born
1879-11-06
From
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Died
1948-07-11
Also known as William King Baggot, King Baggott
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies", "The Most Photographed Man in the World", and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon". Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947, wrote 18 screenplays, and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including The Lie (1912), Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925), and The House of Scandal (1928). He also directed William S. Hart in his most famous western, Tumbleweeds (1925). Among his film appearances, Baggot was best known for The Scarlet Letter (1911), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), and Ivanhoe (1913). Baggot began his career on the stage, in a Shakespearean stock company, and toured throughout the U.S. While acting in stock in St. Louis in 1909, he was cast as supporting player in the Schubert touring production of The Wishing Ring. When The Wishing Ring closed in Chicago, Baggot returned to New York to join another company. Upon a chance meeting with Harry Solter, who was directing movies for Carl Laemmle at Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), he was persuaded to go with Solter to the studio. Baggot became interested in the fledgling industry and decided to turn picture player. His first film was the romance short The Awakening of Bess (1909) opposite Florence Lawrence. It was directed by Harry Solter, her husband, at IMP in Fort Lee, New Jersey. At a time when screen actors worked anonymously, Baggot and Lawrence became the first "movie stars" to be given billing, a marquee, and promotion in advertising. Baggot starred in at least 42 movies opposite Lawrence from 1909 to 1911. In the latter year, he starred in at least 16 movies with Mary Pickford. He also began writing screenplays and directing, all the while becoming a major star internationally. When he appeared "in person" at theatres he was mobbed at stage doors. By 1912, he was so famous that when he took the leading part in forming the prestigious Screen Club in New York, the first organization of its kind strictly for movie people, he was the natural choice for its first president. King Baggot died in Los Angeles, California in 1948, age 68. For his contributions to the film industry, Baggot received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. His star is located at 6312 Hollywood Boulevard.
The Philadelphia Story
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
as Nobleman at Court (uncredited)
San Francisco
as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Chinatown Squad
as Patrol Wagon Guard
Parnell
as Man in Office
Mississippi
as Gambler (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
as Dignitary (uncredited)
Police Court
as Harry Field
Stablemates
as Bettor
Ziegfeld Girl
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
The Suburban
as Donald Gordon
Rio Rita
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Second Sight
as Tom Mooreland
The Cheater
as Lord Asgarby
Tracked
as Roger Densmore
Sworn Enemy
as Accident Witness (uncredited)
Boys Town
as Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
Father Brown, Detective
as Priest (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Customs Official (uncredited)
Sweet Memories
as Edward Jackson
The Big Store
as Store Employee (uncredited)
Honky Tonk
as Townsman (uncredited)
Pictureland
as Pablo
The Secret Heart
as Man at Graduation Ceremony
Too Hot to Handle
as Reporter (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
Fingers at the Window
as Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
What Price Hollywood?
as Department Head (uncredited)
Swing Fever
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Beloved
as Second Doctor
I Loved a Woman
as Banker (uncredited)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
Dancing Co-Ed
as Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
The Thrill Chaser
as Himself - Cameo
Torture Money
as False Accident Witness (uncredited)
Come Live with Me
as Doorman
3 Kids and a Queen
as Druggist
The Death Kiss
as Al Payne
The Devil-Doll
as Detective Pierre (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Detective (uncredited)
Bitter Sweet
as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
I Take This Woman
as Man in Subway (uncredited)
The Bad Sister
as Policeman on Street (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Life's Twist
as Jim Sargent
Gallant Sons
as Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited)
Sweepstake Annie
as Motion Picture Studio Executive (uncredited)
The Big Flash
as Hinkle
Science
as Dr. Crawford
Mad Holiday
as Film Director (uncredited)
Transfusion
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Merton of the Movies
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
The Doctor's Perfidy
Cheating Cheaters
as Official (uncredited)
For the Queen's Honor
as The King
Sweepstakes
as Mike - Weber's Trainer
Her Cardboard Lover
as Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Holiday in Mexico
The Hawk's Trail
as Sheldon Steele/The Hawk
That Mothers Might Live
as Passerby (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
as Juror (uncredited)
The Girl in the Taxi
as Maj. Frederick Smith
The Secret of the Palm
as Cecil Abbott
The Wife’s Awakening
as Enoch Harrington
Opening Day
as Baseball Fan
A Cave Man Wooing
as George - the 'Sissy' Hero
Graft
as Ship's Captain
All the World’s a Stage
The Ghost Comes Home
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
The Wanderer
as The Shepherd
The Mirror
The Red Rider
as Townsman
Half a Rogue
as Richard Warrington
The Master and the Man
as Basil King
Mother Love
Romance in the Rain
as Milton McGillicuddy
At a Quarter of Two
as Dan Nolan - the Burglar
Love's Stratagem
as The Boy
Kildare of Storm
as Basil Kildare
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Chemistry Professor
The Scarlet Letter
as Reverend Dimmesdale
Girl of the Rio
as Maitre d'hotel, Purple Pigeon Cafe
The Taming of Jane
Dangerous Partners
as Lunch Room Customer (uncredited)
The Rosary
The Butterfly Girl
as H.H. Van Horn
A Notorious Gentleman
as Police Sergeant
The Temptress
as Gilbert Irving
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Bank Employee (uncredited)
Think It Over
Jackass Mail
as Old Miner
The Tide of Fortune
Over the Hills
as Wayne Holland
It May Happen to You
as Man in Hospital (uncredited)
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
In the Sultan's Garden
as Lt. Robbins
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
A Reno Romance
as Jack
The Stage Note
Ivanhoe
as Wilfred of Ivanhoe
The Winning Punch
At the Duke's Command
as Edward, the Duke's Nephew
The Call of the Savage
as Dr. Pierce
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
The Man from Nowhere
as James Herron
The New Shawl
as Jacques
The Dwelling Place of Light
as Brooks Insall
Up Against It
as Amos Bentley
The Fair Dentist
as Dental Patient
Two Men
as The Tenderfoot
The Man Who Stayed at Home
as Christopher Brent
The Eternal Triangle
as The Dashing Young Count
The Call of the Song
as Hugh Norton
The Awakening of Bess
as Bess' Sweetheart
While There is hope, There is Life
as Alfred King
The Marble Heart
as Raphael / Phidias
The Miser’s Daughter
Pressed Roses
The Silent Stranger
as The Silent Stranger
The Count of Montebello
as Percy
Jane and the Stranger
as The Stranger
The Great Universal Mystery
as Himself
Justice in the Far North
as King
The Rose's Story
as Gerald Kinney
The Maelstrom
Old Heads and Young Hearts
His Second Wife
The Time-Lock Safe
as The Father
A Game for Two
as Clark, the Best Friend
The Blind Man’s Tact
The Better Way
as Louis Perry - a Reformed Crook
Absinthe
as Jean Dumas
The Czar of Broadway
Once a Gentleman
as Van Warner
The Broken Oath
The Governor’s Pardon
as The Man
Once Upon a Time
The Eagle's Eye
as Harrison Grant
The Irony of Fate
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
as George Rand
Mission of the War Chest
as Self
The Right of Love
Building for Democracy
as The Husband
The Forbidden Thing
as Dave
Shamus O'Brien
as Shamus O'Brien
A Game of Deception
The Call of the Circus