Cast
William S. Hart
Acting
Cast
William S. Hart
Known for
Acting
Born
1864-12-06
From
Newburgh, New York, USA
Died
1946-06-23
Also known as William Surrey Hart, Two-Gun Bill, W.S. Hart
Biography
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.
★7.2
MOVIE1928
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1924
Hello, 'Frisco
as William S. Hart
★7.5
MOVIE1976
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1918
Riddle Gawne
as Jefferson 'Riddle' Gawne
★6.0
MOVIE1918
Shark Monroe
as Shark Monroe
★6.1
MOVIE1916
Hell's Hinges
as Blaze Tracy
MOVIE1914
Jim Cameron's Wife
as Andy Stiles
★10.0
MOVIE1924
Singer Jim Mckee
as 'Singer' Jim McKee
★8.0
MOVIE1918
A Lion of the Hills
MOVIE1916
The Devil's Double
as 'Bowie' Blake
MOVIE1914
His Hour of Manhood
as Pete Larson
★8.0
MOVIE1915
The Disciple
as Jim Houston
★5.7
MOVIE1918
'Blue Blazes' Rawden
as Blue Blazes Rawden
★7.5
MOVIE1921
Three Word Brand
as Three Word Brand / Governor Marsden / Ben Trego
MOVIE1917
The Gun Fighter
as Cliff Hudspeth
★10.0
MOVIE1948
Variety Time
as Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1916
The Return of Draw Egan
as 'Draw' Egan aka William Blake
MOVIE1919
Breed of Men
as Careless Carmody
★6.4
MOVIE1962
The Great Chase
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
★8.5
MOVIE1931
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1916
The Patriot
as Bob Wiley
★5.0
MOVIE1915
Keno Bates, Liar
as Keno Bates
★4.5
MOVIE1917
The Silent Man
as Budd Marr
★6.5
MOVIE1920
The Cradle of Courage
as 'Square' Kelly
★6.0
MOVIE1921
White Oak
as Oak Miller, a gambling man
★5.5
MOVIE1916
The Aryan
as Steve Denton
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Hollywood
as William S. Hart
★5.0
MOVIE1917
The Narrow Trail
as Ice Harding
★4.4
MOVIE1907
Ben Hur
as Messala
★6.0
MOVIE1934
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1914
The Bargain
as Jim Stokes
★5.4
MOVIE1921
The Whistle
as Robert Evans
★5.0
MOVIE1916
The Captive God
as Chiapa
MOVIE1915
The Ruse
as 'Bat' Peters
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Self (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1915
Knight of the Trail
as Jim Treen
★6.0
MOVIE1925
Tumbleweeds
as Don Carver
★9.0
MOVIE1922
Travelin' On
as J.B., The Stranger
★3.0
MOVIE1919
The Poppy Girl's Husband
as Hairpin Harry Dutton
★7.0
MOVIE1919
The Money Corral
as Lem Beason
★6.3
MOVIE1919
Wagon Tracks
as Buckskin Hamilton
★7.5
MOVIE1920
Sand
as Dan Kurrie
MOVIE1918
Selfish Yates
as 'Selfish' Yates
MOVIE1915
The Roughneck
as Dave Page
★6.5
MOVIE2002
Decasia: The State of Decay
as Self - Cowboy (archive footage)
★5.7
MOVIE1920
The Toll Gate
as Black Deering
MOVIE1915
The Man from Nowhere
as "Buck" Farley
MOVIE1917
The Cold Deck
as Jefferson "On the Level" Leigh
★8.0
MOVIE1917
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
MOVIE1916
Between Men
as Bob White
MOVIE1915
Tools of Providence
as Steve Blake
MOVIE1915
Cash Parrish's Pal
as Cash Parrish
★5.7
MOVIE1915
The Taking of Luke McVane
as Luke McVane
MOVIE1918
The Tiger Man
as Hawk Parsons
MOVIE1915
The Conversion of Frosty Blake
as Frosty Blake
★9.0
MOVIE1915
Grit
★6.5
MOVIE1920
The Testing Block
as 'Sierra' Bill
MOVIE1918
Branding Broadway
as Robert Sands
MOVIE1916
The Primal Lure
as Angus McConnell
★10.0
MOVIE1919
John Petticoats
as 'Hardwood' John Haynes
MOVIE1914
In the Sage Brush Country
as Jim Brandon
MOVIE1917
The Desert Man
as Jim Alton
★10.0
MOVIE1921
O'Malley of the Mounted
as Sergeant O'Malley
★7.5
MOVIE1915
Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
as Bad Buck Peters
★5.8
MOVIE1915
The Darkening Trail
as Yukon Ed
MOVIE1915
The Grudge
as Rio Ed
MOVIE1917
The Square Deal Man
as Jack O'Diamonds
★6.0
MOVIE1918
Wolves of the Rail
as 'Buck' Andrade
★9.0
MOVIE1931
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Wild Bill Hickok
as Wild Bill Hickok
★6.7
MOVIE1919
Square Deal Sanderson
as Square Deal Sanderson
MOVIE1916
The Dawn Maker
as Joe Elk
★6.0
MOVIE1917
Wolf Lowry
as Tom 'Wolf' Lowry
★4.4
MOVIE1915
On the Night Stage
as Texas
★9.0
MOVIE1918
Staking His Life
as Bud Randall
MOVIE1915
The Scourge of the Desert
as Bill Evers
★5.0
MOVIE1915
The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow
as Sheriff Hale
MOVIE1914
Two-Gun Hicks
as Two-Gun Hicks
★5.5
MOVIE1915
Mr. 'Silent' Haskins
as Lon Haskins
MOVIE1916
The Apostle of Vengeance
as David Hudson
MOVIE1918
The Border Wireless
as Steve Ransom
MOVIE1915
Pinto Ben
as Boss Rider
MOVIE1917
Truthful Tulliver
as Truthful Tulliver