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King Baggot

Ur. 06 listopada 1879Zm. 11 lipca 1948Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Biografia

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.

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Filmografia

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151 pozycji

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Film • 2011

jako Himself (archive footage)

Merton of the Movies

Film • 1947

jako Man in Audience (uncredited)

My Brother Talks to Horses

Film • 1947

jako Bank Employee (uncredited)

The Secret Heart

Film • 1946

jako Man at Graduation Ceremony

Holiday in Mexico

Film • 1946

Listonosz zawsze dzwoni dwa razy

Film • 1946

jako Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Abbott i Costello w Hollywood

Film • 1945

jako Barbershop Patron (uncredited)

Dangerous Partners

Film • 1945

jako Lunch Room Customer (uncredited)

Swing Fever

Film • 1943

jako Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Her Cardboard Lover

Film • 1942

jako Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)

Jackass Mail

Film • 1942

jako Old Miner

Fingers at the Window

Film • 1942

jako Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)

Rio Rita

Film • 1942

jako Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Honky Tonk

Film • 1941

jako Townsman (uncredited)

Dom towarowy

Film • 1941

jako Store Employee (uncredited)

Ziegfeld Girl

Film • 1941

jako Man in Audience (uncredited)

Come Live with Me

Film • 1941

jako Doorman

Filadelfijska opowieść

Film • 1940

jako Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Gallant Sons

Film • 1940

jako Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited)

Bitter Sweet

Film • 1940

jako Cafe Patron (uncredited)

The Ghost Comes Home

Film • 1940

jako Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

I Take This Woman

Film • 1940

jako Man in Subway (uncredited)

Dancing Co-Ed

Film • 1939

jako Man in Casting Office (uncredited)

Stronger Than Desire

Film • 1939

jako Juror (uncredited)

The Ice Follies of 1939

Film • 1939

jako Man in Audience (uncredited)

Opening Day

Film • 1938

jako Baseball Fan

Stablemates

Film • 1938

jako Bettor

Too Hot to Handle

Film • 1938

jako Reporter (uncredited)

Miasto chłopców

Film • 1938

jako Derelict in Mission (uncredited)

Marie Antoinette

Film • 1938

jako Nobleman at Court (uncredited)

Think It Over

Film • 1938

Snow Gets in Your Eyes

Film • 1938

jako Department Store Customer (uncredited)

That Mothers Might Live

Film • 1938

jako Passerby (uncredited)

Arsène Lupin Returns

Film • 1938

jako Detective (uncredited)

A Night at the Movies

Film • 1937

jako Movie Patron (uncredited)

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Film • 1937

jako Customs Official (uncredited)

It May Happen to You

Film • 1937

jako Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Parnell

jako Dr. Pierce

Mississippi

jako Van Warner

Film • 1920

The Hawk's Trail

Film • 1919

jako Sheldon Steele/The Hawk

The Man Who Stayed at Home

Film • 1919

jako Christopher Brent

Building for Democracy

Film • 1918

jako The Husband

Kildare of Storm

Film • 1918

jako Basil Kildare

The Eagle's Eye

Film • 1918

jako Harrison Grant

Mission of the War Chest

Film • 1918

jako Self

The Silent Stranger

Film • 1916

jako The Silent Stranger

The Man from Nowhere

Film • 1916

jako James Herron

Half a Rogue

Film • 1916

jako Richard Warrington

The Suburban

Film • 1915

jako Donald Gordon

The Marble Heart

Film • 1915

jako Raphael / Phidias

The Great Universal Mystery

Film • 1914

jako Himself

Absinthe

Film • 1914

jako Jean Dumas

Ivanhoe

Film • 1913

jako Wilfred of Ivanhoe

The Wanderer

Film • 1913

jako The Shepherd

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Film • 1913

jako Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

Up Against It

Film • 1912

jako Amos Bentley

A Cave Man Wooing

Film • 1912

jako George - the 'Sissy' Hero

Shamus O'Brien

Film • 1912

jako Shamus O'Brien

Over the Hills

Film • 1911

jako Wayne Holland

The Better Way

Film • 1911

jako Louis Perry - a Reformed Crook

The Rose's Story

Film • 1911

jako Gerald Kinney

The Call of the Song

Film • 1911

jako Hugh Norton

Science

Film • 1911

jako Dr. Crawford

At a Quarter of Two

Film • 1911

jako Dan Nolan - the Burglar

For the Queen's Honor

Film • 1911

jako The King

In the Sultan's Garden

Film • 1911

jako Lt. Robbins

A Game of Deception

The Wife’s Awakening

Film • 1911

jako Enoch Harrington

Sweet Memories

Film • 1911

jako Edward Jackson

The Secret of the Palm

Old Heads and Young Hearts

Film • 1910

The Call of the Circus

Film • 1910

A Game for Two

Film • 1910

jako Clark, the Best Friend

A Reno Romance

Film • 1910

jako Jack

The Eternal Triangle

Film • 1910

jako The Dashing Young Count

The Doctor's Perfidy

Film • 1910

Two Men

Film • 1910

jako The Tenderfoot

The New Shawl

Film • 1910

The Broken Oath

Film • 1910

Mother Love

Film • 1910

The Governor’s Pardon

Film • 1910

jako The Man

Jane and the Stranger

Film • 1910

jako The Stranger

The Blind Man’s Tact

Film • 1910

Justice in the Far North

Film • 1910

jako King

The Tide of Fortune

Film • 1910

The Right of Love

Film • 1910

The Winning Punch

Film • 1910

The Awakening of Bess

Film • 1909

jako Bess' Sweetheart

Love's Stratagem

Film • 1909

jako The Boy