credits of
William S. Hart
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
January 10th, 2002 | Decasia: The State of Decay | Self - Cowboy (archive footage) | 6.5 | |
March 31st, 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 7.5 | |
December 20th, 1962 | The Great Chase | TBD | 6.4 | |
May 24th, 1961 | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
December 2nd, 1953 | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | 7 | |
August 21st, 1948 | Variety Time | Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited) | 10 | |
October 2nd, 1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 | Self (uncredited) | 7 | |
October 4th, 1934 | The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) | 6 | |
December 31st, 1931 | Stars of Yesterday | Self | 9 | |
July 8th, 1931 | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 8.5 | |
November 20th, 1928 | Show People | Self (uncredited) | 7.2 | |
December 27th, 1925 | Tumbleweeds | Don Carver | 6 | |
September 28th, 1924 | Hello, 'Frisco | William S. Hart | 7.5 | |
March 3rd, 1924 | Singer Jim Mckee | 'Singer' Jim McKee | 10 | |
December 18th, 1923 | Wild Bill Hickok | Wild Bill Hickok | 9 | |
August 19th, 1923 | Hollywood | William S. Hart | 9 | |
March 22nd, 1922 | Travelin' On | J.B., The Stranger | 9 | |
October 15th, 1921 | Three Word Brand | Three Word Brand / Governor Marsden / Ben Trego | 7.5 | |
April 8th, 1921 | The Whistle | Robert Evans | 5.4 | |
February 6th, 1921 | O'Malley of the Mounted | Sergeant O'Malley | 10 | |
February 1st, 1921 | White Oak | Oak Miller, a gambling man | 6 | |
December 26th, 1920 | The Testing Block | 'Sierra' Bill | 6.5 | |
September 19th, 1920 | The Cradle of Courage | 'Square' Kelly | 6.6 | |
June 19th, 1920 | Sand | Dan Kurrie | 7.5 | |
April 15th, 1920 | The Toll Gate | Black Deering | 5.7 | |
November 2nd, 1919 | John Petticoats | 'Hardwood' John Haynes | 10 | |
July 28th, 1919 | Wagon Tracks | Buckskin Hamilton | 6.3 | |
June 15th, 1919 | Square Deal Sanderson | Square Deal Sanderson | 6.7 | |
April 20th, 1919 | The Money Corral | Lem Beason | 7 | |
March 16th, 1919 | The Poppy Girl's Husband | Hairpin Harry Dutton | 3 | |
February 2nd, 1919 | Breed of Men | Careless Carmody | TBD | |
December 15th, 1918 | Branding Broadway | Robert Sands | TBD | |
October 6th, 1918 | The Border Wireless | Steve Ransom | TBD | |
August 3rd, 1918 | Riddle Gawne | Jefferson 'Riddle' Gawne | TBD | |
June 30th, 1918 | Shark Monroe | Shark Monroe | 6 | |
May 12th, 1918 | Selfish Yates | 'Selfish' Yates | TBD | |
May 1st, 1918 | A Lion of the Hills | TBD | 8 | |
April 30th, 1918 | The Tiger Man | Hawk Parsons | TBD | |
February 1st, 1918 | 'Blue Blazes' Rawden | Blue Blazes Rawden | 5.7 | |
January 1st, 1918 | Staking His Life | Bud Randall | 9 | |
January 1st, 1918 | Wolves of the Rail | 'Buck' Andrade | 6 | |
December 30th, 1917 | The Narrow Trail | Ice Harding | 5 | |
November 26th, 1917 | The Silent Man | Budd Marr | 4.5 | |
October 31st, 1917 | The Cold Deck | Jefferson "On the Level" Leigh | TBD | |
October 1st, 1917 | All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan | TBD | 8 | |
May 27th, 1917 | Wolf Lowry | Tom 'Wolf' Lowry | 6 | |
May 25th, 1917 | The Square Deal Man | Jack O'Diamonds | TBD | |
April 22nd, 1917 | The Desert Man | Jim Alton | TBD | |
February 11th, 1917 | The Gun Fighter | Cliff Hudspeth | TBD | |
January 7th, 1917 | Truthful Tulliver | Truthful Tulliver | TBD | |
November 26th, 1916 | The Devil's Double | 'Bowie' Blake | TBD | |
October 14th, 1916 | The Return of Draw Egan | 'Draw' Egan aka William Blake | 5.2 | |
September 23rd, 1916 | The Dawn Maker | Joe Elk | TBD | |
July 23rd, 1916 | The Captive God | Chiapa | 5 | |
June 25th, 1916 | The Apostle of Vengeance | David Hudson | TBD | |
May 21st, 1916 | The Primal Lure | Angus McConnell | TBD | |
April 9th, 1916 | The Aryan | Steve Denton | 5.5 | |
March 9th, 1916 | The Patriot | Bob Wiley | TBD | |
March 5th, 1916 | Hell's Hinges | Blaze Tracy | 6.1 | |
January 1st, 1916 | Between Men | Bob White | TBD | |
October 16th, 1915 | The Disciple | Jim Houston | 8 | |
August 27th, 1915 | Keno Bates, Liar | Keno Bates | 5 | |
August 25th, 1915 | Pinto Ben | Boss Rider | TBD | |
August 19th, 1915 | Knight of the Trail | Jim Treen | 4.8 | |
July 14th, 1915 | The Ruse | 'Bat' Peters | TBD | |
June 21st, 1915 | Cash Parrish's Pal | Cash Parrish | TBD | |
June 6th, 1915 | Tools of Providence | Steve Blake | TBD | |
June 2nd, 1915 | The Conversion of Frosty Blake | Frosty Blake | TBD | |
May 31st, 1915 | The Darkening Trail | Yukon Ed | 5.8 | |
May 20th, 1915 | Bad Buck of Santa Ynez | Bad Buck Peters | 7.8 | |
May 6th, 1915 | The Man from Nowhere | "Buck" Farley | TBD | |
April 16th, 1915 | The Taking of Luke McVane | Luke McVane | 5.7 | |
April 15th, 1915 | On the Night Stage | Texas | 4.4 | |
April 9th, 1915 | The Roughneck | Dave Page | TBD | |
February 26th, 1915 | The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow | Sheriff Hale | 5 | |
February 24th, 1915 | The Grudge | Rio Ed | TBD | |
February 19th, 1915 | Mr. 'Silent' Haskins | Lon Haskins | 5.5 | |
January 6th, 1915 | The Scourge of the Desert | Bill Evers | TBD | |
January 1st, 1915 | Grit | TBD | 9 | |
December 23rd, 1914 | Two-Gun Hicks | Two-Gun Hicks | TBD | |
December 3rd, 1914 | The Bargain | Jim Stokes | 5.6 | |
July 23rd, 1914 | Jim Cameron's Wife | Andy Stiles | TBD | |
July 2nd, 1914 | His Hour of Manhood | Pete Larson | TBD | |
January 1st, 1914 | In the Sage Brush Country | Jim Brandon | TBD | |
December 7th, 1907 | Ben Hur | Messala | 4.4 |