Hobart Bosworth

Actor

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Birth Place

Marietta, Ohio, USA

Born

August 11, 1867

Died

August 11, 1943

Biography

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Hobart Bosworth was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1913, he founded his own production company. Bosworth began his acting career with roles in such films as "A Little Brother of the Rich" (1915), the war "Joan the Woman" (1916) with Geraldine Farrar and the war "The Little American" (1917) with Mary Pickford. He also appeared in "Rupert of Hentzau" (1923) and the ...

Filmography

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Nearly a Lady (1915)

Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915)

Help Wanted (1915)

Buckshot John (1915)

Fatherhood (1915)

Burning Daylight: the Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Alaska (1914)

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Captain January (1924) -- (Movie Clip) There Is An Island

Captain January (1924) -- (Movie Clip) My Watchful Soul

Biography

Hobart Bosworth was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1913, he founded his own production company. Bosworth began his acting career with roles in such films as "A Little Brother of the Rich" (1915), the war "Joan the Woman" (1916) with Geraldine Farrar and the war "The Little American" (1917) with Mary Pickford. He also appeared in "Rupert of Hentzau" (1923) and the remake "The Common Law" (1923) with Corinne Griffith. He continued to work steadily in film throughout the twenties and the thirties, appearing in "General Crack" (1929), the John Barrymore romance "Eternal Love" (1929) and the "The Show of Shows" (1929) film with Frank Fay. He also appeared in "Just Imagine" (1930) with El Brendel. Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in the mystery "The Phantom Express" (1932) with J Farrell MacDonald, "The Last of the Mohicans" (1932) and the Warren William comedy "Lady For a Day" (1933). He also appeared in "Music in the Air" (1934) and "The Crusades" (1935). Bosworth last acted in the Fredric March biographical drama "One Foot in Heaven" (1941). Bosworth passed away in August 1943 at the age of 76.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Nearly a Lady (1915)

Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915)

Help Wanted (1915)

Buckshot John (1915)

Fatherhood (1915)

Burning Daylight: the Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Alaska (1914)

The Valley of the Moon (1914)

The Chechako (1914)

Burning Daylight: the Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Civilization (1914)

Martin Eden (1914)

The Pursuit of the Phantom (1914)

The Country Mouse (1914)

John Barleycorn (1914)

An Odyssey of the North (1914)

Burning Daylight (1914)

The Sea Wolf (1913)

George Warrington's Escape (1911)

Cast (Feature Film)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)

Escape from Crime (1942)

They Died with Their Boots On (1942)

The Gay Sisters (1942)

I Was Framed (1942)

Sin Town (1942)

Bullet Scars (1942)

Law of the Tropics (1941)

One Foot in Heaven (1941)

Bullets for O'Hara (1941)

Wolves of the Sea (1938)

Captain Wolf Hansen

Rollin' Plains (1938)

King of the Sierras (1938)

The Secret of Treasure Island (1938)

Portia on Trial (1937)

The Dark Hour (1936)

General Spanky (1936)

Colonel Blanchard

Wildcat Trooper (1936)

The Crusades (1935)

Frederick, Duke of the Germans

Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)

Together We Live (1935)

Colonel Dickenson

The Keeper of the Bees (1935)

[Michael] The Bee Master

Music in the Air (1934)

Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)

Lady for a Day (1933)

The County Fair (1932)

Colonel Ainsworth

Carnival Boat (1932)

The Phantom Express (1932)

President Harrington

Million Dollar Legs (1932)

Olympics official

The Miracle Man (1932)

No Greater Love (1932)

The Last of the Mohicans (1932)

Fanny Foley Herself (1931)

Shipmates (1931)

Admiral [Ben] Corbin

Dirigible (1931)

Sit Tight (1931)

[Walter] Dunlap

This Modern Age (1931)

Hurricane (1930)

Hurricane Martin

The Office Wife (1930)

The Devil's Holiday (1930)

Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)

Abraham Lincoln (1930)

Just Imagine (1930)

General Crack (1930)

Count Hensdorff

The Third Alarm (1930)

The Show of Shows (1929)

The Executioner

Eternal Love (1929)

After the Storm (1928)

The Sawdust Paradise (1928)

Freckles (1928)

The Smart Set (1928)

Annapolis (1928)

A Woman of Affairs (1928)

Hangman's House (1928)

Lord Chief Justice O'Brien

The Blood Ship (1927)

The Chinese Parrot (1927)

Philip Madden/Jerry Delaney

Three Hours (1927)

Jonathan Durkin

My Best Girl (1927)

Annie Laurie (1927)

The MacDonald Chieftain

Spangles (1926)

"Big Bill" Bowman

Steel Preferred (1926)

The Far Cry (1926)

The Nervous Wreck (1926)

The Golden Strain (1925)

Major Milton Mulford

Ellery Parker, the sheriff

The Big Parade (1925)

The Half-Way Girl (1925)

Winds of Chance (1925)

If I Marry Again (1925)

Zander The Great (1925)

Hearts of Oak (1924)

Captain January (1924)

Jeremiah Judkins

Name the Man (1924)

Christian Stowell

The Silent Watcher (1924)

John Steele, "The Chief"

Through the Dark (1924)

Nellie, The Beautiful Cloak Model (1924)

Thomas Lipton/Robert Horton

The Woman on the Jury (1924)

The Man Alone (1923)

The Eternal Three (1923)

Dr. Frank R. Walters

In the Palace of the King (1923)

Little Church Around the Corner (1923)

The Common Law (1923)

Souls for Sale (1923)

The Man Life Passed By (1923)

"Iron Man" Moore

Rupert of Hentzau (1923)

Vanity Fair (1923)

Marquis of Steyne

White Hands (1922)

"Hurricane" Hardy

The Stranger's Banquet (1922)

The Sea Lion (1921)

The Cup of Life (1921)

Blind Hearts (1921)

The Foolish Matrons (1921)

His Own Law (1920)

A Thousand to One (1920)

William Newlands

Below the Surface (1920)

The Brute Master (1920)

Bucko McAllister, The Brute Master

Behind the Door (1919)

The Border Legion (1918)

Unconquered (1917)

The Inner Shrine (1917)

The Little American (1917)

The Devil Stone (1917)

A Mormon Maid (1917)

Betrayed (1917)

Leopoldo Juares

The Woman God Forgot (1917)

Freckles (1917)

What Money Can't Buy (1917)

Doctor Neighbor (1916)

Doctor Neighbor

The Target (1916)

Two Men of Sandy Bar (1916)

The Way of the World (1916)

The Yaqui (1916)

Oliver Twist (1916)

Joan the Woman (1916)

General La Hire

The Iron Hand (1916)

Fatherhood (1915)

Colorado (1915)

Buckshot John (1915)

"Buckshot John" Moran

Tainted Money (1915)

A Little Brother of the Rich (1915)

Henry Leamington

The Scarlet Sin (1915)

The Beachcomber (1915)

Little Sunset (1915)

Gus Bergstrom, the "Terrible Swede"

Help Wanted (1915)

Jerrold D. Scott

Business Is Business (1915)

'Twas Ever Thus (1915)

Hard Muscle/Colonel Warren/John Rogers

The White Scar (1915)

The Country Mouse (1914)

Billy Balderson

Burning Daylight: the Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Alaska (1914)

Elam Harnish, also known as "Burning Daylight"

The Pursuit of the Phantom (1914)

An Odyssey of the North (1914)

Burning Daylight: the Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Civilization (1914)

Elam Harnish, also known as "Burning Daylight"

Martin Eden (1914)

The Valley of the Moon (1914)

John Barleycorn (1914)

The Sea Wolf (1913)

Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913)

The Sheriff (1910)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)

Across the Plains (1910)

The Barge Man of Old Holland (1910)

In the Great Northwest (1910)

The Courtship of Miles Standish (1910)

The Roman (1910)

The Long Trail (1910)

Fighting Bob (1909)

In the Sultan's Power (1909)

Writer (Feature Film)

The Brute Master (1920)

Fatherhood (1915)

The Beachcomber (1915)

The White Scar (1915)

A Little Brother of the Rich (1915)

Martin Eden (1914)

The Country Mouse (1914)

The Pursuit of the Phantom (1914)

Producer (Feature Film)

The Beachcomber (1915)

The White Scar (1915)

The Country Mouse (1914)

Art Department (Feature Film)

Fatherhood (1915)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Fatherhood (1915)

Life Events

1885

Stage acting debut

1909

First film as actor

1913

Founded his own production company

Videos

Captain January (1924) -- (Movie Clip) There Is An Island Opening scenes, from Universal Studios and producer Sol Lesser, of the "Baby Peggy" feature Captain January, 1924, starring Baby Peggy Montgomery (a.k.a. Diana Serra Cary) and Hobart Bosworth, later remade by 20th Century Fox with Shirley Temple.

Captain January (1924) -- (Movie Clip) My Watchful Soul Further exposition on the life of the title character ("Baby Peggy" Montgomery, a.k.a. Diana Serra Cary), cared for by her de-facto dad, lighthouse keeper Judkins (Hobart Bosworth), and caring for her own menagerie, in Universal's Captain January, 1924.

Captain January (1924) -- (Movie Clip) The Light Must Burn Her elderly lighthouse-keeper guardian Judkins (Hobart Bosworth) having dozed off, the title character (Baby Peggy Montgomery, a.k.a. Diana Serra Cary) attempts to rescue the situation, running afoul of town potentate Maxwell (Harry T. Morey), in Universal's Captain January, 1924.

Woman Of Affairs, A (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Your Father Planned It New characters introduced at the regatta, Trevelyan (Lewis Stone) and Sir Morton (Hobart Bosworth), who frowns upon son Neville (John Gilbert) and girlfriend Diana (Greta Garbo), her brother (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), promoting another suitor, on the crew, in MGM's A Woman Of Affairs, 1928.

Woman Of Affairs, A (1928) -- (Movie Clip) My Kind Of Love Ethereal scene from director Clarence Brown, Diana (Greta Garbo) retreats to the woods and the tree that represents her love for Neville (John Gilbert, not seen) and is confronted by his father (Hobart Bosworth), who admits having arranged their separation, in A Woman Of Affairs, 1928.

Dirigible (1931) -- (Movie Ciip) Baby Pig Pilot Frisky (Ralph Graves) shows explorer Rondelle (Hobart Bosworth) just how useful an airplane can be in towing his airship, in Frank Capra's early aerial spectacular talkie Dirigible, 1931.

Dirigible (1931) -- (Movie Ciip) Navy Day At Lakehurst, New Jersey, genuine footage, augmented by director Frank Capra filling the sky, the backdrop to Admiral Martin (Emmett Corrigan) showing off for explorer Rondelle (Hobart Bosworth) in Dirigible, 1931.

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