William S. Hart
About
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Also Known As
William Surrey Hart
Birth Place
Newburgh, New York, USA
Born
December 06, 1864
Died
June 23, 1946
Biography
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Serious-looking hero of silent westerns and the genre's first bona fide star. Beginning in 1914 Hart helped define the genre, insisting on authentic recreations of the "old west" and often leaning more toward character development than action. By the early 1920s his style had been superseded by more action-oriented westerns and his popularity began to decline. Hart later turned to writin...
Filmography
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Breed of Men
(1919)
Director
Square Deal Sanderson
(1919)
Director
The Poppy Girl's Husband
(1919)
Director
Shark Monroe
(1918)
Director
Wolves of the Rail
(1918)
Director
Riddle Gawne
(1918)
Director
Family & Companions
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Winifred Westover
Wife
Actor. Divorced; died on March 19, 1978.
Dorothy Davenport
Wife
Actor.
Notes
It has been suggested that Hart's middle name was not "Surrey" but rather was "Shakespeare". This is probably apocryphal and most likely stems from the popular knowledge that Hart had some experience as a Shakespearian actor.
Biography
Serious-looking hero of silent westerns and the genre's first bona fide star. Beginning in 1914 Hart helped define the genre, insisting on authentic recreations of the "old west" and often leaning more toward character development than action. By the early 1920s his style had been superseded by more action-oriented westerns and his popularity began to decline. Hart later turned to writing, authoring several western novels and an autobiography, "My Life--East and West" (1929).
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Breed of Men
(1919)
Director
Square Deal Sanderson
(1919)
Director
The Poppy Girl's Husband
(1919)
Director
Shark Monroe
(1918)
Director
Wolves of the Rail
(1918)
Director
Riddle Gawne
(1918)
Director
The Tiger Man
(1918)
Director
Branding Broadway
(1918)
Director
Selfish Yates
(1918)
Director
Blue Blazes Rawden
(1918)
Director
The Border Wireless
(1918)
Director
The Desert Man
(1917)
Director
The Cold Deck
(1917)
Director
The Square Deal Man
(1917)
Director
Truthful Tulliver
(1917)
Director
The Silent Man
(1917)
Director
Wolf Lowry
(1917)
Director
The Gun Fighter
(1917)
Director
The Apostle of Vengeance
(1916)
Director
The Primal Lure
(1916)
Director
The Devil's Double
(1916)
Director
The Patriot
(1916)
Director
The Dawn Maker
(1916)
Director
Between Men
(1916)
Director
The Return of Draw Egan
(1916)
Director
The Aryan
(1916)
Director
The Disciple
(1915)
Director
The Darkening Trail
(1915)
Director
Mr. Silent Haskins
(1915)
Director
Tools of Providence
(1915)
Director
The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow
(1915)
Director
Scourge of the Desert
(1915)
Director
Keno Bates, Liar
(1915)
Director
Pinto Ben
(1915)
Director
Cash Parrish's Pal
(1915)
Director
Knight of the Trails
(1915)
Director
The Roughbeck
(1915)
Director
The Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
(1915)
Director
The Rouchneck
(1915)
Director
The Grudge
(1915)
Director
The Ruse
(1915)
Director
The Passing of Two-Gun Hicks
(1914)
Director
The Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
(1914)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
The Great Chase
(1962)
Show People
(1928)
Himself
Tumbleweeds
(1925)
Don Carver
Singer Jim McKee
(1924)
"Singer" Jim McKee
Hollywood
(1923)
Wild Bill Hickok
(1923)
Wild Bill Hickok
Travelin' On
(1922)
J. B., The Stranger
The Whistle
(1921)
Robert Evans
White Oak
(1921)
Oak Miller, a gamblin' man
O'Malley of the Mounted
(1921)
O'Malley
Three Word Brand
(1921)
Three Word Brand/Governor Marsden/Ben Trego
The Toll Gate
(1920)
Black Deering
The Testing Block
(1920)
"Sierra" Bill
Sand!
(1920)
Dan Kurrie
The Cradle of Courage
(1920)
"Square" Kelly
The Whirlwind
(1920)
Breed of Men
(1919)
"Careless" Carmody, a boss rider
The Money Corral
(1919)
Lem Beason
Wagon Tracks
(1919)
Buckskin Hamilton
The Poppy Girl's Husband
(1919)
Hairpin Harry Dutton
Square Deal Sanderson
(1919)
Square Deal Sanderson
John Petticoats
(1919)
"Hardwood" John Haynes
Branding Broadway
(1918)
Robert Sands
Blue Blazes Rawden
(1918)
Blue Blazes Rawden
Shark Monroe
(1918)
"Shark" Monroe
The Tiger Man
(1918)
Hawk Parsons
Selfish Yates
(1918)
"Selfish" Yates
Riddle Gawne
(1918)
Jefferson "Riddle" Gawne
A Lion of the Hills
(1918)
Staking His Life
(1918)
Bud Randall
The Border Wireless
(1918)
Steve Ransom
Wolves of the Rail
(1918)
"Buck" Andrade
The Square Deal Man
(1917)
Jack O'Diamonds
The Cold Deck
(1917)
"Level" Leigh
The Narrow Trail
(1917)
Ice Harding
The Desert Man
(1917)
Jim Alton
Wolf Lowry
(1917)
Tom "Wolf" Lowry
The Silent Man
(1917)
"Silent Budd" Marr
The Gun Fighter
(1917)
Cliff Hudspeth
Truthful Tulliver
(1917)
"Truthful" Tulliver
The Dawn Maker
(1916)
Joe Elk
The Captive God
(1916)
Chiapa
The Devil's Double
(1916)
Bowie Blake
Hell's Hinges
(1916)
Blaze Tracy
The Apostle of Vengeance
(1916)
David Hudson
Between Men
(1916)
Bob White
The Return of Draw Egan
(1916)
Draw Egan
The Patriot
(1916)
Bob Wiley
The Primal Lure
(1916)
Angus McConnell
The Aryan
(1916)
Steve Denton
On the Night Stage
(1915)
"Silent" Texas Smith
The Darkening Trail
(1915)
Yukon Editor
The Disciple
(1915)
Jim Houston
Pinto Ben
(1915)
Keno Bates, Liar
(1915)
The Rouchneck
(1915)
Scourge of the Desert
(1915)
Tools of Providence
(1915)
The Roughbeck
(1915)
Cash Parrish's Pal
(1915)
Knight of the Trails
(1915)
Mr. Silent Haskins
(1915)
The Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
(1915)
The Ruse
(1915)
The Grudge
(1915)
The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow
(1915)
The Bargain
(1914)
Jim Stokes
His Hour of Manhood
(1914)
Jim Cameron's Wife
(1914)
The Passing of Two-Gun Hicks
(1914)
Writer (Feature Film)
O'Malley of the Mounted
(1936)
Story
Singer Jim McKee
(1924)
Story
Wild Bill Hickok
(1923)
Writer
Travelin' On
(1922)
Story
O'Malley of the Mounted
(1921)
Story
White Oak
(1921)
Story
The Testing Block
(1920)
Story
The Toll Gate
(1920)
Story
The Money Corral
(1919)
Scen
The Narrow Trail
(1917)
Story
Between Men
(1916)
Scen
Pinto Ben
(1915)
From Story
Producer (Feature Film)
Wild Bill Hickok
(1923)
Producer
Three Word Brand
(1921)
Producer
Sand!
(1920)
Producer
The Toll Gate
(1920)
Producer
The Whirlwind
(1920)
Producer
Cast (Short)
Cinema Circus
(1937)
Himself
Life Events
1889
Stage actor
1914
Film actor
1929
Published autobiography "My Life - East and West"
Family
William Hart Jr
Son
Actor.
Companions
Winifred Westover
Wife
Actor. Divorced; died on March 19, 1978.
Dorothy Davenport
Wife
Actor.
Bibliography
Notes
It has been suggested that Hart's middle name was not "Surrey" but rather was "Shakespeare". This is probably apocryphal and most likely stems from the popular knowledge that Hart had some experience as a Shakespearian actor.
