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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 6, 1864
Died
June 23, 1946
Place of Birth
Newburgh, New York, USA
Also Known As
- William Surrey Hart
- Two-Gun Bill
- W.S. Hart
- Wm. S. Hart
- Wm. S Hart
- Вильям Харт
- Уильям Харт
William S. Hart
0.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.0
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
6.2
The Great Chase
1962
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
0.0
(archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
1953
0.0
Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)
Variety Time
1948
0.0
Self (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
5.0
Self (uncredited)
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
0.0
Self
Stars of Yesterday
1931
7.0
(archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
1931
7.1
Self (uncredited)
Show People
1928
Credits
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
7.0
The Great Chase
1962
6.2
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1961
0.0
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953
0.0
Variety Time
as Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)
1948
0.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Self (uncredited)
1941
0.0
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
1934
5.0
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
1931
0.0
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
7.0
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
1928
7.1
Tumbleweeds
as Don Carver
1925
5.9
🎬
Hello, 'Frisco
as William S. Hart
1924
5.0
Singer Jim Mckee
as 'Singer' Jim McKee
1924
0.0
Wild Bill Hickok
as Wild Bill Hickok
1923
0.0
Hollywood
as William S. Hart
1923
8.5
Travelin' On
as J.B., The Stranger
1922
0.0
Three Word Brand
as Three Word Brand / Governor Marsden / Ben Trego
1921
5.0
The Whistle
as Robert Evans
1921
4.8
O'Malley of the Mounted
as Sergeant O'Malley
1921
0.0
White Oak
as Oak Miller, a gambling man
1921
5.8
The Testing Block
as 'Sierra' Bill
1920
5.0
The Cradle of Courage
as 'Square' Kelly
1920
6.3
Sand
as Dan Kurrie
1920
5.0
The Toll Gate
as Black Deering
1920
5.3
John Petticoats
as 'Hardwood' John Haynes
1919
0.0
Wagon Tracks
as Buckskin Hamilton
1919
5.9
Square Deal Sanderson
as Square Deal Sanderson
1919
5.5
The Money Corral
as Lem Beason
1919
0.0
The Poppy Girl's Husband
as Hairpin Harry Dutton
1919
1.0
Breed of Men
as Careless Carmody
1919
0.0
Branding Broadway
as Robert Sands
1918
0.0
The Border Wireless
as Steve Ransom
1918
0.0
Riddle Gawne
as Jefferson 'Riddle' Gawne
1918
0.0
Shark Monroe
as Shark Monroe
1918
6.0
Selfish Yates
as 'Selfish' Yates
1918
0.0
A Lion of the Hills
1918
0.0
The Tiger Man
as Hawk Parsons
1918
0.0
'Blue Blazes' Rawden
as Blue Blazes Rawden
1918
5.7
🎬
Staking His Life
as Bud Randall
1918
0.0
Wolves of the Rail
as 'Buck' Andrade
1918
6.0
The Narrow Trail
as Ice Harding
1917
5.0
The Silent Man
as Budd Marr
1917
4.5
The Cold Deck
as Jefferson "On the Level" Leigh
1917
0.0
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
0.0
Wolf Lowry
as Tom 'Wolf' Lowry
1917
6.0
The Square Deal Man
as Jack O'Diamonds
1917
0.0
The Desert Man
as Jim Alton
1917
0.0
The Gun Fighter
as Cliff Hudspeth
1917
0.0
Truthful Tulliver
as Truthful Tulliver
1917
0.0
The Devil's Double
as 'Bowie' Blake
1916
0.0
The Return of Draw Egan
as 'Draw' Egan aka William Blake
1916
5.2
The Dawn Maker
as Joe Elk
1916
0.0
The Captive God
as Chiapa
1916
5.0
The Apostle of Vengeance
as David Hudson
1916
0.0
The Primal Lure
as Angus McConnell
1916
0.0
The Aryan
as Steve Denton
1916
5.5
The Patriot
as Bob Wiley
1916
0.0
Hell's Hinges
as Blaze Tracy
1916
6.0
Between Men
as Bob White
1916
0.0
The Disciple
as Jim Houston
1915
8.0
Keno Bates, Liar
as Keno Bates
1915
5.0
🎬
Pinto Ben
as Boss Rider
1915
0.0
Knight of the Trail
as Jim Treen
1915
4.8
The Ruse
as 'Bat' Peters
1915
0.0
Cash Parrish's Pal
as Cash Parrish
1915
0.0
Tools of Providence
as Steve Blake
1915
0.0
The Conversion of Frosty Blake
as Frosty Blake
1915
0.0
The Darkening Trail
as Yukon Ed
1915
5.8
Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
as Bad Buck Peters
1915
7.8
The Man from Nowhere
as "Buck" Farley
1915
0.0
The Taking of Luke McVane
as Luke McVane
1915
5.7
On the Night Stage
as Texas
1915
4.4
The Roughneck
as Dave Page
1915
0.0
The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow
as Sheriff Hale
1915
5.0
The Grudge
as Rio Ed
1915
0.0
Mr. 'Silent' Haskins
as Lon Haskins
1915
5.5
🎬
The Scourge of the Desert
as Bill Evers
1915
0.0
🎬
Grit
1915
0.0
Two-Gun Hicks
as Two-Gun Hicks
1914
0.0
The Bargain
as Jim Stokes
1914
5.6
🎬
Jim Cameron's Wife
as Andy Stiles
1914
0.0
🎬
His Hour of Manhood
as Pete Larson
1914
0.0
In the Sage Brush Country
as Jim Brandon
1914
0.0
Ben Hur
as Messala
1907
4.4