Gilbert M. Anderson
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1880-03-20 (91 years old)
Deathday
1971-01-20
Place of Birth
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Also known As
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
G. M. Anderson
G.M. Anderson
Gilbert Anderson
Bronco Billy Anderson
Broncho Billy Anderson
George M. Anderson
G.M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
George Anderson
Max Aronson
Maxwell Henry Aronson
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
Gilbert M. Anderson
Biography
Born in 1880, ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson is considered the first western film star. He played three film roles in “The Great Train Robbery” and then began to write, direct and act in his own films. After co-founding the Essanay Studios in 1907 with George Kirk Spoor, Anderson appeared in some 300 short films. But it was his 148 western shorts playing cowboy Bronco Billy that made him a star. He retired for the first time in 1916 but made a few comebacks, including producing movies into the 1950s for his company, Progressive Pictures. He received an honorary Oscar in 1958 as a “motion picture pioneer.” Anderson came out of retirement one more t...
Acting
1903
as Messenger Boy
1903
as Bandit / Shot Passenger / Tenderfoot Dancer (uncredited)
2000
as (archive footage)
1913
as Broncho Billy
1915
as Broncho Billy
1914
as Broncho Billy
1915
as Broncho Billy
1914
as Broncho Billy
1915
as Broncho Billy
1915
as Broncho Billy
1914
as Broncho Billy
1915
as Broncho Billy
1913
as Dr. Roland White
1913
as Broncho Billy
1915
as Ingomar
1913
as Broncho Billy
1914
as Broncho Billy
1913
as Broncho Billy
1915
as Broncho Billy
1913
as Broncho Billy
1910
as Jack Smythe
1910
as Pete the Coyote
1910
as Big Bill Hastings
1910
as Cal Evans
1910
as The Doctor
1914
as Broncho Billy
1910
as Hal Martin
1914
as Broncho Billy
1910
as Frank Morrison
1915
as Broncho Billy
1910
as Andy Carson
1910
as Halsted
1914
as Broncho Billy
1910
as The Mexican
1911
as One of Hubby's Friends
1911
as The Border Ranger
1908
1909
1909
1909
1912
as Tom Harper
1912
as Jack Reed
1909
as Tom 'Bud' Wilson
1912
as Bob Graham
1909
as Tom Carlton
1912
as The Deputy
1909
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as Honest Steve
1909
as Jim Watson
1909
as The Sheriff
1909
1912
as Broncho Billy
1912
as Brant Graham
1911
as Frank Carpenter
1911
as Harry Perkins
1912
as Broncho Billy
1911
as Dan Warrington
1911
as The Cowboy
1911
as Sherwin Wells
1911
as Bad Man Dan Quigley
1911
as Sheriff Will Phelps
1911
as Revered Warren Addington
1911
as Harvey Barton
1914
as Broncho Billy
1911
as Frank Mills
1911
as Broncho Billy
1911
as Jack
1911
as George Maxwell
1911
as Gray Wolf
1914
as Broncho Billy
1911
as Gilbert Randall
1911
as Gerald Todds
1914
as Broncho Billy
1911
as Walker - the Backwoodsman
1910
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as Old Rancher
1910
1913
as Broncho Billy
1913
as Broncho Billy
1965
as The Man in the Cantina
1913
as Broncho Billy
1910
as Tom Ripley, a Cowboy
1914
as Broncho Billy
1910
as Robert Graham
1910
as Jack Tyler
1910
as Pedestrian with Seltzer Bottle
1911
as Will Talbot
1910
as A Texas Ranger / The 'Bride'
1910
as Ross White
1910
as Frank Wendell
1910
as Innocent Cowboy
1910
as Walt Rooney, Convict No. 999
1910
as Jesse Farson
1910
as James Smyth
1910
as A Dying Miner
1912
as Tom Fleming
1912
as Bill Simpson
1912
as Barnes
1912
as The Indian
1912
as Bob Farco
1912
as Pasquale
1912
as Broncho Billy
1912
as Broncho Billy
1922
as Bill Hinchley
1919
as Jack / Jim
1911
as Jack Harvey
1911
as Jack Mason
1914
as Broncho Billy
1912
as Buck Brady
1911
as Jack Manley
1911
as Spike Shannon
1911
as Tom Patterson
1911
as Broncho Bill
1911
as Silas Strong
1911
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1911
as Grey Deer
1911
as Jim Reed - an Outlaw
1913
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1913
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1911
as Broncho Bill
1911
as Jim Logan
1911
as Steve Jameson
1911
as Tom Percival
1911
as Tom
1915
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1911
as Rev. Small
1915
as Broncho Billy
1910
as The Bad Man
1915
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1910
as The Doctor
1910
as Deputy Marshal Charles Wentworth
1910
as The New Sheriff
1910
as A Cowboy
1910
as Bartwell
1910
as Harry Forsyth
1910
as Jack Hartley
1910
as The Half-Breed
1910
as Bob Dean
1910
as Jack Sherwood
1910
as Milton Rodd
1913
as Broncho Billy
1910
as Jim Allison
1910
as Bullets Brown
1910
as The Referee
1913
as Broncho Billy
1910
as Dick Martin
1910
as Curt, the Sheriff
1915
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1912
as Jim Andrews - Foreman of the Ranch
1912
as Jim Durkin
1912
as The Arizona Kid
1912
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1912
as Bart Darrow
1912
as Jim Morris
1912
as Sam Hardy
1911
as Tom Phelps
1915
as Broncho Billy
1912
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1911
as Buck Stevens
1911
as Jack King
1912
as Bob Knight
1912
as Jim Andrews
1912
as Broncho Billy
1912
as Triggerless Jim Burrows
1912
as Tom Jackson
1912
as Broncho Billy
1912
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1912
as An Indian
1912
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1912
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1912
as Bill Dunham - Ranch Foreman
1912
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1912
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1912
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1913
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1915
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1914
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1915
as The Husband
1915
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1915
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1915
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1914
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as Broncho Billy
1914
as Broncho Billy
1915
as The Outlaw
1915
as The Outlaw
1915
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1915
as Andy of the Royal Mounted
1914
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1915
as The Burglar
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1914
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1914
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1914
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1914
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1914
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1915
as The Sweetheart
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1915
as The Young Man
1915
as Frank Potter
1915
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1915
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1915
as Broncho Billy
1916
as The Capitalist
1915
as Broncho Billy / Santa Claus
1916
as The Book Agent
1916
as John Stone
1917
as Broncho Billy Adair
1961
as Self (archive footage)
1931
as Self
1941
as Business Man (uncredited)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1914
as Gilbert Sterling
1915
as Broncho Billy
1912
as Broncho Billy
1914
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1914
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1919
as Bill
1913
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1915
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1913
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1912
as Bart McGrew
1911
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1911
as Broncho Billy
1905
as Last Train Wrecker
1910
as Broncho Billy
1912
as Broncho Billy
1913
as Broncho Billy
1905
as Sherlock Holmes
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1939
as Self - from 'The Great Train Robbery' (archive footage)
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1907
1913
as Broncho Billy
1912
as Broncho Billy
1913
as Broncho Billy
1912
as Broncho Billy
1911
as Broncho Billy
1918
as Broncho Billy
1915
as Enthusiastic Fan (uncredited)
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