King Baggot

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1879-11-06 (69 years old)

Deathday

1948-07-11

Place of Birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

King Baggot

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies", "The Most Photographed Man in the World", and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon". Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947, wrote 18 screenplays, and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including The Lie (1912), Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925), and The House of Scandal (19...

Acting

1911

The Temptress

as Gilbert Irving

1930

Once a Gentleman

as Van Warner

1941

1912

Shamus O'Brien

as Shamus O'Brien

1920

The Cheater

as Lord Asgarby

1913

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

1915

The Marble Heart

as Raphael / Phidias

1933

I Loved a Woman

as Banker (uncredited)

1935

A Night at the Opera

as Dignitary (uncredited)

1947

My Brother Talks to Horses

as Bank Employee (uncredited)

1920

Life's Twist

as Jim Sargent

1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Customs Official (uncredited)

1937

It May Happen to You

as Man in Hospital (uncredited)

1913

The Wanderer

as The Shepherd

1919

The Hawk's Trail

as Sheldon Steele/The Hawk

1932

Girl of the Rio

as Maitre d'hotel, Purple Pigeon Cafe

1911

Sweet Memories

as Edward Jackson

1936

The Devil-Doll

as Detective Pierre (uncredited)

2011

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as Himself (archive footage)

1932

The Big Flash

as Hinkle

1931

Sweepstakes

as Mike - Weber's Trainer

1941

The Big Store

as Store Employee (uncredited)

1937

A Night at the Movies

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

1939

Stronger Than Desire

as Juror (uncredited)

1936

Sworn Enemy

as Accident Witness (uncredited)

1938

Snow Gets in Your Eyes

as Department Store Customer (uncredited)

1935

Mississippi

as Gambler (uncredited)

1938

That Mothers Might Live

as Passerby (uncredited)

1935

1939

Dancing Co-Ed

as Man in Casting Office (uncredited)

1938

Arsène Lupin Returns

as Detective (uncredited)

1934

The Red Rider

as Townsman

1936

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

as Chemistry Professor

1916

The Silent Stranger

as The Silent Stranger

1940

I Take This Woman

as Man in Subway (uncredited)

1947

Merton of the Movies

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1911

The Scarlet Letter

as Reverend Dimmesdale

1945

Dangerous Partners

as Lunch Room Customer (uncredited)

1932

Police Court

as Harry Field

1913

Ivanhoe

as Wilfred of Ivanhoe

1940

Gallant Sons

as Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited)

1940

The Philadelphia Story

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1940

Bitter Sweet

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

1931

The Bad Sister

as Policeman on Street (uncredited)

1912

A Cave Man Wooing

as George - the 'Sissy' Hero

1912

Up Against It

as Amos Bentley

1931

Graft

as Ship's Captain

1932

Afraid to Talk

as Police Officer (uncredited)

1942

Her Cardboard Lover

as Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)

1911

The Wife’s Awakening

as Enoch Harrington

1935

Chinatown Squad

as Patrol Wagon Guard

1942

Jackass Mail

as Old Miner

1938

Stablemates

as Bettor

1941

Honky Tonk

as Townsman

1938

Opening Day

as Baseball Fan

1932

What Price Hollywood?

as Department Head (uncredited)

1911

1911

1911

1911

At a Quarter of Two

as Dan Nolan - the Burglar

1911

Science

as Dr. Crawford

1911

Pictureland

as Pablo

1911

The Secret of the Palm

as Cecil Abbott

1911

Tracked

as Roger Densmore

1911

Second Sight

as Tom Mooreland

1911

The Call of the Song

as Hugh Norton

1911

The Fair Dentist

as Dental Patient

1911

The Better Way

as Louis Perry - a Reformed Crook

1911

The Rose's Story

as Gerald Kinney

1921

The Girl in the Taxi

as Maj. Frederick Smith

1932

The Death Kiss

as Al Payne

1938

Boys Town

as Derelict in Mission (uncredited)

1923

The Thrill Chaser

as Himself - Cameo

1937

Torture Money

as False Accident Witness (uncredited)

1918

The Eagle's Eye

as Harrison Grant

1934

Romance in the Rain

as Milton McGillicuddy

1946

The Secret Heart

as Man at Graduation Ceremony

1914

Absinthe

as Jean Dumas

1942

Fingers at the Window

as Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)

1935

1942

Rio Rita

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1945

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

as Barbershop Patron (uncredited)

1911

Over the Hills

as Wayne Holland

1935

Sweepstake Annie

as Motion Picture Studio Executive (uncredited)

1911

At the Duke's Command

as Edward, the Duke's Nephew

1939

The Ice Follies of 1939

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1938

Marie Antoinette

as Nobleman at Court (uncredited)

1936

San Francisco

as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)

1936

Mad Holiday

as Film Director (uncredited)

1941

Ziegfeld Girl

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1943

Swing Fever

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1909

The Awakening of Bess

as Bess' Sweetheart

1910

1910

Jane and the Stranger

as The Stranger

1910

A Game for Two

as Clark, the Best Friend

1910

The Eternal Triangle

as The Dashing Young Count

1910

1910

The New Shawl

as Jacques

1910

Two Men

as The Tenderfoot

1909

1940

The Ghost Comes Home

as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

1934

Beloved

as Second Doctor

1916

Half a Rogue

as Richard Warrington

1946

The Postman Always Rings Twice

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1916

The Man from Nowhere

as James Herron

1915

The Suburban

as Donald Gordon

1937

Parnell

as Man in Office

1918

1918

Kildare of Storm

as Basil Kildare

1910

The Time-Lock Safe

as The Father

Production

1925

Tumbleweeds

as Director

1922

1927

1928

1931

1981

Beatlemania

as Director of Photography

1922

Human Hearts

as Director

1916

1925

The Home Maker

as Director

1911

The Rose's Story

as Scenario Writer

1922

A Dangerous Game

as Director

1927

1922

1924

1925

The Tornado

as Director

1921

1921

Cheated Love

as Director

1921

Nobody's Fool

as Director

1922

Kissed

as Director

1926

Lovey Mary

as Director

1923

The Love Letter

as Director

1923

Gossip

as Director

1923

The Town Scandal

as Director

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