William S. Hart
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1864-12-06 (82 years old)
Deathday
1946-06-23
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
William S. Hart
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 s...
Acting
1923
as William S. Hart
1953
as (archive footage)
1914
as Pete Larson
1914
as Andy Stiles
1915
as Boss Rider
1915
as Dave Page
1915
as Bill Evers
1915
as Lon Haskins
1914
as Two-Gun Hicks
1915
as Rio Ed
1915
as Frosty Blake
1915
as Cash Parrish
1916
as 'Bowie' Blake
1915
1918
as Steve Ransom
1918
as Bud Randall
1961
as Self (archive footage)
1931
as Self
1916
as Blaze Tracy
1925
as Don Carver
1917
as Ice Harding
1916
as 'Draw' Egan aka William Blake
1920
as Dan Kurrie
1921
as Robert Evans
1920
as Black Deering
1919
as Buckskin Hamilton
1914
as Jim Stokes
1917
as Jefferson "On the Level" Leigh
1915
as Keno Bates
1915
as 'Bat' Peters
1920
as 'Square' Kelly
1922
as J.B., The Stranger
1915
as Luke McVane
1917
as Budd Marr
1918
as Shark Monroe
1916
as Bob White
1915
as Texas
1915
as Jim Treen
1916
as Joe Elk
1915
as Yukon Ed
1921
as Three Word Brand / Governor Marsden / Ben Trego
1918
as Blue Blazes Rawden
1921
as Oak Miller, a gambling man
1917
as Cliff Hudspeth
1923
as Wild Bill Hickok
1916
as Chiapa
1915
as Jim Houston
1915
as Bad Buck Peters
1915
as Steve Blake
1941
as Himself
1948
as Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)
1917
as Jack O'Diamonds
1915
as Sheriff Hale
1916
as Steve Denton
1928
as Self (uncredited)
1918
as Robert Sands
1917
as Jim Alton
1920
as 'Sierra' Bill
1934
as Self (uncredited)
1924
as William S. Hart
1918
as 'Buck' Andrade
1918
as Hawk Parsons
1921
as Sergeant O'Malley
1919
as Careless Carmody
1924
as 'Singer' Jim McKee
1918
as 'Selfish' Yates
1917
as Tom 'Wolf' Lowry
1919
as Square Deal Sanderson
1919
as 'Hardwood' John Haynes
1918
as Jefferson 'Riddle' Gawne
1917
as Truthful Tulliver
1931
as (archive footage)
1915
as "Buck" Farley
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1914
as Jim Brandon
1919
as Hairpin Harry Dutton
1916
as Bob Wiley
1919
as Lem Beason
1916
as David Hudson
1916
as Angus McConnell
1962
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1917
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1920
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1921
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1915
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1918
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1923
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1923
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1916
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1918
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1917
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1920
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1920
as Screenplay
1918
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1917
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1918
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1918
as Producer
1925
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1918
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1921
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1918
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1921
as Story
1917
as Director
1924
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1917
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1918
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1914
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1916
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1919
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1919
as Director
1916
as Director
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