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William S. Hart Filmography
William S. Hart (1864–1946) was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is remembered as a foremost Western star of the silent era who "imbued all of his characters with honor and integrity." During the late 1910s and early 1920s, he was one of the most consistently popular movie stars, frequently ranking high among male actors in popularity contests held by movie fan magazines.

Hart was born in New York and began his acting career in 1888. He had success as a Shakespearean actor on Broadway, and appeared in the original stage production of Ben-Hur (1899). He entered films in 1914, and after playing supporting roles in two short films, he achieved stardom the same year as the lead in the feature The Bargain. Hart was particularly interested in making realistic Western films. His films are noted for their authentic costumes and props, as well as Hart's acting ability, honed on Shakespearean theater stages in the United States and England. Beginning in 1915, Hart starred in his own series of two-reel Western short subjects for producer Thomas Ince, which were so popular that they were supplanted by a series of feature films. In 1915 and 1916, exhibitors voted him the biggest money making star in the United States. In 1917, Hart accepted a lucrative offer from Adolph Zukor to join Famous Players–Lasky, which merged into Paramount Pictures.

By the early 1920s, Hart's brand of gritty, rugged Westerns with drab costumes and moralistic themes gradually fell out of fashion. The public became attracted by a new kind of movie cowboy, epitomized by Tom Mix, who wore flashier costumes and was involved in more action scenes. Paramount dropped Hart, who then made one last bid for his kind of Western. He produced Tumbleweeds (1925) with his own money, arranging to release it independently through United Artists. After Tumbleweeds, Hart retired to his to home in Newhall, California.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, William S. Hart has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Hollywood Blvd. In 1975, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. As of December 2024, two of the films Hart starred in—The Bargain and Hell's Hinges—along with Show People, in which he has a cameo, have been added to the National Film Registry.

Filmography

Release date Title Role Credited as Notes Ref.
Director Writer Producer
July 2, 1914 His Hour of Manhood Pete Larson Two reels; survival status unknown
July 23, 1914 Jim Cameron's Wife Andy Stiles Two reels; survival status unknown
December 3, 1914 The Bargain Jim Stokes Added to the National Film Registry in 2010
December 23, 1914 The Passing of Two-Gun Hicks Two-Gun Hicks Yes Two reels; survival status unknown
December 25, 1914 In the Sagebrush Country Jim Brandon Yes Two reels
January 6, 1915 The Scourge of the Desert Bill Evers Yes Two reels; survival status unknown
February 19, 1915 Mr. "Silent" Haskins Lon Haskins Yes Two reels
February 25, 1915 The Grudge Rio Ed Yes Two reels; survival status unknown
February 26, 1915 The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow Sheriff Hale Yes Two reels; survival status unknown
April 9, 1915 The Roughneck Dave Page Yes Two reels
April 15, 1915 On the Night Stage "Silent Texas" Smith
April 16, 1915 The Taking of Luke McVane Luke McVane Yes Two reels
May 6, 1915 The Man from Nowhere Buck Varley - the Man from Nowhere Yes Two reels
May 21, 1915 Bad Buck of Santa Ynez Bad Buck Peters Yes Two reels
May 31, 1915 The Darkening Trail Yukon Ed Yes
June 2, 1915 The Conversion of Frosty Blake Frosty Blake Yes Two reels
July 7, 1915 Tools of Providence Steve Blake Yes Two reels
July 14, 1915 The Ruse "Bat" Peters Yes Two reels
July 21, 1915 Cash Parrish's Pal Cash Parrish Yes Two reels
August 20, 1915 Knight of the Trail Jim Treen Yes Two reels
August 25, 1915 Pinto Ben Boss Rider Yes Yes Two reels
August 27, 1915 Keno Bates, Liar Keno Bates Yes Two reels
November 21, 1915 The Disciple Jim Houston Yes
January 2, 1916 Between Men Bob White Yes
February 3, 1916 Hell's Hinges Blaze Tracy Yes Added to the National Film Registry in 1994
April 9, 1916 The Aryan Steve Denton Yes
May 21, 1916 The Primal Lure Angus McConnell Yes Lost film
June 25, 1916 The Apostle of Vengeance David Hudson Lost film
July 23, 1916 The Captive God Chiapa
September 3, 1916 The Patriot Bob Wiley Yes Lost film
September 24, 1916 The Dawn Maker Joe Elk Yes Lost film
October 15, 1916 The Return of Draw Egan Draw Egan aka William Blake Yes
November 26, 1916 The Devil's Double "Bowie" Blake Yes Lost film
January 7, 1917 Truthful Tulliver Truthful Tulliver Yes
February 11, 1917 The Gunfighter Cliff Hudspeth Yes
March 25, 1917 The Desert Man Jim Alton Yes
April 22, 1917 The Square Deal Man Jack O'Diamonds Yes
May 27, 1917 Wolf Lowry Tom "Wolf" Lowery Yes
November 17, 1917 The Cold Deck Jefferson "On-the-Level" Leigh Yes
October 1917 All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan Himself ½ reel
November 26, 1917 The Silent Man "Silent" Budd Marr Yes
December 30, 1917 The Narrow Trail Ice Harding Yes Yes
January 14, 1918 Wolves of the Rail "Buck" Andrade Yes Yes Yes
February 18, 1918 Blue Blazes Rawden Blue Blazes Rawden Yes Yes
April 1, 1918 The Tiger Man Hawk Parsons Yes Yes
May 20, 1918 Selfish Yates "Selfish" Yates Yes Yes
July 8, 1918 Shark Monroe Shark Monroe Yes Yes
August 19, 1918 Riddle Gawne Jefferson "Riddle" Gawne Yes Yes Two of five reels exist; co-stars Lon Chaney
September 1918 A Bullet for Berlin Himself Yes Yes Yes ½ reel
September 10, 1918 The Border Wireless Steve Ransom Yes Yes Lost film
December 15, 1918 Branding Broadway Robert Sands Yes Yes
February 2, 1919 Breed of Men Careless Carmody Yes
March 16, 1919 The Poppy Girl's Husband Hairpin Harry Dutton Yes Yes Lost film
April 20, 1919 The Money Corral Lem Beason Yes Yes
July 15, 1919 Square Deal Sanderson Square Deal Sanderson Yes Yes Co-directed by Lambert Hillyer
July 21, 1919 Wagon Tracks Buckskin Hamilton Yes Directed by Lambert Hillyer
November 2, 1919 John Petticoats "Hardwood" John Haynes Yes Directed by Lambert Hillyer
April 28, 1920 The Toll Gate Black Deering Yes Yes Directed by Lambert Hillyer
June 27, 1920 Sand! Dan Kurrie Yes Directed by Lambert Hillyer
October 17, 1920 The Cradle of Courage "Square" Kelly Yes Directed by Lambert Hillyer
December 26, 1920 The Testing Block "Sierra" Bill Yes Yes Directed by Lambert Hillyer
December 20, 1921 O'Malley of the Mounted Sergeant O'Malley Yes Yes Directed by Lambert Hillyer; remade in 1936 with George O'Brien
March 27, 1921 The Whistle Robert Evans Yes Directed by Lambert Hillyer
October 16, 1921 Three Word Brand Ben Trego / Three Word Brand / Governor Marsden Yes Directed by Lambert Hillyer
December 18, 1921 White Oak Oak Miller - A Gambling Man Yes Yes Directed by Lambert Hillyer
March 11, 1922 Travelin' On J.B. Yes Yes Directed by Lambert Hillyer
August 19, 1923 Hollywood Himself (cameo) Lost film; directed by James Cruze
December 2, 1923 Wild Bill Hickok Wild Bill Hickok Yes Directed by Clifford Smith
March 2, 1924 Singer Jim McKee "Singer" Jim McKee Yes Yes Directed by Clifford Smith
December 27, 1925 Tumbleweeds Don Carver Yes Directed by King Baggot; reissued in 1939 with Hart in a new talking prologue
November 11, 1928 Show People Himself (cameo) Directed by King Vidor; added to the National Film Registry in 2003

Bibliography

  • Everson, William K. (January 1, 1992). The Hollywood Western: 90 Years of Cowboys and Indians, Train Robbers, Sheriffs and Gunslingers, and Assorted Heroes and Desperados. New York, NY: Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-1256-3.
  • Koszarski, Diane Kaiser (January 1, 1980). The Complete Films of William S. Hart: A Pictorial Record. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0486238630.

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  57. ^ "Blue Blazes Rawden". AFI. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  58. ^ "The Tiger Man". AFI. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
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