William S. Hart
William S. Hart is known for Show People (1928), Hell's Hinges (1916), Decasia: The State of Decay (2002).
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.
Questions about William S. Hart
How many William S. Hart films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 23 films with William S. Hart, from 1907 to 2002.
What was the first William S. Hart film?
The first William S. Hart film in the catalogue is Show People, from 1928.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Full filmography
85 films — 23 in the catalogue
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6.5 Decasia: The State of Decay
2002 · Self - Cowboy (archive footage)
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7.5 It's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)
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6.4 The Great Chase
1962
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7.0 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Self (archive footage)
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7.0 Yesterday and Today
1953 · (archive footage)
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10.0 Variety Time
1948 · Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)
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7.0 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941 · Self (uncredited)
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6.0 The Hollywood Gad-About
1934 · Self (uncredited)
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9.0 Stars of Yesterday
1931 · Self
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8.5 The House That Shadows Built
1931 · (archive footage)
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7.1 Show People
1928 · Self (uncredited)
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6.1 Tumbleweeds
1925 · Don Carver
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7.5 Hello, 'Frisco
1924 · William S. Hart
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10.0 Singer Jim Mckee
1924 · 'Singer' Jim McKee
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9.0 Wild Bill Hickok
1923 · Wild Bill Hickok
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9.0 Hollywood
1923 · William S. Hart
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9.0 Travelin' On
1922 · J.B., The Stranger
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7.5 Three Word Brand
1921 · Three Word Brand / Governor Marsden / Ben Trego
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5.4 The Whistle
1921 · Robert Evans
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10.0 O'Malley of the Mounted
1921 · Sergeant O'Malley
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6.0 White Oak
1921 · Oak Miller, a gambling man
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6.5 The Testing Block
1920 · 'Sierra' Bill
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6.6 The Cradle of Courage
1920 · 'Square' Kelly
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7.5 Sand
1920 · Dan Kurrie
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5.7 The Toll Gate
1920 · Black Deering
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10.0 John Petticoats
1919 · 'Hardwood' John Haynes
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6.3 Wagon Tracks
1919 · Buckskin Hamilton
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6.7 Square Deal Sanderson
1919 · Square Deal Sanderson
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7.0 The Money Corral
1919 · Lem Beason
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3.0 The Poppy Girl's Husband
1919 · Hairpin Harry Dutton
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Breed of Men
1919 · Careless Carmody
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Branding Broadway
1918 · Robert Sands
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The Border Wireless
1918 · Steve Ransom
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Riddle Gawne
1918 · Jefferson 'Riddle' Gawne
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6.0 Shark Monroe
1918 · Shark Monroe
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Selfish Yates
1918 · 'Selfish' Yates
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8.0 A Lion of the Hills
1918
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The Tiger Man
1918 · Hawk Parsons
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5.7 'Blue Blazes' Rawden
1918 · Blue Blazes Rawden
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9.0
Staking His Life
1918 · Bud Randall
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6.0 Wolves of the Rail
1918 · 'Buck' Andrade
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5.0 The Narrow Trail
1917 · Ice Harding
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4.5 The Silent Man
1917 · Budd Marr
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The Cold Deck
1917 · Jefferson "On the Level" Leigh
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8.0 All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
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6.0 Wolf Lowry
1917 · Tom 'Wolf' Lowry
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The Square Deal Man
1917 · Jack O'Diamonds
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The Desert Man
1917 · Jim Alton
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The Gun Fighter
1917 · Cliff Hudspeth
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Truthful Tulliver
1917 · Truthful Tulliver
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The Devil's Double
1916 · 'Bowie' Blake
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5.2 The Return of Draw Egan
1916 · 'Draw' Egan aka William Blake
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The Dawn Maker
1916 · Joe Elk
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5.0 The Captive God
1916 · Chiapa
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The Apostle of Vengeance
1916 · David Hudson
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The Primal Lure
1916 · Angus McConnell
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5.5 The Aryan
1916 · Steve Denton
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The Patriot
1916 · Bob Wiley
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6.1 Hell's Hinges
1916 · Blaze Tracy
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Between Men
1916 · Bob White
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8.0 The Disciple
1915 · Jim Houston
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5.0 Keno Bates, Liar
1915 · Keno Bates
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Pinto Ben
1915 · Boss Rider
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4.8 Knight of the Trail
1915 · Jim Treen
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The Ruse
1915 · 'Bat' Peters
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Cash Parrish's Pal
1915 · Cash Parrish
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Tools of Providence
1915 · Steve Blake
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The Conversion of Frosty Blake
1915 · Frosty Blake
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5.8 The Darkening Trail
1915 · Yukon Ed
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7.5 Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
1915 · Bad Buck Peters
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The Man from Nowhere
1915 · "Buck" Farley
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5.7 The Taking of Luke McVane
1915 · Luke McVane
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4.4 On the Night Stage
1915 · Texas
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The Roughneck
1915 · Dave Page
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5.0 The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow
1915 · Sheriff Hale
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The Grudge
1915 · Rio Ed
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5.5 Mr. 'Silent' Haskins
1915 · Lon Haskins
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The Scourge of the Desert
1915 · Bill Evers
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9.0
Grit
1915 · Rio Ed
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Two-Gun Hicks
1914 · Two-Gun Hicks
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5.6 The Bargain
1914 · Jim Stokes
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Jim Cameron's Wife
1914 · Andy Stiles
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His Hour of Manhood
1914 · Pete Larson
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In the Sage Brush Country
1914 · Jim Brandon
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4.4 Ben Hur
1907 · Messala
People data: TMDb.
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