King Baggot
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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 (1928). He also directed William S. Hart in his most famous western, Tumbleweeds (1925).
Among his film appearances, Baggot was best known for The Scarlet Letter (1911), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), and Ivanhoe (1913).
Baggot began his career on the stage, in a Shakespearean stock company, and toured throughout the U.S.
While acting in stock in St. Louis in 1909, he was cast as supporting player in the Schubert touring production of The Wishing Ring. When The Wishing Ring closed in Chicago, Baggot returned to New York to join another company. Upon a chance meeting with Harry Solter, who was directing movies for Carl Laemmle at Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), he was persuaded to go with Solter to the studio. Baggot became interested in the fledgling industry and decided to turn picture player.
His first film was the romance short The Awakening of Bess (1909) opposite Florence Lawrence. It was directed by Harry Solter, her husband, at IMP in Fort Lee, New Jersey. At a time when screen actors worked anonymously, Baggot and Lawrence became the first "movie stars" to be given billing, a marquee, and promotion in advertising.
Baggot starred in at least 42 movies opposite Lawrence from 1909 to 1911. In the latter year, he starred in at least 16 movies with Mary Pickford.
He also began writing screenplays and directing, all the while becoming a major star internationally. When he appeared "in person" at theatres he was mobbed at stage doors.
By 1912, he was so famous that when he took the leading part in forming the prestigious Screen Club in New York, the first organization of its kind strictly for movie people, he was the natural choice for its first president.
King Baggot died in Los Angeles, California in 1948, age 68.
For his contributions to the film industry, Baggot received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. His star is located at 6312 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 · Himself (archive footage)
Beatlemania
1981 · Director of Photography
Merton of the Movies
1947 · Man in Audience (uncredited)
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947 · Bank Employee (uncredited)
The Secret Heart
1946 · Man at Graduation Ceremony
Holiday in Mexico
1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945 · Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
Dangerous Partners
1945 · Lunch Room Customer (uncredited)
Swing Fever
1943 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Her Cardboard Lover
1942 · Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Jackass Mail
1942 · Old Miner
Fingers at the Window
1942 · Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
Rio Rita
1942 · Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Honky Tonk
1941 · Townsman (uncredited)
The Big Store
1941 · Store Employee (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 · Man in Audience (uncredited)
Come Live with Me
1941 · Doorman
The Philadelphia Story
1940 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Gallant Sons
1940 · Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited)
Bitter Sweet
1940 · Cafe Patron (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home
1940 · Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
I Take This Woman
1940 · Man in Subway (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
1939 · Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
1939 · Juror (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939 · Man in Audience (uncredited)
Opening Day
1938 · Baseball Fan
Stablemates
1938 · Bettor
Too Hot to Handle
1938 · Reporter (uncredited)
Boys Town
1938 · Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
1938 · Nobleman at Court (uncredited)
Think It Over
1938
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
1938 · Department Store Customer (uncredited)
That Mothers Might Live
1938 · Passerby (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938 · Detective (uncredited)
A Night at the Movies
1937 · Movie Patron (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937 · Customs Official (uncredited)
It May Happen to You
1937 · Man in Hospital (uncredited)
Parnell
1937 · Man in Office
Torture Money
1937 · False Accident Witness (uncredited)
Mad Holiday
1936 · Film Director (uncredited)
Sworn Enemy
1936 · Accident Witness (uncredited)
The Devil-Doll
1936 · Detective Pierre (uncredited)
San Francisco
1936 · Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936 · Chemistry Professor
A Night at the Opera
1935 · Dignitary (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
1935 · Druggist
Chinatown Squad
1935 · Patrol Wagon Guard
The Call of the Savage
1935 · Dr. Pierce
Mississippi
1935 · Gambler (uncredited)
Sweepstake Annie
1935 · Motion Picture Studio Executive (uncredited)
A Notorious Gentleman
1935 · Police Sergeant
Father Brown, Detective
1934 · Priest (uncredited)
Cheating Cheaters
1934 · Official (uncredited)
Romance in the Rain
1934 · Milton McGillicuddy
The Red Rider
1934 · Townsman
Beloved
1934 · Second Doctor
I Loved a Woman
1933 · Banker (uncredited)
The Death Kiss
1932 · Al Payne
Afraid to Talk
1932 · Police Officer (uncredited)
The Big Flash
1932 · Hinkle
What Price Hollywood?
1932 · Department Head (uncredited)
Police Court
1932 · Harry Field
Girl of the Rio
1932 · Maitre d'hotel, Purple Pigeon Cafe
Sporting Chance
1931 · Story
Graft
1931 · Ship's Captain
Sweepstakes
1931 · Mike - Weber's Trainer
The Bad Sister
1931 · Policeman on Street (uncredited)
Once a Gentleman
1930 · Van Warner
The Czar of Broadway
1930
Romance of a Rogue
1928 · Director
The House of Scandal
1928 · Director
Down the Stretch
1927 · Director
The Notorious Lady
1927 · Director
Perch of the Devil
1927 · Director
Lovey Mary
1926 · Director
Tumbleweeds
1925 · Director
The Home Maker
1925 · Director
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
1925 · Director
The Tornado
1925 · Director
The Gaiety Girl
1924 · Director
The Whispered Name
1924 · Director
The Darling of New York
1923 · Director, Story
The Thrill Chaser
1923 · Himself - Cameo
Crossed Wires
1923 · Director, Story
The Town Scandal
1923 · Director
Gossip
1923 · Director
The Love Letter
1923 · Director
A Dangerous Game
1922 · Director
The Kentucky Derby
1922 · Director
The Lavender Bath Lady
1922 · Director
Human Hearts
1922 · Director
Kissed
1922 · Director
Nobody's Fool
1921 · Director
Moonlight Follies
1921 · Director
Luring Lips
1921 · Director
The Butterfly Girl
1921 · H.H. Van Horn
Cheated Love
1921 · Director
The Girl in the Taxi
1921 · Maj. Frederick Smith
The Forbidden Thing
1920 · Dave
The Dwelling Place of Light
1920 · Brooks Insall
Life's Twist
1920 · Jim Sargent
The Cheater
1920 · Lord Asgarby
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
1920
The Hawk's Trail
1919 · Sheldon Steele/The Hawk
The Man Who Stayed at Home
1919 · Christopher Brent
Building for Democracy
1918 · The Husband
Kildare of Storm
1918 · Basil Kildare
The Eagle's Eye
1918 · Harrison Grant
Mission of the War Chest
1918 · Self
The Silent Stranger
1916 · The Silent Stranger, Director
The Man from Nowhere
1916 · James Herron
Half a Rogue
1916 · Richard Warrington
The Suburban
1915 · Donald Gordon
The Marble Heart
1915 · Raphael / Phidias
The Great Universal Mystery
1914 · Himself
Absinthe
1914 · Jean Dumas
Ivanhoe
1913 · Wilfred of Ivanhoe
The Wanderer
1913 · The Shepherd
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1913 · Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Up Against It
1912 · Amos Bentley
A Cave Man Wooing
1912 · George - the 'Sissy' Hero
Shamus O'Brien
1912 · Shamus O'Brien
Over the Hills
1911 · Wayne Holland
The Better Way
1911 · Louis Perry - a Reformed Crook
The Rose's Story
1911 · Gerald Kinney, Scenario Writer
The Call of the Song
1911 · Hugh Norton
Science
1911 · Dr. Crawford
At a Quarter of Two
1911 · Dan Nolan - the Burglar
For the Queen's Honor
1911 · The King
In the Sultan's Garden
1911 · Lt. Robbins
A Game of Deception
1911
The Master and the Man
1911 · Basil King
The Fair Dentist
1911 · Dental Patient
The Temptress
1911 · Gilbert Irving
Second Sight
1911 · Tom Mooreland
The Scarlet Letter
1911 · Reverend Dimmesdale
While There is hope, There is Life
1911 · Alfred King
The Wife’s Awakening
1911 · Enoch Harrington
Sweet Memories
1911 · Edward Jackson
The Secret of the Palm
1911 · Cecil Abbott
Tracked
1911 · Roger Densmore
Pictureland
1911 · Pablo
At the Duke's Command
1911 · Edward, the Duke's Nephew
The Mirror
1911
The Double
1910 · Robert King / Joseph Dansby
The Count of Montebello
1910 · Percy
All the World’s a Stage
1910
Pressed Roses
1910
Debt
1910
The Taming of Jane
1910
Once Upon a Time
1910
Irony of Fate
1910
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
1910 · George Rand
Old Heads and Young Hearts
1910
The Call of the Circus
1910
A Game for Two
1910 · Clark, the Best Friend
A Reno Romance
1910 · Jack
The Eternal Triangle
1910 · The Dashing Young Count
The Doctor's Perfidy
1910
Two Men
1910 · The Tenderfoot
The New Shawl
1910 · Jacques
The Maelstrom
1910
The Rosary
1910
His Second Wife
1910
The Miser’s Daughter
1910
Transfusion
1910
The Stage Note
1910
The Time-Lock Safe
1910 · The Father
The Broken Oath
1910
Mother Love
1910
The Governor’s Pardon
1910 · The Man
Jane and the Stranger
1910 · The Stranger
The Blind Man’s Tact
1910
Justice in the Far North
1910 · King
The Tide of Fortune
1910
The Right of Love
1910
The Winning Punch
1910
The Awakening of Bess
1909 · Bess' Sweetheart
Love's Stratagem
1909 · The Boy
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