Person Details

Birthday: 1883-01-10 05:45:04

Death: 1966-08-23 05:45:04

Aliases: Francis Xavier Bushman , King of the Movies

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Movie Involvements: 54

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 – August 23, 1966) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. His matinee idol career started in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife, but it did not survive the silent screen era. Bushman, like many of his contemporaries, broke into the film business via the stage. He was performing at Broncho Billy Anderson's Essanay Studios in Chicago, Illinois, where he was first noticed for his muscular, sculpted frame. He appeared in nearly 200 feature film roles—more than 175 films before 1920, and 17 in his screen debut year of 1911 alone. He also worked for the Vitagraph studio before signing with Metro in 1915. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis Xavier Bushman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Perry Mason
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) Philip
Dr. Kildare
Average
6

Dr. Kildare

(1961) Mr. Cooper
This Is Your Life
Average
6

This Is Your Life

(1952) Self
David and Bathsheba
Average
6

David and Bathsheba

(1951) King Saul (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Average
7
The Bad and the Beautiful
Average
7

The Bad and the Beautiful

(1952) Eulogist (uncredited)
The Phantom Planet
Average
4

The Phantom Planet

(1961) Sessom
The Story of Mankind
Average
5

The Story of Mankind

(1957) Moses

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self (archival footage)
1994 Self
1972 Self (archive footage)
1966 Malcolm
Mr. Van Jones
1961 Sessom
Mr. Cooper
1960 Secretary General of the International Space Order
Self
1959 N/A
1958 N/A
N/A
1957 Moses
Courtney Jeffers
Philip
Lawrence King
N/A
1954 Mr. Tyson
1953 Philip Vandermoot
Abgarus
1952 Eulogist (uncredited)
Self
Commissioner Latham
1951 Max
King Saul (uncredited)
Himself
1948 Self
1944 (archive footage)
1942 Creditor
Self (archive footage)
1941 Himself
1937 Chief Clive Anderson
1936 Frank - Director, Desert Scene
1933 (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932 President Orloff
Bart Travis
1931 'Buddy' Courtland
1930 N/A
Canby
N/A
1928 Jim Logan
John Caswell
Belgrano
1927 Henry Desmond
George Washington
Gen. Dostal
1926 Barry Townsend
1925 Messala
Grover
1918 Vantyne Carter
Peter Warburton
Warren Dexter
1917 John Spaulding
Two Gun Carter
William Montgomery Strong
1916 Romeo
Dick Stansbury
Sgt. John Kendall
Ralph Everly
1915 Franklyn Starr
Lt. Col. Miles Anstruther
Alexander H. Pike
Grenfall Lorry
Count Jean de Lugnan
Jimmy Rodgers
1914 The Matinee Idol
Frank Melbourne
Craig Ewell
Richard Savage
Jack Wilton
Richard Hasbrook
The Red-Haired Man
The Beau
Pietro Delani, a Blind Musician
Frank Maxwell
John Martin
1913 Frank Davenport - The Young Man
Frank Robinson
Jack Hanney
1912 Jim O'Brien
1911 John Lincoln (or Francis, her dream prince)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1916 Director
Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1916 Scenario Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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