Birthday
1864/12/06
Day of death
1946/06/23 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Newburgh, New York, USA
Also know as
William Surrey Hart, Two-Gun Bill, W.S. Hart, Wm. S. Hart, Wm. S Hart
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 p...Read more
(1923) Hollywood
as William S. Hart
(1953) Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
(1914) His Hour of Manhood
as Pete Larson
(1914) Jim Cameron's Wife
as Andy Stiles
(1915) Pinto Ben
as Boss Rider
(1915) The Roughneck
as Dave Page
(1915) The Scourge of the Desert
as Bill Evers
(1915) Mr. 'Silent' Haskins
as Lon Haskins
(1914) Two-Gun Hicks
as Two-Gun Hicks
(1915) The Grudge
as Rio Ed
(1915) The Conversion of Frosty Blake
as Frosty Blake
(1915) Cash Parrish's Pal
as Cash Parrish
(1916) The Devil's Double
as 'Bowie' Blake
(1915) Grit
as ---
(1918) The Border Wireless
as Steve Ransom
(1918) A Lion of the Hills
as ---
(1918) Staking His Life
as Bud Randall
(1961) The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(1931) Stars of Yesterday
as Self
(1916) Hell's Hinges
as Blaze Tracy
(1925) Tumbleweeds
as Don Carver
(1917) The Narrow Trail
as Ice Harding
(1916) The Return of Draw Egan
as 'Draw' Egan aka William Blake
(1920) Sand
as Dan Kurrie
(1921) The Whistle
as Robert Evans
(1920) The Toll Gate
as Black Deering
(1919) Wagon Tracks
as Buckskin Hamilton
(1914) The Bargain
as Jim Stokes
(1917) The Cold Deck
as Jefferson "On the Level" Leigh
(1915) Keno Bates, Liar
as Keno Bates
(1915) The Ruse
as 'Bat' Peters
(1920) The Cradle of Courage
as 'Square' Kelly
(1922) Travelin' On
as J.B., The Stranger
(1915) The Taking of Luke McVane
as Luke McVane
(1917) The Silent Man
as Budd Marr
(1918) Shark Monroe
as Shark Monroe
(1916) Between Men
as Bob White
(1915) On the Night Stage
as Texas
(1915) Knight of the Trail
as Jim Treen
(1916) The Dawn Maker
as Joe Elk
(1915) The Darkening Trail
as Yukon Ed
(1921) Three Word Brand
as Three Word Brand / Governor Marsden / Ben Trego
(1918) 'Blue Blazes' Rawden
as Blue Blazes Rawden
(1921) White Oak
as Oak Miller, a gambling man
(1917) The Gun Fighter
as Cliff Hudspeth
(1923) Wild Bill Hickok
as Wild Bill Hickok
(1916) The Captive God
as Chiapa
(1915) The Disciple
as Jim Houston
(1917) All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
as ---
(1915) Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
as Bad Buck Peters
(1915) Tools of Providence
as Steve Blake
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Himself
(1948) Variety Time
as Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1917) The Square Deal Man
as Jack O'Diamonds
(1915) The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow
as Sheriff Hale
(1916) The Aryan
as Steve Denton
(1928) Show People
as Self (uncredited)
(1918) Branding Broadway
as Robert Sands
(1917) The Desert Man
as Jim Alton
(1920) The Testing Block
as 'Sierra' Bill
(1934) The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
(1924) Hello, 'Frisco
as William S. Hart
(1918) Wolves of the Rail
as 'Buck' Andrade
(1918) The Tiger Man
as Hawk Parsons
(1921) O'Malley of the Mounted
as Sergeant O'Malley
(1919) Breed of Men
as Careless Carmody
(1924) Singer Jim Mckee
as 'Singer' Jim McKee
(1918) Selfish Yates
as 'Selfish' Yates
(1917) Wolf Lowry
as Tom 'Wolf' Lowry
(1919) Square Deal Sanderson
as Square Deal Sanderson
(1919) John Petticoats
as 'Hardwood' John Haynes
(1918) Riddle Gawne
as Jefferson 'Riddle' Gawne
(1917) Truthful Tulliver
as Truthful Tulliver
(1931) The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1915) The Man from Nowhere
as "Buck" Farley
(1976) It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1914) In the Sage Brush Country
as Jim Brandon
(1919) The Poppy Girl's Husband
as Hairpin Harry Dutton
(1916) The Patriot
as Bob Wiley
(1919) The Money Corral
as Lem Beason
(1916) The Apostle of Vengeance
as David Hudson
(1916) The Primal Lure
as Angus McConnell