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William S. Hart
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Surrey Hart, W. S. Hart, W.S. Hart
American actor, film director (1864–1946)
Film & TV
Newburgh, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Decasia: The State of Decay — Self - Cowboy (archive footage)2002
- It's Showtime — Self (archive footage)1976
- The Great Chase1962
- The Legend of Rudolph Valentino — Self (archive footage)1961
- Yesterday and Today — (archive footage)1953
- Variety Time — Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)1948
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 — Self (uncredited)1941
- The Hollywood Gad-About — Self (uncredited)1934
- Stars of Yesterday — Self1931
- The House That Shadows Built — (archive footage)1931
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Hart
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newburgh
- Place of death
- Newhall
- Spouse
- Winifred Westover
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- silent film
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- Williamshart.jpg
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- Commons category
- William S. Hart
- place of burial
- Green-Wood Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1864-12-06
- date of death
- 1946-06-23
- owner of
- Spahn Ranch
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- related category
- Category:Films directed by William S. Hart
- start of work period
- 1888-00-00
- birth name
- William Surrey Hart
- pseudonym
- Two-Gun Bill
- different from
- William Hart
- writing language
- English language
- end of work period
- 1941-00-00
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