All Entries Tagged With: "William S. Hart"
P. Dempsey Tabler
Date of Birth: 23 November 1876 Birth Name: Perce Dempsey Tabler Height: 6′ (1.83 m) Mini Biography: By the time he did “The Son of Tarzan”, at age 41, the Tennessee athlete had four seasons of light opera, had produced films, starred in several of Thomas H. Ince’s Triangle productions, co-starred with William S. Hart [...]
Vola Vale
Date of Birth: 12 February 1897 Birth Name: Violet Irene Smith Mini Biography: Considered in her day to be one of the screen’s great beauties, Vola Vale was born born Violet Smith in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Rochester. As a youngster she appeared in amateur stage productions in Rochester, and at age [...]
Tom Mix
Date of Birth: 6 January 1880 Birth Name: Thomas Hezikiah Mix Height: 6′ (1.83 m) Mini Biography: The son of a lumberman, Tom Mix joined the army as a young man and was an artillery sergeant during the Philippine campaign from 1898 to 1901, though he never saw action. In fact, Mix deserted from the [...]
Bessie Love
Date of Birth: 10 September 1898 Birth Name: Juanita Horton Height: 5′ (1.52 m) Mini Biography: Bessie Love was born in Texas. Her cowboy father moved the family to Hollywood, where he became a chiropractor. As the family needed money, Bessie’s mother sent her to Biograph Studios, hoping she would become an actress. D.W. Griffith [...]
Buck Jones
Date of Birth: 12 December 1891 Birth Name: Charles Frederick Gebhart Height: 6′ (1.83 m) Mini Biography: One of the greatest of the B-Western stars. Although born in Indiana, (on December 12, 1891, not earlier as some sources have it) Jones reportedly (but disputedly) grew up on a ranch near Red Rock in Indian Territory [...]
Thomas H. Ince
Date of Birth: 6 November 1882 Birth Name: Thomas Harper Ince Mini Biography: Thomas H. Ince was born into a family of stage actors. He appeared on the stage at age six and then worked with a number of stock companies. He made his Broadway debut when he was 15. Vaudeville offered work for him, [...]
Lambert Hillyer
Date of Birth: 8 July 1889 Mini Biography: A former journalist who came from a show-business family–his mother was actress Lydia Knott–western specialist Lambert Hillyer entered films in 1917. After becoming a director, he soon teamed up with cowboy actor William S. Hart for a series of westerns that resulted in making Hart a star, [...]
Wyatt Earp
Date of Birth: 19 March 1848 Height: 6′ (1.83 m) Mini Biography: Wyatt Earp was a lawman, gambler, businessman, saloon owner and gunfighter of great repute in the American West. He had been a police officer in Wichita, KS, and later in Dodge City, KS, during the mid-1870s, after which he became a shotgun rider [...]