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Tom Forman
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Tom Forman (February 22, 1893 – November 7, 1926) was an American motion picture actor, director, writer, and producer of the early 1920s.
Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and director. Forman directed Lon Chaney's Shadows (1922), but his biggest achievement was realised directing the second screen version of Owen Wister's The Virginian (1923). After his career faltered, he was reduced to working on cheap Poverty Row melodramas. Forman is also known for his work with Edith Taliaferro in Young Romance.
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Tom Forman (February 22, 1893 – November 7, 1926) was an American motion picture actor, director, writer, and producer of the early 1920s. Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and director. Forman directed Lon Chaney's Shadows (1922), but his biggest achievement was realised directing the second screen version of Owen Wister's The Virginian (1923). After his career faltered, he was reduced to working on cheap Poverty Row melodramas. Forman is also known for his work with Edith Taliaferro in Young Romance. Forman was set to direct the Columbia film The Wreck, which was to start shooting on November 8, 1926. However, on the evening of November 7 Forman died by suicide, by shooting himself through the heart at his parents' home in Venice, California. Adela Rogers St. Johns based the character of Maximillan Carey in her original story for What Price Hollywood? (1932) on Forman. He was a cousin of silent screen star Madge Bellamy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Devil’s Dice
White Shoulders
as Robert Lee Pitman - Virginia's Brother
The Round-Up
as Jack Payson
The Sea Wolf
as Humphrey Van Weyden
The Tree of Knowledge
as Brian
Told in the Hills
as Charles Stuart
The Heart of Youth
as Russ Prendergast
No Poster
Louisiana
For Better, for Worse
as Richard Burton
Hashimura Togo
as Dr. Garland
Forbidden Paths
as Harry Maxwell
Her Strange Wedding
as Lee Brownell
The Jaguar's Claws
as Harry Knowles
The Cost of Hatred
as Ned Amory
Those Without Sin
as Bob Wallace
On Record
as Rand Calder
No Poster
The American Consul
as Geoffrey Daniels
No Poster
The Evil Eye
as Leonard Sheldon
The Yellow Pawn
as Philip Grant
No Poster
Public Opinion
as Phillip Carson
The Clown
as Bob Hunter
No Poster
The Thousand-Dollar Husband
as Douglas Gordon
To Have and to Hold
as Lord Carnal
The Ragamuffin
as Bob Van Dyke
The Unknown
as First Private
Chimmie Fadden Out West
as Antoine
Out of the Darkness
as Tom Jameson
The Woman
as Tom Blake
The Marriage of Kitty
as Jack Churchill
The Puppet Crown
as Lieutenant Von Mitter
No Poster
Kindling
as Dr. Taylor
Chimmie Fadden
as Antoine, Butler-Thief
The Wild Goose Chase
as Bob Randall
A Gentleman of Leisure
as Sir Spencer Dreever
Young Romance
as Tom Clancy
Virtue Its Own Reward
as Seadley Swaine