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William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies", "The Most Photographed Man in the World", and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon".
Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947, wrote 18 screenplays, and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including The Lie (1912), Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925), and The House of Scandal (1928). He also directed William S. Hart in his most …
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies", "The Most Photographed Man in the World", and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon". Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947, wrote 18 screenplays, and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including The Lie (1912), Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925), and The House of Scandal (1928). He also directed William S. Hart in his most famous western, Tumbleweeds (1925). Among his film appearances, Baggot was best known for The Scarlet Letter (1911), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), and Ivanhoe (1913). Baggot began his career on the stage, in a Shakespearean stock company, and toured throughout the U.S. While acting in stock in St. Louis in 1909, he was cast as supporting player in the Schubert touring production of The Wishing Ring. When The Wishing Ring closed in Chicago, Baggot returned to New York to join another company. Upon a chance meeting with Harry Solter, who was directing movies for Carl Laemmle at Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), he was persuaded to go with Solter to the studio. Baggot became interested in the fledgling industry and decided to turn picture player. His first film was the romance short The Awakening of Bess (1909) opposite Florence Lawrence. It was directed by Harry Solter, her husband, at IMP in Fort Lee, New Jersey. At a time when screen actors worked anonymously, Baggot and Lawrence became the first "movie stars" to be given billing, a marquee, and promotion in advertising. Baggot starred in at least 42 movies opposite Lawrence from 1909 to 1911. In the latter year, he starred in at least 16 movies with Mary Pickford. He also began writing screenplays and directing, all the while becoming a major star internationally. When he appeared "in person" at theatres he was mobbed at stage doors. By 1912, he was so famous that when he took the leading part in forming the prestigious Screen Club in New York, the first organization of its kind strictly for movie people, he was the natural choice for its first president. King Baggot died in Los Angeles, California in 1948, age 68. For his contributions to the film industry, Baggot received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. His star is located at 6312 Hollywood Boulevard.
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BODY OF WORK
King Baggot's Filmography
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
Merton of the Movies
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Bank Employee (uncredited)
The Secret Heart
as Man at Graduation Ceremony
Holiday in Mexico
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
Dangerous Partners
as Lunch Room Customer (uncredited)
Swing Fever
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Her Cardboard Lover
as Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Jackass Mail
as Old Miner
Fingers at the Window
as Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
Rio Rita
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Honky Tonk
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Big Store
as Store Employee (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Come Live with Me
as Doorman
The Philadelphia Story
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Gallant Sons
as Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited)
Bitter Sweet
as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
I Take This Woman
as Man in Subway (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
as Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
as Juror (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Opening Day
as Baseball Fan
Stablemates
as Bettor
Too Hot to Handle
as Reporter (uncredited)
Boys Town
as Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
as Nobleman at Court (uncredited)
Think It Over
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
That Mothers Might Live
as Passerby (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Detective (uncredited)
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Customs Official (uncredited)
It May Happen to You
as Man in Hospital (uncredited)
Parnell
as Man in Office
Torture Money
as False Accident Witness (uncredited)
Mad Holiday
as Film Director (uncredited)
Sworn Enemy
as Accident Witness (uncredited)
The Devil-Doll
as Detective Pierre (uncredited)
San Francisco
as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Chemistry Professor
A Night at the Opera
as Dignitary (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
as Druggist
Chinatown Squad
as Patrol Wagon Guard
The Call of the Savage
as Dr. Pierce
Mississippi
as Gambler (uncredited)
No Poster
Sweepstake Annie
as Motion Picture Studio Executive (uncredited)
A Notorious Gentleman
as Police Sergeant
Father Brown, Detective
as Priest (uncredited)
Cheating Cheaters
as Official (uncredited)
Romance in the Rain
as Milton McGillicuddy
The Red Rider
as Townsman
Beloved
as Second Doctor
I Loved a Woman
as Banker (uncredited)
The Death Kiss
as Al Payne
Afraid to Talk
as Police Officer (uncredited)
The Big Flash
as Hinkle
What Price Hollywood?
as Department Head (uncredited)
Police Court
as Harry Field
Girl of the Rio
as Maitre d'hotel, Purple Pigeon Cafe
Graft
as Ship's Captain
Sweepstakes
as Mike - Weber's Trainer
The Bad Sister
as Policeman on Street (uncredited)
Once a Gentleman
as Van Warner
The Czar of Broadway
The Thrill Chaser
as Himself - Cameo
The Butterfly Girl
as H.H. Van Horn
The Girl in the Taxi
as Maj. Frederick Smith
The Forbidden Thing
as Dave
The Dwelling Place of Light
as Brooks Insall
Life's Twist
as Jim Sargent
The Cheater
as Lord Asgarby
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
The Hawk's Trail
as Sheldon Steele/The Hawk
The Man Who Stayed at Home
as Christopher Brent
No Poster
Building for Democracy
as The Husband
Kildare of Storm
as Basil Kildare
The Eagle's Eye
as Harrison Grant
No Poster
Mission of the War Chest
as Self
No Poster
The Silent Stranger
as The Silent Stranger
The Man from Nowhere
as James Herron
Half a Rogue
as Richard Warrington
The Suburban
as Donald Gordon
No Poster
The Marble Heart
as Raphael / Phidias
No Poster
The Great Universal Mystery
as Himself
Absinthe
as Jean Dumas
Ivanhoe
as Wilfred of Ivanhoe
No Poster
The Wanderer
as The Shepherd
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Up Against It
as Amos Bentley
A Cave Man Wooing
as George - the 'Sissy' Hero
No Poster
Shamus O'Brien
as Shamus O'Brien
No Poster
Over the Hills
as Wayne Holland
The Better Way
as Louis Perry - a Reformed Crook
The Rose's Story
as Gerald Kinney
No Poster
The Call of the Song
as Hugh Norton
No Poster
Science
as Dr. Crawford
No Poster
At a Quarter of Two
as Dan Nolan - the Burglar
For the Queen's Honor
as The King
In the Sultan's Garden
as Lt. Robbins
No Poster
A Game of Deception
No Poster
The Master and the Man
as Basil King
No Poster
The Fair Dentist
as Dental Patient
The Temptress
as Gilbert Irving
No Poster
Second Sight
as Tom Mooreland
The Scarlet Letter
as Reverend Dimmesdale
No Poster
While There is hope, There is Life
as Alfred King
No Poster
The Wife’s Awakening
as Enoch Harrington
Sweet Memories
as Edward Jackson
No Poster
The Secret of the Palm
as Cecil Abbott
No Poster
Tracked
as Roger Densmore
No Poster
Pictureland
as Pablo
No Poster
At the Duke's Command
as Edward, the Duke's Nephew
The Mirror
No Poster
The Count of Montebello
as Percy
No Poster
All the World’s a Stage
No Poster
Pressed Roses
No Poster
Debt
No Poster
The Taming of Jane
No Poster
Once Upon a Time
No Poster
Irony of Fate
No Poster
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
as George Rand
No Poster
Old Heads and Young Hearts
No Poster
The Call of the Circus
No Poster
A Game for Two
as Clark, the Best Friend
No Poster
A Reno Romance
as Jack
No Poster
The Eternal Triangle
as The Dashing Young Count
No Poster
The Doctor's Perfidy
No Poster
Two Men
as The Tenderfoot
No Poster
The New Shawl
as Jacques
No Poster
The Maelstrom
No Poster
The Rosary
No Poster
His Second Wife
No Poster
The Miser’s Daughter
No Poster
Transfusion
No Poster
The Stage Note
No Poster
The Time-Lock Safe
as The Father
No Poster
The Broken Oath
No Poster
Mother Love
No Poster
The Governor’s Pardon
as The Man
No Poster
Jane and the Stranger
as The Stranger
No Poster
The Blind Man’s Tact
No Poster
Justice in the Far North
as King
No Poster
The Tide of Fortune
No Poster
The Right of Love
No Poster
The Winning Punch
No Poster
The Awakening of Bess
as Bess' Sweetheart
Love's Stratagem
as The Boy