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Gilbert M. Anderson
Born · March 20, 1880
Died · January 20, 1971 (90 years old)
Known For: Directing
Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Bio
Born in 1880, ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson is considered the first western film star. He played three film roles in “The Great Train Robbery” and then began to write, direct and act in his own films. After co-founding the Essanay Studios in 1907 with George Kirk Spoor, Anderson appeared in some 300 short films. But it was his 148 western shorts playing cowboy Bronco Billy that made him a star. He retired for the first time in 1916 but made a few comebacks, including producing movies into the 1950s for his company, Progressive Pictures. He received an honorary Oscar in 1958 as a “motion picture pioneer.” Anderson came out of retirement one more time for a cameo in 1965’s “The Bounty Hunter.” He died at age of 90 1971.
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2017
Smash His Camera
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2010
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
(archive footage)
0.0
2000
The Bounty Killer
The Man in the Cantina
5.8
1965
Hollywood and the Stars
Self
0.0
1964
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1961
Life with Henry
Business Man (uncredited)
5.0
1941
The Movies March On
Self - from 'The Great Train Robbery' (archive footage)
3.5
1939
The Film Parade
(archive footage) (uncredited)
0.0
1933
Stars of Yesterday
Self
0.0
1931
The Greater Duty
Bill Hinchley
0.0
1922
The Son-of-a-Gun
Bill
5.0
1919
Red Blood and Yellow
Jack / Jim
0.0
1919
Shootin' Mad
Broncho Billy
0.0
1918
Humanity
Broncho Billy Adair
0.0
1917
The Man in Him
John Stone
0.0
1916
The Book Agent's Romance
The Book Agent
0.0
1916
Her Lesson
The Capitalist
0.0
1916
A Christmas Revenge
Broncho Billy / Santa Claus
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy's Love Affair
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
The Indian's Narrow Escape
The Indian
0.0
1915
The Escape of Broncho Billy
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Wine, Women and Song
The Young Man
0.0
1915
Too Much Turkey
Frank Potter
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy's Cowardly Brother
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy Evens Matters
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy's Parents
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Suppressed Evidence
The Husband
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy, Sheepman
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy Misled
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
The Convict's Threat
The Convict
0.0
1915
An Unexpected Romance
The Landowner
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Lumber King
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy Begins Life Anew
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Her Return
The Husband
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy's Marriage
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy Steps In
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy's Protégé
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
The Bachelor's Baby
The Bachelor
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy Well Repaid
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
The Little Prospector
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Her Realization
The Sweetheart
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
The Wealth of the Poor
The Husband
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy's Word of Honor
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
The Bachelor's Burglar
The Bachelor
0.0
1915
The Revenue Agent
Tom
0.0
1915
The Other Girl
The Artist
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy's Teachings
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
His Regeneration
The Regenerate
4.2
1915
The Tie That Binds
The Husband
0.0
1915
His Wife's Secret
The Burglar
0.0
1915
The Face at the Curtain
The Burglar
0.0
1915
Andy of the Royal Mounted
Andy of the Royal Mounted
0.0
1915
Ingomar of the Hills
Ingomar
0.0
1915
The Outlaw's Awakening
The Outlaw
0.0
1915
The Western Way
The Outlaw
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy's Vengeance
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy's Brother
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy's Sentence
Broncho Billy
5.0
1915
Broncho Billy's Greaser Deputy
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the False Note
Broncho Billy
6.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Baby
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
When Love and Honor Called
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Sisters
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Claim Jumpers
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Escaped Bandit
Broncho Billy
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Christmas Spirit
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Dad
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Judgment
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Double Escape
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Scheme
Broocho Billy
0.0
1914
The Tell-Tale Hand
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Decision
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Mission
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Mother
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy -- Favorite
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy Rewarded
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Greaser
Broncho Billy
4.7
1914
Broncho Billy Trapped
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
The Strategy of Broncho Billy's Sweetheart
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy Butts In
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Indian Romance
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy Wins Out
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Fatal Joke
Broncho Billy
5.0
1914
The Squatter's Gal
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Gambler
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy Puts One Over
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Punishment
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Jealousy
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy, Outlaw
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
The Good-for-Nothing
Gilbert Sterling
5.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Duty
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Red Riding Hood of the Hills
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Leap
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Sermon
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Close Call
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy -- Gun-Man
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Rattler
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
The Treachery of Broncho Billy's Pal
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Cunning
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's True Love
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
The Inference of Broncho Billy
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
The Calling of Jim Barton
Jim Barton
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Settler's Daughter
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Red Man
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
A Night on the Road
Rough Neck
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy-Guardian
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Snakeville's New Doctor
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
The Redemption of Broncho Billy
Broncho Billy
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Christmas Deed
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
The Three Gamblers
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Squareness
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's First Arrest
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
The New Schoolmarm of Green River
The Sheriff
0.0
1913
The Wheels of Safety
Dr. Sharp
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Secret
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
The Doctor's Duty
Dr. Roland White
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Elopement
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy Gets Square
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Oath
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
The Struggle
Dr. Sharp
0.0
1913
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
Broncho Billy
5.0
1913
The Redeemed Claim
Mr. Orr, a Government Assayist
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy Reforms
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Conscience
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
A Western Sister's Devotion
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Mistake
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
The Man in the Cabin
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Navajo Maid
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
The Tenderfoot Sheriff
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmam's Sweetheart
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
Broncho Billy
5.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Strategy
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
The Ranch Feud
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Capture
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Express Rider
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Grit
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
The Crazy Prospector
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Rustler's Child
Broncho Billy
5.0
1913
The Accusation of Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Reason
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Way
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Sister
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Step-Sisters
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
The Influence on Broncho Billy
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Last Deed
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Ward
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
The Making of Broncho Billy
Broncho Billy
5.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Gun Play
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Brother
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Outlaw's Mother
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Maid
Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
The Reward for Broncho Billy
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Promise
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Love Affair
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
Western Girls
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Heart
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
An Indian's Friendship
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
The Ranch Girl's Trial
Dave Price
0.0
1912
The Tomboy on Bar Z
4.0
1912
An Indian Sunbeam
An Indian
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy Outwitted
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
The Tenderfoot Foreman
Jack Reed
0.0
1912
The Ranchman's Trust
Bill Dunham - Ranch Foreman
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy for Sheriff
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Escapade
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Last Hold-Up
Broncho Billy
4.5
1912
Broncho Billy's Pal
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
A Wife of the Hills
Bart McGrew
4.3
1912
The Smuggler's Daughter
Brant Graham
0.0
1912
A Story of Montana
Triggerless Jim Burrows
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
Broncho Billy
5.0
1912
On the Cactus Trail
Jim Andrews
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
A Moonshiner's Heart
Tom Jackson
0.0
1912
The Foreman's Cousin
Bob Knight
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Gratitude
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
Western Hearts
Sam Hardy
0.0
1912
A Child of the Purple Sage
Bart Darrow
0.0
1912
On El Monte Ranch
Jim Andrews - Foreman of the Ranch
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Bible
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
The Desert Sweetheart
Jim Morris
0.0
1912
A Western Legacy
Walter Johnson
0.0
1912
The Sheriff and His Man
The Arizona Kid
0.0
1912
The Dead Man's Claim
Jim Durkin
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy and the Bandits
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
The Indian and the Child
The Indian
0.0
1912
The Cattle King's Daughter
Buck Brady
0.0
1912
Under Mexican Skies
Pasquale
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy and the Girl
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
A Road Agent's Love
Bob Farco
0.0
1912
An Arizona Escapade
Barnes
0.0
1912
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
Broncho Billy
4.0
1912
The Deputy's Love Affair
Bill Simpson
0.0
1912
The Bandit's Child
Tom Fleming
0.0
1912
The Ranch Girl's Mistake
Broncho Billy
0.0
1912
The Deputy and the Girl
The Deputy
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
Broncho Billy
4.5
1912
The Oath of His Office
Bob Graham
0.0
1912
The Sheepman's Escape
Tom Harper
0.0
1912
A Child of the West
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Adventure
Broncho Billy
4.0
1911
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
Broncho Billy
4.5
1911
The Cowboy Coward
Steve
4.2
1911
Hubby's Scheme
One of Hubby's Friends
0.0
1911
The Girl Back East
Jack King
0.0
1911
Outlaw Deputy
Buck Stevens
0.0
1911
Outwitting Papa
Tom Phelps
0.0
1911
The Forester's Plea
Rev. Small
0.0
1911
A Western Redemption
Tom
0.0
1911
The Stage Driver's Daughter
Tom Percival
0.0
1911
Town Hall, Tonight
Broncho Bill
0.0
1911
The Sheriff's Decision
Steve Jameson
0.0
1911
The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
Jim Logan
0.0
1911
The Power of Good
Jim Reed - an Outlaw
0.0
1911
An Indian's Sacrifice
Grey Deer
0.0
1911
The Millionaire and the Squatter
Silas Strong
0.0
1911
The Puncher's Law
Tom Patterson
0.0
1911
Broncho Bill's Last Spree
Broncho Bill
0.0
1911
A Western Girl's Sacrifice
Spike Shannon
0.0
1911
Spike Shannon's Last Fight
Spike Shannon
0.0
1911
A Pal's Oath
Jack Manley
0.0
1911
The Two Fugitives
Jack Harvey
0.0
1911
The Outlaw Samaritan
Jack Mason
0.0
1911
The Backwoodsman's Suspicion
Walker - the Backwoodsman
0.0
1911
The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
Gerald Todds
0.0
1911
At the Break of Dawn
Gilbert Randall
0.0
1911
The Tribe's Penalty
Gray Wolf
0.0
1911
Forgiven in Death
Jack
0.0
1911
The Infant at Snakeville
Broncho Billy
0.0
1911
The Lucky Card
George Maxwell
0.0
1911
The Puncher's New Love
Harvey Barton
0.0
1911
The Bunco Game at Lizardhead
0.0
1911
What a Woman Can Do
Frank Mills
0.0
1911
The Indian Maiden's Lesson
Revered Warren Addington
0.0
1911
The Bad Man's First Prayer
Bad Man Dan Quigley
0.0
1911
Across the Plains
The Cowboy
0.0
1911
The Sheriff's Chum
Sheriff Will Phelps
0.0
1911
The Faithful Indian
Will Talbot
0.0
1911
The Romance on 'Bar O'
Sherwin Wells
0.0
1911
The Cattleman's Daughter
Frank Carpenter
0.0
1911
The Outlaw and the Child
Dan Warrington
0.0
1911
The Bad Man's Downfall
Harry Perkins
0.0
1911
Carmenita the Faithful
0.0
1911
The Two Reformations
0.0
1911
The Border Ranger
The Border Ranger
0.0
1911
The Count and the Cowboys
0.0
1911
A Gambler of the West
Halsted
0.0
1910
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift
Andy Carson
3.5
1910
The Tenderfoot Messenger
0.0
1910
A Cowboy's Vindication
Frank Morrison
0.0
1910
Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present
4.0
1910
The Little Prospector
Hal Martin
0.0
1910
The Marked Trail
The Doctor
0.0
1910
A Westerner's Way
Big Bill Hastings
0.0
1910
The Silent Message
Cal Evans
0.0
1910
Pals of the Range
Jack Smythe
0.0
1910
A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
Pete the Coyote
0.0
1910
The Bearded Bandit
Curt, the Sheriff
4.0
1910
Patricia of the Plains
Dick Martin
0.0
1910
The Tout's Remembrance
Bullets Brown
0.0
1910
The Pony Express Rider
Jim Allison
0.0
1910
He Met the Champion
The Referee
0.0
1910
An Indian Girl's Love
Jack Sherwood
0.0
1910
The Millionaire and the Ranch Girl
Milton Rodd
0.0
1910
The Deputy's Love
Bob Dean
0.0
1910
The Dumb Half Breed's Defense
The Half-Breed
0.0
1910
The Count That Counted
0.0
1910
The Girl on Triple X
Jack Hartley
0.0
1910
Under Western Skies
A Cowboy
0.0
1910
Broncho Billy's Redemption
Broncho Billy
3.0
1910
The Desperado
The New Sheriff
0.0
1910
Trailed to the Hills
Harry Forsyth
0.0
1910
The Unknown Claim
Bartwell
0.0
1910
The Bad Man's Last Deed
The Bad Man
4.5
1910
The Forest Ranger
Deputy Marshal Charles Wentworth
0.0
1910
The Bandit's Wife
3.0
1910
The Ranchman's Feud
The Doctor
0.0
1910
Away Out West
A Dying Miner
3.5
1910
The Brother, Sister and the Cowpuncher
0.0
1910
The Little Doctor of the Foothills
0.0
1910
The Cowpuncher's Ward
0.0
1910
The Sheriff's Sacrifice
0.0
1910
A Vein of Gold
Walt Rooney, Convict No. 999
0.0
1910
The Cowboy's Sweetheart
Jesse Farson
0.0
1910
The Mistaken Bandit
Innocent Cowboy
0.0
1910
The Bad Man and the Preacher
James Smyth
0.0
1910
The Ranger's Bride
A Texas Ranger / The 'Bride'
0.0
1910
The Flower of the Ranch
Frank Wendell
0.0
1910
A Ranchman's Wooing
0.0
1910
The Girl and the Fugitive
Ross White
0.0
1910
Method in His Madness
Pedestrian with Seltzer Bottle
0.0
1910
The Fence on 'Bar Z' Ranch
Robert Graham
0.0
1910
The Ranch Girl's Legacy
Jack Tyler
0.0
1910
The Mexican's Faith
The Mexican
0.0
1910
The Cowboy and the Squaw
Tom Ripley, a Cowboy
0.0
1910
Western Chivalry
0.0
1910
The Outlaw's Sacrifice
0.0
1910
Won by a Hold-Up
Old Rancher
0.0
1910
Electric Insoles
0.0
1910
Trail to the West
0.0
1910
A Western Maid
0.0
1910
The Heart of a Cowboy
Honest Steve
3.5
1909
The Spanish Girl
Tom 'Bud' Wilson
4.0
1909
The Ranchman's Rival
Jim Watson
4.0
1909
His Reformation
Tom Carlton
1.0
1909
Judgment
3.0
1909
The Best Man Wins
3.5
1909
A Maid of the Mountains
1.0
1909
The Black Sheep
1.5
1909
Ten Nights in a Barroom
3.5
1909
The Indian Trailer
2.0
1909
A Mexican's Gratitude
The Sheriff
1.5
1909
A Tale of the West
3.0
1909
The Road Agents
3.5
1909
Shanghaied
0.0
1909
Tag Day
0.0
1909
The Bandit Makes Good
3.5
1908
The Baseball Fan
0.0
1908
The Life of an American Cowboy
3.0
1908
The Bandit King
0.0
1907
Western Justice
0.0
1907
The Train Wreckers
Last Train Wrecker
5.0
1905
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
3.0
1905
Western Stage Coach Hold Up
0.0
1904
A Brush Between Cowboys and Indians
0.0
1904
The Great Train Robbery
Bandit / Shot Passenger / Tenderfoot Dancer (uncredited)
7.0
1903
What Happened in the Tunnel
5.1
1903
The Messenger Boy's Mistake
Messenger Boy
4.2
1903