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Born · March 20, 1880
Died · January 20, 1971 (90 years old)
Known For: Directing
Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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.
Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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The Man in the Cantina
5.8
1965
Self
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1964
Self (archive footage)
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1961
Business Man (uncredited)
5.0
1941
Self - from 'The Great Train Robbery' (archive footage)
3.5
1939
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1933
Self
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1931
Bill Hinchley
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1922
Bill
5.0
1919
Jack / Jim
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1919
Broncho Billy
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1918
Broncho Billy Adair
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1917
John Stone
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1916
The Book Agent
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1916
The Capitalist
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1916
Broncho Billy / Santa Claus
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1915
Broncho Billy
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1915
The Indian
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1915
Broncho Billy
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1915
The Young Man
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1915
Frank Potter
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1915
Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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The Husband
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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The Convict
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The Landowner
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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The Husband
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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The Bachelor
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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The Sweetheart
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Broncho Billy
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The Husband
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Broncho Billy
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The Bachelor
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1915
Tom
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1915
The Artist
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1915
Broncho Billy
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1915
The Regenerate
4.2
1915
The Husband
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1915
The Burglar
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1915
The Burglar
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1915
Andy of the Royal Mounted
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1915
Ingomar
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1915
The Outlaw
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The Outlaw
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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Broocho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
4.7
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Broncho Billy
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Gilbert Sterling
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1914
Broncho Billy
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Jim Barton
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1914
Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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Rough Neck
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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1913
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The Sheriff
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1913
Dr. Sharp
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Broncho Billy
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Dr. Roland White
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Broncho Billy
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Dr. Sharp
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1913
Broncho Billy
5.0
1913
Mr. Orr, a Government Assayist
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Broncho Billy
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5.0
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Broncho Billy
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1912
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Broncho Billy
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Broncho Billy
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1912
Broncho Billy
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1912
Dave Price
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1912
4.0
1912
An Indian
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1912
Broncho Billy
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1912
Jack Reed
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1912
Bill Dunham - Ranch Foreman
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1912
Broncho Billy
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1912
Broncho Billy
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1912
Broncho Billy
4.5
1912
Broncho Billy
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1912
Bart McGrew
4.3
1912
Brant Graham
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1912
Triggerless Jim Burrows
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1912
Broncho Billy
5.0
1912
Jim Andrews
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy
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1912
Tom Jackson
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1912
Bob Knight
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1912
Broncho Billy
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1912
Sam Hardy
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1912
Bart Darrow
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1912
Jim Andrews - Foreman of the Ranch
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1912
Broncho Billy
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1912
Jim Morris
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1912
Walter Johnson
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1912
The Arizona Kid
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1912
Jim Durkin
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1912
Broncho Billy
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1912
The Indian
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1912
Buck Brady
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1912
Pasquale
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1912
Broncho Billy
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1912
Bob Farco
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1912
Barnes
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1912
Broncho Billy
4.0
1912
Bill Simpson
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1912
Tom Fleming
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1912
Broncho Billy
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1912
The Deputy
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1912
Broncho Billy
4.5
1912
Bob Graham
0.0
1912
Tom Harper
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1912
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy
4.0
1911
Broncho Billy
4.5
1911
Steve
4.2
1911
One of Hubby's Friends
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1911
Jack King
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1911
Buck Stevens
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1911
Tom Phelps
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1911
Rev. Small
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1911
Tom
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1911
Tom Percival
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1911
Broncho Bill
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1911
Steve Jameson
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1911
Jim Logan
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1911
Jim Reed - an Outlaw
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1911
Grey Deer
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1911
Silas Strong
0.0
1911
Tom Patterson
0.0
1911
Broncho Bill
0.0
1911
Spike Shannon
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1911
Spike Shannon
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1911
Jack Manley
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1911
Jack Harvey
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1911
Jack Mason
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1911
Walker - the Backwoodsman
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1911
Gerald Todds
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1911
Gilbert Randall
0.0
1911
Gray Wolf
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1911
Jack
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1911
Broncho Billy
0.0
1911
George Maxwell
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1911
Harvey Barton
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1911
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1911
Frank Mills
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1911
Revered Warren Addington
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1911
Bad Man Dan Quigley
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1911
The Cowboy
0.0
1911
Sheriff Will Phelps
0.0
1911
Will Talbot
0.0
1911
Sherwin Wells
0.0
1911
Frank Carpenter
0.0
1911
Dan Warrington
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1911
Harry Perkins
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1911
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1911
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1911
The Border Ranger
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1911
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1911
Halsted
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1910
Andy Carson
3.5
1910
0.0
1910
Frank Morrison
0.0
1910
4.0
1910
Hal Martin
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1910
The Doctor
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1910
Big Bill Hastings
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1910
Cal Evans
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1910
Jack Smythe
0.0
1910
Pete the Coyote
0.0
1910
Curt, the Sheriff
4.0
1910
Dick Martin
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1910
Bullets Brown
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1910
Jim Allison
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1910
The Referee
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1910
Jack Sherwood
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1910
Milton Rodd
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1910
Bob Dean
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1910
The Half-Breed
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1910
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1910
Jack Hartley
0.0
1910
A Cowboy
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1910
Broncho Billy
3.0
1910
The New Sheriff
0.0
1910
Harry Forsyth
0.0
1910
Bartwell
0.0
1910
The Bad Man
4.5
1910
Deputy Marshal Charles Wentworth
0.0
1910
3.0
1910
The Doctor
0.0
1910
A Dying Miner
3.5
1910
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1910
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1910
Walt Rooney, Convict No. 999
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1910
Jesse Farson
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1910
Innocent Cowboy
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1910
James Smyth
0.0
1910
A Texas Ranger / The 'Bride'
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1910
Frank Wendell
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1910
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1910
Ross White
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1910
Pedestrian with Seltzer Bottle
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1910
Robert Graham
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1910
Jack Tyler
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1910
The Mexican
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1910
Tom Ripley, a Cowboy
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1910
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1910
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1910
Old Rancher
0.0
1910
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0.0
1910
0.0
1910
Honest Steve
3.5
1909
Tom 'Bud' Wilson
4.0
1909
Jim Watson
4.0
1909
Tom Carlton
1.0
1909
3.0
1909
3.5
1909
1.0
1909
1.5
1909
3.5
1909
2.0
1909
The Sheriff
1.5
1909
3.0
1909
3.5
1909
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0.0
1909
3.5
1908
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3.0
1908
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1907
0.0
1907
Last Train Wrecker
5.0
1905
Sherlock Holmes
3.0
1905
0.0
1904
0.0
1904
Bandit / Shot Passenger / Tenderfoot Dancer (uncredited)
7.0
1903
5.1
1903
Messenger Boy
4.2
1903