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King Baggot
Born · November 6, 1879
Died · July 11, 1948 (68 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Bio
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.
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
9.0
2011
Merton of the Movies
Man in Audience (uncredited)
6.8
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
Bank Employee (uncredited)
6.0
1947
The Secret Heart
Man at Graduation Ceremony
6.3
1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
7.0
1946
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
5.7
1945
Dangerous Partners
Lunch Room Customer (uncredited)
6.3
1945
Swing Fever
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
5.0
1943
Her Cardboard Lover
Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)
5.1
1942
Jackass Mail
Old Miner
7.0
1942
Fingers at the Window
Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
5.4
1942
Rio Rita
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
5.8
1942
Honky Tonk
Townsman
6.4
1941
The Big Store
Store Employee (uncredited)
6.2
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Man in Audience (uncredited)
6.5
1941
Come Live with Me
Doorman
6.9
1941
The Philadelphia Story
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
7.6
1940
Gallant Sons
Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited)
7.2
1940
Bitter Sweet
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
5.8
1940
The Ghost Comes Home
Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
5.0
1940
I Take This Woman
Man in Subway (uncredited)
6.2
1940
Dancing Co-Ed
Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
6.2
1939
Stronger Than Desire
Juror (uncredited)
5.8
1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
Man in Audience
5.6
1939
Opening Day
Baseball Fan
6.0
1938
Stablemates
Bettor
4.5
1938
Boys Town
Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
6.7
1938
Marie Antoinette
Nobleman at Court (uncredited)
6.4
1938
Think It Over
6.5
1938
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Department Store Customer (uncredited)
6.0
1938
That Mothers Might Live
Passerby (uncredited)
5.9
1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
Detective (uncredited)
5.8
1938
A Night at the Movies
Movie Patron (uncredited)
5.2
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Customs Official (uncredited)
5.2
1937
It May Happen to You
Man in Hospital (uncredited)
5.0
1937
Parnell
Man in Office
4.6
1937
Torture Money
False Accident Witness (uncredited)
5.9
1937
Mad Holiday
Film Director (uncredited)
6.0
1936
Sworn Enemy
Accident Witness (uncredited)
5.3
1936
The Devil-Doll
Detective Pierre (uncredited)
6.8
1936
San Francisco
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
6.6
1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Chemistry Professor
4.0
1936
A Night at the Opera
Dignitary (uncredited)
7.4
1935
3 Kids and a Queen
Druggist
6.0
1935
Chinatown Squad
Patrol Wagon Guard
6.0
1935
The Call of the Savage
Dr. Pierce
5.0
1935
Mississippi
Gambler (uncredited)
6.7
1935
Sweepstake Annie
Motion Picture Studio Executive (uncredited)
3.7
1935
A Notorious Gentleman
6.0
1935
Romance in the Rain
Milton McGillicuddy
0.0
1934
The Red Rider
Townsman
4.0
1934
Beloved
Second Doctor
0.0
1934
I Loved a Woman
Banker (uncredited)
4.8
1933
The Death Kiss
Al Payne
5.3
1932
Afraid to Talk
Police Officer (uncredited)
6.0
1932
The Big Flash
Hinkle
4.5
1932
What Price Hollywood?
Department Head (uncredited)
6.7
1932
Police Court
Harry Field
5.0
1932
Girl of the Rio
Maitre d'hotel, Purple Pigeon Cafe
5.1
1932
Graft
Ship's Captain
4.5
1931
Sweepstakes
Mike - Weber's Trainer
4.5
1931
The Bad Sister
Policeman on Street (uncredited)
5.4
1931
Once a Gentleman
Van Warner
0.0
1930
The Czar of Broadway
0.0
1930
The Thrill Chaser
Himself - Cameo
5.0
1923
The Girl in the Taxi
Maj. Frederick Smith
7.0
1921
The Forbidden Thing
Dave
0.0
1920
Life's Twist
Jim Sargent
0.0
1920
The Cheater
Lord Asgarby
0.0
1920
The Hawk's Trail
0.0
1919
The Eagle's Eye
Harrison Grant
0.0
1918
Mission of the War Chest
0.0
1918
The Silent Stranger
The Silent Stranger
0.0
1916
The Man from Nowhere
James Herron
0.0
1916
Half a Rogue
0.0
1916
The Suburban
Donald Gordon
0.0
1915
The Marble Heart
Raphael / Phidias
0.0
1915
The Great Universal Mystery
Himself
0.0
1914
Absinthe
Jean Dumas
0.0
1914
Ivanhoe
Wilfred of Ivanhoe
4.7
1913
The Wanderer
The Shepherd
0.0
1913
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
4.3
1913
Up Against It
Amos Bentley
4.0
1912
A Cave Man Wooing
George - the 'Sissy' Hero
4.0
1912
Shamus O'Brien
Shamus O'Brien
0.0
1912
Over the Hills
Wayne Holland
0.0
1911
The Better Way
Louis Perry - a Reformed Crook
0.0
1911
The Rose's Story
Gerald Kinney
0.0
1911
The Call of the Song
Hugh Norton
0.0
1911
Science
Dr. Crawford
0.0
1911
At a Quarter of Two
Dan Nolan - the Burglar
0.0
1911
For the Queen's Honor
The King
0.0
1911
In the Sultan's Garden
Lt. Robbins
0.0
1911
The Master and the Man
Basil King
0.0
1911
The Fair Dentist
Dental Patient
0.0
1911
The Temptress
Gilbert Irving
0.0
1911
Second Sight
Tom Mooreland
0.0
1911
The Scarlet Letter
Reverend Dimmesdale
0.0
1911
While There is hope, There is Life
Alfred King
0.0
1911
The Wife’s Awakening
Enoch Harrington
0.0
1911
Sweet Memories
Edward Jackson
4.0
1911
The Secret of the Palm
Cecil Abbott
0.0
1911
Tracked
Roger Densmore
0.0
1911
Pictureland
Pablo
4.0
1911
At the Duke's Command
Edward, the Duke's Nephew
0.0
1911
The Mirror
0.0
1911
The Count of Montebello
Percy
0.0
1910
All the World’s a Stage
0.0
1910
Pressed Roses
0.0
1910
Debt
0.0
1910
The Taming of Jane
0.0
1910
Once Upon a Time
0.0
1910
The Irony of Fate
0.0
1910
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
George Rand
0.0
1910
Old Heads and Young Hearts
0.0
1910
The Call of the Circus
0.0
1910
A Game for Two
Clark, the Best Friend
0.0
1910
A Reno Romance
Jack
0.0
1910
The Eternal Triangle
The Dashing Young Count
0.0
1910
The Doctor's Perfidy
0.0
1910
Two Men
The Tenderfoot
0.0
1910
The New Shawl
Jacques
0.0
1910
The Maelstrom
0.0
1910
His Second Wife
0.0
1910
The Miser’s Daughter
0.0
1910
Transfusion
0.0
1910
Jane and the Stranger
The Stranger
0.0
1910
The Blind Man’s Tact
0.0
1910
The Right of Love
0.0
1910
The Winning Punch
0.0
1910
The Awakening of Bess
Bess' Sweetheart
0.0
1909
Love's Stratagem
The Boy
0.0
1909