Francis X. Bushman
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA — Jan 09 1883• Died Aug 23 1966
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Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 – August 23, 1966) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. His matinee idol career started in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife, but it did not survive the silent screen era. Bushman, like many of his contemporaries, broke into the film business via the stage. He was performing at Broncho Billy Anderson's Essanay Studios in Chicago, Illinois, where he was first noticed for his muscular, sculpted frame. He appeared in nearly 200 feature film roles—more than 175 films before 1920, and 17 in h…
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Perry Mason
Lawrence King
Batman
Mr. Van Jones
Dr. Kildare
Mr. Cooper
77 Sunset Strip
Peter Gunn
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
This Is Your Life
Self
Official Detective
Sabrina
Mr. Tyson
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Max
General Electric Theater
Philip Vandermoot
The Bad and the Beautiful
Eulogist (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Hollywood Story
Himself
The Galloping Ghost
'Buddy' Courtland
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Malcolm
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Messala
Mr. Celebrity
Himself
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
Silver Queen
Creditor
The Story of Mankind
Moses
David and Bathsheba
King Saul (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
Chief Clive Anderson
The Phantom Planet
Sessom
Hollywood Boulevard
Frank - Director, Desert Scene
Apache Country
Commissioner Latham
The Film Parade
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Human Targets
Bart Travis
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
12 to the Moon
Secretary General of the International Space Order
Once a Gentleman
Bannister
The Other Wise Man
Old Man
The Masked Bride
Grover
The Dude Wrangler
Canby
The Countess
Richard Hasbrook
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo
With Neatness and Dispatch
Paul Donaldson
Graustark
Grenfall Lorry
The Poor Rich Man
Vantyne Carter
The Bible According to Hollywood
Self
The Hour and the Man
Frank Maxwell
The Lady in Ermine
Gen. Dostal
Yarn a-Tangle
The Beau
Playing the Swell
The Beautiful Spy
Belgrano
The 13th Juror
Henry Desmond
Red, White and Blue Blood
John Spaulding
The Great Secret
William Montgomery Strong
A Night With a Million
Jack Wilton
The Marriage Clause
Barry Townsend
The Plum Tree
Craig Ewell
Jane
The Red-Haired Man
The Silent Voice
Franklyn Starr
Call of the Circus
The Ambition of the Baron
Count Jean de Lugnan
The Right of Way
Frank Robinson
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify
The Matinee Idol
A Pair of Cupids
Peter Warburton
The Gallantry of Jimmy Rodgers
Jimmy Rodgers
The Slim Princess
Alexander H. Pike
Midnight Life
Jim Logan
The Wall Between
Sgt. John Kendall
Cyclone Higgins, D.D.
Cyrus 'Cyclone' Higgins, D.D.
A Million a Minute
Stephen Quaintance
In the Diplomatic Service
Dick Stansbury
The Second in Command
Lt. Col. Miles Anstruther
The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
George Washington
The Eye That Never Sleeps
Howard Mayne
Hearts and Flowers
John Martin
The Voice of Conscience
William Sherman
The Way Perilous
Frank Davenport - The Young Man
Say It with Sables
John Caswell
The Iron Heel
Robert Gregg Sr. & Jr.
An Unplanned Elopement
Frank Melbourne
Daring Hearts
Hugh Brown
Watch Beverly
President Orloff
The Voice of Conscience
William Poatter / James Houston
Social Quicksands
Warren Dexter
Under Suspicion
Gerry Simpson
A Mistaken Accusation
Pietro
Dawn and Twilight
Pietro Delani, a Blind Musician
The Adopted Son
Two Gun Carter
Under Royal Patronage
Richard Savage
When Wealth Torments
Jim O'Brien
Their Compact
James Van Dyke Moore
This Is Francis X. Bushman
Self (archival footage)
When Soul Meets Soul
Prince Arames/Professor Delaplane
A Virginia Romance
Ralph Everly
The Brass Check
Richard Trevor
Man and His Soul
John Conscience / John Power
Two Men and a Girl
John Lincoln (or Francis, her dream prince)
The Thirteenth Man
Jack Hanney