King Baggot
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA — Nov 06 1879• Died Jul 11 1948
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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, inc…
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
The Philadelphia Story
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Thrill Chaser
Himself - Cameo
Swing Fever
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Cheating Cheaters
Official (uncredited)
Honky Tonk
Townsman (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Reporter (uncredited)
Boys Town
Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
Rio Rita
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Parnell
Man in Office
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Fingers at the Window
Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
The Big Store
Store Employee (uncredited)
The Bad Sister
Policeman on Street (uncredited)
I Loved a Woman
Banker (uncredited)
The Death Kiss
Al Payne
Marie Antoinette
Nobleman at Court (uncredited)
The Red Rider
Townsman
Bitter Sweet
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
Dignitary (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Customs Official (uncredited)
Gallant Sons
Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited)
San Francisco
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
Man in Audience (uncredited)
The Devil-Doll
Detective Pierre (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
Druggist
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
Father Brown, Detective
Priest (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
Juror (uncredited)
Stablemates
Bettor
What Price Hollywood?
Department Head (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Chemistry Professor
Tumbleweeds
Directing
Holiday in Mexico
Afraid to Talk
Police Officer (uncredited)
Mississippi
Gambler (uncredited)
Torture Money
False Accident Witness (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Dangerous Partners
Lunch Room Customer (uncredited)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
Sweepstakes
Mike - Weber's Trainer
Beloved
Second Doctor
A Night at the Movies
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Come Live with Me
Doorman
Beatlemania
Camera
Graft
Ship's Captain
Sworn Enemy
Accident Witness (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home
Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
Merton of the Movies
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Police Court
Harry Field
That Mothers Might Live
Passerby (uncredited)
Chinatown Squad
Patrol Wagon Guard
Mad Holiday
Film Director (uncredited)
Her Cardboard Lover
Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
Detective (uncredited)
Human Hearts
Directing
Think It Over
The Secret Heart
Man at Graduation Ceremony
Nobody's Fool
Directing
Sweepstake Annie
Motion Picture Studio Executive (uncredited)
The Tornado
Directing
Cheated Love
Directing
The Call of the Savage
Dr. Pierce
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Kissed
Directing
Once a Gentleman
Van Warner
Half a Rogue
Richard Warrington
The Notorious Lady
Directing
I Take This Woman
Man in Subway (uncredited)
Jackass Mail
Old Miner
For the Queen's Honor
The King
The Forbidden Thing
Dave
Crossed Wires
Directing
A Notorious Gentleman
Police Sergeant
Over the Hills
Wayne Holland
The Man from Nowhere
James Herron
The Better Way
Louis Perry - a Reformed Crook
The Big Flash
Hinkle
His Second Wife
The Eagle's Eye
Harrison Grant
Girl of the Rio
Maitre d'hotel, Purple Pigeon Cafe
My Brother Talks to Horses
Bank Employee (uncredited)
Life's Twist
Jim Sargent
Science
Dr. Crawford
Kildare of Storm
Basil Kildare
Sweet Memories
Edward Jackson
Romance of a Rogue
Directing
The Kentucky Derby
Directing
A Game for Two
Clark, the Best Friend
The Hawk's Trail
Sheldon Steele/The Hawk
The Eternal Triangle
The Dashing Young Count
Ivanhoe
Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Perch of the Devil
Directing
The Wanderer
The Shepherd
Opening Day
Baseball Fan
The Suburban
Donald Gordon
Pressed Roses
Up Against It
Amos Bentley
Gossip
Directing
A Cave Man Wooing
George - the 'Sissy' Hero
The Dwelling Place of Light
Brooks Insall
The Girl in the Taxi
Maj. Frederick Smith
The Whispered Name
Directing
The Mirror
Love's Stratagem
The Boy
At a Quarter of Two
Dan Nolan - the Burglar
The Darling of New York
Directing
The Home Maker
Directing
The Silent Stranger
The Silent Stranger
It May Happen to You
Man in Hospital (uncredited)
The Cheater
Lord Asgarby
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
The Scarlet Letter
Reverend Dimmesdale
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
Directing
The Wife’s Awakening
Enoch Harrington
Romance in the Rain
Milton McGillicuddy
Lovey Mary
Directing
Old Heads and Young Hearts
The Gaiety Girl
Directing
The Great Universal Mystery
Himself
All the World’s a Stage
At the Duke's Command
Edward, the Duke's Nephew
Absinthe
Jean Dumas
Building for Democracy
The Husband
The Call of the Song
Hugh Norton
The Blind Man’s Tact
In the Sultan's Garden
Lt. Robbins
Shamus O'Brien
Shamus O'Brien
The Maelstrom
Mother Love
Pictureland
Pablo
Moonlight Follies
Directing
The Awakening of Bess
Bess' Sweetheart
The Fair Dentist
Dental Patient
Sporting Chance
Writing
The Temptress
Gilbert Irving
The Czar of Broadway
The Lavender Bath Lady
Directing
The Tide of Fortune
The Governor’s Pardon
The Man
Second Sight
Tom Mooreland
The Time-Lock Safe
The Father
Once Upon a Time
Mission of the War Chest
Self
The Man Who Stayed at Home
Christopher Brent
The Master and the Man
Basil King
The Love Letter
Directing
The Rosary
The Marble Heart
Raphael / Phidias
The Secret of the Palm
Cecil Abbott
Two Men
The Tenderfoot
The Irony of Fate
The Rose's Story
Gerald Kinney
Transfusion
The Doctor's Perfidy
The Stage Note
A Dangerous Game
Directing
A Reno Romance
Jack
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
George Rand
The Town Scandal
Directing
Debt
Tracked
Roger Densmore
The Broken Oath
A Game of Deception
Jane and the Stranger
The Stranger
The Count of Montebello
Percy
The Taming of Jane
Justice in the Far North
King
The Miser’s Daughter
The House of Scandal
Directing
The Butterfly Girl
H.H. Van Horn
The Right of Love
The New Shawl
Jacques
While There is hope, There is Life
Alfred King
Luring Lips
Directing
The Winning Punch
The Call of the Circus