- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 6, 1879
- Place of Birth
- Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Died
- July 11, 1948
King Baggot
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 th…
Filmography
movieFragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 · Himself (archive footage)
Beatlemania
movieBeatlemania
1981 · Director of Photography
movieMerton of the Movies
1947 · Man in Audience (uncredited)
movieMy Brother Talks to Horses
1947 · Bank Employee (uncredited)
movieThe Secret Heart
1946 · Man at Graduation Ceremony
movieHoliday in Mexico
1946
movieThe Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
movieBud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945 · Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
movieDangerous Partners
1945 · Lunch Room Customer (uncredited)
movieSwing Fever
1943 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
movieHer Cardboard Lover
1942 · Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)
movieJackass Mail
1942 · Old Miner
movieFingers at the Window
1942 · Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
movieRio Rita
1942 · Hotel Guest (uncredited)
movieHonky Tonk
1941 · Townsman (uncredited)
movieThe Big Store
1941 · Store Employee (uncredited)
movieZiegfeld Girl
1941 · Man in Audience (uncredited)
movieCome Live with Me
1941 · Doorman
movieThe Philadelphia Story
1940 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)
movieGallant Sons
1940 · Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited)
movieBitter Sweet
1940 · Cafe Patron (uncredited)
movieThe Ghost Comes Home
1940 · Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
movieI Take This Woman
1940 · Man in Subway (uncredited)
movieDancing Co-Ed
1939 · Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
movieStronger Than Desire
1939 · Juror (uncredited)
movieThe Ice Follies of 1939
1939 · Man in Audience (uncredited)
movieOpening Day
1938 · Baseball Fan
movieStablemates
1938 · Bettor
movieToo Hot to Handle
1938 · Reporter (uncredited)
movieBoys Town
1938 · Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
movieMarie Antoinette
1938 · Nobleman at Court (uncredited)
movieThink It Over
1938
movieSnow Gets in Your Eyes
1938 · Department Store Customer (uncredited)
movieThat Mothers Might Live
1938 · Passerby (uncredited)
movieArsène Lupin Returns
1938 · Detective (uncredited)
movieA Night at the Movies
1937 · Movie Patron (uncredited)
movieThe Emperor's Candlesticks
1937 · Customs Official (uncredited)
movieIt May Happen to You
1937 · Man in Hospital (uncredited)
movieParnell
1937 · Man in Office
movieTorture Money
1937 · False Accident Witness (uncredited)
movieMad Holiday
1936 · Film Director (uncredited)
movieSworn Enemy
1936 · Accident Witness (uncredited)
movieThe Devil-Doll
1936 · Detective Pierre (uncredited)
movieSan Francisco
1936 · Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
movieThe Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936 · Chemistry Professor
movieA Night at the Opera
1935 · Dignitary (uncredited)
movie3 Kids and a Queen
1935 · Druggist
movieChinatown Squad
1935 · Patrol Wagon Guard
movieThe Call of the Savage
1935 · Dr. Pierce
movieMississippi
1935 · Gambler (uncredited)
Sweepstake Annie
movieSweepstake Annie
1935 · Motion Picture Studio Executive (uncredited)
movieA Notorious Gentleman
1935 · Police Sergeant
movieFather Brown, Detective
1934 · Priest (uncredited)
movieCheating Cheaters
1934 · Official (uncredited)
movieRomance in the Rain
1934 · Milton McGillicuddy
movieThe Red Rider
1934 · Townsman
movieBeloved
1934 · Second Doctor
movieI Loved a Woman
1933 · Banker (uncredited)
movieThe Death Kiss
1932 · Al Payne
movieAfraid to Talk
1932 · Police Officer (uncredited)
movieThe Big Flash
1932 · Hinkle
movieWhat Price Hollywood?
1932 · Department Head (uncredited)
moviePolice Court
1932 · Harry Field
movieGirl of the Rio
1932 · Maitre d'hotel, Purple Pigeon Cafe
Sporting Chance
movieSporting Chance
1931 · Story
movieGraft
1931 · Ship's Captain
movieSweepstakes
1931 · Mike - Weber's Trainer
movieThe Bad Sister
1931 · Policeman on Street (uncredited)
Once a Gentleman
movieOnce a Gentleman
1930 · Van Warner
movieThe Czar of Broadway
1930
movieRomance of a Rogue
1928 · Director
The House of Scandal
movieThe House of Scandal
1928 · Director
Down the Stretch
movieDown the Stretch
1927 · Director
movieThe Notorious Lady
1927 · Director
moviePerch of the Devil
1927 · Director
movieLovey Mary
1926 · Director
movieTumbleweeds
1925 · Director
movieThe Home Maker
1925 · Director
movieRaffles: The Amateur Cracksman
1925 · Director
movieThe Tornado
1925 · Director
movieThe Gaiety Girl
1924 · Director
movieThe Whispered Name
1924 · Director
movieThe Darling of New York
1923 · Director, Story
movieThe Thrill Chaser
1923 · Himself - Cameo
movieCrossed Wires
1923 · Director, Story
movieThe Town Scandal
1923 · Director
movieGossip
1923 · Director
movieThe Love Letter
1923 · Director
movieA Dangerous Game
1922 · Director
movieThe Kentucky Derby
1922 · Director
movieThe Lavender Bath Lady
1922 · Director
movieHuman Hearts
1922 · Director
movieKissed
1922 · Director
movieNobody's Fool
1921 · Director
movieMoonlight Follies
1921 · Director
movieLuring Lips
1921 · Director
movieThe Butterfly Girl
1921 · H.H. Van Horn
movieCheated Love
1921 · Director
movieThe Girl in the Taxi
1921 · Maj. Frederick Smith
movieThe Forbidden Thing
1920 · Dave
movieThe Dwelling Place of Light
1920 · Brooks Insall
movieLife's Twist
1920 · Jim Sargent
movieThe Cheater
1920 · Lord Asgarby
movieThe Shadow of Lightning Ridge
1920
movieThe Hawk's Trail
1919 · Sheldon Steele/The Hawk
movieThe Man Who Stayed at Home
1919 · Christopher Brent
Building for Democracy
movieBuilding for Democracy
1918 · The Husband
movieKildare of Storm
1918 · Basil Kildare
movieThe Eagle's Eye
1918 · Harrison Grant
Mission of the War Chest
movieMission of the War Chest
1918 · Self
The Silent Stranger
movieThe Silent Stranger
1916 · The Silent Stranger, Director
movieThe Man from Nowhere
1916 · James Herron
movieHalf a Rogue
1916 · Richard Warrington
movieThe Suburban
1915 · Donald Gordon
The Marble Heart
movieThe Marble Heart
1915 · Raphael / Phidias
The Great Universal Mystery
movieThe Great Universal Mystery
1914 · Himself
movieAbsinthe
1914 · Jean Dumas
movieIvanhoe
1913 · Wilfred of Ivanhoe
The Wanderer
movieThe Wanderer
1913 · The Shepherd
movieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1913 · Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
movieUp Against It
1912 · Amos Bentley
movieA Cave Man Wooing
1912 · George - the 'Sissy' Hero
Shamus O'Brien
movieShamus O'Brien
1912 · Shamus O'Brien
Over the Hills
movieOver the Hills
1911 · Wayne Holland
movieThe Better Way
1911 · Louis Perry - a Reformed Crook
movieThe Rose's Story
1911 · Gerald Kinney, Scenario Writer
The Call of the Song
movieThe Call of the Song
1911 · Hugh Norton
Science
movieScience
1911 · Dr. Crawford
At a Quarter of Two
movieAt a Quarter of Two
1911 · Dan Nolan - the Burglar
movieFor the Queen's Honor
1911 · The King
movieIn the Sultan's Garden
1911 · Lt. Robbins
A Game of Deception
movieA Game of Deception
1911
The Master and the Man
movieThe Master and the Man
1911 · Basil King
The Fair Dentist
movieThe Fair Dentist
1911 · Dental Patient
movieThe Temptress
1911 · Gilbert Irving
Second Sight
movieSecond Sight
1911 · Tom Mooreland
movieThe Scarlet Letter
1911 · Reverend Dimmesdale
While There is hope, There is Life
movieWhile There is hope, There is Life
1911 · Alfred King
The Wife’s Awakening
movieThe Wife’s Awakening
1911 · Enoch Harrington
movieSweet Memories
1911 · Edward Jackson
The Secret of the Palm
movieThe Secret of the Palm
1911 · Cecil Abbott
Tracked
movieTracked
1911 · Roger Densmore
Pictureland
moviePictureland
1911 · Pablo
At the Duke's Command
movieAt the Duke's Command
1911 · Edward, the Duke's Nephew
movieThe Mirror
1911
The Count of Montebello
movieThe Count of Montebello
1910 · Percy
All the World’s a Stage
movieAll the World’s a Stage
1910
Pressed Roses
moviePressed Roses
1910
Debt
movieDebt
1910
The Taming of Jane
movieThe Taming of Jane
1910
Once Upon a Time
movieOnce Upon a Time
1910
The Irony of Fate
movieThe Irony of Fate
1910
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
movieBear Ye One Another’s Burdens
1910 · George Rand
Old Heads and Young Hearts
movieOld Heads and Young Hearts
1910
The Time-Lock Safe
movieThe Time-Lock Safe
1910 · The Father
The Call of the Circus
movieThe Call of the Circus
1910
A Game for Two
movieA Game for Two
1910 · Clark, the Best Friend
A Reno Romance
movieA Reno Romance
1910 · Jack
The Eternal Triangle
movieThe Eternal Triangle
1910 · The Dashing Young Count
The Doctor's Perfidy
movieThe Doctor's Perfidy
1910
Two Men
movieTwo Men
1910 · The Tenderfoot
The New Shawl
movieThe New Shawl
1910 · Jacques
The Maelstrom
movieThe Maelstrom
1910
The Rosary
movieThe Rosary
1910
His Second Wife
movieHis Second Wife
1910
The Miser’s Daughter
movieThe Miser’s Daughter
1910
Transfusion
movieTransfusion
1910
The Stage Note
movieThe Stage Note
1910
The Broken Oath
movieThe Broken Oath
1910
Mother Love
movieMother Love
1910
The Governor’s Pardon
movieThe Governor’s Pardon
1910 · The Man
Jane and the Stranger
movieJane and the Stranger
1910 · The Stranger
The Blind Man’s Tact
movieThe Blind Man’s Tact
1910
Justice in the Far North
movieJustice in the Far North
1910 · King
The Tide of Fortune
movieThe Tide of Fortune
1910
The Right of Love
movieThe Right of Love
1910
The Winning Punch
movieThe Winning Punch
1910
The Awakening of Bess
movieThe Awakening of Bess
1909 · Bess' Sweetheart
movieLove's Stratagem
1909 · The Boy