King Baggot
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1879-11-06
Deathday 1948-07-11 (68 years old)
Place of Birth Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As William King Baggot, King Baggott
King Baggot
Biography
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.
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as Himself (archive footage)
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
as Bank Employee (uncredited)
as Man at Graduation Ceremony
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
as Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
as Lunch Room Customer (uncredited)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
as Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)
as Old Miner
as Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
as Townsman
as Store Employee (uncredited)
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
as Doorman
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
as Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited)
as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
as Man in Subway (uncredited)
as Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
as Juror (uncredited)
as Man in Audience (Uncredited)
as Baseball Fan
as Bettor
as Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
as Nobleman at Court (uncredited)
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
as Passerby (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
as Customs Official (uncredited)
as Man in Hospital (uncredited)
as False Accident Witness (uncredited)
as Film Director (uncredited)
as Accident Witness (uncredited)
as Detective Pierre (uncredited)
as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
as Chemistry Professor
as Dignitary (uncredited)
as Druggist
as Patrol Wagon Guard
as Dr. Pierce
as Gambler
as Motion Picture Studio Executive (uncredited)
as Milton McGillicuddy
as Townsman
as Second Doctor
as Banker (uncredited)
as Al Payne
as Police Officer (uncredited)
as Hinkle
as Department Head (uncredited)
as Harry Field
as Maitre d'hotel, Purple Pigeon Cafe
as Ship's Captain
as Mike - Weber's Trainer
as Policeman on Street (uncredited)
as Van Warner
as Himself - Cameo
as Maj. Frederick Smith
as Dave
as Jim Sargent
as Lord Asgarby
as Harrison Grant
as The Silent Stranger
as James Herron
as Donald Gordon
as Raphael / Phidias
as Himself
as Jean Dumas
as Wilfred of Ivanhoe
as The Shepherd
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
as Amos Bentley
as George - the 'Sissy' Hero
as Shamus O'Brien
as Wayne Holland
as Louis Perry - a Reformed Crook
as Gerald Kinney
as Hugh Norton
as Dr. Crawford
as Dan Nolan - the Burglar
as The King
as Lt. Robbins
as Basil King
as Dental Patient
as Gilbert Irving
as Tom Mooreland
as Reverend Dimmesdale
as Alfred King
as Enoch Harrington
as Edward Jackson
as Cecil Abbott
as Roger Densmore
as Pablo
as Edward, the Duke's Nephew
as Percy
as George Rand
as Clark, the Best Friend
as Jack
as The Dashing Young Count
as The Tenderfoot
as Jacques
as The Stranger
as Bess' Sweetheart
as The Boy
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as Story
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as Scenario Writer
Camera
as Director of Photography