King Baggot
1879-11-06 ( 145 years old ) in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films 2011-04-03
Merton of the Movies 1947-10-11
My Brother Talks to Horses 1947-02-04
The Secret Heart 1946-12-25
The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946-05-02
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood 1945-10-05
Dangerous Partners 1945-06-07
Swing Fever 1943-11-01
Her Cardboard Lover 1942-07-16
Jackass Mail 1942-07-01
Fingers at the Window 1942-04-22
Rio Rita 1942-03-11
Honky Tonk 1941-10-01
The Big Store 1941-06-20
Ziegfeld Girl 1941-04-25
Come Live with Me 1941-01-31
The Philadelphia Story 1940-12-05
Gallant Sons 1940-11-15
Bitter Sweet 1940-11-08
The Ghost Comes Home 1940-03-08
I Take This Woman 1940-02-02
Dancing Co-Ed 1939-09-29
Stronger Than Desire 1939-06-30
The Ice Follies of 1939 1939-03-10
Opening Day 1938-11-12
Stablemates 1938-10-07
Boys Town 1938-09-08
Marie Antoinette 1938-08-26
Think It Over 1938-07-24
Snow Gets in Your Eyes 1938-05-14
That Mothers Might Live 1938-04-30
Arsène Lupin Returns 1938-02-25
A Night at the Movies 1937-11-06
The Emperor's Candlesticks 1937-07-02
It May Happen to You 1937-06-05
Parnell 1937-06-04
Torture Money 1937-01-02
Mad Holiday 1936-11-13
Sworn Enemy 1936-09-11
The Devil-Doll 1936-07-10
San Francisco 1936-06-26
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell 1936-01-13
A Night at the Opera 1935-11-15
3 Kids and a Queen 1935-10-21
Chinatown Squad 1935-05-31
The Call of the Savage 1935-04-14
Mississippi 1935-03-22
Sweepstake Annie 1935-01-29
A Notorious Gentleman 1935-01-21
Romance in the Rain 1934-08-13
The Red Rider 1934-07-16
Beloved 1934-01-22
I Loved a Woman 1933-09-23
The Death Kiss 1932-12-05
Afraid to Talk 1932-11-17
The Big Flash 1932-11-05
What Price Hollywood? 1932-06-24
Police Court 1932-02-19
Girl of the Rio 1932-01-15
Graft 1931-09-21
Sweepstakes 1931-07-10
The Bad Sister 1931-03-29
Once a Gentleman 1930-09-01
The Czar of Broadway 1930-05-25
The Thrill Chaser 1923-11-26
The Girl in the Taxi 1921-04-01
The Forbidden Thing 1920-11-01
Life's Twist 1920-08-11
The Cheater 1920-06-07
The Hawk's Trail 1919-12-13
Building for Democracy 1918-10-01
Kildare of Storm 1918-09-16
The Eagle's Eye 1918-03-27
Mission of the War Chest 1918-01-01
The Silent Stranger 1916-08-10
The Man from Nowhere 1916-06-19
Half a Rogue 1916-05-22
The Suburban 1915-09-17
The Marble Heart 1915-07-02
The Great Universal Mystery 1914-07-10
Absinthe 1914-01-22
Ivanhoe 1913-09-22
The Wanderer 1913-04-07
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1913-03-06
Up Against It 1912-05-31
A Cave Man Wooing 1912-05-19
Shamus O'Brien 1912-03-14
Over the Hills 1911-11-30
The Better Way 1911-10-12
The Rose's Story 1911-10-02
The Call of the Song 1911-08-13
Science 1911-07-24
At a Quarter of Two 1911-07-13
For the Queen's Honor 1911-07-06
In the Sultan's Garden 1911-07-03
The Master and the Man 1911-05-15
The Fair Dentist 1911-05-08
The Temptress 1911-05-04
Second Sight 1911-05-01
The Scarlet Letter 1911-04-27
While There is hope, There is Life 1911-04-24
The Wife’s Awakening 1911-04-03
Sweet Memories 1911-03-27
The Secret of the Palm 1911-03-13
Tracked 1911-03-06
Pictureland 1911-02-20
At the Duke's Command 1911-02-16
The Mirror 1911-02-09
The Count of Montebello 1910-10-24
All the World’s a Stage 1910-10-03
Pressed Roses 1910-09-26
Debt 1910-09-19
The Taming of Jane 1910-08-21
Once Upon a Time 1910-08-08
The Irony of Fate 1910-08-01
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens 1910-07-28
Old Heads and Young Hearts 1910-07-11
The Time-Lock Safe 1910-07-08
The Call of the Circus 1910-07-07
A Game for Two 1910-06-30
A Reno Romance 1910-05-30
The Eternal Triangle 1910-05-23
The Doctor's Perfidy 1910-05-16
Two Men 1910-05-02
The New Shawl 1910-04-28
The Maelstrom 1910-04-21
His Second Wife 1910-04-07
The Miser’s Daughter 1910-04-04
Transfusion 1910-03-28
Jane and the Stranger 1910-02-21
The Blind Man’s Tact 1910-02-14
The Right of Love 1910-01-10
The Winning Punch 1910-01-03
The Awakening of Bess 1909-12-27
Love's Stratagem 1909-11-01

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