Tom Forman

Born: 1893-02-22 in Mitchell County, Texas, USA

Died: 1926-11-07

Known For: Acting

Biography

Tom Forman (February 22, 1893 – November 7, 1926) was an American motion picture actor, director, writer, and producer of the early 1920s. Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and director. Forman directed Lon Chaney's Shadows (1922), but his biggest achievement was realised directing the second screen version of Owen Wister's The Virginian (1923). After his career faltered, he was reduced to working on cheap Poverty Row melodramas. Forman is also known for his work with Edith Taliaferro in Young Romance. Forman was set to direct the Columbia film The Wreck, which was to start shooting on November 8, 1926. However, on the evening of November 7 Forman died by suicide, by shooting himself through the heart at his parents' home in Venice, California. Adela Rogers St. Johns based the character of Maximillan Carey in her original story for What Price Hollywood? (1932) on Forman. He was a cousin of silent screen star Madge Bellamy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

1923

The Broken Wing ... (Director)
Are You a Failure? ... (Director)
The Virginian ... (Director)
Money, Money, Money ... (Director)
April Showers ... (Director)

1922

Shadows ... (Director)
The Woman Conquers ... (Director)
If You Believe It, It's So ... (Director)

1921

The Easy Road ... (Director)
The City of Silent Men ... (Director)
A Prince There Was ... (Director)
White and Unmarried ... (Director)
Cappy Ricks ... (Director)

1920

The Tree of Knowledge as Brian
The Round-Up as Jack Payson
The Sins of Rosanne ... (Director)
The Sea Wolf as Humphrey Van Weyden
The Ladder of Lies ... (Director)

1919

For Better, for Worse as Richard Burton
Told in the Hills as Charles Stuart

1917

On Record as Rand Calder
The Cost of Hatred as Ned Amory
The Evil Eye as Leonard Sheldon
Hashimura Togo as Dr. Garland
The Jaguar's Claws as Harry Knowles
Those Without Sin as Bob Wallace
The American Consul as Geoffrey Daniels
Forbidden Paths as Harry Maxwell
Her Strange Wedding as Lee Brownell
The Trouble Buster ... (Story)

1916

The Clown as Bob Hunter
The Ragamuffin as Bob Van Dyke
The Yellow Pawn as Philip Grant
To Have and to Hold as Lord Carnal
The Thousand-Dollar Husband as Douglas Gordon

1915

Kindling as Dr. Taylor
Young Romance as Tom Clancy
The Unknown as First Private
Out of the Darkness as Tom Jameson
The Wild Goose Chase as Bob Randall
The Puppet Crown as Lieutenant Von Mitter
The Measure of a Man ... (Story)
The Woman as Tom Blake
The Marriage of Kitty as Jack Churchill
Chimmie Fadden Out West as Antoine
Chimmie Fadden as Antoine, Butler-Thief

1914

Virtue Its Own Reward as Seadley Swaine
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man ... (Screenplay)