Francis X. Bushman
Born: 1883-01-09 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died: 1966-08-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 – August 23, 1966) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. His matinee idol career started in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife, but it did not survive the silent screen era. Bushman, like many of his contemporaries, broke into the film business via the stage. He was performing at Broncho Billy Anderson's Essanay Studios in Chicago, Illinois, where he was first noticed for his muscular, sculpted frame. He appeared in nearly 200 feature film roles—more than 175 films before 1920, and 17 in his screen debut year of 1911 alone. He also worked for the Vitagraph studio before signing with Metro in 1915. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis Xavier Bushman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2021
- This Is Francis X. Bushman as Self (archival footage)
1994
- The Bible According to Hollywood as Self
1972
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1966
- Batman as Mr. Van Jones
- The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini as Malcolm
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Mr. Cooper
- The Phantom Planet as Sessom
1960
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
- 12 to the Moon as Secretary General of the International Space Order
1957
- Perry Mason as Lawrence King
- Official Detective
- The Story of Mankind as Moses
1954
- Sabrina as Mr. Tyson
1953
- General Electric Theater as Philip Vandermoot
- The Other Wise Man as Old Man
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
- The Bad and the Beautiful as Eulogist (uncredited)
- Apache Country as Commissioner Latham
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Max
- David and Bathsheba as King Saul (uncredited)
- Hollywood Story as Himself
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
- Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1942
- Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
- Silver Queen as Creditor
1941
- Mr. Celebrity as Himself
1937
- Dick Tracy as Chief Clive Anderson
1936
- Hollywood Boulevard as Frank - Director, Desert Scene
1933
- The Film Parade as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932
- Human Targets as Bart Travis
- Watch Beverly as President Orloff
1931
- The Galloping Ghost as 'Buddy' Courtland
1930
- The Dude Wrangler as Canby
- Call of the Circus
- Once a Gentleman as Bannister
1928
- The Beautiful Spy as Belgrano
- The Grip of the Yukon as Colby MacDonald
- Say It with Sables as John Caswell
- Midnight Life as Jim Logan
1927
- The Lady in Ermine as Gen. Dostal
- The 13th Juror as Henry Desmond
- The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross as George Washington
1926
- The Marriage Clause as Barry Townsend
- Playing the Swell
1925
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Messala
- The Masked Bride as Grover
1919
- Daring Hearts as Hugh Brown
1918
- The Brass Check as Richard Trevor
- With Neatness and Dispatch as Paul Donaldson
- Social Quicksands as Warren Dexter
- Under Suspicion as Gerry Simpson
- The Poor Rich Man as Vantyne Carter
- A Pair of Cupids as Peter Warburton
- Cyclone Higgins, D.D. as Cyrus 'Cyclone' Higgins, D.D.
1917
- Their Compact as James Van Dyke Moore
- The Voice of Conscience as William Poatter / James Houston
- Red, White and Blue Blood as John Spaulding
- The Great Secret as William Montgomery Strong
- The Adopted Son as Two Gun Carter
1916
- Romeo and Juliet as Romeo
- A Million a Minute as Stephen Quaintance
- Man and His Soul as John Conscience / John Power
- The Wall Between as Sgt. John Kendall
- In the Diplomatic Service as Dick Stansbury
- A Virginia Romance as Ralph Everly
1915
- The Slim Princess as Alexander H. Pike
- Graustark as Grenfall Lorry
- The Silent Voice as Franklyn Starr
- The Second in Command as Lt. Col. Miles Anstruther
- The Gallantry of Jimmy Rodgers as Jimmy Rodgers
- The Ambition of the Baron as Count Jean de Lugnan
1914
- Jane as The Red-Haired Man
- An Unplanned Elopement as Frank Melbourne
- The Plum Tree as Craig Ewell
- Under Royal Patronage as Richard Savage
- Hearts and Flowers as John Martin
- The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify as The Matinee Idol
- The Hour and the Man as Frank Maxwell
- Dawn and Twilight as Pietro Delani, a Blind Musician
- The Countess as Richard Hasbrook
- A Night With a Million as Jack Wilton
- Yarn a-Tangle as The Beau
1913
- When Soul Meets Soul as Prince Arames/Professor Delaplane
- The Right of Way as Frank Robinson
- The Way Perilous as Frank Davenport - The Young Man
- A Mistaken Accusation as Pietro
- The Thirteenth Man as Jack Hanney
1912
- The Eye That Never Sleeps as Howard Mayne
- The Voice of Conscience as William Sherman
- The Iron Heel as Robert Gregg Sr. & Jr.
- When Wealth Torments as Jim O'Brien
1911
- Saved from the Torrents as Arthur Chester
- Two Men and a Girl as John Lincoln (or Francis, her dream prince)