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
- David and Bathsheba as King Saul (uncredited)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Max
- Hollywood Story as Himself
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
- Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1942
- Silver Queen as Creditor
- Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
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 Grip of the Yukon as Colby MacDonald
- The Beautiful Spy as Belgrano
- Say It with Sables as John Caswell
- Midnight Life as Jim Logan
1927
- The 13th Juror as Henry Desmond
- The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross as George Washington
- The Lady in Ermine as Gen. Dostal
1926
- Playing the Swell
- The Marriage Clause as Barry Townsend
1925
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Messala
- The Masked Bride as Grover
1919
- Daring Hearts as Hugh Brown
1918
- With Neatness and Dispatch as Paul Donaldson
- The Brass Check as Richard Trevor
- Social Quicksands as Warren Dexter
- Cyclone Higgins, D.D. as Cyrus 'Cyclone' Higgins, D.D.
- The Poor Rich Man as Vantyne Carter
- Under Suspicion as Gerry Simpson
- A Pair of Cupids as Peter Warburton
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 Adopted Son as Two Gun Carter
- The Great Secret as William Montgomery Strong
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
- A Virginia Romance as Ralph Everly
- In the Diplomatic Service as Dick Stansbury
1915
- The Slim Princess as Alexander H. Pike
- The Gallantry of Jimmy Rodgers as Jimmy Rodgers
- The Silent Voice as Franklyn Starr
- The Ambition of the Baron as Count Jean de Lugnan
- Graustark as Grenfall Lorry
- The Second in Command as Lt. Col. Miles Anstruther
1914
- Jane as The Red-Haired Man
- The Plum Tree as Craig Ewell
- The Countess as Richard Hasbrook
- Dawn and Twilight as Pietro Delani, a Blind Musician
- Yarn a-Tangle as The Beau
- An Unplanned Elopement as Frank Melbourne
- Under Royal Patronage as Richard Savage
- A Night With a Million as Jack Wilton
- Hearts and Flowers as John Martin
- The Hour and the Man as Frank Maxwell
- The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify as The Matinee Idol
1913
- The Thirteenth Man as Jack Hanney
- When Soul Meets Soul as Prince Arames/Professor Delaplane
- The Way Perilous as Frank Davenport - The Young Man
- The Right of Way as Frank Robinson
- A Mistaken Accusation as Pietro
1912
- The Voice of Conscience as William Sherman
- The Eye That Never Sleeps as Howard Mayne
- When Wealth Torments as Jim O'Brien
- The Iron Heel as Robert Gregg Sr. & Jr.
1911
- Two Men and a Girl as John Lincoln (or Francis, her dream prince)