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
- The Other Wise Man as Old Man
- General Electric Theater as Philip Vandermoot
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
- Apache Country as Commissioner Latham
- The Bad and the Beautiful as Eulogist (uncredited)
1951
- Hollywood Story as Himself
- David and Bathsheba as King Saul (uncredited)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Max
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
- Once a Gentleman as Bannister
- The Dude Wrangler as Canby
- Call of the Circus
1928
- The Beautiful Spy as Belgrano
- 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
- The Masked Bride as Grover
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Messala
1919
- Daring Hearts as Hugh Brown
1918
- Under Suspicion as Gerry Simpson
- Cyclone Higgins, D.D. as Cyrus 'Cyclone' Higgins, D.D.
- Social Quicksands as Warren Dexter
- With Neatness and Dispatch as Paul Donaldson
- A Pair of Cupids as Peter Warburton
- The Poor Rich Man as Vantyne Carter
1917
- The Great Secret as William Montgomery Strong
- The Adopted Son as Two Gun Carter
- Red, White and Blue Blood as John Spaulding
1916
- In the Diplomatic Service as Dick Stansbury
- Romeo and Juliet as Romeo
- A Virginia Romance as Ralph Everly
- The Wall Between as Sgt. John Kendall
- Man and His Soul as John Conscience / John Power
1915
- Graustark as Grenfall Lorry
- The Slim Princess as Alexander H. Pike
- The Ambition of the Baron as Count Jean de Lugnan
- The Silent Voice as Franklyn Starr
- The Second in Command as Lt. Col. Miles Anstruther
- The Gallantry of Jimmy Rodgers as Jimmy Rodgers
1914
- The Hour and the Man as Frank Maxwell
- Jane as The Red-Haired Man
- The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify as The Matinee Idol
- Dawn and Twilight as Pietro Delani, a Blind Musician
- The Plum Tree as Craig Ewell
- An Unplanned Elopement as Frank Melbourne
- Yarn a-Tangle as The Beau
- Hearts and Flowers as John Martin
- Under Royal Patronage as Richard Savage
- The Countess as Richard Hasbrook
- A Night With a Million as Jack Wilton
1913
- The Right of Way as Frank Robinson
- A Mistaken Accusation as Pietro
- The Way Perilous as Frank Davenport - The Young Man
- The Thirteenth Man as Jack Hanney
- When Soul Meets Soul as Prince Arames/Professor Delaplane
1912
- The Iron Heel as Robert Gregg Sr. & Jr.
- When Wealth Torments as Jim O'Brien
- The Voice of Conscience as William Sherman
- The Eye That Never Sleeps as Howard Mayne
1911
- Two Men and a Girl as John Lincoln (or Francis, her dream prince)