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King Baggot
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King Baggot
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Acting
Birthday
1879-11-06,Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

7

The Temptress
1911-05-04

Once a Gentleman

9

Once a Gentleman
1930-09-01

7.25

Think It Over
1938-07-24

Come Live with Me

6.8

Come Live with Me
1941-01-31

9

Shamus O'Brien
1912-03-14

8

The Cheater
1920-06-07

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

4.5

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1913-03-06

The Marble Heart

0

The Marble Heart
1915-07-02

Mission of the War Chest

9

Mission of the War Chest
1918-01-01

I Loved a Woman

4.786

I Loved a Woman
1933-09-23

A Night at the Opera

7.412

A Night at the Opera
1935-11-15

My Brother Talks to Horses

7.5

My Brother Talks to Horses
1947-02-04

9

Life's Twist
1920-08-11

The Emperor's Candlesticks

4.944

The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02

It May Happen to You

5.6

It May Happen to You
1937-06-05

8

The Wanderer
1913-04-07

The Hawk's Trail

10

The Hawk's Trail
1919-12-13

The Forbidden Thing

8

The Forbidden Thing
1920-11-01

Girl of the Rio

5.583

Girl of the Rio
1932-01-15

4

Sweet Memories
1911-03-27

A Notorious Gentleman

6.5

A Notorious Gentleman
1935-01-21

6.775

The Devil-Doll
1936-07-10

0

The Mirror
1911-02-09

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

9

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011-04-03

5.667

The Big Flash
1932-11-05

5.667

Sweepstakes
1931-07-10

6.2

The Big Store
1941-06-20

A Night at the Movies

5.9

A Night at the Movies
1937-11-06

Stronger Than Desire

5.5

Stronger Than Desire
1939-06-30

5.75

Sworn Enemy
1936-09-11

Snow Gets in Your Eyes

6.667

Snow Gets in Your Eyes
1938-05-14

6.8

Mississippi
1935-03-22

That Mothers Might Live

6.182

That Mothers Might Live
1938-04-30

The Call of the Savage

6

The Call of the Savage
1935-04-14

6.6

Dancing Co-Ed
1939-09-29

Arsène Lupin Returns

6.313

Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25

7

The Red Rider
1934-07-16

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

5.667

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936-01-13

The Silent Stranger

0

The Silent Stranger
1916-08-10

I Take This Woman

5.85

I Take This Woman
1940-02-02

Merton of the Movies

6.3

Merton of the Movies
1947-10-11

The Scarlet Letter

1

The Scarlet Letter
1911-04-27

Dangerous Partners

6.8

Dangerous Partners
1945-06-07

5.8

Police Court
1932-02-19

4.7

Ivanhoe
1913-09-22

7.429

Gallant Sons
1940-11-15

The Philadelphia Story

7.6

The Philadelphia Story
1940-12-05

6

Bitter Sweet
1940-11-08

5.6

The Bad Sister
1931-03-29

A Cave Man Wooing

6

A Cave Man Wooing
1912-05-19

7

Up Against It
1912-05-31

5

Graft
1931-09-21

6.5

Afraid to Talk
1932-11-17

Her Cardboard Lover

4.9

Her Cardboard Lover
1942-07-16

The Wife’s Awakening

7

The Wife’s Awakening
1911-04-03

Chinatown Squad

7.5

Chinatown Squad
1935-05-31

7.5

Jackass Mail
1942-07-01

6.333

Stablemates
1938-10-07

6.361

Honky Tonk
1941-10-01

6.667

Opening Day
1938-11-12

What Price Hollywood?

6.75

What Price Hollywood?
1932-06-24

The Master and the Man

0

The Master and the Man
1911-05-15

For the Queen's Honor

0

For the Queen's Honor
1911-07-06

In the Sultan's Garden

0

In the Sultan's Garden
1911-07-03

At a Quarter of Two

0

At a Quarter of Two
1911-07-13

0

Science
1911-07-24

5.5

Pictureland
1911-02-20

The Secret of the Palm

7

The Secret of the Palm
1911-03-13

9

Tracked
1911-03-06

While There is hope, There is Life

0

While There is hope, There is Life
1911-04-24

0

Second Sight
1911-05-01

The Call of the Song

0

The Call of the Song
1911-08-13

The Fair Dentist

0

The Fair Dentist
1911-05-08

0

The Better Way
1911-10-12

The Rose's Story

0

The Rose's Story
1911-10-02

The Girl in the Taxi

8.5

The Girl in the Taxi
1921-04-01

5.292

The Death Kiss
1932-12-05

6.798

Boys Town
1938-09-08

The Thrill Chaser

6.5

The Thrill Chaser
1923-11-26

6.333

Torture Money
1937-01-02

The Eagle's Eye

0

The Eagle's Eye
1918-03-27

Romance in the Rain

9

Romance in the Rain
1934-08-13

The Czar of Broadway

9

The Czar of Broadway
1930-05-25

The Secret Heart

6.5

The Secret Heart
1946-12-25

0

Absinthe
1914-01-22

Fingers at the Window

5.588

Fingers at the Window
1942-04-22

3 Kids and a Queen

7

3 Kids and a Queen
1935-10-21

6.029

Rio Rita
1942-03-11

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

5.8

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945-10-05

0

Over the Hills
1911-11-30

Sweepstake Annie

4.8

Sweepstake Annie
1935-01-29

At the Duke's Command

0

At the Duke's Command
1911-02-16

The Ice Follies of 1939

5.727

The Ice Follies of 1939
1939-03-10

Marie Antoinette

6.554

Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26

6.6

San Francisco
1936-06-26

6.429

Mad Holiday
1936-11-13

6.7

Ziegfeld Girl
1941-04-25

6

Swing Fever
1943-11-01

The Awakening of Bess

9

The Awakening of Bess
1909-12-27

The Call of the Circus

10

The Call of the Circus
1910-07-07

10

Debt
1910-09-19

Jane and the Stranger

8

Jane and the Stranger
1910-02-21

The Count of Montebello

10

The Count of Montebello
1910-10-24

8

A Game for Two
1910-06-30

His Second Wife

7

His Second Wife
1910-04-07

The Irony of Fate

8

The Irony of Fate
1910-08-01

The Eternal Triangle

7

The Eternal Triangle
1910-05-23

The Blind Man’s Tact

9

The Blind Man’s Tact
1910-02-14

Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens

8

Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
1910-07-28

The Taming of Jane

10

The Taming of Jane
1910-08-21

9

The Maelstrom
1910-04-21

The Miser’s Daughter

8

The Miser’s Daughter
1910-04-04

Old Heads and Young Hearts

9

Old Heads and Young Hearts
1910-07-11

The Right of Love

10

The Right of Love
1910-01-10

Once Upon a Time

7

Once Upon a Time
1910-08-08

8

Pressed Roses
1910-09-26

9

A Reno Romance
1910-05-30

8

The New Shawl
1910-04-28

0

Two Men
1910-05-02

The Winning Punch

9

The Winning Punch
1910-01-03

0

Transfusion
1910-03-28

The Doctor's Perfidy

8

The Doctor's Perfidy
1910-05-16

All the World’s a Stage

10

All the World’s a Stage
1910-10-03

Love's Stratagem

8

Love's Stratagem
1909-11-01

The Great Universal Mystery

8

The Great Universal Mystery
1914-07-10

The Ghost Comes Home

5.667

The Ghost Comes Home
1940-03-08

9

Beloved
1934-01-22

0

Half a Rogue
1916-05-22

The Postman Always Rings Twice

7.067

The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946-05-02

The Man from Nowhere

0

The Man from Nowhere
1916-06-19

0

The Suburban
1915-09-17

4.6

Parnell
1937-06-04

Building for Democracy

7

Building for Democracy
1918-10-01

Kildare of Storm

0

Kildare of Storm
1918-09-16

The Time-Lock Safe

0

The Time-Lock Safe
1910-07-08

Holiday in Mexico

6.667

Holiday in Mexico
1946-08-15

The Dwelling Place of Light

7

The Dwelling Place of Light
1920-09-12

Father Brown, Detective

6.5

Father Brown, Detective
1934-12-14

Cheating Cheaters

7

Cheating Cheaters
1934-11-05

Too Hot to Handle

6.024

Too Hot to Handle
1938-09-16

The Man Who Stayed at Home

10

The Man Who Stayed at Home
1919-07-06

The Butterfly Girl

9

The Butterfly Girl
1921-06-12

The Shadow of Lightning Ridge

7

The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
1920-04-03

Justice in the Far North

10

Justice in the Far North
1910-02-07

10

Mother Love
1910-03-07

A Game of Deception

9

A Game of Deception
1911-06-01

The Tide of Fortune

7

The Tide of Fortune
1910-01-17

The Governor’s Pardon

7

The Governor’s Pardon
1910-02-28

9

The Stage Note
1910-03-24

10

The Rosary
1910-04-11

The Broken Oath

9

The Broken Oath
1910-03-14