Francis X. Bushman
Date of birth: 1883-01-09
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Francis Xavier Bushman, King of the Movies
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.
Movie Credits
This Is Francis X. Bushman
2021-09-06
Documentary about the life of silent film star Francis X. Bushman
The Thirteenth Man
1913-01-21
A poor man attends a class reunion.
The Great Secret
1917-01-08
A wealthy young athlete comes to the aid of a beautiful heiress, whose fortune is being threatened b
Two Men and a Girl
1911-09-12
A love triangle.
Sabrina
1954-09-01
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily runni
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman of
Once a Gentleman
1930-09-01
A butler goes on vacation, where he is wrongly taken to be a wealthy man.
The Phantom Planet
1961-12-13
After an asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom
Romeo and Juliet
1916-10-19
Shakespeare's tragedy of two young people who fall desperately in love despite the ancient feud betw
The Dude Wrangler
1930-07-01
In order to prove his manliness to the girl he loves, a young urban dandy takes a job at a dude ranc
The Story of Mankind
1957-11-08
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
The Hour and the Man
1914-01-09
A lawyer defends a woman accused of murdering her husband without knowing that the murdered man was
Jane
1914-06-09
Because her father breaks her engagement to a young man, Jane, a spoiled girl of luxury, retires to
The Gallantry of Jimmy Rodgers
1915-01-05
A young man's sweetheart calls upon him to retrieve some incriminating love letters, but it all turn
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify
1914-12-09
Rube Homer Splivins imitates the actions of a famous matinee idol in order to woo his lady love.
The Plum Tree
1914-09-18
A young woman's father arranges a loveless marriage for her to a banker to whom he owes money, but s
The Slim Princess
1915-05-24
Gloom overcasts the palace of Count Selim Nalagaski, governor general of Morovenia, Turkey. All effo
The Way Perilous
1913-10-21
A young man leaves his Southern home, his father and his sweetheart, and falls into bad company in t
The Right of Way
1913-09-19
The Right of Way
Hollywood Story
1951-06-01
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the uns
The Masked Bride
1925-12-13
An American millionaire wants to reform a Parisian cabaret singer who moonlights as a jewel thief.
Hearts and Flowers
1914-01-06
As the result of a mistaken marriage, Mrs. Russell, broken in spirit and body, becomes ill and is or
An Unplanned Elopement
1914-10-17
A young woman lingers too long on the boat seeing her sweetheart off, and the two embark together on
Yarn a-Tangle
1914-04-28
They loved each other when they were young. They were about to elope when Frank met with an accident
The Countess
1914-06-23
A newspaper reporter takes a job as the butler of a countess in order to get a story; he graduates t
A Night With a Million
1914-07-07
A clerk in a broker's office is accused of stealing a million dollars' worth of railroad bonds, but
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966-04-06
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have
The Silent Voice
1915-09-13
Franklyn Starr, a talented and wealthy young musician, suffers a double misfortune in the sudden los
Apache Country
1952-05-30
A criminal gang provokes the local Apaches in order to divert the authorities' attention from their
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t
The Galloping Ghost
1931-09-01
A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Footba
Dick Tracy
1937-02-20
Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame On
Mr. Celebrity
1941-10-10
A couple attempts to win custody of their orphaned grandson, who's being raised by his veterinarian
The Voice of Conscience
1912-09-27
An accidental death on a hunting trip results in an innocent young man being accused of murder.
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942-01-01
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of editio
In the Diplomatic Service
1916-10-16
Foreign powers keep getting their hands on U.S. military secrets, so the head of the American diplom
The Wall Between
1916-03-20
John Kendall was brought up in a wealthy family, but when his father loses the family fortune and th
The Marriage Clause
1926-09-12
A Broadway actress becomes a star due to the guidance of her director. The two fall in love, but are
David and Bathsheba
1951-08-10
King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequen
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952-12-25
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer,
Social Quicksands
1918-06-10
Claiming that he has no need for social butterflies, Warren Dexter refuses to attend a reception at
A Pair of Cupids
1918-07-29
Henry Burgess favors a match between his ward, Virginia Parke, and his nephew, Peter Warburton, but
The Adopted Son
1917-10-29
A feud has existed between the McLanes and the Conovers in the Tennessee mountains for many years. "
12 to the Moon
1960-02-03
Landed on the moon, Capt. John Anderson and his fellow astronauts quickly find their mission threate
Hollywood Boulevard
1936-08-20
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960-01-10
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
Call of the Circus
1930-01-15
A retired circus clown, Herbert Rawlinson, finds love entering his life when he marries a member of
The Iron Heel
1912-11-29
An old man plots to have his enemy's son convicted of his own murder.
When Soul Meets Soul
1913-01-03
An archeologist discovers an ancient parchment inside a mummy case, and realizes that he is the rein
A Mistaken Accusation
1913-03-07
An Italian laborer is mistakenly accused of kidnapping the child of one of his clients.
Dawn and Twilight
1914-02-03
A blind violinist's sight is restored by an operation paid for by a young woman who loves him, but t
Under Royal Patronage
1914-09-03
In order to avoid a pre-arranged marriage two members of the royalty exchange places with two Americ
When Wealth Torments
1912-11-08
A young man must overcome a stubborn mother's objections in order to marry the girl he loves.
The Second in Command
1915-07-25
Lt. Col. Anstruther vies for the attention of Muriel Mannering with Major Bingham. The latter tricks
Say It with Sables
1928-07-13
In this silent film, now considered lost, Doug Caswell falls for Irene, his wealthy father's mistres
Silver Queen
1942-11-14
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and h
Watch Beverly
1932-10-20
A British diplomat becomes entangled with a ring of international criminals.
Twenty Years After
1944-01-01
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then
The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
1927-10-01
George Washington, commander of revolutionary American forces, ends a squabble among the colonies as
The Film Parade
1933-01-01
Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the mo
Graustark
1915-04-16
While traveling by train from Denver to Washington, DC, wealthy young Grenfall Lorry meets a beautif
The Lady in Ermine
1927-01-01
When her husband marches off to war, Mariana is left in charge of the ancestral castle and is thus o
Midnight Life
1928-08-28
When his buddy is murdered a dedicated cop, goes after the gang responsible.
The Bible According to Hollywood
1994-01-01
Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has produced th
The Beautiful Spy
1928-05-10
A complete version of the film is held by Cineteca Del Friuli.
Red, White and Blue Blood
1917-11-24
A hard-core socialite turns over a new leaf after spending time with a less fortunate family.
The 13th Juror
1927-11-13
A 1927 American mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue and Walter Anth
Human Targets
1932-01-10
The Dale's need money for their sick mother and Bart Travis, having found gold, says he will provide
The Poor Rich Man
1918-12-23
Vantyne Carter is a playboy living in luxury off his father. Vantyne's cousin Teddy, meanwhile, lead
The Ambition of the Baron
1915-01-29
A young woman is used as a pawn to entice Count Jean de Lugnan into a game of ruritanian political i
A Virginia Romance
1916-01-01
When a player is bribed to throw the big football game at the University of Virginia it sets in moti
Cyclone Higgins, D.D.
1918-05-13
Anson Campbell returns from the seminary to a small village on the New England coast. When the purit
Under Suspicion
1918-02-04
Gerry Simpson (Bushman) meets newspaper reporter Virginia Blake (Bayne) and, after learning that she
Playing the Swell
1926-05-19
The Other Wise Man
1953-04-05
An adaptation of Henry Van Dyke's classic tale of Artaban, a Persian believer who spends 33 years se
The Eye That Never Sleeps
1912-05-14
A super sleuth of the Secret Service Bureau disguises himself as a common thief to penetrate a gang