Acting • AGE 81
The first Western superstar, the taciturn Hart actually was a successful Shakespearean actor who played Messala in “Ben-Hur” on Broadway in 1899 before riding the range in movies. A longtime fan of th...


Decasia: The State of Decay
Self - Cowboy (archive footage)
2002

It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976

The Great Chase
1962

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1961

Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953

Variety Time
Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)
1948

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Self (uncredited)
1941

O'Malley of the Mounted
Writer
1936

The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)
1934

Stars of Yesterday
Self
1931

The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931

Show People
Self (uncredited)
1928

Tumbleweeds
Don Carver
1925

Singer Jim Mckee
'Singer' Jim McKee
1924

Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok
1923

Hollywood
William S. Hart
1923

Travelin' On
J.B., The Stranger
1922

Three Word Brand
Three Word Brand / Governor Marsden / Ben Trego
1921

The Whistle
Robert Evans
1921

O'Malley of the Mounted
Sergeant O'Malley
1921

White Oak
Oak Miller, a gambling man
1921

The Testing Block
'Sierra' Bill
1920

The Cradle of Courage
'Square' Kelly
1920

Sand
Dan Kurrie
1920

The Toll Gate
Black Deering
1920

John Petticoats
'Hardwood' John Haynes
1919

Wagon Tracks
Buckskin Hamilton
1919

Square Deal Sanderson
Square Deal Sanderson
1919

The Money Corral
Lem Beason
1919

The Poppy Girl's Husband
Hairpin Harry Dutton
1919

Breed of Men
Careless Carmody
1919

Branding Broadway
Robert Sands
1918

The Border Wireless
Steve Ransom
1918

Riddle Gawne
Jefferson 'Riddle' Gawne
1918

Shark Monroe
Shark Monroe
1918

Selfish Yates
'Selfish' Yates
1918

A Lion of the Hills
1918

The Tiger Man
Hawk Parsons
1918

'Blue Blazes' Rawden
Blue Blazes Rawden
1918

Wolves of the Rail
'Buck' Andrade
1918

The Narrow Trail
Ice Harding
1917

The Silent Man
Budd Marr
1917

The Cold Deck
Jefferson "On the Level" Leigh
1917

All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917

Wolf Lowry
Tom 'Wolf' Lowry
1917

The Square Deal Man
Jack O'Diamonds
1917

The Desert Man
Jim Alton
1917

The Gun Fighter
Cliff Hudspeth
1917

Truthful Tulliver
Truthful Tulliver
1917

The Devil's Double
'Bowie' Blake
1916

The Return of Draw Egan
'Draw' Egan aka William Blake
1916

The Dawn Maker
Joe Elk
1916

The Captive God
Chiapa
1916

The Apostle of Vengeance
David Hudson
1916

The Primal Lure
Angus McConnell
1916

The Aryan
Steve Denton
1916

The Patriot
Bob Wiley
1916

Hell's Hinges
Blaze Tracy
1916

Between Men
Bob White
1916

The Disciple
Jim Houston
1915

Keno Bates, Liar
Keno Bates
1915

Knight of the Trail
Jim Treen
1915

The Ruse
'Bat' Peters
1915

Cash Parrish's Pal
Cash Parrish
1915

Tools of Providence
Steve Blake
1915

The Conversion of Frosty Blake
Frosty Blake
1915

The Darkening Trail
Yukon Ed
1915

Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
Bad Buck Peters
1915

The Man from Nowhere
"Buck" Farley
1915

The Taking of Luke McVane
Luke McVane
1915

On the Night Stage
Texas
1915

The Roughneck
Dave Page
1915

The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow
Sheriff Hale
1915

The Grudge
Rio Ed
1915

Mr. 'Silent' Haskins
Lon Haskins
1915

Two-Gun Hicks
Two-Gun Hicks
1914

The Bargain
Jim Stokes
1914

In the Sage Brush Country
Jim Brandon
1914

Ben Hur
Messala
1907