Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1893-02-22
Day of Death
1926-11-07
Place of Birth
Mitchell County, Texas, USA
Tom Forman
Biography
Tom Forman (February 22, 1893 – November 7, 1926) was an American motion picture actor, director, writer, and producer of the early 1920s. Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and director. Forman directed Lon Chaney's Shadows (1922), but his biggest achievement was realised directing the second screen version of Owen Wister's The Virginian (1923). After his career faltered, he was reduced to working on cheap Poverty Row melodramas. Forman is also known for his work with Edith Taliaferro in Young Romance. Forman was set to direct the Columbia film The Wreck, which was to start shooting on November 8, 1926. However, on the evening of November 7 Forman died by suicide, by shooting himself through the heart at his parents' home in Venice, California. Adela Rogers St. Johns based the character of Maximillan Carey in her original story for What Price Hollywood? (1932) on Forman. He was a cousin of silent screen star Madge Bellamy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography (35)
Devil’s Dice
1926
White Shoulders
1922
The Round-Up
1920
The Sea Wolf
1920
The Tree of Knowledge
1920
Told in the Hills
1919
The Heart of Youth
1919Louisiana
1919
For Better, for Worse
1919
Hashimura Togo
1917
Forbidden Paths
1917
Her Strange Wedding
1917
The Jaguar's Claws
1917
The Cost of Hatred
1917
