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Gilbert M. Anderson

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Birthdate

1880-03-20

Day of Death

1971-01-20

Place of Birth

Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Gilbert M. Anderson

Biography

Born in 1880, ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson is considered the first western film star. He played three film roles in “The Great Train Robbery” and then began to write, direct and act in his own films. After co-founding the Essanay Studios in 1907 with George Kirk Spoor, Anderson appeared in some 300 short films. But it was his 148 western shorts playing cowboy Bronco Billy that made him a star. He retired for the first time in 1916 but made a few comebacks, including producing movies into the 1950s for his company, Progressive Pictures. He received an honorary Oscar in 1958 as a “motion picture pioneer.” Anderson came out of retirement one more time for a cameo in 1965’s “The Bounty Hunter.” He died at age of 90 1971.

Filmography (341)

⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay

2017
⭐ 10.0 Role: (archive footage)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

2000
⭐ 6.0 Role: The Man in the Cantina

The Bounty Killer

1965
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

1961
⭐ 0 Role: Self

The Western: A Lost TV Special

1958
⭐ 6.5 Role: Business Man (uncredited)

Life with Henry

1941
⭐ 5.2 Role: Self - from 'The Great Train Robbery' (archive footage)

The Movies March On

1939
⭐ 8.0 Role: (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Film Parade

1933
⭐ 9.0 Role: Self

Stars of Yesterday

1931
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Bill Hinchley

The Greater Duty

1922
⭐ 7.5 Role: Bill

The Son-of-a-Gun

1919
No Image
⭐ 8.0 Role: Jack / Jim

Red Blood and Yellow

1919
⭐ 0 Role: Broncho Billy

Shootin' Mad

1918
⭐ 9.0 Role: Broncho Billy Adair

Humanity

1917
No Image
⭐ 9.0 Role: John Stone

The Man in Him

1916