Francis X. Bushman
Birthday: 1883-01-09
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
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This Is Francis X. Bushman
Documentary about the life of silent film star Francis X. Bushman...
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The Great Secret
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Sabrina
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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Once a Gentleman
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The Phantom Planet
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Romeo and Juliet
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The Dude Wrangler
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The Story of Mankind
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The Hour and the Man
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Jane
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The Gallantry of Jimmy Rodgers
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The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify
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The Plum Tree
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The Slim Princess
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The Way Perilous
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Hollywood Story
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The Masked Bride
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Hearts and Flowers
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An Unplanned Elopement
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Yarn a-Tangle
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The Countess
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A Night With a Million
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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
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The Silent Voice
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Apache Country
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
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The Galloping Ghost
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Dick Tracy
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Mr. Celebrity
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The Voice of Conscience
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
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In the Diplomatic Service
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The Wall Between
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The Marriage Clause
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David and Bathsheba
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The Bad and the Beautiful
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Social Quicksands
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A Pair of Cupids
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The Adopted Son
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12 to the Moon
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Hollywood Boulevard
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
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Call of the Circus
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When Soul Meets Soul
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A Mistaken Accusation
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Under Royal Patronage
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Dawn and Twilight
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When Wealth Torments
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The Second in Command
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Say It with Sables
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Silver Queen
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Watch Beverly
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Twenty Years After
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The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
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The Film Parade
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Graustark
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The Lady in Ermine
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Midnight Life
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The Bible According to Hollywood
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Red, White and Blue Blood
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The 13th Juror
A 1927 American mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue and Walter Anth...
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Human Targets
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The Poor Rich Man
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The Ambition of the Baron
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A Virginia Romance
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Cyclone Higgins, D.D.
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Under Suspicion
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The Other Wise Man
An adaptation of Henry Van Dyke's classic tale of Artaban, a Persian believer who spends 33 years se...
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The Eye That Never Sleeps
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Daring Hearts
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With Neatness and Dispatch
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Man and His Soul
Man and His Soul is a 1916 American silent melodrama film directed by John W. Noble....
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Their Compact
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The Voice of Conscience
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A Million a Minute
Philip and Miles Quaintance quarrel over the love of Ellen Sheridan; Miles is rejected, while Philip...
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