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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-01-09 (142 years old)

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Francis X. Bushman

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.

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Known For

Acting

2021

This Is Francis X. Bushman as Self (archival footage)

1994

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)

1966

Batman as Mr. Van Jones

1961

Dr. Kildare as Mr. Cooper

1960

12 to the Moon as Secretary General of the International Space Order

1959

1958

1957

Perry Mason as Lawrence King
Perry Mason as Courtney Jeffers
Perry Mason as Philip

1954

Sabrina as Mr. Tyson

1953

General Electric Theater as Philip Vandermoot

1952

Apache Country as Commissioner Latham
The Bad and the Beautiful as Eulogist (uncredited)

1951

Hollywood Story as Himself
David and Bathsheba as King Saul (uncredited)

1948

1944

Twenty Years After as (archive footage)

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
Silver Queen as Creditor

1941

Mr. Celebrity as Himself

1937

Dick Tracy as Chief Clive Anderson

1936

Hollywood Boulevard as Frank - Director, Desert Scene

1933

The Film Parade as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1932

Watch Beverly as President Orloff
Human Targets as Bart Travis

1931

The Galloping Ghost as 'Buddy' Courtland

1930

Once a Gentleman as Bannister

1928

Say It with Sables as John Caswell
Midnight Life as Jim Logan
The Beautiful Spy as Belgrano

1927

The Lady in Ermine as Gen. Dostal
The 13th Juror as Henry Desmond

1926

The Marriage Clause as Barry Townsend

1925

1918

Social Quicksands as Warren Dexter
A Pair of Cupids as Peter Warburton
The Poor Rich Man as Vantyne Carter
Cyclone Higgins, D.D. as Cyrus 'Cyclone' Higgins, D.D.
Under Suspicion as Gerry Simpson

1917

The Great Secret as William Montgomery Strong
The Adopted Son as Two Gun Carter
Red, White and Blue Blood as John Spaulding

1916

In the Diplomatic Service as Dick Stansbury
The Wall Between as Sgt. John Kendall
A Virginia Romance as Ralph Everly

1915

The Slim Princess as Alexander H. Pike
The Silent Voice as Franklyn Starr
The Second in Command as Lt. Col. Miles Anstruther
Graustark as Grenfall Lorry
The Ambition of the Baron as Count Jean de Lugnan

1914

The Hour and the Man as Frank Maxwell
Jane as The Red-Haired Man
The Plum Tree as Craig Ewell
Hearts and Flowers as John Martin
An Unplanned Elopement as Frank Melbourne
Yarn a-Tangle as The Beau
The Countess as Richard Hasbrook
A Night With a Million as Jack Wilton
Dawn and Twilight as Pietro Delani, a Blind Musician
Under Royal Patronage as Richard Savage

1913

The Thirteenth Man as Jack Hanney
The Way Perilous as Frank Davenport - The Young Man
The Right of Way as Frank Robinson
When Soul Meets Soul as Prince Arames/Professor Delaplane

1912

The Voice of Conscience as William Sherman
The Iron Heel as Robert Gregg Sr. & Jr.
When Wealth Torments as Jim O'Brien

1911

Two Men and a Girl as John Lincoln (or Francis, her dream prince)

Directing

1916

Romeo and Juliet as Director

Writing

1916

In the Diplomatic Service as Scenario Writer