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William S. Hart

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William S. Hart


Born
in Newburgh, New York, The United States
December 06, 1864

Died
June 23, 1946

Genre
Biography, Fiction


William S. Hart lived for a while in the Dakota Territory, then worked as a postal clerk in New York City. In 1888 he began to study acting. In 1899 he created the role of Messala in Ben-Hur, and received excellent reviews for his lead part in The Virginian (1907). His first film was a two-reeler, His Hour of Manhood (1914). In 1915 he signed a contract with Thomas H. Ince and joined Ince's Triangle Film Company. Two years later he followed Ince to Famous Players-Lasky and received a very lucrative contract from Adolph Zukor. His career began to dwindle in the early 1920s due to the publicity surrounding a paternity suit against him, which was eventually dismissed. He made his last film, Tumbleweeds (1925), for United Artists and retired to ...more

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Average rating: 3.36 · 39 ratings · 3 reviews · 35 distinct works
Injun and Whitey to the Rescue
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My Life East & West
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Told Under a White Oak Tree
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Injun And Whitey Strike Out...
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In My Lifetime
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A Lighter of Flames
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The Law On Horseback And Ot...
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The Golden West Boys, "Inju...
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Pinto Ben and Other Stories
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Injun and Whitey: A Story o... Injun And Whitey Strike Out... Injun and Whitey to the Rescue
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“The bigness of the West makes men quiet; they seldom talk unless they have something to say.”
― William S. Hart, My Life East & West
tags: silence, talking, west, western
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“My father had seen in a flash that they were all gunmen, so he told me to stand still, although we were right in a possible line of fire. If near a gun-fight and the weapons are wielded by amateurs, run for your life; if professionals are handling the trigger, stand still — they know where they are shooting.”
― William S. Hart, My Life East & West
tags: gunfight, gunfighters, west, western, wild-west
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“Poor, dear old Mack, he was ninety-eight per cent perfect. His two percent failing was that he had absolutely no idea of the value or the power of arbitration. He was the veteran of a hundred battles, and I never once could say to the other fellow, 'Your dog started it.”
― William S. Hart, My Life East & West
tags: dog, dogs, funny
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