Francis X. Bushman

Born: 1883-01-09

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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Sabrina

as Mr. Tyson
Released: 1954-09-10

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily...

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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Messala
Released: 1925-12-25

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with...

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The Bad and the Beautiful

as Eulogist (uncredited)
Released: 1952-12-25

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood...

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David and Bathsheba

as King Saul (uncredited)
Released: 1951-08-10

King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic...

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Silver Queen

as Creditor
Released: 1942-11-14

A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father...

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1972-01-10

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...

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Hollywood Story

as Himself
Released: 1951-06-01

A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins...

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The Phantom Planet

as Sessom
Released: 1961-12-13

After an asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the...

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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini

as Malcolm
Released: 1966-04-06

A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and...

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The Story of Mankind

as Moses
Released: 1957-11-08

The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

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Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)
Released: 1944-01-01

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits,...

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The Galloping Ghost

as 'Buddy' Courtland
Released: 1931-09-01

A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games....

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Dick Tracy

as Chief Clive Anderson
Released: 1937-02-20

Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The...

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Hollywood Boulevard

as Frank - Director, Desert Scene
Released: 1936-08-20

With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines...

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1960-01-10

A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.

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Apache Country

as Commissioner Latham
Released: 1952-05-30

A criminal gang provokes the local Apaches in order to divert the authorities' attention from...

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The Bible According to Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1994-01-01

Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has...

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The Beautiful Spy

as Belgrano
Released: 1928-05-10

A complete version of the film is held by Cineteca Del Friuli.

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12 to the Moon

as Secretary General of the International Space Order
Released: 1960-02-03

Landed on the moon, Capt. John Anderson and his fellow astronauts quickly find their mission...

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The 13th Juror

as Henry Desmond
Released: 1927-11-13

A 1927 American mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue and Walter...

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Romeo and Juliet

as Romeo
Released: 1916-10-19

Shakespeare's tragedy of two young people who fall desperately in love despite the ancient feud...

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The Dude Wrangler

as Canby
Released: 1930-07-01

In order to prove his manliness to the girl he loves, a young urban dandy takes a job at a dude...

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Mr. Celebrity

as Himself
Released: 1941-10-10

A couple attempts to win custody of their orphaned grandson, who's being raised by his...

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The Masked Bride

as Grover
Released: 1925-12-13

An American millionaire wants to reform a Parisian cabaret singer who moonlights as a jewel thief.

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The Film Parade

as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1933-01-01

Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of...

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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1942-01-01

The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of...

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The Adopted Son

as Two Gun Carter
Released: 1917-10-29

A feud has existed between the McLanes and the Conovers in the Tennessee mountains for many...

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The Marriage Clause

as Barry Townsend
Released: 1926-09-12

A Broadway actress becomes a star due to the guidance of her director. The two fall in love, but...

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Graustark

as Grenfall Lorry
Released: 1915-04-16

While traveling by train from Denver to Washington, DC, wealthy young Grenfall Lorry meets a...

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The Hour and the Man

as Frank Maxwell
Released: 1914-01-09

A lawyer defends a woman accused of murdering her husband without knowing that the murdered man...

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The Slim Princess

as Alexander H. Pike
Released: 1915-05-24

Gloom overcasts the palace of Count Selim Nalagaski, governor general of Morovenia, Turkey. All...

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The Lady in Ermine

as Gen. Dostal
Released: 1927-01-01

When her husband marches off to war, Mariana is left in charge of the ancestral castle and is...

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Yarn a-Tangle

as The Beau
Released: 1914-04-28

They loved each other when they were young. They were about to elope when Frank met with an...

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Say It with Sables

as John Caswell
Released: 1928-07-13

In this silent film, now considered lost, Doug Caswell falls for Irene, his wealthy father's...

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The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross

as George Washington
Released: 1927-10-01

George Washington, commander of revolutionary American forces, ends a squabble among the...

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Jane

as The Red-Haired Man
Released: 1914-06-09

Because her father breaks her engagement to a young man, Jane, a spoiled girl of luxury, retires...

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In the Diplomatic Service

as Dick Stansbury
Released: 1916-10-16

Foreign powers keep getting their hands on U.S. military secrets, so the head of the American...

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A Virginia Romance

as Ralph Everly
Released: 1916-01-01

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The Great Secret

as William Montgomery Strong
Released: 1917-01-08

A wealthy young athlete comes to the aid of a beautiful heiress, whose fortune is being...

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Human Targets

as Bart Travis
Released: 1932-01-10

The Dale's need money for their sick mother and Bart Travis, having found gold, says he will...

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A Pair of Cupids

as Peter Warburton
Released: 1918-07-29

Henry Burgess favors a match between his ward, Virginia Parke, and his nephew, Peter Warburton,...

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When Soul Meets Soul

as Prince Arames/Professor Delaplane
Released: 1913-01-03

An archeologist discovers an ancient parchment inside a mummy case, and realizes that he is the...

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The Wall Between

as Sgt. John Kendall
Released: 1916-03-20

John Kendall was brought up in a wealthy family, but when his father loses the family fortune...

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The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify

as The Matinee Idol
Released: 1914-12-09

Rube Homer Splivins imitates the actions of a famous matinee idol in order to woo his lady love.

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The Poor Rich Man

as Vantyne Carter
Released: 1918-12-23

Vantyne Carter is a playboy living in luxury off his father. Vantyne's cousin Teddy, meanwhile,...

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This Is Francis X. Bushman

as Self (archival footage)
Released: 2021-09-06

Documentary about the life of silent film star Francis X. Bushman

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Red, White and Blue Blood

as John Spaulding
Released: 1917-11-24

A hard-core socialite turns over a new leaf after spending time with a less fortunate family.

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The Silent Voice

as Franklyn Starr
Released: 1915-09-13

Franklyn Starr, a talented and wealthy young musician, suffers a double misfortune in the sudden...

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The Countess

as Richard Hasbrook
Released: 1914-06-23

A newspaper reporter takes a job as the butler of a countess in order to get a story; he...

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Hearts and Flowers

as John Martin
Released: 1914-01-06

As the result of a mistaken marriage, Mrs. Russell, broken in spirit and body, becomes ill and...

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When Wealth Torments

as Jim O'Brien
Released: 1912-11-08

A young man must overcome a stubborn mother's objections in order to marry the girl he loves.

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The Iron Heel

as Robert Gregg Sr. & Jr.
Released: 1912-11-29

An old man plots to have his enemy's son convicted of his own murder.

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The Gallantry of Jimmy Rodgers

as Jimmy Rodgers
Released: 1915-01-05

A young man's sweetheart calls upon him to retrieve some incriminating love letters, but it all...

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A Night With a Million

as Jack Wilton
Released: 1914-07-07

A clerk in a broker's office is accused of stealing a million dollars' worth of railroad bonds,...

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An Unplanned Elopement

as Frank Melbourne
Released: 1914-10-17

A young woman lingers too long on the boat seeing her sweetheart off, and the two embark...

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The Second in Command

as Lt. Col. Miles Anstruther
Released: 1915-07-25

Lt. Col. Anstruther vies for the attention of Muriel Mannering with Major Bingham. The latter...

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Dawn and Twilight

as Pietro Delani, a Blind Musician
Released: 1914-02-03

A blind violinist's sight is restored by an operation paid for by a young woman who loves him,...

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The Way Perilous

as Frank Davenport - The Young Man
Released: 1913-10-21

A young man leaves his Southern home, his father and his sweetheart, and falls into bad company...

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Perry Mason

as Lawrence King
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Courtney Jeffers
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Philip
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Batman

as Mr. Van Jones
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-29

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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This Is Your Life

as Self
First aired: 1952-10-01

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally...

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Dr. Kildare

as Mr. Cooper
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Peter Gunn

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-22

Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Max
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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General Electric Theater

as Philip Vandermoot
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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General Electric Theater

as Abgarus
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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