Tom Forman

Born: 1893-02-22

Tom Forman (February 22, 1893 – November 7, 1926) was an American motion picture actor, director, writer, and producer of the early 1920s. Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and director. Forman directed Lon Chaney's Shadows (1922), but his biggest achievement was realised directing the second screen version of Owen Wister's The Virginian (1923). After his career faltered, he was reduced to working on cheap Poverty Row melodramas. Forman is also known for his work with Edith Taliaferro in Young Romance. Forman was set to direct the Columbia film The Wreck, which was to start shooting on November 8, 1926. However, on the evening of November 7 Forman died by suicide, by shooting himself through the heart at his parents' home in Venice, California. Adela Rogers St. Johns based the character of Maximillan Carey in her original story for What Price Hollywood? (1932) on Forman. He was a cousin of silent screen star Madge Bellamy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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The Unknown

as First Private
Released: 1915-12-09

Richard Farquhar, the ne'er-do-well nephew of a titled Englishman, after a protracted "good...

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The Round-Up

as Jack Payson
Released: 1920-10-10

A lovesick sheriff protects his town, embroiled in a feud between a crafty bandit leader and the...

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Young Romance

as Tom Clancy
Released: 1915-01-20

Two young clerks in a department store meet and fall in love during a seaside vacation in Maine,...

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Forbidden Paths

as Harry Maxwell
Released: 1917-07-12

Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old...

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Out of the Darkness

as Tom Jameson
Released: 1915-09-08

Drama in which Hélène, the owner of a large company goes to work in her own factory, to find out...

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The Woman

as Tom Blake
Released: 1915-08-23

William C. DeMille adapted his screenplay for The Woman on the stage play by DeMille's father...

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For Better, for Worse

as Richard Burton
Released: 1919-04-26

Dr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the...

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The Sea Wolf

as Humphrey Van Weyden
Released: 1920-05-15

Humphrey Van Weyden and Maud Brewster are rescued by a nearby ship when the ferry they're on is...

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The Yellow Pawn

as Philip Grant
Released: 1916-11-23

An artist is in the countryside, painting, when he meets a girl in a roadster. They fall in...

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The Ragamuffin

as Bob Van Dyke
Released: 1916-01-23

In planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that...

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The Wild Goose Chase

as Bob Randall
Released: 1915-05-27

Two American grandfathers in France try to arrange marriages for their grandson and...

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The Cost of Hatred

as Ned Amory
Released: 1917-04-09

Justus Graves (Theodore Roberts) is a mean-spirited human being, so it's no surprise that when...

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To Have and to Hold

as Lord Carnal
Released: 1916-03-05

Lady Jocelyn, a favorite in the court of England's King James, escapes a forced marriage to the...

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Chimmie Fadden

as Antoine, Butler-Thief
Released: 1915-06-28

Bowery hooligan Chimmie is saved from false arrest by socialite dogooder Fanny. She takes in...

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Those Without Sin

as Bob Wallace
Released: 1917-03-01

Melaine is captured by a northern soldier while she is carrying secret southern messages. She...

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Chimmie Fadden Out West

as Antoine
Released: 1915-11-21

Chimmie is sent to Death Valley CA as part of a railroad scheme. He's to pretend to have...

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