Actor
King Baggot
November 6, 1879 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies", "The Most Photographed Man in the World", and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon".
Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947, wrote 18 screenplays, and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including The Lie (1912), Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925), and The House of Scandal (1928). He also directed William S. Hart in his most famous western, Tumbleweeds (1925).
Notable work
Often works with
Barbara Bedford
5 titles together
Boys Town, The Death Kiss, Too Hot to Handle
James Stewart
3 titles together
The Philadelphia Story, Ziegfeld Girl, Come Live with Me
Lana Turner
3 titles together
The Postman Always Rings Twice, Ziegfeld Girl, Honky Tonk
Clark Gable
3 titles together
San Francisco, Too Hot to Handle, Honky Tonk
Al Shean
3 titles together
San Francisco, Ziegfeld Girl, Too Hot to Handle
Bert Roach
3 titles together
San Francisco, The Bad Sister, Fingers at the Window
Full filmography · 150
Merton of the Movies
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Bank Employee (uncredited)
1947
The Secret Heart
as Man at Graduation Ceremony
1946
Holiday in Mexico
cast
1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
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Dangerous Partners
as Lunch Room Customer (uncredited)
1945
Swing Fever
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1943
Her Cardboard Lover
as Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)
1942
Jackass Mail
as Old Miner
1942
Fingers at the Window
as Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
1942
Rio Rita
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1942