Hobart Bosworth
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Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer. Bosworth began his career in theater, eventually transitioning to the emerging film industry.
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Bosworth, Claire Windsor and Teddy the Dog in Marshall Neilan's The Strangers' Banquet (1922)
Publicity still of (from left) Monte Blue, Miriam Cooper, and Bosworth in costumes for the silent drama Betrayed (1917)
Betty Harte and Bosworth in The Roman (1910)
Still portraying German U-boat commander Brandt (left, Wallace Beery) being throttled by American merchant captain Krug (Bosworth) in Behind the Door (1919)Filmography 40
They Died with Their Boots On
The Big Parade
Lady for a Day
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Abraham Lincoln
Just Imagine
Souls for Sale
A Woman of Affairs
Joan the Woman
One Foot in Heaven
Million Dollar Legs
My Best Girl
The Little American
Steamboat Round the Bend
The Crusades
Dirigible
The Office Wife
Hangman's House
Behind the Door
Eternal Love
The Devil's Holiday
This Modern Age
Captain January
General Spanky
The Keeper of the Bees
The Dark Hour
The Gay Sisters
Bullet Scars
Portia on Trial
The Woman God Forgot
Mammy
The Sawdust Paradise
The Phantom Express
Annie Laurie
King of the Sierras
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
The Sea Lion
Music in the Air
Below the Surface
The Show of Shows191 credits on file
Awards 1
In their orbit 1
Connected to Hobart 6
About this person
Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer. Bosworth began his career in theater, eventually transitioning to the emerging film industry. Despite a battle with tuberculosis, he found success in silent films, establishing himself as a lead actor and pioneering the industry in California. Bosworth started his own production company, Hobart Bosworth Productions, in 1913, focusing on Jack London melodramas. After the company closed, Bosworth continued to act in supporting roles, surviving the transition to sound films. He is known as the "Dean of Hollywood" for his role in shaping the California film industry. In 1960, Bosworth was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry.
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