Directing
Gilbert M. Anderson
- Born
- 1880-03-20 · Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
- Died
- 1971-01-20
- Filmography
- 401 titles on TMDB
About Gilbert M. Anderson
Born in 1880, ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson is considered the first western film star. He played three film roles in “The Great Train Robbery” and then began to write, direct and act in his own films. After co-founding the Essanay Studios in 1907 with George Kirk Spoor, Anderson appeared in some 300 short films. But it was his 148 western shorts playing cowboy Bronco Billy that made him a star. He retired for the first time in 1916 but made a few comebacks, including producing movies into the 1950s for his company, Progressive Pictures. He received an honorary Oscar in 1958 as a “motion picture pioneer.” Anderson came out of retirement one more time for a cameo in 1965’s “The Bounty Hunter.” He died at age of 90 1971.
Backdrop from The Great Train Robbery
Films & television
400 titles
Bandit / Shot Passenger / Tenderfoot Dancer (uncredited) · Assistant Director
The Man in the Cantina
The Regenerate · Director · Writer · Producer
Self (archive footage)
(archive footage)
Enthusiastic Fan (uncredited)
Broncho Billy · Writer · Producer · Director
Broncho Billy · Director
Director
Broncho Billy · Writer · Producer · Director
Broncho Billy · Director · Writer · Producer
Cast · Director · Writer
The Capitalist · Director
Director · Writer
Director · Writer · Producer
Triggerless Jim Burrows · Director
Cast · Director · Writer · Producer
Broncho Billy · Director · Writer
Broncho Billy · Director · Writer · Producer
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Broncho Billy · Director · Writer · Producer
Jack Manley · Director · Writer · Producer
Broncho Billy · Director · Writer · Producer
Broncho Billy · Director
The Sweetheart · Director
Cast · Director · Writer
Broncho Billy · Director
Self - from 'The Great Train Robbery' (archive footage)
Broncho Billy · Director
Broncho Billy · Director
Producer
Cast · Director · Writer
Tom Phelps · Director
Broncho Billy · Director
Director · Producer
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