Buckshot John
Encyclopedia
Buckshot John is a 1915 Western film
, directed by and starring Hobart Bosworth
. Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress
film archive.
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
, directed by and starring Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Bosworth was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer.-Early life:Born Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth, he was a direct descendant of Miles Standish and John and Priscilla Alden on his father's side and of New York's Van Zandt family, the first Dutch settlers to land in the New...
. Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
film archive.
Cast
- Hobart BosworthHobart BosworthHobart Bosworth was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer.-Early life:Born Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth, he was a direct descendant of Miles Standish and John and Priscilla Alden on his father's side and of New York's Van Zandt family, the first Dutch settlers to land in the New...
- 'Buckshot John' Moran - Courtenay FooteCourtenay FooteCourtenay Foote was an English actor of the silent era. He appeared in 59 films between 1910 and 1924. He was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and he died in Italy.-Selected filmography:* The Quicksands...
- Dr. Buchanan Gilmore / The Great Gilmore - Carl von Schiller - Jimmy Dacey, a Reporter
- Helen Wolcott - Ruth Mason
- Herbert StandingHerbert StandingHerbert Standing was a British stage and screen actor and the patriarch of the Standing family of actors. He was the father of numerous children who many of them had careers in the theatre and/or in cinema...
- John Mason - Marshall Stedman - Warden of state's prison
- Frank LanningFrank LanningFrank Lanning was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 84 films between 1910 and 1934.He was born in Marion, Iowa and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
- Bad Jake Kennedy - Art Acord - Hairtrigger Jordan
- Elmo LincolnElmo LincolnElmo Lincoln was an American film actor.Born Otto Elmo Linkenhelt, the barrel-chested actor is best known in his silent movie role as the first Tarzan in 1918's Tarzan of the Apes as an adult --...
- The sheriff (as Oscar Linkenhelt) - Rhea HainesRhea HainesRhea Haines was a silent film actress from Indiana.Haines was a leading lady for the film company of actor Hobart Bosworth. She played in films with Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, and Mack Sennett. In 1920 she appeared in Mary Ellen Comes To Town and Always Audacious for Paramount Pictures...
- Mrs. Hayden - Arthur Allardt - Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited)
- J.F. Briscoe - Medicine show crowd (uncredited)
- Mr. Fletcher - Judge (uncredited)
- Hoot GibsonHoot GibsonHoot Gibson was an American rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, director and producer.-Early life and career:...
- Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited) - Wong Ling - Hindo (uncredited)
- Martha MattoxMartha MattoxMartha Mattox was an American silent film actor most notable for her role of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary. She also played a role in Torrent...
- Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited) - Robert Murdock - Turnkey (uncredited)
- Ray MyersRay MyersRay Myers was an American film actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 43 films between 1912 and 1924. He also directed five films between 1910 and 1915, including The Siege and Fall of the Alamo , now considered a lost film...
- Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited) - Joe Ray - Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited)