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person_profile-Gilbert M. Anderson

Gilbert M. Anderson Died at age: 90

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Gilbert M. Anderson

Date of Birth:

Mar 21, 1880

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 20, 1971

Biography of

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.

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Gilbert M. Anderson

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Filmography of

Gilbert M. Anderson

Found 8 Movies in total

Smash His Camera

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

The Bounty Killer

The Man in the Cantina ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1964

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1961

Life with Henry

Business Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

The Film Parade

(archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The Son-of-a-Gun

Bill ( Actor )

Story

... 1919