Directing
Gilbert M. Anderson
1880-03-20 · Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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.
Known for
The Great Train Robbery
The Champion
The Lucky Dog
His Regeneration
The Soilers
Hollywood
Mud and Sand
The Bounty Killer
What Happened in the Tunnel
Mr. Flip
The Pest
The Train Wreckers
The Weak-End Party
The Egg
The Messenger Boy's Mistake
When Knights Were Cold
Movie credits · 400
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
The Bounty Killer
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Life with Henry
The Movies March On
The Film Parade
Stars of Yesterday
The Soilers
The Handy Man
When Knights Were Cold
The Pest
Mud and Sand
The Weak-End Party
The Egg
Ashes
The Greater Duty
The Lucky Dog
The Son-of-a-Gun
Red Blood and Yellow
Shootin' Mad
Humanity
Vera, the Medium
The Man in Him
The Book Agent's Romance
Her Lesson
A Christmas Revenge
Broncho Billy's Love Affair
The Indian's Narrow Escape
The Escape of Broncho Billy
Wine, Women and Song
Too Much Turkey
Broncho Billy's Cowardly Brother
Broncho Billy Evens Matters
Broncho Billy's Parents
Suppressed Evidence
Broncho Billy, Sheepman
Broncho Billy Misled
The Convict's Threat
TV credits · 1
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