Paul Hurst

About

Paul Hurst (October 15, 1888 - February 27, 1953) was an American character actor of prodigious output who also directed and wrote silent films. Much of his early work was in low budget western films. A native of central California, Hurst had a first-hand knowledge of Western lore, growing up surrounded by the multi-million acre Lux & Miller ranches which ran cattle throughout the state. Visiting San Francisco as a young man, Hurst became involved in amateur theatricals and thereafter traveled to Los Angeles to join in the emerging film industry there. He began appearing in films as early as 1912, most of them Westerns. By 1916, he was directing them as well (some sources report that he served in the First World War as a member of the French Foreign Legion, but the dates of his film projects make this story highly suspect). In the early 1920s, Hurst wrote several scenarios for films he...

Known for

Gone with the WindMovie • 1939Mr. Deeds Goes to TownMovie • 1936They Drive by NightMovie • 1940The Ox-Bow IncidentMovie • 1943Angel and the BadmanMovie • 1947Queen ChristinaMovie • 1934The WesternerMovie • 1940The Hunchback of Notre DameMovie • 1923Island of Lost SoulsMovie • 1932Each Dawn I DieMovie • 1939The VirginianMovie • 1946The Sun Shines BrightMovie • 1953In Old ChicagoMovie • 1938Topper Takes a TripMovie • 1938Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmMovie • 1938Yellow SkyMovie • 1948Edison, the ManMovie • 1940Big Jim McLainMovie • 1952Ali Baba Goes to TownMovie • 1937DakotaMovie • 1945Alexander's Ragtime BandMovie • 1938The Case of the Curious BrideMovie • 1935The Sky's the LimitMovie • 1943Hold Your ManMovie • 1933