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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies", "The Most Photographed Man in the World", and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon". Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947, wrote 18 screenplays, and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including The Lie (1912), Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925), and The House of Scandal (1928). He also directed William S. Hart in his most famous western, Tumbleweeds (1925). Among his film appearances, Baggot was best known for The Scarlet Letter (1911), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), and Ivanhoe (1913). Baggot began his career on...
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The Philadelphia StoryMovie • 1940
Ziegfeld GirlMovie • 1941
The Postman Always Rings TwiceMovie • 1946
A Night at the OperaMovie • 1935
Boys TownMovie • 1938
Marie AntoinetteMovie • 1938
The Big StoreMovie • 1941
San FranciscoMovie • 1936
The Devil-DollMovie • 1936
The Bad SisterMovie • 1931
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in HollywoodMovie • 1945
Too Hot to HandleMovie • 1938
Come Live with MeMovie • 1941
The Death KissMovie • 1932
What Price Hollywood?Movie • 1932
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeMovie • 1913
TumbleweedsMovie • 1925