King Baggot
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 6, 1879, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Died
- July 11, 1948
- Movies
- 178
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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).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2011 | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Himself (archive footage) |
| 1947 | Merton of the Movies | Man in Audience (uncredited) |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Bank Employee (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Secret Heart | Man at Graduation Ceremony |
| 1946 | Holiday in Mexico | |
| 1946 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Barbershop Patron (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Dangerous Partners | Lunch Room Customer (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Swing Fever | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Her Cardboard Lover | Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Jackass Mail | Old Miner |
| 1942 | Fingers at the Window | Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Rio Rita | Hotel Guest (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Big Store | Store Employee (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Man in Audience (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Come Live with Me | Doorman |
| 1940 | The Philadelphia Story | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Gallant Sons | Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Bitter Sweet | Cafe Patron (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Ghost Comes Home | Townsman at Banquet (uncredited) |
| 1940 | I Take This Woman | Man in Subway (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Dancing Co-Ed | Man in Casting Office (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Stronger Than Desire | Juror (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Ice Follies of 1939 | Man in Audience (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Opening Day | Baseball Fan |
| 1938 | Stablemates | Bettor |
| 1938 | Too Hot to Handle | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Boys Town | Derelict in Mission (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | Nobleman at Court (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Think It Over | |
| 1938 | Snow Gets in Your Eyes | Department Store Customer (uncredited) |
| 1938 | That Mothers Might Live | Passerby (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Arsène Lupin Returns | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1937 | A Night at the Movies | Movie Patron (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Emperor's Candlesticks | Customs Official (uncredited) |
| 1937 | It May Happen to You | Man in Hospital (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Parnell | Man in Office |
| 1937 | Torture Money | False Accident Witness (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Mad Holiday | Film Director (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Sworn Enemy | Accident Witness (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Devil-Doll | Detective Pierre (uncredited) |
| 1936 | San Francisco | Earthquake Survivor (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Chemistry Professor |
| 1935 | A Night at the Opera | Dignitary (uncredited) |
| 1935 | 3 Kids and a Queen | Druggist |
| 1935 | Chinatown Squad | Patrol Wagon Guard |
| 1935 | The Call of the Savage | Dr. Pierce |
| 1935 | Mississippi | Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Sweepstake Annie | Motion Picture Studio Executive (uncredited) |
| 1935 | A Notorious Gentleman | Police Sergeant |
| 1934 | Father Brown, Detective | Priest (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Cheating Cheaters | Official (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Romance in the Rain | Milton McGillicuddy |
| 1934 | The Red Rider | Townsman |
| 1934 | Beloved | Second Doctor |
| 1933 | I Loved a Woman | Banker (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Death Kiss | Al Payne |
| 1932 | Afraid to Talk | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Big Flash | Hinkle |
| 1932 | What Price Hollywood? | Department Head (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Police Court | Harry Field |
| 1932 | Girl of the Rio | Maitre d'hotel, Purple Pigeon Cafe |
| 1931 | Graft | Ship's Captain |
| 1931 | Sweepstakes | Mike - Weber's Trainer |
| 1931 | The Bad Sister | Policeman on Street (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Once a Gentleman | Van Warner |
| 1930 | The Czar of Broadway | |
| 1923 | The Thrill Chaser | Himself - Cameo |
| 1921 | The Butterfly Girl | H.H. Van Horn |
| 1921 | The Girl in the Taxi | Maj. Frederick Smith |
| 1920 | The Forbidden Thing | Dave |
| 1920 | The Dwelling Place of Light | Brooks Insall |
| 1920 | Life's Twist | Jim Sargent |
| 1920 | The Cheater | Lord Asgarby |
| 1920 | The Shadow of Lightning Ridge | |
| 1919 | The Hawk's Trail | Sheldon Steele/The Hawk |
| 1919 | The Man Who Stayed at Home | Christopher Brent |
| 1918 | Building for Democracy | The Husband |
| 1918 | Kildare of Storm | Basil Kildare |
| 1918 | The Eagle's Eye | Harrison Grant |
| 1918 | Mission of the War Chest | Self |
| 1916 | The Silent Stranger | The Silent Stranger |
| 1916 | The Man from Nowhere | James Herron |
| 1916 | Half a Rogue | Richard Warrington |
| 1915 | The Suburban | Donald Gordon |
| 1915 | The Marble Heart | Raphael / Phidias |
| 1914 | The Great Universal Mystery | Himself |
| 1914 | Absinthe | Jean Dumas |
| 1913 | Ivanhoe | Wilfred of Ivanhoe |
| 1913 | The Wanderer | The Shepherd |
| 1913 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde |
| 1912 | Up Against It | Amos Bentley |
| 1912 | A Cave Man Wooing | George - the 'Sissy' Hero |
| 1912 | Shamus O'Brien | Shamus O'Brien |
| 1911 | Over the Hills | Wayne Holland |
| 1911 | The Better Way | Louis Perry - a Reformed Crook |
| 1911 | The Rose's Story | Gerald Kinney |
| 1911 | The Call of the Song | Hugh Norton |
| 1911 | Science | Dr. Crawford |
| 1911 | At a Quarter of Two | Dan Nolan - the Burglar |
| 1911 | For the Queen's Honor | The King |
| 1911 | In the Sultan's Garden | Lt. Robbins |
| 1911 | A Game of Deception | |
| 1911 | The Master and the Man | Basil King |
| 1911 | The Fair Dentist | Dental Patient |
| 1911 | The Temptress | Gilbert Irving |
| 1911 | Second Sight | Tom Mooreland |
| 1911 | The Scarlet Letter | Reverend Dimmesdale |
| 1911 | While There is hope, There is Life | Alfred King |
| 1911 | The Wife’s Awakening | Enoch Harrington |
| 1911 | Sweet Memories | Edward Jackson |
| 1911 | The Secret of the Palm | Cecil Abbott |
| 1911 | Tracked | Roger Densmore |
| 1911 | Pictureland | Pablo |
| 1911 | At the Duke's Command | Edward, the Duke's Nephew |
| 1911 | The Mirror | |
| 1910 | The Count of Montebello | Percy |
| 1910 | All the World’s a Stage | |
| 1910 | Pressed Roses | |
| 1910 | Debt | |
| 1910 | The Taming of Jane | |
| 1910 | Once Upon a Time | |
| 1910 | Irony of Fate | |
| 1910 | Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens | George Rand |
| 1910 | Old Heads and Young Hearts | |
| 1910 | The Call of the Circus | |
| 1910 | A Game for Two | Clark, the Best Friend |
| 1910 | A Reno Romance | Jack |
| 1910 | The Eternal Triangle | The Dashing Young Count |
| 1910 | The Doctor's Perfidy | |
| 1910 | Two Men | The Tenderfoot |
| 1910 | The New Shawl | Jacques |
| 1910 | The Maelstrom | |
| 1910 | The Rosary | |
| 1910 | His Second Wife | |
| 1910 | The Miser’s Daughter | |
| 1910 | Transfusion | |
| 1910 | The Stage Note | |
| 1910 | The Time-Lock Safe | The Father |
| 1910 | The Broken Oath | |
| 1910 | Mother Love | |
| 1910 | The Governor’s Pardon | The Man |
| 1910 | Jane and the Stranger | The Stranger |
| 1910 | The Blind Man’s Tact | |
| 1910 | Justice in the Far North | King |
| 1910 | The Tide of Fortune | |
| 1910 | The Right of Love | |
| 1910 | The Winning Punch | |
| 1909 | The Awakening of Bess | Bess' Sweetheart |
| 1909 | Love's Stratagem | The Boy |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1928 | Romance of a Rogue | Director |
| 1928 | The House of Scandal | Director |
| 1927 | Down the Stretch | Director |
| 1927 | The Notorious Lady | Director |
| 1927 | Perch of the Devil | Director |
| 1926 | Lovey Mary | Director |
| 1925 | Tumbleweeds | Director |
| 1925 | The Home Maker | Director |
| 1925 | Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman | Director |
| 1925 | The Tornado | Director |
| 1924 | The Gaiety Girl | Director |
| 1924 | The Whispered Name | Director |
| 1923 | The Darling of New York | Director |
| 1923 | Crossed Wires | Director |
| 1923 | The Town Scandal | Director |
| 1923 | Gossip | Director |
| 1923 | The Love Letter | Director |
| 1922 | A Dangerous Game | Director |
| 1922 | The Kentucky Derby | Director |
| 1922 | The Lavender Bath Lady | Director |
| 1922 | Human Hearts | Director |
| 1922 | Kissed | Director |
| 1921 | Nobody's Fool | Director |
| 1921 | Moonlight Follies | Director |
| 1921 | Luring Lips | Director |
| 1921 | Cheated Love | Director |
| 1916 | The Silent Stranger | Director |
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