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Broncho Billy Anderson Gilbert M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson was an American actor, writer, film director, and film producer, who is best known as the first star of the Western film genre. Anderson was born Max Aaronson in Little Rock, Arkansas, the sixth child of Henry and Esther Aaronson, natives of New York. His younger sister, Leona ...
Sep 16, 2021 · Anderson’s Broncho Billy, was a hard shootin’, hard fightin’, cowboy with a heart of gold. Moreover, Broncho Billy had a personality that audiences could admire. 9. The film was an instant success. Anderson decided that he should continue to make films starring Broncho Billy. Even in 1908, film executives knew the value of a good sequel.
As "Broncho Billy," he played the first real movie cowboy hero in a series of 148 western shorts. He also was a producer with a series of shorts films with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the 1920s. In 1957, he won an Academy Award as a motion picture pioneer for his contribution to film art and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Jul 25, 2011 · ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson. Born in 1880, 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 ...
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 ...
Jul 17, 2003 · Article on efforts to rescue America's first cowboy, silent film actor Broncho Billy (Gilbert M Anderson), from obscurity; Library of Congress has transferred nitrate prints of surviving films to ...
Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson ( 21 de março de 1880 [ 2] - 20 de janeiro de 1971) foi um ator, cineasta, roteirista e produtor cinematográfico estadunidense da era do cinema mudo, que se notabilizou por ter sido a primeira estrela do gênero Western. [ 3] Com uma vasta performance em cinema, esteve envolvido em mais de 500 produções ...
