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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 ...

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0007215King Baggot - IMDb

    King Baggot. Actor: Jim Webb, Senator. St. Louis-born King Baggot traveled to New York City with the express intent of crashing Broadway, but began his film career in nearby Fort Lee, NJ, in 1909.

    • Actor, Director, Writer
    • November 7, 1879
    • King Baggot
    • July 11, 1948
  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm1008737King Baggot - IMDb

    King Baggot was born on 15 August 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Last Starfighter (1984), American Gigolo (1980) and Revenge of the Nerds (1984).

    • King Baggot
    • August 15, 1943
  4. Actor: Jim Webb, Senator. St. Louis-born King Baggot traveled to New York City with the express intent of crashing Broadway, but began his film career in nearby Fort Lee, NJ, in 1909. It didn't take long before he graduated from actor to writer and director--at times performing all three functions; in Shadows (1914) he not only directed but ...

    • November 7, 1879
    • July 11, 1948
  5. 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 ...

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  7. Sep 11, 2002 · This work is a biography and filmography of the early film pioneer. It covers his early life before he broke into the film industry, traces his career from his beginnings as a stage actor in 1900 to the peak of his career in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and ends with his death in 1948.

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    • Sally A. Dumaux
  8. Sep 20, 2016 · King Baggot, the first ‘King of the Movies’ died July 11th, 1948 penniless and mostly forgotten at age 68. A St. Louis native, Baggot was at one time Hollywood’s most popular star, known is his heyday as “The Most Photographed Man in the World” and “More Famous Than the Man in the Moon”. Yet even in his hometown, Baggot had faded into obscurity.

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