Broncho Billy Anderson (March 21, 1880 – January 20, 1971) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who is best known as the first star of the Western film genre. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. [1]
| Broncho Billy Anderson | |
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| Born | Max Aronson March 21, 1880 Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Died | January 20, 1971 (aged 90) Woodland Hills, California |
| Occupation | Film, stage actor |
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Birth
He was born Max Aronson in Little Rock, Arkansas, the sixth child of Henry and Esther Aronson, natives of New York. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Woodland Hills is a district in the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. [2][3] His younger sister Leona Anderson would achieve a degree of success in the 1950s as a novelty singer who specialized in singing off-key songs for comedic value. [4]
Anderson, who was Jewish, [5] is also claimed by Pine Bluff, where he was raised until age eight. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Pine Bluff is the largest city and County seat of Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States.
He then lived in St. Louis until he was 18, when he moved to New York City. The City of New York He was a photographer's model and newspaper vendor before appearing on the stage. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one He performed in vaudeville, later working with Edwin S. Porter as an actor and occasional script collaborator. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s Edwin Stanton Porter ( April 21, 1870 &ndash April 30, 1941) was an early film pioneer most famous as a director with Thomas Edison [6]
Film
In Porter's early motion picture The Great Train Robbery (1903), Anderson played three roles. The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 western film by Edwin S Porter. The year 1903 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison demolishes "America's First Movie Studio" the Black After seeing the film for the first time at a vaudeville theater and, being overwhelmed by the audiences reaction, Anderson decided the film industry was for him. Using the stage name Gilbert M. A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as Anderson, he began to write, direct, and act in his own Westerns. He became the first cowboy star of movies through a large collection of silent shorts in which he was known as "Broncho Billy".
In 1907, he and George K. Spoor founded Essanay Studios ("S and A" for Spoor and Anderson), one of the predominant early movie studios. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was a motion picture studio founded on August 10, 1907 in the neighborhood of Uptown Chicago, IL A movie studio (aka film studio) is in the established sense of the term a company that distributes films. Anderson acted in over 300 short films for the studio. Though he played a wide variety of characters, he gained enormous popularity in a series of 148 Western shorts in which he played the first real movie cowboy hero, "Broncho Billy. "[7] Spoor stayed in Chicago running the company like a factory, while Anderson traveled the western United States by train with a film crew shooting movies.
Writing, acting and, directing most of these movies, Anderson also found time to direct a series of "Alkali Ike" comedy Westerns starring Augustus Carney. In 1916, Anderson sold his ownership in Essanay and retired from acting. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year He returned to New York, bought the Longacre Theatre and produced plays, but without permanent success. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Longacre Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 220 West 48th Street in midtown Manhattan. He then made a brief comeback as a producer with a series of shorts with Stan Laurel, including his first work with Oliver Hardy in A Lucky Dog (filmed in 1919, released in 1921). Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 1890 &ndash February 23, 1965) was an English comic actor writer Oliver Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 &ndash August 7, 1957) was an American comic Actor Conflicts with the studio, Metro, led him to retire again after 1920. The year 1920 in film involved some significant events Events November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks
He resumed producing movies, as owner of Progressive Pictures, into the 1950s, then retired again. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive In 1958, he received an Honorary Academy Award as a "motion picture pioneer," for his "contributions to the development of motion pictures as entertainment. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Academy Honorary Award, instituted in 1948 for the 21st Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award) is given by the discretion of the "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. "
At age 85, Anderson came out of retirement for a cameo role in The Bounty Killer (1965). Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.
Death
He died in 1971 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital is a Retirement community, with individual cottages and a fully licensed acute-care hospital located at 23388 Woodland Hills is a district in the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. [1] He was cremated and his ashes are kept in a vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles. Chapel of the Pines Crematory is a crematory and Columbarium located at 1605 South Catalina Street Los Angeles California, in the historic West Adams Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
Legacy
Anderson was honored posthumously in 1998 with his image on a U.S. postage stamp. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) This article lists people who have been featured on United States Postage stamps Since the United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847 over 4000 stamps have been issued and In 2002, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City Oklahoma, U The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. For the past nine years, Niles (now part of Fremont), California, site of the western Essanay Studios, has held an annual "Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival. Fremont (ˈfriːmɒnt is a city in California, USA that was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities Centerville Fremont (ˈfriːmɒnt is a city in California, USA that was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities Centerville "[8]
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1651 Vine Street in Hollywood. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that [9]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Bronco Billy Anderson Is Dead at 88. These are the appearances as an actor of Gilbert M Anderson aka "Broncho Billy" Anderson: Early years ", New York Times, January 21, 1971. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World
- ^ The Internet Broadway Database uses the date Mar 10, 1883 and the place as Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- ^ Aronson in the United States Federal Census, Pulaski County, Arkansas, 1880, Enumeration District 143, p. The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pine Bluff is the largest city and County seat of Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. Pulaski County is the largest county by population in the US state of Arkansas with a population of 361474 at the 2000 United States Census 303 B.
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- ^ Kehr, Dave. Dave Kehr is an American Film critic. He was a critic at the The Chicago Reader for many years and currently writes a weekly column on DVD releases "The Actors Who Have Two Faces", New York Times, 2000-01-16. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Retrieved on 2006-12-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life "Consider the case of G. M. (Broncho Billy) Anderson, who may have been the first actor-director in the movies. Anderson was actually a Jewish kid from Little Rock, Arkansas (real name: Max Aronson), who worked as a salesman and on the stage before being hired as an actor by the Edison Company. Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U He played three bit roles in Edison's pivotal, hugely popular 1903 western "The Great Train Robbery," an experience he drew upon when he founded his own company, Essanay, in 1907. Beginning with "The Bandit Makes Good," Anderson parlayed his amiable Broncho Billy character into some 400 one- and two-reel attractions over the next nine years, becoming one of the earliest identifiable movie stars and the first long-running cowboy hero. "
- ^ Katz, Ephraim. The Film Encyclopedia, 5th Ed. New York City: Harper Collins, 2005. p. 35-36.
- ^ Kiehn, David. (2003). Broncho Billy and the Essanay Film Company. Berkeley, Calif: Farwell Books. ISBN 0-9729226-5-2. , p. 162
- ^ Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival
- ^ Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
External links
- Broncho Billy Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
- Broncho Billy Anderson at the Internet Broadway Database
- Broncho Billy Anderson at Allmovie
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| NAME | Anderson, Broncho Billy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aronson, Max |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Film director, actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1880-3-21 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1971-1-20 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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