Actor

Gilbert M. Anderson

Directing

Career Snapshot

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Acting credits

152

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.2

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Movies: 181Series: 0Crew credits: 166

TMDB ID: 44879

IMDb ID: nm0001908

Known for: Directing

Born: March 20, 1880

Died: January 20, 1971

Age: 90

Place of birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1903 - 2017

Years active: 115

Average TMDB rating: 5.88

Wikidata: Q946745

Also known as

Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson • G. M. Anderson • G.M. Anderson • Gilbert Anderson • Bronco Billy Anderson • Broncho Billy Anderson • George M. Anderson • G.M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson • George Anderson • Max Aronson • +2 more

Other jobs

Director (109)Writer (38)Producer (17)Assistant Director (1)Second Unit Director (1)

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Biography

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 star. He retired for the first time in 1916 but made a few comebacks, including producing movies into the 1950s for his company, Progressive Pictures. He received an honorary Oscar in 1958 as a “motion picture pioneer.” Anderson came out of retirement one more time for a cameo in 1965’s “The Bounty Hunter.” He died at age of 90 1971.