Francis X. Bushman

Francis Xavier Bushman January 10 1883 August 23 1966 was an American actor film director and screenwriter His matinee idol career started in 1911 in the silent film His Friends Wife but it did not survive the silent screen era Bushman like many of his contemporaries broke into the film business via the stage He was performing at Broncho Billy Andersons Essanay Studios in Chicago Illinois where he was first noticed for his muscular sculpted frame He appeared in nearly 200 feature film rolesmore than 175 films before 1920 and 17 in his screen debut year of 1911 alone He also worked for the Vitagraph studio before signing with Metro in 1915 Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis Xavier Bushman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia