Gilbert M. Anderson
Directing
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 th ...
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Filmography (152 movies)
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
2017
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
The Bounty Killer
1965
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
Life with Henry
1941
The Movies March On
1939
The Film Parade
1933
Stars of Yesterday
1931
The Son-of-a-Gun
1919
Shootin' Mad
1918
Humanity
1917
A Christmas Revenge
1915
The Convict's Threat
1915
Broncho Billy Well Repaid
1915
The Bachelor's Burglar
1915
Broncho Billy's Teachings
1915
His Regeneration
1915
His Wife's Secret
1915
The Face at the Curtain
1915
Andy of the Royal Mounted
1915
Ingomar of the Hills
1915
The Outlaw's Awakening
1915
The Western Way
1915
The Champion
1915
Broncho Billy's Vengeance
1915
Broncho Billy's Brother
1915
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
1915
Broncho Billy's Sentence
1915
Broncho Billy's Greaser Deputy
1915
Broncho Billy and the False Note
1915
Broncho Billy and the Baby
1915
When Love and Honor Called
1915
Broncho Billy and the Sisters
1915
Broncho Billy and the Claim Jumpers
1915
Broncho Billy and the Escaped Bandit
1915
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office
1914
Broncho Billy's Christmas Spirit
1914
Broncho Billy's Dad
1914
Broncho Billy's Judgment
1914
Broncho Billy's Double Escape
1914
Broncho Billy's Scheme
1914
The Tell-Tale Hand
1914
Broncho Billy's Decision
1914
Broncho Billy's Mission
1914
Broncho Billy's Mother
1914
Broncho Billy -- Favorite
1914
Broncho Billy Rewarded
1914
Broncho Billy and the Greaser
1914
Broncho Billy Trapped
1914
The Strategy of Broncho Billy's Sweetheart
1914
Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
1914
Broncho Billy's Fatal Joke
1914
Broncho Billy Puts One Over
1914
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff
1914
Broncho Billy's Punishment
1914
Broncho Billy's Jealousy
1914
Broncho Billy, Outlaw
1914
Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
1914
The Good-for-Nothing
1914
Broncho Billy's Duty
1914
Red Riding Hood of the Hills
1914
Broncho Billy's Leap
1914
Broncho Billy -- Gun-Man
1914
Broncho Billy and the Rattler
1914
The Treachery of Broncho Billy's Pal
1914
Broncho Billy's Cunning
1914
Broncho Billy's True Love
1914
The Inference of Broncho Billy
1914
Broncho Billy and the Settler's Daughter
1914
Broncho Billy and the Red Man
1914
Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
1914
A Night on the Road
1914
Broncho Billy-Guardian
1914
Snakeville's New Doctor
1914
The Redemption of Broncho Billy
1914
Broncho Billy's Christmas Deed
1913
The Three Gamblers
1913
Broncho Billy's Squareness
1913
Broncho Billy's First Arrest
1913
The New Schoolmarm of Green River
1913
Broncho Billy's Secret
1913
The Doctor's Duty
1913
Broncho Billy's Elopement
1913
Broncho Billy Gets Square
1913
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
1913
Broncho Billy Reforms
1913
Broncho Billy's Conscience
1913
Broncho Billy's Mistake
1913
Broncho Billy and the Navajo Maid
1913
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmam's Sweetheart
1913
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
1913
Broncho Billy's Strategy
1913
Broncho Billy's Capture
1913
Broncho Billy and the Rustler's Child
1913
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
1913
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
1913
Broncho Billy's Last Deed
1913
The Making of Broncho Billy
1913
Broncho Billy and the Outlaw's Mother
1913
Broncho Billy and the Maid
1913
The Reward for Broncho Billy
1912
Broncho Billy's Promise
1912
Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
1912
Broncho Billy's Heart
1912
An Indian's Friendship
1912
The Tomboy on Bar Z
1912
Broncho Billy Outwitted
1912
Broncho Billy for Sheriff
1912
Broncho Billy's Last Hold-Up
1912
Broncho Billy's Pal
1912
A Wife of the Hills
1912
The Smuggler's Daughter
1912
A Story of Montana
1912
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
1912
Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid
1912
Broncho Billy's Gratitude
1912
Western Hearts
1912
Broncho Billy's Bible
1912
Broncho Billy and the Bandits
1912
The Indian and the Child
1912
A Road Agent's Love
1912
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
1912
The Bandit's Child
1912
The Deputy and the Girl
1912
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
1912
A Child of the West
1912
Broncho Billy's Adventure
1911
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
1911
The Cowboy Coward
1911
Hubby's Scheme
1911
Outwitting Papa
1911
A Western Redemption
1911
The Stage Driver's Daughter
1911
Town Hall, Tonight
1911
The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
1911
Broncho Bill's Last Spree
1911
Spike Shannon's Last Fight
1911
A Pal's Oath
1911
The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
1911
Across the Plains
1911
The Outlaw and the Child
1911
A Gambler of the West
1910
A Westerner's Way
1910
The Mexican's Faith
1910
The Outlaw's Sacrifice
1910
Tag Day
1909
The Train Wreckers
1905
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1905
The Great Train Robbery
1903
What Happened in the Tunnel
1903
The Messenger Boy's Mistake
1903