Years active 1913–1926 Name Tom Forman | Role Actor Spouse Mary Mersch (m. ?–1926) | |
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Full Name William Webster Campbell Born February 22, 1893 ( 1893-02-22 ) Mitchell County, Texas, U.S. Occupation Actor, Film director, Film producer, Writer Died November 7, 1926, Venice, California, United States Movies Shadows, Young Romance, The Round‑Up, If You Believe It - It's So, The Virginian Similar People George Melford, William C deMille, Thomas Meighan, B P Schulberg, Marguerite De La Motte | ||
Tom forman actor
Tom Forman (February 22, 1893 – November 7, 1926) was an American motion picture actor, director, writer, and producer of the early 1920s.
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Life and career
Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and director. Forman directed Lon Chaney's Shadows (1922), but his biggest achievement was realised directing the second screen version of Owen Wister's The Virginian (1923). After his career faltered, he was reduced to working on cheap poverty row melodramas. Forman is also known for his work with Edith Taliaferro in Young Romance.
Forman was set to direct the Columbia film The Wreck, which was to start shooting on November 8, 1926, however on the evening of November 7, Forman committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart at his parents' home in Venice, California.
Adela Rogers St. Johns based the character of Maximillan Carey in her original story for What Price Hollywood? (1932) on Forman.
Family
He was a cousin of silent screen star Madge Bellamy.
Actor
Director
Writer
Filmography
Actor
1922
White Shoulders as
Robert Lee Pitman - Virginia's Brother
1920
The Round-up as
Jack Payson
1920
The Sea Wolf as
Humphrey Van Weyden
1920
The Tree of Knowledge as
Brian
1919
Told in the Hills as
Charles Stuart
1919
The Heart of Youth as
Russ Prendergast
1919
Louisiana
1919
For Better, for Worse as
Richard Burton
1917
Hashimura Togo as
Dr. Garland
1917
A Kiss for Susie as
Phil Burnham
1917
Forbidden Paths as
Harry Maxwell
1917
Her Strange Wedding as
Lee Brownell
1917
The Jaguar's Claws as
Harry Knowles
1917
The Tides of Barnegat as
Barton Holt
1917
The Cost of Hatred as
Ned Amory
1917
Those Without Sin as
Bob Wallace
1917
On Record as
Rand Calder
1917
The American Consul as
Geoffrey Daniels
1917
The Evil Eye as
Leonard Sheldon
1916
The Yellow Pawn as
Philip Grant
1916
Unprotected as
Gordon Carroll
1916
Public Opinion as
Phillip Carson
1916
The Clown as
Bob Hunter
1916
The Thousand-Dollar Husband as
Douglas Gordon
1916
Sweet Kitty Bellairs as
Lord Verney
1916
To Have and to Hold as
Lord Carnal
1916
The Ragamuffin as
Bob Van Dyke
1915
The Unknown as
First Private
1915
Chimmie Fadden Out West as
Antoine
1915
The Explorer as
George Allerton
1915
Out of the Darkness as
Tom Jameson
1915
The Marriage of Kitty as
Jack Churchill
1915
The Puppet Crown as
Lieutenant Von Mitter
1915
The Fighting Hope as
Detective Clark
1915
Kindling as
Dr. Taylor
1915
Chimmie Fadden (Short) as
Antoine - Butler / Thief
1915
Hearts and Clubs (Short)(unconfirmed)
1915
The Wild Goose Chase (Short) as
Bob Randall
1915
Stolen Goods (uncredited)
1915
The Woman as
Tom Blake
1915
The Governor's Lady as
Robert Hayes
1915
A Gentleman of Leisure as
Sir Spencer Dreever
1915
Young Romance as
Tom Clancy
1914
Lights and Shadows (Short) as
Victor Austin
1914
Virtue Is Its Own Reward (Short) as
Seadley Swaine
1914
The Love of Oro San (Short) as
Lieutenant Roy Leeds
1914
Within the Noose (Short) as
Roy Blake - the Cowboy
1914
The Doom of Duty (Short) as
Captain Hugh Barker
1914
The Test of Courage (Short) as
Ed Wright
1914
Life's Lottery (Short) as
Roy Bryant
1914
On the Brink (Short)
1914
A Romance of the Northwest (Short) as
Cpl. Dick Phillips, R.C.M.P.
1914
In the Dredger's Claw (Short) as
Phil Clark
1914
Orphans of the Wild (Short) as
Fred (as an adult)
1914
His Excellency (Short) as
President Andres Sepulveda
1913
The Substitute Engineer (Short) as
Billy - an Engineer (as Thomas Foreman)
1913
The Alibi (Short) as
Richard Breton (as Thomas Forman)
1913
Baffled, Not Beaten (Short) as
Harold Baker - Claire's Sweetheart
1913
John, the Wagoner (Short) as
Roy, the Deputy Sheriff
1913
The Treachery of a Scar (Short) as
Ralph Curtis - a Crook
Director
1926
Devil's Dice
1926
Whispering Canyon
1925
The Midnight Flyer
1925
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925
Off the Highway
1925
The Crimson Runner
1925
Flattery
1924
The Flaming Forties
1924
Roaring Rails
1924
The Fighting American
1923
April Showers
1923
The Virginian
1923
The Broken Wing
1923
The Girl Who Came Back
1923
Are You a Failure?
1923
Money, Money, Money
1922
The Woman Conquers
1922
Shadows
1922
White Shoulders
1922
If You Believe It, It's So
1921
A Prince There Was
1921
Cappy Ricks
1921
White and Unmarried
1921
The City of Silent Men
1921
The Easy Road
1920
The Sins of Rosanne
1920
The Ladder of Lies
1914
Within the Noose (Short)
1914
The Doom of Duty (Short)
1914
Blotted Out (Short)
1914
The Tell-Tale Star (Short)
Writer
1923
The Broken Wing (scenario)
1920
The Round-up (scenario)
1917
The Trouble Buster (story)
1916
Sins of Her Parent (story "Pedigree")
1915
Hearts and Clubs (Short) (scenario)
1915
The Desert Breed (Short)
1915
The Threads of Fate (Short) (story)
1915
The Measure of a Man (Short) (story)
Self
1922
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 1 (Documentary short) as
Self
References
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