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Filn1ography of Willian1 S.  Hart
         Unfortunately,  his  primary  means  of
         support was  the money he received for
         redeeming the cups he won in the races.   1914                              Wolf Lowry
         He  was  homesick  and  hungry,  and  he   His Hour of Manhood              The Cold Deck
         returned  home  disappointed.  He  made   Jim Cameron's Wife                All Star Production of Patriotic
         one more trip to England and signed up    The Bargain                        Episodes for the Second Liberty
         for acting lessons, but never took advan-  The Passing of Two-Gun Hicks      Loan
         tage of them. He was even more home-      In the Sage Brush Country         The Narrow Trail
         sick than on his first  trip,  and returned   1915                          The Silent Man
         home almost immediately.                  On the Night Stage              1918
           Back home he signed up for acting les-  The Scourge of the Desert         Wolves of the Rail
         sons with F.  F.  Markey,  one of the finest   Mr "Silent" Haskins          Blue Blazes Rawden
         actors  and  teachers  of  the  day.  In  less   The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow   The Tiger.Man
         than  a  year  he  secured  his  first  acting   The Grudge                 Selfish Yates
         job  as  a  member  of  prominent  actor/   The Roughneck                   Shark Monroe
         manager Daniel Bandmann's troupe per-     The Taking of Luke McVane         Riddle Gawne
         forming in  Romeo and [uliet. After his   The Man from Nowhere              A Bullet for Berlin
         work  with  Bandmann,  Hart  spent  the   "Bad Buck" of Santa Ynez          The Border Wireless
         1893  season touring with world-famous    The Darkening Trail               Branding Broadway
         stage actress Madame Rhea.                The Conversion of Frosty Blake   1919
           Nicholas Hart died in June 1895, leav-  Tools of Providence               Breed of Men
         ing Bill  with sole  responsibility for  his   Cash Parrish's Pal           The Poppy Girl's Husband
         mother and sisters. Bill struggled to sup-  The Ruse                        The Money Corral
         port  the  family  on  his  earnings  as  an   Pinto Ben                    Square Deal Sanderson
         actor,  but  often  supplemented  his  in-  Keno Bates, Liar                Wagon Tracks
         come  with  other  employment.  In  1895   A Knight of the Trails           John Petticoats
         he won leading roles on tour with Helena   The Disciple                     Sand
         Modjeska.  On this  tour,  he  determined   Between Men                   1920
         anew that he was going to be a  star.  He   1916                            The Toll Gate
         formed his own company to do The Man       Hell's Hinges                    The Cradle of Courage
         in  the  Iron  Mask,  but  in  spite  of  good   The Aryan                  The Testing Block
         reviews, the financial risk was too great,   The Primal Lure                O'Malley of the Mounted
         and  Hart  returned  to  steady,  salaried   The Apostle of Vengeance     1921
         work as a supporting actor.                The Captive God                  The Whistle
           He signed on with Julia Arthur,  even-   The Dawn Maker                   White Oak
         tually creating the role of Messala in Ben   The Return of Draw Egan        Travelin' On
         Hur. Later that year,  while he was tour-  The Patriot                      Three Word Brand
         ing with the company of The Christian,     The Devil's Double             1923
         his  youngest  sister  Lotta  came  down   1917                             Wild Bill Hickock
         with typhoid fever.  Hart returned home    Truthful Tulliver              1924
         and remained with her until her death a    The Gun Fighter                  Singer Jim McKee
         few  days later.  He returned to the com-  The Square Deal Man            1925
         pany and finished  out the season.  After   The Desert Man                  Tumbleweeds



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