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Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson (born Maxwell Henry Aronson; March 21, 1880 – January 20, 1971) was an American actor, writer, film director, and film producer, who was the first star of the Western film genre.
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson. Director: The Infant at Snakeville. American actor-director-writer-producer Gilbert M. Anderson, father of the movie cowboy and the first Western star, was born Maxwell Henry Aronson in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Broncho Billy Anderson filmography. These are the appearances as an actor of Gilbert M. Anderson aka "Broncho Billy" Anderson.
Sep 28, 2023 · “Broncho Billy” Anderson was the stage name of Gilbert Maxwell Aronson, America’s first cowboy movie star. Anderson pioneered the genre that eventually produced stars such as John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Roy Rogers, Buck Jones, and Tom Mix.
Jul 13, 2020 · Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson went down in history as the very first movie star of the western film genre. Born Maxwell Henry Aronson to a Jewish family in Little Rock, Arkansas,...
Apr 24, 2015 · Max Aronson couldn’t ride a horse before he became the first real Westerns star. He got a start in “The Great Train Robbery,” and by 1904, he’d taken on the screen and real life persona of Broncho Billy Anderson. Between 1907 and 1915, he cranked out an estimated 375 oaters, most 10-15 minutes long.
Anderson frequently used the name Broncho Billy in the film titles and continued to play the lead him self. Between the years 1908 and 1915 Anderson created over 375 Broncho Billy one- and two-reelers of which he was producer, director and star. George Fenin and William K. Everson acclaimed these films as "the first real 'series' Westerns, the ...
Jul 17, 2003 · July 17, 2003. The archetype of the brave cowboy who acts alone to fight evil, defend virtue and establish order in a chaotic world is deeply impressed on the American psyche. Few Americans,...
Sep 9, 2014 · Within a few years, he became the first Westerns movie star, often playing his trademark role of Broncho Billy Anderson. Aronson, a cotton broker in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, got the acting bug around 1898.
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