Who Am I? The Early Years

Choose an answer after each question and then click "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz to see the answers.

1) I was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. I appeared in a little movie called “The Great Train Robbery.” I formed a film company we called Essanay. They say I become known for the character I played? Who am I?

2) I was born in 1878 in the Bronx, NY. In my early silent film career, I started with D. W. Griffith’s Biograph. Later, I want to Universal and became a close buddy with director John Ford. He dedicated his 1949 “Three Godfathers” to me. Who am I?

3) My brother became a well-known actor also. I from New Hampshire. On Broadway, I starred in a hit play. Cecil B. DeMille made a silent feature called “The Squaw Man.” Later that year, they cast me in another of my hit Broadway plays. I starred in the 1914 version of “The Virginian.” Who am I?

4) What can I say, I was born in Kokomo, Indiana on October 14, 1878. I played the first ‘identifiable’ screen villain ‘McNamara’ in the Western “The Spoilers.” My last film was “The Last Ride.” Who am I?

5) I was born on December 6, 1864 in Newburgh, New York. I made my first Hollywood film in 1914 and I was 50 years old. On the silver screen I became known as the ‘good-bad guy.’ Maybe you remember my horse Fritz. Who am I?

6) They claim I established the cowboy formula for the sexless, flirt and run movies. I’ve been declared the greatest cowboy star of all time. My family buried me at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California. Who am I?

7) My real first name is Charles. My father was an Episcopal minister. I starred in the Universal’s first Western chapter play called “Liberty a Daughter of the U.S.A.” I 1943 I helped the army as an Army horse buyer. My last film was with Clark Gable in “Across the Wide Missouri.” Who am I?

8) I was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Then they called it Indian Territory. I worked in rodeos before heading to the silver screen. I really enjoyed the Wild West Shows, which lead to my appearance in Westerns. I was one of the big stars at Universal. They claimed my voice did not work in those new talkies. They found me dead in a Mexican hotel. Who am I?

Check Your Answers

• 1) Gilbert M. “Bronco Billy” Anderson
• 2) Harry Carey
• 3) Dustin Farnum
• 4) Tom Santschi
• 5) William S. Hart
• 6) Tom Mix
• 7) Jack Holt
• 8) Art Acord

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