1828 -1859, The first cowboys.

1. James O'Neill

Actor | The Count of Monte Cristo

James O'Neill was born on November 15, 1847 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Count of Monte Cristo (1913), West Is West (1920) and The Grain of Dust (1918). He was married to Ellen Quinlan. He died on August 10, 1920 in New London, Connecticut, USA.

2. Gaston Méliès

Producer | The Prisoner's Story

Gaston Méliès was born on February 12, 1852 in Paris, France. He was a producer and director, known for The Prisoner's Story (1912), Hinemoa (1913) and Captured by Aboriginals (1913). He died on April 9, 1915 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.

3. Charles King

Writer | A Daughter of the Sioux

Charles King was born on October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for A Daughter of the Sioux (1925), Tonio, Son of the Sierras (1925) and Warrior Gap (1925). He was married to Adelaide Yorke. He died on March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

4. Russell Bassett

Actor | Seven Keys to Baldpate

Russell Bassett was born on October 24, 1845 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917), Such a Little Queen (1914) and Nearly a King (1916). He was married to Lottie C. Sparrow and Florence Lillian Gillette. He died on May 8, 1918 in New York City, New ...

5. Buffalo Bill Cody

Writer | Fighting with Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill Cody was born on February 26, 1846 in Scott County, Iowa, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Fighting with Buffalo Bill (1926), Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931) and The Indians Are Coming (1930). He was married to Louise Maude Frederici. He died on January 10, 1917 in Denver...

6. George Berrell

Actor | The Sea Beast

George Berrell (16 December 1849 - 20 April 1933) was an American actor of both the 19th and early 20th Century stage and of the silent era. He appeared in numerous stage plays as well as 55 films over the course of a career that ran from 1850 to 1927.

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and ...

7. Joseph J. Dowling

Actor | The Yankee Way

Joseph J. Dowling was born on September 4, 1850 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Yankee Way (1917), Sink or Swim (1920) and The Christian (1923). He was married to Sarah J. Hassen and Myra Davis. He died on July 8, 1928 in Hollywood, California, USA.

8. Robert Brower

Actor | The Little Minister

Robert Brower was born on July 14, 1850 in Point Pleasant, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Little Minister (1921), Vanity Fair (1915) and How Mrs. Murray Saved the American Army (1911). He died on December 8, 1934 in West Hollywood, California, USA.

9. Dan Mason

Actor | The Scarlet Letter

Dan Mason was born on February 9, 1853 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Scarlet Letter (1917), The Valley of the Giants (1927) and The Wall Street Whiz (1925). He was married to Millicent La Fonte (aka Millie La Fonte). He died on July 6, 1929 in Baersville, New...

10. Tom Ricketts

Director | Life's Blind Alley

Born in London, England, in 1853, prolific actor/director (300+ credits) Tom Ricketts is mostly forgotten today, but his chief claim to fame is that he directed the first motion picture shot in Hollywood.

Ricketts began his show-business career as an actor on the London stage, and gained a ...

11. George Morgan

Director | The Lurking Peril

George Morgan was born on October 10, 1854 in Concord, Delaware, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Lurking Peril (1919), The Hurricane Express (1932) and The Pirate of Panama (1929). He died on January 8, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

12. Jay Hunt

Director | The Black Sheep of the Family

Jay Hunt was born on August 4, 1855 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Black Sheep of the Family (1916), What Love Can Do (1916) and The Promise (1917). He was married to Florence Hale. He died on November 18, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

13. Frank Currier

Actor | Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

Frank Currier was born in Norwich, Connecticut on 4 September 1857 and died on 22 April 1928 in Hollywood, California (blood poisoning).He was once anointed "the dean of cinema actors" by Photoplay magazine. He was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 133 films between ...

14. John Cossar

Actor | My Lady of Whims

John Cossar was born on January 2, 1858 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for My Lady of Whims (1925), Fools for Luck (1917) and Two-Bit Seats (1917). He was married to Fanny Cossar. He died on April 28, 1935 in Hollywood, California, USA.

15. Van Dyke Brooke

Director | Betty's Choice

A longtime and respected stage actor, Van Dyke Brooke went into the film business in 1909. A prolific actor, writer and director for Vitagraph, he stayed with the company until 1916, when the studio cleaned house and fired many of its "old-timers". He stayed in the business as an actor until his ...

16. Edward Connelly

Actor | The Devil

American character actor of silent films, Edward Connelly, a native New Yorker, was a newspaperman before he became an actor, being a reporter for the New York Sunl. At 25 he joined a theatrical stock company in Kansas City and appeared subsequently on Broadway in such plays as "Shore Acres," "The ...

17. Pop Taylor

Actor | As the Sun Went Down

Pop Taylor was born on July 9, 1828 in Brownsville, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for As the Sun Went Down (1919). He died in 1932 in the USA.

18. Sky Eagle

Actor | The Garrison Triangle

Sky Eagle was born on November 7, 1830 in South Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for The Garrison Triangle (1912), The Buffalo Hunt (1912) and On the Warpath (1912). He died on January 15, 1926 in Onondaga Indian Reservation, New York, USA.

19. Sitting Bull

Actor | Tom and His Pals

Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux) holy man and war chief, was born in 1831 near the Grand River in what is now the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was named after his father, who was killed by Crow warriors--the Crow tribe being a longtime enemy of the Lakota--in an ...

20. Nelson Appleton Miles

Actor | The Indian Wars

Nelson Appleton Miles was born on August 8, 1839 in Westminster, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Indian Wars (1914), Major-General Nelson A. Miles, and Staff, in the Peace Jubilee Parade (1898) and Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles (1899). He was married to Mary Hoyt Sherman. He...

21. William Pittenger

William Pittenger was born on January 31, 1840 in Knoxville, Ohio, USA. He was a writer. He died on April 24, 1904.

22. Edward Sylvester Ellis

Writer | The Cabin in the Clearing

Edward Sylvester Ellis was born on April 11, 1840 in Geneva, Ohio, USA. Edward Sylvester was a writer, known for The Cabin in the Clearing (1954). Edward Sylvester was married to Clara Spalding Brown and Anna M. Deane. Edward Sylvester died on June 20, 1916 in Cliff Island, Maine, USA.

23. Karl Formes

Actor | Old Heidelberg

Karl Formes was born on July 3, 1841 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Old Heidelberg (1915), Ghosts (1915) and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921). He died on November 18, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

24. Frank D. Baldwin

Actor | The Indian Wars

Frank D. Baldwin was born on June 26, 1842 in Manchester, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Indian Wars (1914) and The Adventures of Buffalo Bill (1917). He died on April 22, 1923 in Denver, Colorado, USA.

25. W. Chrystie Miller

Actor | Ramona

W. Chrystie Miller was born on August 10, 1843 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Ramona (1910), Faithful (1910) and The Last Deal (1910). He was married to Jennie Towell. He died on September 23, 1922 in Staten Island, New York, USA.

26. Verner Clarges

Actor | A Yorkshire School

Verner Clarges, born in Bath, Somerset in 1846, began on stage in England then America from the 1870's. fine British bald gentleman who starred and supported in many American drama films under the direction of D.W. Griffith at the Biograph Film Company from 1909, the first was 'Was Justice Served? ...

27. Henry Youngman

Actor | Humanity

Henry Youngman was born on November 7, 1846 in Shelbyville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Humanity (1916), Slippery Slim, the Mortgage and Sophie (1914) and Slippery Slim and the Impersonator (1914). He died on December 24, 1940 in San Francisco, California, USA.

28. Herbert Standing

Actor | An International Marriage

Herbert Standing was born on November 13, 1846 in Peckham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for An International Marriage (1916), David Garrick (1916) and Peer Gynt (1915). He was married to Janet Grace Dalghesh Riddell and Emily Clementina Brown. He died on December 5, 1923 in Los ...

29. Doc Crane

Actor | Lord John's Journal

Doc Crane was born on April 22, 1846 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Lord John's Journal (1915), Lord John in New York (1915) and The College Orphan (1915). He died on April 17, 1920 in California, USA.

30. Andrew Waldron

Actor | Midnight Faces

Andrew Waldron was born on September 20, 1847 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Midnight Faces (1926), The Lure of the Circus (1918) and The Red Glove (1919). He died on March 1, 1932.

31. William Courtright

Actor | Kit Carson

William Courtright was born on March 10, 1848 in New Milford, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Kit Carson (1928), Some Pun'kins (1925) and Hands Across the Border (1926). He was married to Jennie Lee. He died on March 6, 1933 in Ione, California, USA.

32. Edwin Harley

Actor | Blackbirds

Edwin Harley was born on July 17, 1848 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Blackbirds (1915), Treasure Island (1917) and The Wayward Son (1915). He died on October 29, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

33. Louis R. Grisel

Actor | The Dancer's Peril

Louis R. Grisel was born on November 26, 1849 in Newcastle, Delaware, USA. He was an actor, known for The Dancer's Peril (1917), The Cinderella Man (1917) and The Moral Deadline (1919). He was married to Mary Q. Johnstone (actress) (1863-1931). He died on November 19, 1928 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, ...

34. Henry Belmar

Actor | Whither Thou Goest

Henry Belmar was born on April 27, 1849 in Atlantic Ocean. He was an actor, known for Whither Thou Goest (1917), Life's Shop Window (1914) and The Raiders (1916). He was married to Laurel Love. He died on January 12, 1931 in New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA.

35. Harry Duffield

Actor | For Those We Love

Harry Duffield was born on May 3, 1850 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for For Those We Love (1921), Smiling All the Way (1920) and A Wise Fool (1921). He was married to Jessie B, Phosa McAllister and Mary E.. He died on October 13, 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

36. Siegmund Lubin

Producer | Uncle Tom's Cabin

Siegmund Lubin was born on April 20, 1851 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a producer and director, known for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903), Passion Play (1900) and Thrilling Detective Story (1906). He was married to Annie Abrams. He died on September 10, 1923 in ...

37. William Lloyd

Actor | The County Chairman

William Lloyd was born in 1851 in Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The County Chairman (1914), $5, 000 Reward (1918) and The Fire Flingers (1919). He was married to Alice T. Overmann. He died on January 26, 1928 in California, USA.

38. Ah Wing

Actor | The Grub Stake

Ah Wing was born on July 12, 1851 in China. He was an actor, known for The Grub Stake (1923), The She Wolf (1919) and The Girl from Beyond (1918). He died on February 27, 1941 in Weimar, California, USA.

39. Louis Fierce

Actor | A Tennessee Love Story

Louis Fierce was born in 1852. He was an actor, known for A Tennessee Love Story (1911), The Two Orphans (1911) and The Gray Wolves (1911). He died on March 11, 1926 in Bernardsville, New Jersey, USA.

40. W.H. Bainbridge

Actor | Passion Fruit

W.H. Bainbridge was born on March 21, 1853 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for Passion Fruit (1921), Traffic in Souls (1913) and God's Country and the Woman (1916). He died on October 24, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

41. Joseph Hazelton

Actor | Oliver Twist

Joseph Hazelton was born in 1853 in Wilmington, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Oliver Twist (1922), The Little Minister (1921) and The Jailbird (1920). He died on October 8, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

42. James T. Kelley

Actor | Among Those Present

James T. Kelley was born on July 10, 1854 in Castlebar, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was an actor, known for Among Those Present (1921), The Rink (1916) and The Fireman (1916). He died on November 12, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA.

43. George A. Williams

Actor | Super Speed

George A. Williams was born on August 11, 1854 in Kinnikinnic, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Super Speed (1925), Thundering Romance (1924) and Lucky Dan (1922). He died on February 21, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

44. Anthony O'Sullivan

Director | The Monument

Anthony O'Sullivan was born in 1855 in Ireland, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Monument (1913), Her Wedding Bell (1913) and When Love Forgives (1913). He was married to Ida Cavanagh. He died on July 5, 1920 in The Bronx, New York, USA.

45. Monte Collins

Actor | Our Hospitality

Monte Collins was born in 1856. He was an actor, known for Our Hospitality (1923), Tiger Love (1924) and The Man from Lost River (1921). He was married to Norma Wills. He died on August 4, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

46. Frank Harris

Writer | Oscar Wilde

Born in Ireland in 1856 of Welsh parents, Harris became a noted writer as well as a friend and confidante of the elite literati of his day including fellow Irishmen Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, and George Bernard Shaw in addition to Guy de Maupassant, Matthew Arnold, Aleister Cowley, and James Thurber...

47. Charles Gabriel

Soundtrack | 2012

Hymn-composer, author and conductor Charles H. Gabriel, Sr. was educated in the public schools of Wilton, Iowa. In San Francisco, California he conducted church choirs, and later he compiled hymnals for publishing companies. He joined ASCAP in 1940, and his sacred-music compositions include "...

48. J. Edwin Brown

Actor | The Black Box

J. Edwin Brown was born on February 29, 1856 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Black Box (1915), Jenny Be Good (1920) and The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921). He died on January 6, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

49. Bert Woodruff

Actor | Speedy

Bert Woodruff was the son of non-professionals Hannah R. and William A. Woodruff of Peoria, Illinois. He was married to Hattie M. Sprague. He entered the theatrical profession in 1876 in Minstrels and toured for two years as a Minstrel. Toured on the stage from 1878 until 1882, and then entered ...

50. Charles Sutton

Actor | The Cub Reporter

Charles Sutton was born on March 17, 1855 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for The Cub Reporter (1912), Pardners (1917) and Vanity Fair (1915). He was married to Mary Isabella Bailey. He died on July 20, 1935 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.

51. Melbourne MacDowell

Actor | Speed Mad

Melbourne MacDowell was born on November 22, 1856 in South River, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Speed Mad (1925), Feel My Pulse (1928) and Savages of the Sea (1925). He was married to Mrs. Caroline Wells Neff, Wilhelmina Marie Strauss, Fanny Davenport (d. 1898) (first), Virginia Drew ...

52. William V. Ranous

Actor | Treasure Island

William V. Ranous was born on March 12, 1857 in New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Treasure Island (1913), Othello (1908) and Julius Caesar (1908). He was married to Doris Thompson. He died on April 1, 1915 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

53. Harry L. Rattenberry

Actor | Oliver Twist

Harry L. Rattenberry was born on December 14, 1857 in Sacramento, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Oliver Twist (1916), With Father's Help (1915) and All in the Same Boat (1915). He died on December 9, 1925 in Hollywood, California, USA.

54. Al W. Filson

Actor | Monte Cristo

Al W. Filson was born on January 27, 1857 in Blufton, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Monte Cristo (1922), Treasure Island (1920) and The Garden of Allah (1916). He was married to Lea Errol. He died on November 14, 1925 in Elsinore, California, USA.

55. William White

Actor | Sheriff of Sun Dog

William White was born in 1857. He was an actor, known for Sheriff of Sun Dog (1922), The Fighting Skipper (1923) and The Purple Mask (1916). He died on April 21, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

56. Augustus Thomas

Director | Checkers

Augustus Thomas was born on January 8, 1857 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Checkers (1913), The Jungle (1914) and The Nightingale (1914). He was married to Lisle Colby. He died on August 12, 1934 in Nyack, New York, USA.

57. Gus Saville

Actor | Tess of the Storm Country

Gus Saville was born in 1857 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Tess of the Storm Country (1922), The Brand (1919) and The Girl from Outside (1919). He was married to Mrs. Jessie Tate. He died on March 25, 1934 in Hollywood, California, USA.

58. Frederick Vroom

Actor | The General

Frederick Vroom was born on November 11, 1857 in Clement, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor and director, known for The General (1926), The Navigator (1924) and The Great Lover (1920). He was married to Florence. He died on June 24, 1942 in Hollywood, California, USA.

59. Frank Clark

Actor | The Light of Western Stars

Frank Clark was born on December 22, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Light of Western Stars (1918), The Lone Star Ranger (1923) and The Spoilers (1914). He died on April 10, 1945 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

60. F.A. Turner

Actor | Restitution

F.A. Turner was born on October 12, 1858 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Restitution (1918), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) and A Man and His Mate (1915). He died on February 13, 1923.

61. Tote Du Crow

Actor | The Mark of Zorro

Native American actor Tote Du Crow born in Watsonville, California in 1858. Became a popular circus clown from the 1870's until the mid 1910's. Later in his career he was often seen playing the roles of Indian Chief or Mexican bandit in many westerns, dramas and adventure films, making his film ...

62. Percy Challenger

Actor | The Spirit of Romance

Percy Challenger was born on September 3, 1858 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Spirit of Romance (1917), The Sky Hawk (1929) and The Social Buccaneer (1923). He died on July 23, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

63. Richard Cummings

Actor | The Little Orphans

Richard Cummings was born on August 20, 1858 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for The Little Orphans (1915), The Bride's Play (1922) and A Ten-Cent Adventure (1915). He was married to Catherine ?. He died on December 25, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

64. Lorimer Johnston

Actor | Son of Frankenstein

Lorimer Johnston was born on November 2, 1858 in Maysville, Kentucky, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Envoy Extraordinary (1914) and Tarzan the Mighty (1928). He was married to Caroline Frances Cooke. He died on February 20, 1941 in Hollywood, California,...

65. Cesare Gravina

Actor | The Man Who Laughs

Cesare Gravina was born on January 23, 1858 in Naples, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Man Who Laughs (1928), Merry-Go-Round (1923) and Madame Butterfly (1915). He died on September 16, 1954 in New York, USA.

66. Edwin B. Tilton

Actor | The Midnight Express

Edwin B. Tilton was born on September 15, 1859 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Midnight Express (1924), Just Pals (1920) and The Web of Chance (1919). He was married to Edith Othellia Fasset and Irene Gaunt (actress). He died on January 16, 1926 in Hollywood, ...

67. Joseph Holland

Writer | The Rich Idler

Joseph Holland was born on December 20, 1859 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Rich Idler (1916), Back to Primitive (1913) and A Perilous Ride (1913). He died on September 25, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA.

68. Colin Campbell

Director | The World's a Stage

Colin Campbell was born on October 11, 1859 in Scotland, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The World's a Stage (1922), A Hoosier Romance (1918) and The Corsican Brothers (1920). He died on August 26, 1928 in Hollywood, California, USA.

69. Walt Whitman

Actor | The Three Musketeers

Walt Whitman was born on April 25, 1859 in Lyon, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Three Musketeers (1921), The Mark of Zorro (1920) and The Three Musketeers (1916). He was married to Miriam Shelby. He died on March 27, 1928 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

70. Frank H. Spearman

Writer | The Night Flyer

Frank H. Spearman was born on September 6, 1859 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Night Flyer (1928), The Love Special (1921) and Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard (1952). He was married to Eugenia Lonergan. He died on December 29, 1937 in Hollywood, California, USA.

71. Gus Leonard

Actor | Wurra-Wurra

Gus Leonard was born on February 4, 1859 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor, known for Wurra-Wurra (1916), Her Reputation (1923) and The Girl I Loved (1923). He died on March 27, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

72. Chief Lightheart

Actor | In the Days of Buffalo Bill

Chief Lightheart is known for In the Days of Buffalo Bill (1922).