William S. Hart

American actor, film director (1864–1946)

0.23body-of-work score · ranked #2087 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
December 6, 1864 · Newburgh
Died
June 23, 1946 · Newhall
Nationality
United States
Work
screenwriter, film producer, film director, actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of William S. Hart
Chircosta · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1916 · United States · western, silent

    National Film Registry (inducted 1994)

    0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 43 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1914Bad Buck of Santa Ynez
  • 1914In the Sage Brush Country
  • 1914Rio Jim, le fléau du désert
  • 1914The Gringo
  • 1915Knight of the Trail
  • 1915Mr. 'Silent' Haskins
  • 1915Pinto Ben
  • 1915The Darkening Trail
  • 1915The Disciple
  • 1915The Grudge
  • 1915The Roughneck
  • 1915The Ruse
  • 1915The Scourge of the Desert
  • 1916Between Men
  • 1916Hell's Hinges
  • 1916The Apostle of Vengeance
  • 1916The Aryan
  • 1916The Dawn Maker
  • 1916The Devil's Double
  • 1916The Patriot
  • 1916The Primal Lure
  • 1916The Return of Draw Egan
  • 1917The Cold Deck
  • 1917The Desert Man
  • 1917The Gunfighter
  • 1917The Narrow Trail
  • 1917The Silent Man
  • 1917The Square Deal Man
  • 1917Truthful Tulliver
  • 1917Wolf Lowry
  • 1918'Blue Blazes' Rawden
  • 1918Branding Broadway
  • 1918Riddle Gawne
  • 1918Selfish Yates
  • 1918Shark Monroe
  • 1918The Border Wireless
  • 1918The Tiger Man
  • 1918Wolves of the Rail
  • 1919Square Deal Sanderson
  • 1919The Money Corral
  • 1919The Poppy Girl's Husband
  • 1920The Cradle of Courage
  • 1925Tumbleweeds