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Tom Forman

Tom Forman

Actor · 1893–1926 · Mitchell County, Texas, USA

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Tom Forman (February 22, 1893 – November 7, 1926) was an American motion picture actor, director, writer, and producer of the early 1920s. Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and director. Forman directed Lon Chaney's Shadows (1922), but his biggest achievement was realised directing the second screen version of Owen Wister's The Virginian (1923). After his career faltered, he was reduced to working on cheap Poverty Row melodramas. Forman is also known for his work with Edith Taliaferro in Young Romance. Forman was set to direct the Columbia film The Wreck, which was to start shooting on November 8, 1926. However, on the evening of November 7 Forman died by suicide, by shooting himself through the heart at his parents' home in Venice, California. Adela Rogers St. Johns based the character of Maximillan Carey in her original story for What Price Hollywood? (1932) on Forman. He was a cousin of silent screen star Madge Bellamy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acted in 30

1920s

  1. 1926

    Devil’s Dice

    Movie

  2. 1922

    White Shoulders

    Robert Lee Pitman - Virginia's Brother

  3. 1920

    The Round-Up

    Jack Payson

  4. The Sea Wolf

    Humphrey Van Weyden

  5. The Tree of Knowledge

    Brian

1910s

  1. 1919

    Told in the Hills

    Charles Stuart

  2. The Heart of Youth

    Russ Prendergast

  3. For Better, for Worse

    Richard Burton

  4. 1917

    Hashimura Togo

    Dr. Garland

  5. Forbidden Paths

    Harry Maxwell

  6. Her Strange Wedding

    Lee Brownell

  7. The Jaguar's Claws

    Harry Knowles

  8. The Cost of Hatred

    Ned Amory

  9. Those Without Sin

    Bob Wallace

  10. On Record

    Rand Calder

  11. 1916

    The Yellow Pawn

    Philip Grant

  12. The Clown

    Bob Hunter

  13. To Have and to Hold

    Lord Carnal

  14. The Ragamuffin

    Bob Van Dyke

  15. 1915

    The Unknown

    First Private

  16. Chimmie Fadden Out West

    Antoine

  17. Out of the Darkness

    Tom Jameson

  18. The Woman

    Tom Blake

  19. The Marriage of Kitty

    Jack Churchill

  20. The Puppet Crown

    Lieutenant Von Mitter

  21. Chimmie Fadden

    Antoine, Butler-Thief

  22. The Wild Goose Chase

    Bob Randall

  23. A Gentleman of Leisure

    Sir Spencer Dreever

  24. Young Romance

    Tom Clancy

  25. 1914

    Virtue Its Own Reward

    Seadley Swaine

Directed 24

1920s

  1. 1926

    Devil’s Dice

    Director

  2. Whispering Canyon

    Director

  3. 1925

    The Midnight Flyer

    Director

  4. The People vs. Nancy Preston

    Director

  5. 1924

    The Flaming Forties

    Director

  6. Roaring Rails

    Director

  7. The Fighting American

    Director

  8. 1923

    The Broken Wing

    Director

  9. April Showers

    Director

  10. The Virginian

    Director

  11. The Girl Who Came Back

    Director

  12. Are You a Failure?

    Director

  13. Money, Money, Money

    Director

  14. 1922

    The Woman Conquers

    Director

  15. Shadows

    Director

  16. White Shoulders

    Director

  17. If You Believe It, It's So

    Director

  18. 1921

    A Prince There Was

    Director

  19. Cappy Ricks

    Director

  20. White and Unmarried

    Director

  21. The City of Silent Men

    Director

  22. The Easy Road

    Director

  23. 1920

    The Sins of Rosanne

    Director

  24. The Ladder of Lies

    Director

Wrote 4

1920s

  1. 1923

    The Broken Wing

    Writer

  2. 1920

    The Round-Up

    Writer

1910s

  1. 1917

    The Trouble Buster

    Story

  2. 1914

    The Lion, the Lamb and the Man

    Screenplay