--- name: "Hobart Bosworth" canonical: "https://film.one/person/hobart-bosworth" roles: [] born: "9 August 1867" died: "30 December 1943" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T00:28:37.333517+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Hobart Bosworth Actor. Born 9 August 1867 in Marietta, Ohio, USA. Died 30 December 1943. ## Details - **Born:** 9 August 1867, Marietta, Ohio, USA - **Died:** 30 December 1943 - **Also known as:** Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 78 (1), 1940s 74 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Bosworth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1621558, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098376/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29536 ## Biography Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth was an American actor, director, producer and writer. Born in Marietta, Ohio, he began his career on the stage before entering films in 1908 with the Selig Polyscope Company. He helped establish the film industry in California and was known as the 'Dean of Hollywood'. Bosworth formed his own production company in 1913 and produced adaptations of Jack London stories. He appeared in numerous silent films and successfully transitioned to sound, often playing supporting character roles such as fathers, judges and governors. Notable credits include Mr Apperson in *The Big Parade* (1925) and the Governor in *Lady for a Day* (1933). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Bosworth continued acting into the early 1940s and died in Glendale, California, in 1943. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) - *Lady for a Day* (1933), Fi1m 78, as Governor — [page](https://film.one/film/lady-for-a-day.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), Fi1m 74, as Richard Hardy Case (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md) ## Complete filmography (159) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Sin Town* (1942), as Humiston - *The Gay Sisters* (1942), as Clergyman at Wedding (uncredited) - *I Was Framed* (1942), as D.L. Wallace - *Bullet Scars* (1942), as Dr. Sidney Carter - *Wild Bill Hickok Rides* (1942), as Fanatic in Chicago - *They Died with Their Boots On* (1941), as Mr. Cartwright (uncredited) - *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), as Richard Hardy Case (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md) - *Law of the Tropics* (1941), as Boss Frank Davis - *Bullets for O'Hara* (1941), as Judge - *King of the Sierras* (1938), as Uncle Hank - *Rollin' Plains* (1938), as John Gospel Moody - *The Secret of Treasure Island* (1938), as Dr. X - *Portia on Trial* (1937), as Governor - *General Spanky* (1936), as Colonel Blanchard - *Wildcat Trooper* (1936), as Dr. Martin - *Wolves of the Sea* (1936), as Capt. Wolf Hansen - *The Dark Hour* (1936), as Charles Carson - *Steamboat Round the Bend* (1935), as Chaplain - *Hollywood Extra Girl* (1935), as Crusades Actor (uncredited) - *The Crusades* (1935), as Frederick, Duke of the Germans - *Together We Live* (1935), as Colonel Dickenson - *The Keeper of the Bees* (1935), as Michael the Bee Master - *Music in the Air* (1934), as Cornelius - *Whom the Gods Destroy* (1934), as Alec Klein - *Lady for a Day* (1933), as Governor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lady-for-a-day.md) - *The Phantom Express* (1932), as Mr. Harrington - *Million Dollar Legs* (1932), as Olympics Starter (uncredited) - *No Greater Love* (1932), as Doctor - *The Last of the Mohicans* (1932), as Chingachgook - *The Miracle Man* (1932), as The Patriarch - *The County Fair* (1932), as Col. Ainsworth - *Carnival Boat* (1932), as Jim Gannon - *Fanny Foley Herself* (1931), as Seely - *This Modern Age* (1931), as Robert Blake Sr. - *Shipmates* (1931), as Adm. Ben Corbin - *Sit Tight* (1931), as Dunlap - *Dirigible* (1931), as Louis Rondelle - *Just Imagine* (1930), as Z-4 - *The Third Alarm* (1930), as Precinct Fire Captain - *Abraham Lincoln* (1930), as General Robert E. Lee - *Du Barry, Woman of Passion* (1930), as Duc de Brissac - *The Office Wife* (1930), as Mr. McGowan - *The Devil's Holiday* (1930), as Ezra Stone - *Mammy* (1930), as Meadows - *General Crack* (1929), as Count Hensdorff - *The Show of Shows* (1929), as Executioner - Guillotine Sequence (uncredited) - *Hurricane* (1929), as Hurricane Martin - *Eternal Love* (1929), as Rev. Tass - *A Woman of Affairs* (1928), as Sir Morton Holderness - *The Sawdust Paradise* (1928), as Isaiah - *Hangman's House* (1928), as Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien - *After the Storm* (1928), as Manin Dane - *The Smart Set* (1928), as Durant - *Freckles* (1928), as Mclean - *My Best Girl* (1927), as Robert Merrill - *The Chinese Parrot* (1927), as P.J. Madden - *The Blood Ship* (1927), as Jim Newman - *Annie Laurie* (1927), as The MacDonald Chieftain - *Three Hours* (1927), as Jonathan Durkin - *Spangles* (1926), as Big Bill Bowman - *The Nervous Wreck* (1926), as Jud Morgan - *The Far Cry* (1926), as Julian Marsh - *The Golden Strain* (1925), as Maj. Milton Mulford - *The Big Parade* (1925), as Mr. Apperson - *The Half-Way Girl* (1925), as John Guthrie - *Winds of Chance* (1925), as Sam Kirby - *Chickie* (1925), as Jonathan - *Zander the Great* (1925), as The Sheriff - *My Son* (1925), as Sheriff Ellery Parker - *If I Marry Again* (1925), as John Jordan - *Sundown* (1924), as John Brent - *Hearts of Oak* (1924), as Terry Dunnivan - *The Silent Watcher* (1924), as John Steele, 'The Chief' - *Hello, 'Frisco* (1924), as Hobart Bosworth - *Captain January* (1924), as Jeremiah Judkins - *The Woman on the Jury* (1924), as Judge Davis - *Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model* (1924), as Thomas Lipton / Robert Horton - *Name the Man* (1924), as Christian Stowell - *Through the Dark* (1924), as Warden - *The Man Life Passed By* (1923), as 'Iron Man' Moore - *In the Palace of the King* (1923), as Mendoza - *The Eternal Three* (1923), as Dr. Frank R. Walters - *The Common Law* (1923), as Henry Neville - *Rupert of Hentzau* (1923), as Col. Sapt - *Little Church Around the Corner* (1923), as John Morton - *Vanity Fair* (1923), as Marquis of Steyne - *The Strangers' Banquet* (1922), as Shane Keogh - *White Hands* (1922), as 'Hurricane' Hardy - *The Sea Lion* (1921), as Tom Walton - *Blind Hearts* (1921), as Lars Larson · Producer - *The Cup of Life* (1921), as 'Bully' Brand - *The Foolish Matrons* (1921), as Dr. Ian Fraser - *A Thousand to One* (1920), as William Newlands / Randall - *The Brute Master* (1920), as Bucko McAllister, aka The Brute Master · Story - *His Own Law* (1920), as J.C. MacNeir - *Below the Surface* (1920), as Martin Flint - *Behind the Door* (1919), as Oscar Krug - *The Border Legion* (1918), as Jack Kells - *The Devil Stone* (1917), as Robert Judson - *The Woman God Forgot* (1917), as Cortez - *What Money Can't Buy* (1917), as Govrian Texler - *The Little American* (1917), as German Colonel - *The Inner Shrine* (1917), as Derek Pruyn - *Unconquered* (1917), as Henry Jackson - *Freckles* (1917), as John McLean - *A Mormon Maid* (1917), as John Hogue - *Joan the Woman* (1916), as Gen. La Hire - *Oliver Twist* (1916), as Bill Sykes - *The Way of the World* (1916), as John Nevill - *The Iron Hand* (1916), as Tim Noland - *Doctor Neighbor* (1916), as Dr. Neighbor - *Two Men of Sandy Bar* (1916), as John Oakhurst - *The Yaqui* (1916), as Tambor - *The Target* (1916), as Big Bill Brent - *The White Scar* (1915), Director - *Colorado* (1915), as Thomas Doyle - *Fatherhood* (1915), as Lon Gilchrist · Director, Writer, Set Designer - *Business Is Business* (1915), as Christ - *A Little Brother of the Rich* (1915), as Henry Leamington · Writer - *Nearly a Lady* (1915), as Frederica's father · Director - *The Scarlet Sin* (1915), as Eric Norton - *The Wild Olive* (1915), Producer - *Betty in Search of a Thrill* (1915), Producer - *Pretty Mrs. Smith* (1915), Director - *The Caprices of Kitty* (1915), Producer - *Buckshot John* (1915), as 'Buckshot John' Moran · Director - *The Beachcomber* (1915), as The Sailor · Producer - *The Chechako* (1914), Director - *The Country Mouse* (1914), as Billy Bladerson · Director, Writer - *The Pursuit of the Phantom* (1914), as Richard Alden · Director, Scenario Writer - *Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska* (1914), as Elam Harnish, aka 'Burning Daylight' · Director - *An Odyssey of the North* (1914), as Naass · Director, Writer, Producer - *Martin Eden* (1914), Director, Producer, Writer - *The Valley of the Moon* (1914), as Undetermined Secondary Role · Director - *John Barleycorn* (1914), as Scratch Nelson · Director - *The Sea Wolf* (1913), as Wolf Larsen · Writer, Director - *Alas! Poor Yorick!* (1913), as The Theatre Manager - *Pierre of the North* (1913), as Pierre - *Greater Wealth* (1913), as John Sharon - *The Awakening* (1912), Director - *Monte Cristo* (1912), as Edmond Dantes - *The Hand of Fate; or The Mysterious Blonde* (1912), as Emil Kiznoff - *The Mate of the Alden Bessie* (1912), as The First Mate · Scenario Writer, Director - *The Maid at the Helm* (1911), as Bill Hartley - *A Frontier Girl's Courage* (1911), as Jim Hawkins · Director - *Blackbeard* (1911), as Governor Gonzales - *Lost and Won* (1911), as Jack Carvel - *In Old California When the Gringos Came* (1911), as Scudder - *The Eye of Conscience* (1911), as Harold Burton - *Justinian and Theodora* (1910), as Justinian - *The Sanitarium* (1910), Actor - *The Sergeant* (1910), as Sergeant Robert Adams · Writer - *The Common Enemy* (1910), Actor - *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz* (1910), as The Wizard of Oz - *The Courtship of Miles Standish* (1910), as John Alden - *Briton and Boer* (1909), Actor - *In the Sultan's Power* (1909), Actor - *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1908), as Dr. Jekyll/ Dr.Hyde - *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1908), as Edmond Dantes ## Gallery - ![Hobart Bosworth](https://film.one/media/person/1226359/gallery-b036e8b54c9c.jpg) Hobart Bosworth — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Hobartbosworth.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Still from the American drama film The Blood Ship (1927). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors, actresses](https://film.one/media/person/1226359/gallery-76a8770a14f7.jpg) Still from the American drama film The Blood Ship (1927). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors, actresses — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/The_Blood_Ship_%28SAYRE_14542%29.jpg/1280px-The_Blood_Ship_%28SAYRE_14542%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Still from the American drama film Blind Hearts (1921) with Madge Bellamy and Hobart Bosworth, on page 82 of the October 1, 1921 Exhibitors Herald.](https://film.one/media/person/1226359/gallery-1365b1964a71.jpg) Still from the American drama film Blind Hearts (1921) with Madge Bellamy and Hobart Bosworth, on page 82 of the October 1, 1921 Exhibitors Herald. — Hobart Bosworth Productions / Associated Producers Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Blind_Hearts_%281921%29_-_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![A scene from the American drama film Below the Surface (1920), which played at the Strand Theater, Seattle. Includes Grace Darmond and Hobart Bosworth. Date sta](https://film.one/media/person/1226359/gallery-82f8ba5b1e4a.jpg) A scene from the American drama film Below the Surface (1920), which played at the Strand Theater, Seattle. Includes Grace Darmond and Hobart Bosworth. Date sta — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/A_scene_from_%22Below_the_Surface%22_%28SAYRE_13428%29.jpg/1280px-A_scene_from_%22Below_the_Surface%22_%28SAYRE_13428%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Hobart Bosworth](https://film.one/media/person/1226359/gallery-e7168b33da42.jpg) Hobart Bosworth — Image via TMDB - ![Hobart Bosworth](https://film.one/media/person/1226359/gallery-a54863b31f71.jpg) Hobart Bosworth — Image via TMDB - ![Betty Harte and Hobart Bosworth in 'The Roman' (1910)](https://film.one/media/person/1226359/gallery-0b9cb6742482.jpg) Betty Harte and Hobart Bosworth in 'The Roman' (1910) — Unknown authorUnknown author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Betty_Harte_and_Hobart_Bosworth_in_The_roman_1910.jpg/1280px-Betty_Harte_and_Hobart_Bosworth_in_The_roman_1910.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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