Tom Forman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 22, 1893
- Died
- November 7, 1926
- Birthplace
- Mitchell County, Texas, USA
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
Filmography
Devil’s Dice 1926
Actor, Director
Whispering Canyon 1926
Director
The Midnight Flyer 1925
Director
The People vs. Nancy Preston 1925
Director
The Flaming Forties 1924
Director
Roaring Rails 1924
Director
The Fighting American 1924
Director
The Broken Wing 1923
Director, Writer
April Showers 1923
Director
The Virginian 1923
Director
The Girl Who Came Back 1923
Director
Are You a Failure? 1923
Director
Money, Money, Money 1923
Director
The Woman Conquers 1922
Director
Shadows 1922
Director
White Shoulders 1922
as Robert Lee Pitman - Virginia's Brother, Director
If You Believe It, It's So 1922
Director
A Prince There Was 1921
Director
Cappy Ricks 1921
Director
White and Unmarried 1921
Director
The City of Silent Men 1921
Director
The Easy Road 1921
Director
The Sins of Rosanne 1920
Director
The Round-Up 1920
as Jack Payson, Writer
The Ladder of Lies 1920
Director
The Sea Wolf 1920
as Humphrey Van Weyden
The Tree of Knowledge 1920
as Brian
Told in the Hills 1919
as Charles Stuart
The Heart of Youth 1919
as Russ Prendergast
- Louisiana
Louisiana 1919
Actor
For Better, for Worse 1919
as Richard Burton
The Trouble Buster 1917
Story
Hashimura Togo 1917
as Dr. Garland
Forbidden Paths 1917
as Harry Maxwell
Her Strange Wedding 1917
as Lee Brownell
The Jaguar's Claws 1917
as Harry Knowles
The Cost of Hatred 1917
as Ned Amory
Those Without Sin 1917
as Bob Wallace
On Record 1917
as Rand Calder
- The American Consul
The American Consul 1917
as Geoffrey Daniels
- The Evil Eye
The Evil Eye 1917
as Leonard Sheldon
The Yellow Pawn 1916
as Philip Grant
- Public Opinion
Public Opinion 1916
as Phillip Carson
The Clown 1916
as Bob Hunter
- The Thousand-Dollar Husband
The Thousand-Dollar Husband 1916
as Douglas Gordon
To Have and to Hold 1916
as Lord Carnal
The Ragamuffin 1916
as Bob Van Dyke
The Unknown 1915
as First Private
Chimmie Fadden Out West 1915
as Antoine
Out of the Darkness 1915
as Tom Jameson
The Woman 1915
as Tom Blake
The Marriage of Kitty 1915
as Jack Churchill
The Puppet Crown 1915
as Lieutenant Von Mitter
- Kindling
Kindling 1915
as Dr. Taylor
Chimmie Fadden 1915
as Antoine, Butler-Thief
The Wild Goose Chase 1915
as Bob Randall
A Gentleman of Leisure 1915
as Sir Spencer Dreever
- The Measure of a Man
The Measure of a Man 1915
Story
Young Romance 1915
as Tom Clancy
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man 1914
Screenplay
Virtue Its Own Reward 1914
as Seadley Swaine
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