Tom Forman

Tom Forman

  • Birthday: 1893-02-22
  • Deathday: 1926-11-07
  • Place of birth: Mitchell County, Texas, USA
  • Also know as: Thomas Powers Forman

Biography

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

The Ragamuffin

1916

As Bob Van Dyke

For Better, for Worse

1919

As Richard Burton

The Evil Eye

1917

As Leonard Sheldon

Those Without Sin

1917

As Bob Wallace

The Wild Goose Chase

1915

As Bob Randall

Young Romance

1915

As Tom Clancy

Forbidden Paths

1917

As Harry Maxwell

The Cost of Hatred

1917

As Ned Amory

To Have and to Hold

1916

As Lord Carnal

The Thousand-Dollar Husband

1916

As Douglas Gordon

The Yellow Pawn

1916

As Philip Grant

Out of the Darkness

1915

As Tom Jameson

The Round-Up

1920

As Jack Payson

The Unknown

1915

As First Private

The American Consul

1917

As Geoffrey Daniels

The Woman

1915

As Tom Blake

Chimmie Fadden Out West

1915

As Antoine

Chimmie Fadden

1915

As Antoine, Butler-Thief

The Sea Wolf

1920

As Humphrey Van Weyden

Kindling

1915

As Dr. Taylor

Production

Shadows

1922

As Director

Roaring Rails

1924

As Director

The Virginian

1923

As Director

The Flaming Forties

1924

As Director

The Broken Wing

1923

As Director

Cappy Ricks

1921

As Director

The Sins of Rosanne

1920

As Director

Are You a Failure?

1923

As Director

April Showers

1923

As Director

The Fighting American

1924

As Director

White and Unmarried

1921

As Director

The Ladder of Lies

1920

As Director

The Woman Conquers

1922

As Director

The Midnight Flyer

1925

As Director

Money, Money, Money

1923

As Director

A Prince There Was

1921

As Director

The Round-Up

1920

As Writer

The Broken Wing

1923

As Writer

The Measure of a Man

1915

As Story

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