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Tom Forman

Actor

Tom Forman

Born February 22, 1893 in Mitchell County, Texas, USADied November 7, 192636 films

Tom Forman (February 22, 1893 – November 7, 1926) was an American motion picture actor, director, writer, and producer of the early 1920s.

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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.

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Filmography

36 films as actor
  1. 1926Devil’s Dice
  2. 1922White ShouldersRobert Lee Pitman - Virginia's Brother
  3. 1920The Round-UpJack Payson
  4. 1920The Sea WolfHumphrey Van Weyden
  5. 1920The Tree of KnowledgeBrian
  6. 1919Told in the HillsCharles Stuart
  7. 1919The Heart of YouthRuss Prendergast
  8. 1919Louisiana
  9. 1919For Better, for WorseRichard Burton
  10. 1917Hashimura TogoDr. Garland
  11. 1917Forbidden PathsHarry Maxwell
  12. 1917Her Strange WeddingLee Brownell
  13. 1917The Jaguar's ClawsHarry Knowles
  14. 1917The Cost of HatredNed Amory
  15. 1917Those Without SinBob Wallace
  16. 1917On RecordRand Calder
  17. 1917The American ConsulGeoffrey Daniels
  18. 1917The Evil EyeLeonard Sheldon
  19. 1916The Yellow PawnPhilip Grant
  20. 1916Public OpinionPhillip Carson
  21. 1916The ClownBob Hunter
  22. 1916The Thousand-Dollar HusbandDouglas Gordon
  23. 1916To Have and to HoldLord Carnal
  24. 1916The RagamuffinBob Van Dyke
  25. 1915The UnknownFirst Private
  26. 1915Chimmie Fadden Out WestAntoine
  27. 1915Out of the DarknessTom Jameson
  28. 1915The WomanTom Blake
  29. 1915The Marriage of KittyJack Churchill
  30. 1915The Puppet CrownLieutenant Von Mitter
  31. 1915KindlingDr. Taylor
  32. 1915Chimmie FaddenAntoine, Butler-Thief
  33. 1915The Wild Goose ChaseBob Randall
  34. 1915A Gentleman of LeisureSir Spencer Dreever
  35. 1915Young RomanceTom Clancy
  36. 1914Virtue Its Own RewardSeadley Swaine