Tom Forman
Known For
Acting
Born
1893-02-22 in Mitchell County, Texas, USA
Died
1926-11-07
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
Most Known For
The Ragamuffin
as Bob Van Dyke
Forbidden Paths
as Harry Maxwell
Her Strange Wedding
as Lee Brownell
Hashimura Togo
as Dr. Garland
For Better, for Worse
as Richard Burton
Told in the Hills
as Charles Stuart
The Round-Up
as Jack Payson
Out of the Darkness
as Tom Jameson
The Woman
as Tom Blake
Chimmie Fadden
as Antoine, Butler-Thief
Chimmie Fadden Out West
as Antoine
The Tree of Knowledge
as Brian
The Wild Goose Chase
as Bob Randall
Those Without Sin
as Bob Wallace
The Unknown
as First Private
Devil’s Dice
Kindling
as Dr. Taylor
On Record
as Rand Calder
The Yellow Pawn
as Philip Grant
Young Romance
as Tom Clancy