Tom 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

Movies & TV Shows

1. For Better, for Worse (1919) — Richard Burton
2. The Round-Up (1920) — Jack Payson
3. Young Romance (1915) — Tom Clancy
4. The Tree of Knowledge (1920) — Brian
5. The Cost of Hatred (1917) — Ned Amory
6. Out of the Darkness (1915) — Tom Jameson
7. The Sea Wolf (1920) — Humphrey Van Weyden
8. The Unknown (1915) — First Private
9. Told in the Hills (1919) — Charles Stuart
10. Devil’s Dice (1926)
11. White Shoulders (1922) — Robert Lee Pitman - Virginia's Brother
12. The Heart of Youth (1919) — Russ Prendergast
13. Louisiana (1919)
14. The Marriage of Kitty (1915) — Jack Churchill
15. The Yellow Pawn (1916) — Philip Grant
16. To Have and to Hold (1916) — Lord Carnal
17. Those Without Sin (1917) — Bob Wallace
18. The Wild Goose Chase (1915) — Bob Randall
19. The Ragamuffin (1916) — Bob Van Dyke
20. The Thousand-Dollar Husband (1916) — Douglas Gordon
21. Kindling (1915) — Dr. Taylor
22. The American Consul (1917) — Geoffrey Daniels
23. The Woman (1915) — Tom Blake
24. Forbidden Paths (1917) — Harry Maxwell
25. The Evil Eye (1917) — Leonard Sheldon
26. Chimmie Fadden (1915) — Antoine, Butler-Thief
27. Chimmie Fadden Out West (1915) — Antoine
28. The Clown (1916) — Bob Hunter
29. Her Strange Wedding (1917) — Lee Brownell
30. The Puppet Crown (1915) — Lieutenant Von Mitter
31. Virtue Its Own Reward (1914) — Seadley Swaine
32. On Record (1917) — Rand Calder
33. Hashimura Togo (1917) — Dr. Garland
34. The Jaguar's Claws (1917) — Harry Knowles
35. Public Opinion (1916) — Phillip Carson

Directed

1. Shadows (1922) — Director
2. Roaring Rails (1924) — Director
3. The Fighting American (1924) — Director
4. The Virginian (1923) — Director
5. The Midnight Flyer (1925) — Director
6. The Ladder of Lies (1920) — Director
7. The Woman Conquers (1922) — Director
8. A Prince There Was (1921) — Director
9. The Flaming Forties (1924) — Director
10. The Broken Wing (1923) — Director
11. The Sins of Rosanne (1920) — Director
12. Cappy Ricks (1921) — Director
13. Are You a Failure? (1923) — Director
14. April Showers (1923) — Director
15. White and Unmarried (1921) — Director
16. Devil’s Dice (1926) — Director
17. The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925) — Director
18. If You Believe It, It's So (1922) — Director
19. The City of Silent Men (1921) — Director
20. The Easy Road (1921) — Director
21. White Shoulders (1922) — Director
22. The Girl Who Came Back (1923) — Director
23. Whispering Canyon (1926) — Director
24. Money, Money, Money (1923) — Director