Neal Hart

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Neal Hart
Hart in 1920
Born(1879-04-07)April 7, 1879
DiedApril 2, 1949(1949-04-02) (aged 69)
Burial placeHoly Cross Cemetery[1]
OccupationsActor
Film director
Years active1916-1949

File:Tangled Trails (1921).webm Neal Hart (April 7, 1879 – April 2, 1949) was an American actor and director of the silent film era.

Biography

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Hart was born in Staten Island, New York.[citation needed] Before he began working in films, he was a city marshal, cowboy, and stage driver. He worked in entertainment as a member of a Wild West show.[2]

Hart appeared in 125 films between 1916 and 1949. He also directed 23 films between 1919 and 1928.[citation needed] Until 1920 he worked at Universal Pictures as an actor, an assistant to director George Marshall, and a scenario writer. He went from Universal to Pinnacle Studios in 1920, adding producing to his writing and acting as he continued to work in Western films through the 1920s.[2]

On April 2, 1949, Hart died at the Motion Picture Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles,[2] and was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery. He was a distant cousin of western actor William S. Hart, who is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City.

Partial filmography

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References

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