Tom Forman

Tom Forman

Born: February 22, 1893
Died: November 7, 1926
in Mitchell County, Texas, USA
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.

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Movies for Tom Forman...

The Round-Up
Title: The Round-Up
Character: Jack Payson
Released: October 10, 1920
Type: Movie
A lovesick sheriff protects his town, embroiled in a feud between a crafty bandit leader and the family of the prospector he stole from.
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The Sea Wolf
Title: The Sea Wolf
Character: Humphrey Van Weyden
Released: May 15, 1920
Type: Movie
Humphrey Van Weyden and Maud Brewster are rescued by a nearby ship when the ferry they're on is rammed and sinks. However, instead of dropping them off ashore, the ship's fearsome captain, the brutal Wolf Larsen, forces Humphrey to work as a cabin boy--and has other ideas for the pretty young Maud. (Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com)
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For Better, for Worse
Title: For Better, for Worse
Character: Richard Burton
Released: April 26, 1919
Type: Movie
Dr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the military, but Meade stays back to care for deformed children. Sylvia thinks him a coward and marries Burton. After Burton is presumed dead, Meade and Sylvia are to wed, but Burton returns maimed and scarred.
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Forbidden Paths
Title: Forbidden Paths
Character: Harry Maxwell
Released: July 12, 1917
Type: Movie
Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old man dies, he leaves his daughter Mildred (Vivian Martin) in Sato's care. Sato loves the girl, but as he is Japanese he cannot hope to ever marry her (at least not in the racially prejudiced era of the early 1900s). Besides, Mildred loves Harry Maxwell (Tom Forman), who was raised alongside her.
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The Cost of Hatred
Title: The Cost of Hatred
Character: Ned Amory
Released: April 9, 1917
Type: Movie
Justus Graves (Theodore Roberts) is a mean-spirited human being, so it's no surprise that when he returns home from a business trip, he finds his wife Elsie (Kathlyn Williams) in the arms of another man (J.W. Johnston). Graves shoots and wounds the man, then hides with his little daughter in Mexico.
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Those Without Sin
Title: Those Without Sin
Character: Bob Wallace
Released: March 1, 1917
Type: Movie
Melaine is captured by a northern soldier while she is carrying secret southern messages. She falls into the hands of her father's former superior who attempts to compromise her. She is saved by a successful Confederate attack.
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The American Consul
Title: The American Consul
Character: Geoffrey Daniels
Released: February 2, 1917
Type: Movie
Country lawyer Abel Manning is very passionate about his political party. Through the force of his oratory, he helps elect James Kitwell to the U.S. Senate. Kitwell has promised to reward Manning an important post. No job is forthcoming until a scheme is offered to the unscrupulous Kitwell by Pedro Gonzales. Gonzales plans a revolution in Mexico and needs a corruptible American consul.
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The Evil Eye
Title: The Evil Eye
Character: Leonard Sheldon
Released: January 4, 1917
Type: Movie
Leonard Sheldon is the manager of a Mexican vineyard which is suffering from a diphtheria epidemic. Sheldon calls for a doctor and gets Katherine, much to the chagrin of the Mexicans. They've never seen a woman doctor, and their peasant superstitions lead them to believe that her forehead-mirror is "the evil eye," and that it's making their children die even faster.
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The Yellow Pawn
Title: The Yellow Pawn
Character: Philip Grant
Released: November 23, 1916
Type: Movie
An artist is in the countryside, painting, when he meets a girl in a roadster. They fall in love, but the girl marries a lawyer for his money. She should have waited -- the artist becomes a huge success, commanding a thousand dollars for a portrait sitting. The girl convinces her husband to let the artist paint her, but one night while she is visiting his studio, a thieving relative of his enters and is killed by a servant. To protect the girl, the artist allows himself to be accused of the murder. Her husband happens to be the prosecuting attorney, and when she reveals she was at the artist's home the night of the murder, he prepares to shoot the artist himself. But before he can raise his gun, the servant stabs him to death.
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The Thousand-Dollar Husband
Title: The Thousand-Dollar Husband
Character: Douglas Gordon
Released: May 29, 1916
Type: Movie
A now lost film directed by James Young and starring Blanche Sweet
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To Have and to Hold
Title: To Have and to Hold
Character: Lord Carnal
Released: March 5, 1916
Type: Movie
Lady Jocelyn, a favorite in the court of England's King James, escapes a forced marriage to the hated Lord Carnal by fleeing to American colonies. There she meets and marries Captain Ralph Percy. Pursued by Lord Carnal, Lady Jocelyn and her new husband eventually find themselves shipwrecked on a desert island with Lord Carnal.
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The Ragamuffin
Title: The Ragamuffin
Character: Bob Van Dyke
Released: January 23, 1916
Type: Movie
In planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that his stepdaughter should do most of the dirty work, and Jenny, not wanting to disappoint him, grudgingly agrees. As soon as she enters the house, Bob catches her, but then goes back to his bedroom after making her give her word not to take anything. Jenny breaks her promise...
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The Unknown
Title: The Unknown
Character: First Private
Released: December 9, 1915
Type: Movie
Richard Farquhar, the ne'er-do-well nephew of a titled Englishman, after a protracted "good time" finds himself penniless in an Algerian hotel. He expects money from England, but instead receives a cablegram stating his allowance has been stopped and that his uncle will have nothing further to do with him.
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Chimmie Fadden Out West
Title: Chimmie Fadden Out West
Character: Antoine
Released: November 21, 1915
Type: Movie
Chimmie is sent to Death Valley CA as part of a railroad scheme. He's to pretend to have discovered gold there, then set a new transcontinental record heading east. It doesn't quite work out that way.
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Out of the Darkness
Title: Out of the Darkness
Character: Tom Jameson
Released: September 8, 1915
Type: Movie
Drama in which Hélène, the owner of a large company goes to work in her own factory, to find out that its staff working in poor working conditions.
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The Woman
Title: The Woman
Character: Tom Blake
Released: August 23, 1915
Type: Movie
William C. DeMille adapted his screenplay for The Woman on the stage play by DeMille's father Henry and David Belasco. The story is set in Washington D.C., courtesy of the Lasky Studio's scenic department. Lois Meredith plays the title character, a woman of questionable morals currently involved with young politician James Neill. Political boss Theodore Roberts hopes to ruin Neill by making public the young man's romantic entanglements.
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The Marriage of Kitty
Title: The Marriage of Kitty
Released: August 16, 1915
Type: Movie
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Kindling
Title: Kindling
Character: Dr. Taylor
Released: July 12, 1915
Type: Movie
Pregnant tenement dweller Maggie Schultz is being used by burglars....
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Chimmie Fadden
Title: Chimmie Fadden
Character: Antoine, Butler-Thief
Released: June 28, 1915
Type: Movie
Bowery hooligan Chimmie is saved from false arrest by socialite dogooder Fanny. She takes in him, his brother and mother as servants. His brother schemes to steal the good lady's silver.
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The Wild Goose Chase
Title: The Wild Goose Chase
Character: Bob Randall
Released: May 27, 1915
Type: Movie
Two American grandfathers in France try to arrange marriages for their grandson and granddaughter by promising them money. The young ones refuse and run off to join a theatrical group where they fall in love and marry as their grandparents had intended.
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Young Romance
Title: Young Romance
Character: Tom Clancy
Released: January 20, 1915
Type: Movie
Two young clerks in a department store meet and fall in love during a seaside vacation in Maine, but part as strangers because, unknown to each other, both had been masquerading as upper-class 'swells', just to see how the better half lives.