''Buckshot John'' is a 1915 American

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film that was directed by and starred

Hobart Bosworth Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth (August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943) was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer. Early life Bosworth was born on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, Ohio. His father was a sea captain in the Civil W ...

. Prints of the film survive in the

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film archive.

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as "Buckshot John" Moran *

Courtenay Foote Courtenay Foote (22 November 1878 – 4 May 1925) was an English stage and silent film actor. Born in Yorkshire, England, Foote attended Oxford, studied engineering in Germany, and worked as a civil engineer in Scotland. Friends who heard ...

as Dr. Buchanan Gilmore / The Great Gilmore * Carl von Schiller as Jimmy Dacey, a Reporter * Helen Wolcott as Ruth Mason *

Herbert Standing Herbert Standing (13 November 1846 – 5 December 1923) was a British stage and screen actor and the patriarch of the Standing family of actors. He was the father of numerous children, many of whom had careers in theatre and cinema. Toward the ...

as John Mason * Marshall Stedman as Warden of state's prison *

Frank Lanning Frank Lanning (August 14, 1872 – June 17, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 84 films between 1910 and 1934. He was born in Marion, Iowa and died in Los Angeles, California. Lanning's film debut came in ''The Me ...

as Bad Jake Kennedy *

Art Acord Arthemus Ward "Art" Acord (April 17, 1890 – January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion. After his film career ended in 1929, Acord worked in rodeo road shows and as a miner in Mexico. Early life and career Acord ...

as Hairtrigger Jordan *

Elmo Lincoln Elmo Lincoln (born Otto Elmo Linkenhelt; February 6, 1889June 27, 1952) was an American stage and film actor whose career in motion pictures spanned the silent and sound eras. He performed in over 100 screen productions between 1913 and 1952 an ...

as The sheriff (as Oscar Linkenhelt) *

Rhea Haines Rhea Haines (October 2, 1894 – March 12, 1964) was a silent film actress from Indiana. Biography Haines was a leading lady for the film company of actor Hobart Bosworth. She played in films with Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, and Mack Sennett. ...

as Mrs. Hayden * Arthur Allardt as Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited) * J.F. Briscoe as Medicine show crowd (uncredited) * Mr. Fletcher as Judge (uncredited) *

Hoot Gibson Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962) was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer. While acting and stunt work began as a sideline to Gibson's focus on rodeo, he successfully transitioned ...

as Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited) * Wong Ling as Hindo (uncredited) *

Martha Mattox Martha Mattox (June 19, 1879 – May 2, 1933) was an American silent film actress most notable for her role of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film '' The Cat and the Canary''. She also played a role in ''Torrent'' (1926). She died from a heart ...

as Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited) * Robert Murdock as Turnkey (uncredited) * Ray Myers as Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited) * Joe Ray as Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited)

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* * 1915 films 1915 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Surviving American silent films Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films {{silent-film-stub

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