American actor-director-writer-producer, father of the movie cowboy, and the first Western star. A native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Anderson had worked as a photographer's model and newspaper vendor before drifting into acting. He performed in vaudeville before joining forces with Edwin S. Porter as an actor and occasional script collaborator. In Porter's startling early film 'Great Train Robbery, The (1903)', Anderson played several roles and afterward began to write, direct, and act in... imdb
American actor-director-writer-producer, father of the movie cowboy, and the first Western star. A native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Anderson had worked as a photographer's model and newspaper vendor before drifting into acting. He performed in vaudeville b www.imdb.com/name/nm0001908/