Francis X. Bushman

At the peak of his career, he was known as "the King of Photoplay" before that title went to Clark Gable, with whom it remains today. [1] (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cromwell_richard.shtml)[2] (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cromwell_oliver.shtml) [3] (http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon48a.html). Mayer (of the then-fledgling Metro Goldwyn Mayer film studio).
. His role as Messala in Ben-Hur in 1925 might have launched his career even further but for being blacklisted by Louis B.
. He was actually married four times. He retired to obscurity, going into exile on the Continent under the soubriquet of "John Clarke", but returning in 1680 to live out the remainder of his life in Britain.

His popularity waned when it was revealed that he was married. Unlike his father, Richard was not held accountable for the death of King Charles I. Three days after his divorce with Josephine was final, Bushman and Bayne were married. This was the beginning of a short period of restoration of the Commonwealth of England but led to a state of anarchy that resulted in the return of the exiled King Charles II of England and the English Restoration. In 1918, he was the subject of a huge scandal as his affair with longtime costar Beverly Bayne became a national scandal. He gave it up with little hesitation, resigning or "abdicating" after a demand by the Rump Parliament. By the launch of his film career, the couple had five children. Richard was an unlikely successor, coming to prominence only because his two elder brothers both died before their father. Having previously sat in parliament, but only having joined the Council of State a year before his appointment as Protector, he had neither the political experience nor the interest required to maintain his position.

In 1902, he married seamstress Josephine Fladume. Richard Cromwell's enemies called him Tumbledown Dick. He appeared in nearly 200 feature film roles - more than 175 films before 1920, 17 in his film debut year of 1911 alone. Richard Cromwell (October 4, 1626- July 12, 1712) was the third son of Oliver Cromwell, and was Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, for little over eight months, from September 3, 1658 until May 25, 1659. He was performing at Bronco Billy Anderson’s Essanay Studio in Chicago, Illinois, where he was first noticed for his muscular, sculpted frame. He died in Pacific Palisades, California from a fall. Bushman, like many of his contemporaries, broke into film from stage.

He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 – August 23, 1966) was the first major male movie star, first starting in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife.