Trivia

Bushman modeled for the statue of Nathan Hale at Harvard and the statue of Lord Baltimore in Baltimore.

From 1914 to 1917 Bushman was America's most popular leading man, but his 1918 divorce revealed to his bevy of female fans that he was not the eligible bachelor they thought but a married man with five children.

In July 1912 while Bushman was filming in Wisconsin he was challenged by a local lumberjack to a wrestling match. Bushman won the hour-long impromptu bout and made the most of the resultant positive publicity.

Died after a fall.

Although the nickname "King of the Movies" was eventually given to Clark Gable, it is engraved on Bushman's headstone in Los Angeles.

He donated land to Sid Grauman, on which now sits Mann's (formerly Grauman's) Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Father of Disney art director Bruce Bushman.

Cousin Pearl Bodine (Bea Benaderet) on The Beverly Hillbillies was a huge fan of Bushman. She mentioned his name endearingly several times in her appearances on the series. In one episode, during a sightseeing tour with the Clampetts they passed a fancy home, and Pearl wondered if the home belonged to a movie star, perhaps Francis X. Bushman. Jed tells her it can't be Bushman's home, because he got a good look in the yard and didn't see room for horses or a chariot.

When appearing on the "You Bet Your Life" radio show on February 3, 1958, he stated to Groucho Marx that during his career, that he had received over 17,000 marriage proposals from amorous female fans.

Father with Beverly Bayne of Richard Stansbury Bushman, who later changed his name to Bayne, and killed himself in 1957.

Father with Josephine Fladune of art director Bruce Bushman, Virginia Bushman, Lenore Bushman, Josephine, and actor Francis X. Bushman Jr..

Grandfather of actor Pat Conway and Barbara Bushman.

Drove around Hollywood in a Marmon touring car which had his name embossed on its sides.

Famous for his screen partnership with Beverly Bayne. Francis X. Bushman's first marriage had been kept a secret because studio heads felt that moviegoers could not become as excited about a married man. When Bushman decided to marry Bayne, his fans learned about his earlier marriage, which cost him his popularity.

He died exactly 40 years to the day after another top film star of the silent era, Rudolph Valentino.

Always accompanied by five Great Danes - amazingly, he had another 295 living on his 280-acre Maryland estate.

Bushman's first appearance before an audience was as an altar boy for Cardinal Gibbons.

Father-in-law of director Jack Conway.

Was the first film actor to be called "King of the Movies." That label would, in later decades, be affixed to Clark Gable, where it still remains.

Angry that Bushman had left the studio for Quality Films, Essanay advertised the actor's last film without mentioning his name.

Entered films with Essanay Studios.

In the Je T'adore Muldoon (1962) episode of "Car 54, Where Are You?," it is revealed that Fred Gwynne's character, Francis Muldoon, was named after actor Francis X. Bushman.

Entered films in 1911 after winning a 'most handsome man' competition.

At 5 foot 11, he was often shorter than his 6 foot co-stars and even some of his leading ladies. In many of his early films, he stood on a box to make him taller in close-ups.