Trivia

Was a friend of legendary wild west lawman Wyatt Earp, and along with fellow silent movie cowboy star Tom Mix, was a pallbearer at Earp's funeral in 1929.

Hart High School in Newhall, CA, is named after him--in fact, the entire school district is named after him.

Donated his estate to the City of Los Angeles, on the condition they install a fountain and use the park for the arts. Today, the internationally renowned Actors Studio has its West Coast branch at the William S. Hart Park, in West Hollywood, in Hart's old estate.

While living in semi-retirement in Newhall, he was disturbed by a plane which kept flying over his house. The plane was being piloted by Amelia Earhart, and they ended up becoming good friends after he invited her to dinner in order to complain about the noise her plane was making.

Once the owner of the Spahn Movie Ranch the later residence of the Manson Family.

Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1975.

In March of 1923 Hart, already being sued for divorce by wife Winifred Westover, was accused by her of fathering a child by another woman. This hurt his already declining career and from 1924 to 1925 he would release only two films, before retiring.

Owner of William S. Hart Productions (1920-25; aka The William S. Hart Co.), a film production company.

An article in the June 1, 1929 issue of "Hollywood Filmograph" announced that William S. Hart had just signed to star in a talkie western feature for the Hal Roach Studios, to be directed by Roach and Lambert Hillyer. Thelma Todd was to be the female lead. Outdoor locations were to be filmed in Montana. However, no such film was ever made.

His mansion in Newhall, California, is now a museum and has been preserved with its original fixtures and furnishings intact.