William S. Hart

Hart Union High School District located in the Santa Clarita Valley in the northern part of Los Angeles County was named in his honor. Some of his other English language films include:. Hart Park." As well, the William S. Curd Jürgens also made a number of films in the French and German languages. As part of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, Hart's former home and 260 acre (1.1 km²) ranch on Sunset Boulevard in Newhall is now "William S. He was interred in the city's Zentralfriedhof. Hart was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Jürgens maintained a home in France but frequently returned to Vienna to perform on stage and that was where he died of a heart attack in 1982.

On his passing in 1946, William S. Showing his sense of humor, he titled his 1975 autobiography "Sixty and Not Yet Wise". He acquired Billy the Kid's "six shooters," and was a friend of legendary lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. Curd Jürgens was married five times; one of his wives was actress Eva Bartok (1927-1998). Hart was fascinated by the Old West. He directed a few films with limited success, and also wrote screenplays. He made his last film in 1925 for United Artists and retired to a ranch in Newhall, California. Although he appeared in over 100 films, Jürgens considered himself primarily a stage actor.

In 1917, he accepted a lucrative offer from Adolph Zukor to join Famous Players-Laskey.
Peer Schmidt, Klaus Kinski and Jürgens (right) in the
German movie Bankraub in der Rue Latour (1961). Hart appeared in director Sidney Olcott's 1907 production of Ben Hur for which he received good recognition and more parts in short films until 1914 when he starred in his first feature, The Bargain. In 1957, Jürgens made his first Hollywood film, The Enemy Below. Hart went on to become one of the first great stars of the motion picture Western. créa la femme (And God Created Woman) starring Brigitte Bardot. A successful Shakespearian actor on Broadway, William S. His breakthrough screen role came in Des Teufels General (1955, The Devil's General) and he came to Hollywood following his appearance in the sensational 1956 Roger Vadim directed French film Et Dieu..