Question: Facts: - imagesize: 200px - deathplace: pacific palisades , california , u.s. - birthdate: 1883 1 10 - caption: francis x. bushman during silent film career - height: 6 ' - yearsactive: 1911 & ndash ; 1966 - spouse: josephine fladune - occupation: actor , director , writer - deathdate: 1966 8 23 1883 1 10 - birthname: francis xavier bushman - image: francisxbushman.jpg - birthplace: baltimore , maryland , u.s. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of francis x. bushman .
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francis xavier bushman -lrb- january 10 , 1883 -- august 23 , 1966 -rrb- was an american film actor .his matinee idol career started in 1911 in the silent film '' his friend 's wife , '' but it did not survive the silent screen era .bushman , like many of his contemporaries , broke into the moving picture business via the stage .he was performing at broncho billy anderson 's essanay studios in chicago , illinois , where he was first noticed for his muscular , sculpted frame .he appeared in nearly 200 feature film roles -- more than 175 films before 1920 , and 17 in his screen debut year of 1911 alone .he also worked for the vitagraph studio before signing with metro in 1915 .