Foto: Fred Hartsook (1876-1930)

1889 - 1963

Begonnen hatte seine Laufbahn beim Theater, wo er erste schauspielerische Erfahrungen sammelte. Diese kamen ihm zugute, als er 1911 erstmals vor der Kamera agierte für "The New Manager" (11).

In den nächsten Jahren entstanden eine Vielzahl von Filmen, häufig für die Essanay Film Gesellschaft.
Zu seinen bekanntesten Filmen der frühen 10er Jahren gehören "The Madman" (11), "Lonesome Robert" (12), The End of the Feud" (12), "The Letter" (12), "The Shadow of the Cross" (12), "The Broken Heart" (13), "The Price of Gold" (13), "The Mysterious Stranger" (13), "Autumn Love" (13), "Shadows" (14), "The Elder Brother" (14), "The Devil's Signature" (14), "The Gallantry of Jimmy Rodgers" (15), "The Strenght of the Weak" (15), "Graustark" (15), "The Profligate" (15), "The Greater Courage" (15) und "Despair" (15).

In der zweiten Hälfte der 10er Jahre nahm die Anzahl der Filme etwas ab, dennoch agierte er in einer beachtlichen Zahl an Produktionen. Dazu gehören "Golden Lies" (16), "The Havoc" (16), "A Million for a Baby" (16), "The Girl God Made for Jones" (17), "Aladdin Up to Date" (17), "Ghost of the Rancho" (18), "Venus in the East" (19), "Love Insurance" (19) und "Too Much Johnson" (19).

In den 20er Jahren setzte er seine Filmlaufbahn erfolgreich fort, doch veränderten sich die Engagements langsam von Haupt- zu Nebenrollen. 
Seine Filmauftritte blieben bis zum Ende seiner Laufbahn äusserst zahlreich und er agierte neben vielen neuaufkommenden Stars dieser Jahre.

Zu seinen bekanntesten Filmen der 20er Jahre gehören "What Happened to Jones" (20), Burglar Proof" (20), "The Road to London" (21), "The Woman Conquers" (22), "The Common Law" (23), "The Meanest Man in the World" (23), "Star Dust Trail" (24), "The Wizard of Oz" (25), "Wet Paint" (26), "The King of Kings" (27), "Modern Daughters" (27), "A Bit of Heaven" (28) und "The Unkissed Man" (29).

Im Tonfilm der 30er Jahre sah man Bryant Washburn in bekannten Filmen wie "The Mystery Train" (31), "The Reckoning" (32), "Night of Terror" (33), "Cleopatra" (34), "Danger Ahead" (35), "The Preview Murder Mystery" (36), "Conflict" (36), "Jungle Jim" (37), "Ambush" (39) und "Stagecoach" (39).

Die 40er Jahre markierten das Ende seiner filmischen Laufbahn und er agierte in den Produktionen "Adventures of Captain Marvel" (41), "The Spider Returns" (41), "Dr. Kildare's Victory" (42), "Ship Ahoy" (42), "War Dogs" (42), "A Night of Adventure" (44), "Nevada" (44), "Johnny Angel" (45) und "Sweet Genevieve" (47).
Danach zog sich Bryan Washburn nach über 330 Filmen aus dem Filmgeschäft zurück.

Bryant Washburn war mit den Schauspielerinnen Mabel Forrest und Virginia Vance verheiratet.
 

Weitere Filme mit Bryant Washburn:
The Burglarized Burglar (11) He Fought for the U.S.A. (11) A Brother's Error (12) The Little Black Box (12) Out of the Depths (12) In Quarantine (12) The Eye That Never Sleeps (12) Detective Dorothy (12) White Roses (12) Signal Lights (12) Cupid's Quartette (12) The New Church Organ (12) The Voice of Conscience (12) Sunshine (12) Miss Simkins' Summer Boarder (12) The Letter (12) Chains (12) The Shadow of the Cross (12) The Virtue of Rags (12) Giuseppe's Good Fortune (12) When Soul Meets Soul (13) Jimmy (13) The Thirteenth Man (13) The Swag of Destiny (13) Billy McGrath on Broadway (13) A Bottle of Musk (13) An Old, Old Song (13) A Wolf Among Lambs (13) Let No Man Put Asunder (13) The Forbidden Way (13) The Power of Conscience (13) The Love Theft (13) Stone the Woman (13) In Convict Garb (13) The Lost Chord (13) The Conqueror (14) Nearly Married (14) The Grip of Cirumstance (14) Chains of Bondage (14) The Three Scratch Clue (14) The Fulfillment (14) In the Moon's Ray (14) The Man for A' That (14) The Mystery of Room 643 (14) Ashes of Hope (14) Blood Will Tell (14) The Chasm (14) One Wonderful Night (14) The Seventh Prelude (14) Stopping the Limited (14) A Gentleman of Leisure (14) The Masked Wrestler (14) Two Men Who Waited (14) Under Royal Patronage (14) Sparks of Fate (14) A Splendid Dishonor (14) The Verdict (14) Mother o' Dreams (14) Whatsoever a Woman Soweth (14) His Dearest Foes (14) Beyond Youth's Paradise (14) Scars of Possession (14) The Place, the Time and the Man (14) Every Inch a King (14) The Loose Change of Chance (14) Any Woman's Choice (14) The Way of the Woman (14) Surgeon Warren's Ward (15) By a Strange Road (15) The Misjudged Mr. Hartley (15) At the End of a Perfect Day (15) The Creed of the Clan (15) Third Hand High (15) Thirteen Down (15) The Surprise of My Life (15) Stars Their Courses Change (15) When the Fates Spin (15) The Wood Nymph (15) The Little Straw Wife (15) The Great Silence (15) The Fable of the Demand That Must Be Supplied (15) Countess Veschi's Jewels (15) The Return of Richard Neal (15) Frauds (15) Home Coming (15) Means and Morals (15) The Fable of the Highroller and the Buzzing Blondine (15) The Slim Princess (15) The Gilded Cage (15) The Little Deceiver (15) The Blindness of Virtue (15) The Sky Hunter (15) The Call of Yesterday (15) The Woman Hater (15) Rule Sixty-Three (15) Caught (15) The Scapegoat (15) The Family Divided (15) Tides That Meet (15) Inheritance (15) The Crimson Wing (15) The Edge of Things (15) The Alster Case (15) The Danger of Being Lonesome (15) Marriage a la Carte (16) Pieces of the Game (16) Destiny (16) The Despoiler (16) The Spider's Web (16) Once a Thief--? (16) The Song in the Dark (16) Our People (16) The Promise Land (16) Worth While (16) The Prince of Graustark (16) The Final Fraud (16) The Breaker (16) Skinner's Dress Suit (17) A Four Cent Courtship (17) Skinner's Bubble (17) Filling His Own Shoes (17) The Man Who Was Afraid (17) The Golden Idiot (17) Skinner's Baby (17) The Fibbers (17) The Voice of Conscience (17) Twenty-One (18) Kidder and Ko (18) Till I Come Back to You (18) The Gypsy Trail (18) The Way of a Man with a Maid (18) The Poor Boob (19) Something to Do (19) Putting It Over (19) All Wrong (19) A Very Good Young Man (19) Why Smith Left Home (19) It Pays to Advertise (19) The Six Best Cellars (20) Mrs. Temple's Telegram (20) The Sins of St. Anthony (20) A Full House (20) An Amateur Devil (20) June Madness (22) White Shoulders (22) Hungry Hearts (22) Temptation (23) Rupert of Hentzau (23) Mine to Keep (23) The Love Trap (23) Other Men's Daughters (23) Try and Get It (24) My Husband's Wives (24) The Parasite (25) Passionate Youth (25) Wanderin Footsteps (25) Meet the Prince (26) That Girl Oklahoma (26) Young April (26) Flames (26) Her Sacrifice (26) The Sky Pirate (26) In the First Degree (27) The Love Thrill (27) Beware of Widows (27) Black Tears (27) Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (27) Breakfast at Sunrise (27) Skinner's Big Idea (28) Honeymoon Flats (28) The Chorus Kid (28) Undressed (28) Nothing to Wear (28) Jazzland (28) Swing High (30) Kept Husbands (31) Crashing Hollywood (31) Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (31) The Lure of Hollywood (31) Hollywood Halfbacks (31) Keep Laughing (32) Arm of the Law (32) State's Attorney (32) Forbidden Company (32) What Price Hollywood? (32) Drifting (32) Thrill of Youth (32) Exposure (32) A Parisian Romance (32) The Woman Who Dared (33) What Price Innocence? (33) The Devil's Mate (33) Public Stenographer (34) Looking for Trouble (34) The Back Page (34) The Return of Chandu (34) The Curtain Falls (34) When Strangers Meet (34) Tailspin Tommy (34) The World Accuses (34) Twenty Dollars a Week (35) Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery (35) The Drunkard (35) The Call of the Savage (35) Swellhead (35) The Throwback (35) The Irish Gringo (35) The Bridge of Sighs (36) Taming the Wild (36) Sutter's Gold (36) The Millionaire Kid (36) The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (36) Three of a Kind (36) And Sudden Death (36) It Couldn't Have Happened – But It Did (36) Hollywood Boulevard (36) The Black Coin (36) Gambling with Souls (36) Ellis Island (36) Wanted: Jane Turner (36) We Who Are About to Die (37) Race Suicide (37) The Outcasts of Poker Flat (37) The Toast of New York (37) Sea Racketeers (37) Million Dollar Racket (37) The Westland Case (37) Crashing Hollywood (38) Night Spot (38) This Marriage Business (38) Law of the Underworld (38) Crime Ring (38) The Wages of Sin (38) I Demand Payment (38) Café Society (39) I Was a Convict (39) Sky Patrol (39) Abe Lincoln in Illionois (40) King of the Royal Mounted (40) Paper Bullets (41) Blossoms in the Dust (41) No Greater Sin (41) Babes on Broadway (41) Captain Midnight (42) We Were Dancing (42) The Yukon Patrol (42) Maisie Gets her Man (42) Two for the Money (42) Shadows on the Sage (42) Sin Town (42) You Can't Beat the Law (43) Carson City Cyclone (43) The Law Rides Again (43) Wagon Tracks West (43) Thousands Cheer (43) I Dood It (43) The Girl from Monterrey (43) Death Valley Rangers (43) Cowboy in the Clouds (43) Mabonga (44) Follow the Leader (44) The Falcon in Mexico (44) The Master Race (44) Heavenly Days (44) Feather Your Nest (44) The Falcon in Hollywood (44) Betrayal from the East (45) Two O'Clock Courage (45) West of the Pecos (45) Do or Diet (47)