True Boardman
Acting
Biography
True Boardman was an American actor. He died of the Spanish flu in 1918.
Born: April 21, 1882
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA
Known For
The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan and Jane are to sail for England. They are attacked by natives and Tarzan is believed to have been killed. The Greystoke relatives return to England, the Porters (Jane's family) goes to their ranch near San Francisco. Tarzan shows up in a tuxedo and rescues Jane from outlaws...
Tarzan of the Apes
A female ape takes to mothering the orphaned boy (Tarzan) and raises him over the course of many years until a rescue mission is finally launched and the search party combs the jungle for the long-time missing Lord Greystoke. But then, one of the search members, Jane Porter, gets separated from the group and comes face to face with fearsome wild animals. Tarzan saves her from harm just in the knick of time and love begins to blossom.
Broncho Billy's Fatal Joke
Billy plays a prank on an old miner and causes the poor old man to have a heart attack.
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
Through a kindly act Broncho Billy earns the deep gratitute of Marion Rivers, who presents him with a Bible. Not long afterwards, she comes upon him as he is about to hold up the stage, but at sight of the girl he is overwhelmed with shame and taking out the little Bible promises her that he will live honorably. In the meantime, Marion's father holds up the stage at another point, and one of the stagecoach drivers, mounting a bareback pony, rides off for the sheriff. Broncho Billy sees Rivers get away with the money, and when he hears the sheriff and his men coming, for Marion's sake he goes to warn her father. To shield him, he takes the bags of money and rides away with the men after him. He leaves the money at the mile post with a note saying: "SAheriff, I'm through with Bear County, this stick-up was my last", and rides across the border. (Moving Picture World Synopsis)
Broncho Billy's Sentence
Billy commits a robbery but a preacher inspires him to have a change of heart.
Broncho Billy and the Greaser
Broncho Billy comes between a Mexican thug and the young woman he is disturbing. The Mexican plots revenge for the insult and captures Billy, who has rescued a lost old man. The young woman discovers Billy being held prisoner and rides for help. The townsmen gallop toward Billy's rescue.
Below the Deadline
After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to expose the real killers.
The Tomboy on Bar Z
A romantic Western in which John saves his beloved Mary when she is about to marry a criminal.
The Rose of Old St. Augustine
Captain Lafitte receives word that Alicante, a young Spaniard, is to wed Dolores, the Rose of St. Augustine, whom he has not seen since childhood. He objects to the wedding. Lafitte captures Alicante, dresses in his clothes, and with Dalroy, his lieutenant, dresses as his valet, and Black Hawk, a Seminole Indian of his band, go to St. Augustine and pose as the suitor Alicante. Dolores falls in love with him as Alicante. Dalroy falls madly in love with her, is refused and betrays Lafitte to her father, the commandant. Lafitte is made prisoner and while Dalroy leads her father and soldiers to capture the camp of the Privateers, Black Hawk and Dolores rescue Lafitte from the dungeon.
Broncho Billy and the Claim Jumpers
Broncho Billy, a prospector, makes a rich strike, but while he is examining the rock he is being watched by three claim jumpers. The minute he leaves the spot the jumpers gather up some samples of the ore, and after replacing Broncho's sign with one of their own, start for the claim agent's office.
Filmography
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
as Broncho Haryigan
as Lord Greystoke
as Gilbert Bolton
as 'K'
as John Clayton - Lord Greystoke
as Irving Randolph / Stingaree
as Congressman John Wallace
as Congressman John Wallace
as Congressman John Wallace
as Detective Stanton
as The Detective
as The Engineer of the Mail Train
as Peeler White
as Irving 'Stingaree' Randolph
as The Sheriff
as The Sheriff
as Crooked Bartender
as The Sheriff
as The Bad Man
as The First Sheriff
as The Bartender
as The Outlaw
as The Sheriff
as The Bandit
as Bartender
as A Friend of Billy
as The Half-Breed
as Bad Man
as The Rancher
as Bad Man
as True Boardman
as The Cowboy
as The Outlaw
as Jim Kane
as The Bad Man
as Sam Sawyer
as John Bailey
as Bob Coleman
as Carl Underwood, the Sheriff
as Rufe Peters
as John Landers
as The Sheriff
as Jim
as Jim Dawson - the Outlaw
as The Sheriff
as Alicante, A Suitor of Dolores