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Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson. Director: The Infant at Snakeville. American actor-director-writer-producer Gilbert M. Anderson, father of the movie cowboy and the first Western star, was born Maxwell Henry Aronson in Little Rock, Arkansas. His parents, Esther (Ash) and Henry Aronson, were from New York. His father was from a German Jewish family, and his mother was the daughter of Russian Jewish parents. He had worked as a photographer's model...
Known For: The Infant at Snakeville (Director), The Son-of-a-Gun (Director(as G.M. Anderson)), Broncho Billy's True Love (Director), Humanity (Director)