The Bull-Dogger

The Bull-Dogger
Directed by	Richard E. Norman
Produced by	Richard E. Norman
Starring	Bill Pickett
Productioncompany	Norman Film Manufacturing Company
Distributed by	Norman Film Manufacturing Company
Release date	January 1922 (1922-01)
Country	United States
Languages	SilentEnglish intertitles

The Bull-Dogger is a 1922 American five-reel silent Western film starring Bill Pickett, an African American and Native American who is credited with inventing bulldogging, also called steer wrestling. It was produced by Norman Studios and filmed on location in Boley, Oklahoma.^[1] The film is presumed to be lost with only fragments known to have survived.^[1]

It was an early race film, featuring an African American cast and intended for African American audiences.^[2] A poster for the film is in the collection of the National Museum of American History.^[2]

Cast

• Bill Pickett
• Bennie Turpin
• Anita Bush
• Steve "Peg" Reynolds

References

1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Bull-Dogger". silentera.com. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
2. "Treasures from Hollywood's silent era (Part 1)". Smithsonian National Museum of American History. May 15, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2025.

External links

• The Bull-Dogger at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• The Bull-Dogger at IMDb
• The Bull-Dogger at the TCM Movie Database (archived version)
• Video purporting to be footage of Pickett in The Bull-Dogger on YouTube