FrameThrower · Actors · Gary Busey
Gary Busey
6 films · 405 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1974–1997
Born 29 June 1944 · Goose Creek, Texas, USA
William Gary Busey is an American film and stage actor and artist. He has appeared in over 120 films, as well as making regular appearances on Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, and Entourage. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in 1978 for his role in The Buddy Holly Story.
How their films are shot
Measured across 405 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Gary takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 51% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Gary takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 405 frames from Gary Busey's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.