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William Rufus Shafter ( 1835- 1906) was a Major General in the United States Army. Fort Shafter, Hawaii is named for him. He took part in the Spanish-American War

Since he appeared in two early films, he is listed as the "actor" with the biggest known finite Bacon number. He has a Bacon number of 10:

• William Rufus Shafter was in Surrender of General Toral ( 1898) with Joseph Wheeler.
• Joseph Wheeler was in General Wheeler and Secretary of War Alger at Camp Wikoff ( 1898) with Russell Alexander Alger.
• Russell Alexander Alger was in President McKinley's Inspection of Camp Wikoff ( 1898) with William McKinley.
• William McKinley was in President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol ( 1901) with Nelson Miles .
• Nelson Miles was in The Indian Wars ( 1914) with William F. Cody.
• William F. Cody was in Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East ( 1910) with Major Gordon W. 'Pawnee Bill' Lillie .
• Major Gordon W. 'Pawnee Bill' Lillie was in In the Days of the Thundering Herd ( 1914) with Wheeler Oakman .
• Wheeler Oakman was in Flash Gordon's Trip to MarsFlash Gordon's Trip to Mars is a 1938 film serial of 15 episodes, based on the comic strip Flash Gordon''. It is the second of three Flash Gordon serials made between 1936 and 1940, coming between Flash Gordon and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe''. ( 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai) with Jerry Gardner .
• Jerry Gardner was in Natural Born KillersNatural Born Killers is a 1994 motion picture directed by Oliver Stone and starring Juliette Lewis and Woody Harrelson. Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Downey Jr. Tom Sizemore and Tommy Lee Jones are also featured. The screenplay is based on a script by Quenti ( 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an) with Pruitt Taylor Vince .
• Pruitt Taylor Vince was in 24 Hours ( 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom) with Kevin Bacon.

The average Rufus Shafter number is 10.182, with 86% of film actors having a Rufus Shafter number of 10 or 11. The highest known finite Rufus Shafter number is 16, possessed by seven (as yet unknown) actors. The lowest known nonzero Rufus Shafter number is 1, possessed by just one actor, Joseph Wheeler. There is also only one actor with a Rufus Shafter number of 2, Russell A. Alger.

As of July 12, 2003 William F. Cody's Bacon number has dropped to three, apparently due to new information rather than new movies. This has dropped Rufus Shafter's Bacon number to 8, and he is no longer unique. See this page for details.

See also:

• Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
• Bacon number