William Farnum
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 3, 1876
- Died
- June 5, 1953
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Farnum (July 4, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts – June 5, 1953 in Hollywood, California) was a major movie actor. One of three brothers, Farnum grew up in a family of actors. He made his acting debut at the age of ten in Richmond, Virginia in a production of Julius Caesar, with Edwin Booth playing the title character. His first major success was as the title character of Ben-Hur in 1900 though replacing the original actor Edward Morgan who premiered the character in 1899. Later plays Farnum appeared in were the costume epic The Prince of India (1906), The White Sister (1909) starring Viola Allen, The Littlest Rebel (1911) co-starring his brother Dustin and a child actress named Mary Miles Minter(then nine years old) & Arizona (1913) with Dustin and stage beauty Elsie Ferguson. In The Spoilers in 1914, Farnum and Tom Santschi staged a classic movie fight which lasted for a full reel. In 1930, Farnum and Stantschi coached Gary Cooper and William Boyd in the fight scene for the 1930 version of The Spoilers. Other actors influenced by the Farnum scene were Milton Sills and Noah Beery in 1922 and Randolph Scott and John Wayne in 1942. From 1915 to 1925, Farnum devoted his life to motion pictures. When becoming one of the biggest sensations in Hollywood, he also became one of the highest-paid actors, earning $10,000 a week. Farnum's silent pictures the western Drag Harlan(1920) and the drama-adventure If I Were King(1921) survive from his years contracted to Fox Films. Farnum has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the younger brother of actor Dustin Farnum. He had another brother, Marshall Farnum, who was a silent film director and died in 1917. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Farnum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Lone Star 1952
as Tom Crockett
Jack and the Beanstalk 1952
as The King
Hollywood Story 1951
as Himself
Trail of Robin Hood 1950
as Bill Franum
Samson and Delilah 1949
as Tubal
Gun Cargo 1949
as Board of Inquiry Chairman
Bride of Vengeance 1949
as Conti Peruzzi
Daughter of the West 1949
as Father Vallejo
The Perils of Pauline 1947
as Western Saloon Set Hero
My Dog Shep 1946
as Carter J. Latham Jr.
Rolling Home 1946
as Rodeo Official
God's Country 1946
as Sandy McTavish
Captain Kidd 1945
as Capt. Rawson
Wildfire 1945
as Judge Polson
The Mummy's Curse 1944
as The Sacristan
Frontier Badmen 1943
as Dad Courtwright
American Empire 1942
as Louisiana Judge
Tennessee Johnson 1942
as Senator Huyler
Deep in the Heart of Texas 1942
as Colonel Mallory
Boss of Hangtown Mesa 1942
as Judge Ezra Binns
The Silver Bullet 1942
as Dr. Thad Morgan
Men of Texas 1942
as General Sam Houston
The Spoilers 1942
as Wheaton
Lone Star Ranger 1942
as Texas Ranger Major McNeil
The Corsican Brothers 1942
as Priest
Today I Hang 1942
as Warden Burke
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 1941
Actor
Last of the Duanes 1941
as Texas Ranger Major McNeill
Gangs of Sonora 1941
as Ward Beecham
A Woman's Face 1941
as Court Attendant
Kit Carson 1940
as Don Miguel Murphy
Adventures of Red Ryder 1940
as Colonel Tom Ryder
Hi-Yo Silver 1940
as Father McKim
Convicted Woman 1940
as Commissioner McNeill
South of the Border 1939
as Padre
Rovin' Tumbleweeds 1939
as Senator Timothy Nolan
Colorado Sunset 1939
as Sheriff George Glenn
Mexicali Rose 1939
as Padre Dominic
Shine On Harvest Moon 1938
as Milt Brower
Santa Fe Stampede 1938
as Dave Carson
If I Were King 1938
as General Barbezier
The Secret of Treasure Island 1938
as George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
The Lone Ranger 1938
as Father McKim
Public Cowboy No. 1 1937
as Sheriff Matt Doniphon
Git Along Little Dogies 1937
as Banker Maxwell
Maid of Salem 1937
as Crown Justice Sewall
The Vigilantes Are Coming 1936
as Father José
Sharad of Atlantis 1936
as Sharad
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand 1936
as Gordon Gaunt
Custer's Last Stand 1936
as James Fitzpatrick
The Kid Ranger 1936
as Bill Mason
Custer's Last Stand 1936
as James Fitzpatrick
The Irish Gringo 1935
as Pop Wiley
Between Men 1935
as John Wellington / Rand
The Eagle's Brood 1935
as El Toro
Powdersmoke Range 1935
as Sam Oreham - Banker
Hollywood Extra Girl 1935
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
The Crusades 1935
as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
Million Dollar Haul 1935
as Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
The Silver Streak 1934
as B.J. Dexter
The Brand of Hate 1934
as Joe Larkins
Cleopatra 1934
as Lepidus
The Scarlet Letter 1934
as Gov. Bellingham
Happy Landing 1934
as Col. Curtis
Are We Civilized? 1934
as Paul Franklin, Sr.
School for Girls 1934
as Charles Waltham
Good Dame 1934
as Judge Flynn
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles 1933
as Squire Beamish
Supernatural 1933
as Nicky Hammond
Reckless Decision 1933
as Rev. John MacDougall
Flaming Guns 1932
as Henry Ramsey
Mr. Robinson Crusoe 1932
as William Belmont
The Drifter 1932
as The Drifter
The Wide Open Spaces 1931
as U.S. Marshal
Law of the Sea 1931
as Captain Len Andrews
The Pagan Lady 1931
as Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
A Connecticut Yankee 1931
as King Arthur / Inventor
Ten Nights in a Bar-room 1931
as Joe Morgan
The Painted Desert 1931
as Cash Holbrook
Du Barry, Woman of Passion 1930
as Louis XV
Tropical Nights 1928
Actor
The Man Who Fights Alone 1924
as John Marble
The Gunfighter 1923
as Billy Buell
Brass Commandments 1923
as Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
Without Compromise 1922
as Dick Leighton
Moonshine Valley 1922
as Ned Connors
Shackles of Gold 1922
as John Gibbs
A Stage Romance 1922
as Edmund Kean
Perjury 1921
as Robert Moore
His Greatest Sacrifice 1921
as Richard Hall
The Scuttlers 1920
as Jim Landers
Drag Harlan 1920
as Drag Harlan
If I Were King 1920
as François Villon
The Joyous Trouble-Makers 1920
as William Steele
The Orphan 1920
as The Orphan
The Adventurer 1920
as Don Caesar de Bazan
Heart Strings 1920
as Pierre Fournel
Wings of the Morning 1919
as Capt. Robert Anstruther
The Last of the Duanes 1919
as Buck Duane
Wolves of the Night 1919
as Bruce Andrews
The Lone Star Ranger 1919
as Steele
The Man Hunter 1919
as George Arnold
For Freedom 1918
as Robert Wayne
The Rainbow Trail 1918
as Lassiter / Shefford
Riders of the Purple Sage 1918
as Lassiter
True Blue 1918
as Bob McKeever
Rough and Ready 1918
as Bill Stratton
The Heart of a Lion 1917
as Barney Kemper
Les Misérables 1917
as Jean Valjean
When a Man Sees Red 1917
as Larry Smith
The Conqueror 1917
as Sam Houston
American Methods 1917
as William Armstrong
A Tale of Two Cities 1917
as Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
The Price of Silence 1917
as Senator Frank Deering
Fires of Conscience 1916
as George Baxter
The Man from Bitter Roots 1916
as Bruce Burt
The Battle of Hearts 1916
as Martin Cane
The Bondman 1916
as Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
A Soldier's Oath 1915
as Pierre Duval
The Wonderful Adventure 1915
as Martin Stanley
- Samson
Samson 1915
as Maurice Brachard
The Sign of the Cross 1914
as Marcus Superbus
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol 1914
as Self
- The Redemption of David Corson
The Redemption of David Corson 1914
as David Corson
The Spoilers 1914
as Roy Glenister
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