William Farnum
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 3, 1876
- Died
- June 5, 1953 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Lone Star
Movie · as Tom Crockett
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie · as The King
Hollywood Story
Movie · as Himself
Trail of Robin Hood
Movie · as Bill Franum
Gun Cargo
Movie · as Board of Inquiry Chairman
Samson and Delilah
Movie · as Tubal
Bride of Vengeance
Movie · as Conti Peruzzi
Daughter of the West
Movie · as Father Vallejo
The Perils of Pauline
Movie · as Western Saloon Set Hero
God's Country
Movie · as Sandy McTavish
Rolling Home
Movie · as Rodeo Official
My Dog Shep
Movie · as Carter J. Latham Jr.
Captain Kidd
Movie · as Capt. Rawson
Wildfire
Movie · as Judge Polson
The Mummy's Curse
Movie · as The Sacristan
Frontier Badmen
Movie · as Dad Courtwright
American Empire
Movie · as Louisiana Judge
The Silver Bullet
Movie · as Dr. Thad Morgan
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Movie · as Colonel Mallory
Today I Hang
Movie · as Warden Burke
Men of Texas
Movie · as General Sam Houston
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Movie · as Judge Ezra Binns
Lone Star Ranger
Movie · as Texas Ranger Major McNeil
The Spoilers
Movie · as Wheaton
The Corsican Brothers
Movie · as Priest
Tennessee Johnson
Movie · as Senator Huyler
A Woman's Face
Movie · as Court Attendant
Gangs of Sonora
Movie · as Ward Beecham
Last of the Duanes
Movie · as Texas Ranger Major McNeill
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie
Convicted Woman
Movie · as Commissioner McNeill
Adventures of Red Ryder
Movie · as Colonel Tom Ryder
Kit Carson
Movie · as Don Miguel Murphy
Hi-Yo Silver
Movie · as Father McKim
Mexicali Rose
Movie · as Padre Dominic
South of the Border
Movie · as Padre
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Movie · as Senator Timothy Nolan
Colorado Sunset
Movie · as Sheriff George Glenn
The Secret of Treasure Island
Movie · as George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
Santa Fe Stampede
Movie · as Dave Carson
If I Were King
Movie · as General Barbezier
Shine On Harvest Moon
Movie · as Milt Brower
The Lone Ranger
Movie · as Father McKim
Git Along Little Dogies
Movie · as Banker Maxwell
Public Cowboy No. 1
Movie · as Sheriff Matt Doniphon
Maid of Salem
Movie · as Crown Justice Sewall
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Movie · as Gordon Gaunt
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Movie · as Father José
Custer's Last Stand
Movie · as James Fitzpatrick
The Kid Ranger
Movie · as Bill Mason
Sharad of Atlantis
Movie · as Sharad
Custer's Last Stand
Movie · as James Fitzpatrick
Undersea Kingdom
TV · as Sharad · 12 eps
The Eagle's Brood
Movie · as El Toro
Between Men
Movie · as John Wellington / Rand
The Crusades
Movie · as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
Million Dollar Haul
Movie · as Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
Powdersmoke Range
Movie · as Sam Oreham - Banker
Hollywood Extra Girl
Movie · as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
The Irish Gringo
Movie · as Pop Wiley
The Scarlet Letter
Movie · as Gov. Bellingham
Are We Civilized?
Movie · as Paul Franklin, Sr.
The Brand of Hate
Movie · as Joe Larkins
The Silver Streak
Movie · as B.J. Dexter
Happy Landing
Movie · as Col. Curtis
Good Dame
Movie · as Judge Flynn
Cleopatra
Movie · as Lepidus
School for Girls
Movie · as Charles Waltham
Supernatural
Movie · as Nicky Hammond
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Movie · as Squire Beamish
Reckless Decision
Movie · as Rev. John MacDougall
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Movie · as William Belmont
The Drifter
Movie · as The Drifter
Flaming Guns
Movie · as Henry Ramsey
A Connecticut Yankee
Movie · as King Arthur / Inventor
The Pagan Lady
Movie · as Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
The Painted Desert
Movie · as Cash Holbrook
The Wide Open Spaces
Movie · as U.S. Marshal
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Movie · as Joe Morgan
Law of the Sea
Movie · as Captain Len Andrews
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Movie · as Louis XV
Tropical Nights
Movie
The Man Who Fights Alone
Movie · as John Marble
The Gunfighter
Movie · as Billy Buell
Brass Commandments
Movie · as Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
Moonshine Valley
Movie · as Ned Connors
Shackles of Gold
Movie · as John Gibbs
Without Compromise
Movie · as Dick Leighton
A Stage Romance
Movie · as Edmund Kean
His Greatest Sacrifice
Movie · as Richard Hall
Perjury
Movie · as Robert Moore
Drag Harlan
Movie · as Drag Harlan
If I Were King
Movie · as François Villon
The Joyous Trouble-Makers
Movie · as William Steele
The Orphan
Movie · as The Orphan
Heart Strings
Movie · as Pierre Fournel
The Adventurer
Movie · as Don Caesar de Bazan
The Scuttlers
Movie · as Jim Landers
The Lone Star Ranger
Movie · as Steele
The Last of the Duanes
Movie · as Buck Duane
Wings of the Morning
Movie · as Capt. Robert Anstruther
Wolves of the Night
Movie · as Bruce Andrews
The Man Hunter
Movie · as George Arnold
True Blue
Movie · as Bob McKeever
The Rainbow Trail
Movie · as Lassiter / Shefford
Rough and Ready
Movie · as Bill Stratton
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie · as Lassiter
For Freedom
Movie · as Robert Wayne
When a Man Sees Red
Movie · as Larry Smith
American Methods
Movie · as William Armstrong
The Conqueror
Movie · as Sam Houston
Les Misérables
Movie · as Jean Valjean
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie · as Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
The Heart of a Lion
Movie · as Barney Kemper
The Price of Silence
Movie · as Senator Frank Deering
Fires of Conscience
Movie · as George Baxter
The Bondman
Movie · as Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
The Battle of Hearts
Movie · as Martin Cane
The Man from Bitter Roots
Movie · as Bruce Burt
Samson
Movie · as Maurice Brachard
The Wonderful Adventure
Movie · as Martin Stanley
A Soldier's Oath
Movie · as Pierre Duval
The Spoilers
Movie · as Roy Glenister
The Sign of the Cross
Movie · as Marcus Superbus
The Redemption of David Corson
Movie · as David Corson
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol
Movie · as Self