William Farnum
Acting • Born 1876-07-03 – Died 1953-06-05
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.
Filmography
123 credits
Gun Cargo
Movie • 1949
Board of Inquiry Chairman
American Empire
Movie • 1942
Louisiana Judge
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Movie • 1932
William Belmont
A Woman's Face
Movie • 1941
Court Attendant
The Lone Star Ranger
Movie • 1919
Steele
Captain Kidd
Movie • 1945
Capt. Rawson
The Scarlet Letter
Movie • 1934
Gov. Bellingham
Hollywood Story
Movie • 1951
Himself
Moonshine Valley
Movie • 1922
Ned Connors
True Blue
Movie • 1918
Bob McKeever
The Rainbow Trail
Movie • 1918
Lassiter / Shefford
When a Man Sees Red
Movie • 1917
Larry Smith
The Eagle's Brood
Movie • 1935
El Toro
The Secret of Treasure Island
Movie • 1938
George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
God's Country
Movie • 1946
Sandy McTavish
Santa Fe Stampede
Movie • 1938
Dave Carson
Fires of Conscience
Movie • 1916
George Baxter
The Drifter
Movie • 1932
The Drifter
His Greatest Sacrifice
Movie • 1921
Richard Hall
Supernatural
Movie • 1933
Nicky Hammond
A Connecticut Yankee
Movie • 1931
King Arthur / Inventor
If I Were King
Movie • 1938
General Barbezier
Git Along Little Dogies
Movie • 1937
Banker Maxwell
Between Men
Movie • 1935
John Wellington / Rand
Shine On Harvest Moon
Movie • 1938
Milt Brower
The Perils of Pauline
Movie • 1947
Western Saloon Set Hero
Convicted Woman
Movie • 1940
Commissioner McNeill
Rough and Ready
Movie • 1918
Bill Stratton
The Pagan Lady
Movie • 1931
Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
Public Cowboy No. 1
Movie • 1937
Sheriff Matt Doniphon
The Spoilers
Movie • 1914
Roy Glenister
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Movie • 1936
Gordon Gaunt
Are We Civilized?
Movie • 1934
Paul Franklin, Sr.
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Movie • 1936
Father José
The Sign of the Cross
Movie • 1914
Marcus Superbus
The Silver Bullet
Movie • 1942
Dr. Thad Morgan
Custer's Last Stand
Movie • 1936
James Fitzpatrick
Adventures of Red Ryder
Movie • 1940
Colonel Tom Ryder
The Brand of Hate
Movie • 1934
Joe Larkins
The Silver Streak
Movie • 1934
B.J. Dexter
Gangs of Sonora
Movie • 1941
Ward Beecham
The Lone Ranger
Movie • 1938
Father McKim
Happy Landing
Movie • 1934
Col. Curtis
The Painted Desert
Movie • 1931
Cash Holbrook
Brass Commandments
Movie • 1923
Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
The Wide Open Spaces
Movie • 1931
U.S. Marshal
The Gunfighter
Movie • 1923
Billy Buell
Samson and Delilah
Movie • 1949
Tubal
Lone Star
Movie • 1952
Tom Crockett
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Movie • 1933
Squire Beamish
Last of the Duanes
Movie • 1941
Texas Ranger Major McNeill
The Crusades
Movie • 1935
Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
Reckless Decision
Movie • 1933
Rev. John MacDougall
Flaming Guns
Movie • 1932
Henry Ramsey
Mexicali Rose
Movie • 1939
Padre Dominic
South of the Border
Movie • 1939
Padre
The Kid Ranger
Movie • 1936
Bill Mason
Trail of Robin Hood
Movie • 1950
Bill Franum
American Methods
Movie • 1917
William Armstrong
Bride of Vengeance
Movie • 1949
Conti Peruzzi
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Movie • 1942
Colonel Mallory
Frontier Badmen
Movie • 1943
Dad Courtwright
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Movie • 1939
Senator Timothy Nolan
Rolling Home
Movie • 1946
Rodeo Official
Maid of Salem
Movie • 1937
Crown Justice Sewall
Million Dollar Haul
Movie • 1935
Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
Sharad of Atlantis
Movie • 1936
Sharad
Today I Hang
Movie • 1942
Warden Burke
Kit Carson
Movie • 1940
Don Miguel Murphy
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Movie • 1931
Joe Morgan
Hi-Yo Silver
Movie • 1940
Father McKim
The Man Who Fights Alone
Movie • 1924
John Marble
The Conqueror
Movie • 1917
Sam Houston
Daughter of the West
Movie • 1949
Father Vallejo
Men of Texas
Movie • 1942
General Sam Houston
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Movie • 1942
Judge Ezra Binns
Lone Star Ranger
Movie • 1942
Texas Ranger Major McNeil
Custer's Last Stand
Movie • 1936
James Fitzpatrick
Wildfire
Movie • 1945
Judge Polson
The Spoilers
Movie • 1942
Wheaton
Drag Harlan
Movie • 1920
Drag Harlan
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Movie • 1930
Louis XV
My Dog Shep
Movie • 1946
Carter J. Latham Jr.
The Corsican Brothers
Movie • 1941
Priest
Les Misérables
Movie • 1917
Jean Valjean
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie • 1917
Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
Good Dame
Movie • 1934
Judge Flynn
Cleopatra
Movie • 1934
Lepidus
The Bondman
Movie • 1916
Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie • 1941
The Mummy's Curse
Movie • 1944
The Sacristan
Powdersmoke Range
Movie • 1935
Sam Oreham - Banker
Law of the Sea
Movie • 1931
Captain Len Andrews
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie • 1918
Lassiter
Tropical Nights
Movie • 1928
Hollywood Extra Girl
Movie • 1935
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
Samson
Movie • 1915
Maurice Brachard
The Last of the Duanes
Movie • 1919
Buck Duane
Shackles of Gold
Movie • 1922
John Gibbs
If I Were King
Movie • 1920
François Villon
Without Compromise
Movie • 1922
Dick Leighton
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie • 1952
The King
The Irish Gringo
Movie • 1935
Pop Wiley
School for Girls
Movie • 1934
Charles Waltham
Tennessee Johnson
Movie • 1942
Senator Huyler
Colorado Sunset
Movie • 1939
Sheriff George Glenn
The Wonderful Adventure
Movie • 1915
Martin Stanley
Perjury
Movie • 1921
Robert Moore
A Stage Romance
Movie • 1922
Edmund Kean
The Heart of a Lion
Movie • 1917
Barney Kemper
The Price of Silence
Movie • 1917
Senator Frank Deering
The Joyous Trouble-Makers
Movie • 1920
William Steele
The Orphan
Movie • 1920
The Orphan
Wings of the Morning
Movie • 1919
Capt. Robert Anstruther
Wolves of the Night
Movie • 1919
Bruce Andrews
The Man Hunter
Movie • 1919
George Arnold
The Battle of Hearts
Movie • 1916
Martin Cane
A Soldier's Oath
Movie • 1915
Pierre Duval
The Man from Bitter Roots
Movie • 1916
Bruce Burt
Heart Strings
Movie • 1920
Pierre Fournel
The Adventurer
Movie • 1920
Don Caesar de Bazan
For Freedom
Movie • 1918
Robert Wayne
The Scuttlers
Movie • 1920
Jim Landers