Franklyn Farnum
Acting • Born 1878-06-05 – Died 1961-07-04
Biography
Leading man in silent films until mid to late 1920s when Farnum transitioned to a character actor. Then later in life he remained in the film business as a paid extra in many films and TV shows.
Filmography
326 credits
Romance of the Rockies
Movie • 1937
Stone
Stage Struck
Movie • 1948
Party Guest (uncredited)
You're in the Navy Now
Movie • 1951
Officer
The Mating Season
Movie • 1951
Board Member (uncredited)
A Double Life
Movie • 1947
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mr. Celebrity
Movie • 1941
Court Officer (uncredited)
Cimarron
Movie • 1960
Townsman (uncredited)
The Heart of a Show Girl
Movie • 1916
Frank Masterson
The Woman He Feared
Movie • 1916
John Gray
Fast Company
Movie • 1918
Lawrence Percival Van Huyler
Little Partner
Movie • 1916
James Allis
Go-Get-Em Garringer
Movie • 1919
Garringer
The Virtuous Model
Movie • 1919
Edward Dorin
Breezy Bob
Movie • 1919
Vanity Pool
Movie • 1918
Drew Garrett
In Judgment of...
Movie • 1918
Dr. John O'Neill
The Hunger of the Blood
Movie • 1921
Maslun
Vanishing Trails
Movie • 1920
Silent Joe
The Galloping Devil
Movie • 1920
Andy Green
The Land of Jazz
Movie • 1920
The Fighting Stranger
Movie • 1921
Australia Joe
The Last Chance
Movie • 1921
Rance Sparr
The Raiders
Movie • 1921
Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP
The White Masks
Movie • 1921
Jack Bray
$5,000 Reward
Movie • 1918
Dick Arlington
The Silver Bullet
Movie • 1935
Marshal Joe Mullane
Blondie in the Dough
Movie • 1947
Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)
The Third Alarm
Movie • 1930
Fire Department Captain
Carrying the Mail
Movie • 1934
Henchman Frank
Three Daring Daughters
Movie • 1948
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
King Creole
Movie • 1958
Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Vicki
Movie • 1953
Club Manager (uncredited)
House of Strangers
Movie • 1949
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Movie • 1955
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
The Strange Door
Movie • 1951
The Mating Game
Movie • 1959
Townsman (uncredited)
Shackles of Fate
Movie • 1919
When Pals Fall Out
Movie • 1919
Lonesome
Hell's Fury Gordon
Movie • 1919
Cupid's Roundup
Movie • 1919
The Two Doyles
Movie • 1919
Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle
Brother Bill
Movie • 1919
William (Bill) Dexter
The Uphill Climb
Movie • 1919
Ford Cameron
The Puncher and the Pup
Movie • 1919
Vengeance and the Girl
Movie • 1919
Jim Westgard Jr.
The Cowboy and the Rajah
Movie • 1919
Gun-Shy
Movie • 1922
James Brown
The Stooge
Movie • 1951
Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)
She Devil
Movie • 1957
Party Guest (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
Movie • 1957
Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)
High Tide
Movie • 1947
The Eddy Duchin Story
Movie • 1956
Passerby (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
Movie • 1955
Pedestrian (uncredited)
The First Texan
Movie • 1956
Delegate (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
Movie • 1953
Barfly (uncredited)
Broken Lance
Movie • 1954
Juror (uncredited)
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Movie • 1936
Nicky
Captain Pirate
Movie • 1952
Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)
I Love a Mystery
Movie • 1945
Reporter (Uncredited)
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Movie • 1951
Board Member (uncredited)
Week-End at the Waldorf
Movie • 1945
Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Fort Osage
Movie • 1952
Settler (uncredited)
The Half-Breed
Movie • 1952
Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)
Deception
Movie • 1946
Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Movie • 1937
Bidder (uncredited)
The Broken Coin
Movie • 1936
The Struggle
Movie • 1921
Dick Storm
Battling Brewster
Movie • 1924
Battling Jack Brewster
The Scarlet Car
Movie • 1917
Billy Winthrop
Frontier Justice
Movie • 1936
Lawyer George Lessin
The Apartment
Movie • 1960
Office Worker (uncredited)
The Steel Trap
Movie • 1952
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
The Hypnotic Eye
Movie • 1960
Audience Member (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
Movie • 1945
What Becomes of the Children?
Movie • 1936
Shelby
Arizona Cyclone
Movie • 1934
Carter, the Banker
The Preview Murder Mystery
Movie • 1936
James Deley
Illegal
Movie • 1955
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Fighting Caballero
Movie • 1935
Bartender
Frontier Days
Movie • 1934
George Wilson
Knock on Any Door
Movie • 1949
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Lady Gambles
Movie • 1949
Casino Patron (uncredited)
The Empty Gun
Movie • 1917
Robber
Honor of the Range
Movie • 1934
Saloonkeeper
Black Tuesday
Movie • 1954
Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men
Movie • 1955
The Game That Kills
Movie • 1937
Spectator (uncredited)
Dames Ahoy
Movie • 1930
Master of Ceremonies
Mark of the Spur
Movie • 1932
Sheriff Jake Ludlow
See America Thirst
Movie • 1930
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Border Guns
Movie • 1934
Fred Palmer
Three Rogues
Movie • 1931
Nelson
Meet Me on Broadway
Movie • 1946
Man in Audience (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie • 1952
Assistant on Set (uncredited)
History Is Made at Night
Movie • 1937
Money, Women and Guns
Movie • 1958
Postmaster (uncredited)
The Story on Page One
Movie • 1959
Juror (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Bandit
Movie • 1935
Crooked Dealer
Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie • 1939
Well-Wisher
Inside Detroit
Movie • 1955
Custer's Last Stand
Movie • 1936
Major Marcus Reno
Guys and Dolls
Movie • 1955
Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Movie • 1938
Rodeo Spectator
Hop-a-long Cassidy
Movie • 1935
Riley
The Jackie Robinson Story
Movie • 1950
Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Movie • 1954
Ray (uncredited)
Sunset in El Dorado
Movie • 1945
Customer
Carrie
Movie • 1952
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me
Movie • 1947
Man at Piano Concert (uncredited)
All About Eve
Movie • 1950
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
The Story of Three Loves
Movie • 1953
Man Departing Train
Stagecoach
Movie • 1939
Deputy Frank (uncredited)
Almost a Gentleman
Movie • 1939
Juror
Reno
Movie • 1939
Board Member
The Reckless Rider
Movie • 1932
Sheriff
The Ghost Rider
Movie • 1935
Bullard
Phone Call from a Stranger
Movie • 1952
Big Town Scandal
Movie • 1948
Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)
An Affair to Remember
Movie • 1957
Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
Movie • 1942
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Movie • 1940
Rancher
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Movie • 1950
Officer at Party (uncredited)
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
Movie • 1956
Board of Directors
The Lost Weekend
Movie • 1945
Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
Movie • 1946
Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
The Killing
Movie • 1956
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Going My Way
Movie • 1944
Church Usher (uncredited)
My Dear Secretary
Movie • 1948
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
A Desperate Adventure
Movie • 1924
Purity Squad
Movie • 1945
Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)
East of Eden
Movie • 1955
Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Race Street
Movie • 1948
Man (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution
Movie • 1957
Barrister (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
Movie • 1947
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
High Society
Movie • 1956
Party Guest (uncredited)
Black Widow
Movie • 1954
Party Guest (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
Movie • 1945
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
Movie • 1957
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Hollywood or Bust
Movie • 1956
Audience Member
Wonder Man
Movie • 1945
Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)
Beyond the Rio Grande
Movie • 1930
Joe Kemp
The Great Moment
Movie • 1944
Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
Hangover Square
Movie • 1945
Charlie Chan in Panama
Movie • 1940
Marine Officer
Monsieur Verdoux
Movie • 1947
Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
The Lady Eve
Movie • 1941
Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
The Shadow
Movie • 1940
Sparks
Merton of the Movies
Movie • 1947
Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
The Barefoot Mailman
Movie • 1951
Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Movie • 1942
Policeman (uncredited)
The Tin Star
Movie • 1957
Townsman (uncredited)
Two O'Clock Courage
Movie • 1945
Club Patron (uncredited)
Under Texas Skies
Movie • 1940
Townsman
Boom Town
Movie • 1940
Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
Movie • 1940
Townsman (uncredited)
Deadwood Dick
Movie • 1940
Clayton
Call of the Rockies
Movie • 1944
Miner
The Opposite Sex
Movie • 1956
Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Saddle Leather Law
Movie • 1944
Rancher (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
Movie • 1945
Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)
Massacre River
Movie • 1949
Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)
The Square Jungle
Movie • 1955
No Man of Her Own
Movie • 1950
Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Groom Wore Spurs
Movie • 1951
Reverend (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
Movie • 1950
Undertaker
The House Across the Bay
Movie • 1940
Prison Guard
Tin Pan Alley
Movie • 1940
Man in Audience (uncredited)
The Son of Monte Cristo
Movie • 1940
Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)
The Heiress
Movie • 1949
Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)
The Blue Angel
Movie • 1959
Blue Angel Customer (uncredited)
The Night of January 16th
Movie • 1941
Juror (uncredited)
The Green Archer
Movie • 1940
Pete
A Letter to Three Wives
Movie • 1949
Country Club Member (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 1956
Extra (uncredited)
The Screen Writer
Movie • 1950
Screenwriter (uncredited)
California Passage
Movie • 1950
Townsman (uncredited)
The Honor of the Press
Movie • 1932
Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'
Exposed
Movie • 1947
Restaurant Patron
Crime Doctor
Movie • 1943
Juror
Parrish
Movie • 1961
Party Guest (uncredited)
This Woman Is Mine
Movie • 1941
Bit Role
Three Girls About Town
Movie • 1941
Conventioneer Extra
Frontier Fury
Movie • 1943
Bartender Homer (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie • 1942
Chicago Businessman
Northwest Rangers
Movie • 1942
Barfly
Silver Queen
Movie • 1942
Creditor
Belle Starr
Movie • 1941
Barfly (uncredited)
My Friend Irma
Movie • 1949
Maitre D' (uncredited)
The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie • 1944
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Roadblock
Movie • 1951
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Movie • 1952
Spectator (uncredited)
Left Over Ladies
Movie • 1931
Benson
Men of the Sky
Movie • 1942
Farmer (uncredited)
Vaudeville Days
Movie • 1942
Ticket Hawker (uncredited)
The Secret Code
Movie • 1942
Federal Agent
Destination Moon
Movie • 1950
Factory Worker (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
Movie • 1951
Company Executive (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon
Movie • 1947
Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)
Funny Face
Movie • 1957
Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
Movie • 1941
(uncredited)
Slightly French
Movie • 1949
Marty Freeman (uncredited)
Some Came Running
Movie • 1958
Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)
The Drug Store Cowboy
Movie • 1925
Marmaduke Grandon
Gold Diggers of 1935
Movie • 1935
Bartender (uncredited)
The Narrow Margin
Movie • 1952
Train Passenger (uncredited)
White Christmas
Movie • 1954
Club Patron (uncredited)
Chicago Syndicate
Movie • 1955
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Powdersmoke Range
Movie • 1935
Jim Reece
Alias Nick Beal
Movie • 1949
Supporter
Destination Murder
Movie • 1950
Arthur Mansfield
Fun on a Weekend
Movie • 1947
Poker Player (uncredited)
The Miracle of the Bells
Movie • 1948
Worshiper
A Stranger from Somewhere
Movie • 1916
Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis
Anything Once
Movie • 1917
Teddy Crosby
The Clean-Up
Movie • 1917
Stuart Adams
Bringing Home Father
Movie • 1917
Peter Drake
The Car of Chance
Movie • 1917
Arnold Baird
The Clock
Movie • 1917
Jack Tempest
The Devil's Pay Day
Movie • 1917
Gregory Van Houten
The Man Who Took a Chance
Movie • 1917
Monty Gray
Love Never Dies
Movie • 1916
Felix, the Man
A Stormy Knight
Movie • 1917
John Winton
The Fighting Grin
Movie • 1918
Billy Kennedy
The Rough Lover
Movie • 1918
Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien
The Winged Mystery
Movie • 1917
Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever
It Happened Out West
Movie • 1923
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
Movie • 1924
Ted Ransom
Pillow Talk
Movie • 1959
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Firebrand
Movie • 1922
Bill Holt
Gold Grabbers
Movie • 1922
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Movie • 1947
Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Johnny Allegro
Movie • 1949
Assigned to Danger
Movie • 1948
Mr. Norton (uncredited)
Woman on the Run
Movie • 1950
Coroner (uncredited)
Pretty Baby
Movie • 1950
Subway Commuter (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
Movie • 1935
Dance Extra (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
Movie • 1948
Man on Jury (uncredited)
Bright Leaf
Movie • 1950
Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
The Tunnel of Love
Movie • 1958
Party Guest (uncredited)
Wallflower
Movie • 1948
The Big Clock
Movie • 1948
(uncredited)
Buck Privates
Movie • 1941
Officer (uncredited)
In the Navy
Movie • 1941
Military Officer (uncredited)
In Society
Movie • 1944
Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Movie • 1945
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
Movie • 1959
Party Guest (uncredited)
Until They Sail
Movie • 1957
Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
The Second Woman
Movie • 1950
Country Club Guest
A Song to Remember
Movie • 1945
Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
Road to Rio
Movie • 1947
Ship Lounge Extra
I Walk Alone
Movie • 1947
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Over 21
Movie • 1945
Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
Movie • 1937
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Empty Cab
Movie • 1918
Henry Egbert Xerxes
Home Before Dark
Movie • 1958
New Year's Eve Party Reveller
The Great Flamarion
Movie • 1945
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Gun Crazy
Movie • 1950
Cashier (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
Movie • 1951
Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Movie • 1947
Faculty Member (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
Movie • 1945
Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Circus
Movie • 1936
Mike - Ticket Taker
The File on Thelma Jordon
Movie • 1949
Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Love Nest
Movie • 1951
Waiter (Uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie • 1938
Cowboy (uncredited)
Gentleman's Agreement
Movie • 1947
Party Guest
The Life of Emile Zola
Movie • 1937
(uncredited)
This Woman Is Dangerous
Movie • 1952
Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)
Prison Train
Movie • 1938
The Lawyer
Cover Up
Movie • 1949
Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)
Everything I Have Is Yours
Movie • 1952
Tourist in Show (Uncredited)
The Search for Bridey Murphy
Movie • 1956
Druggist (Uncredited)
Johnny Eager
Movie • 1941
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Wichita
Movie • 1955
Townsman (uncredited)
Albuquerque
Movie • 1948
Barfly (uncredited)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie • 1957
Barfly (uncredited)
A Lawless Street
Movie • 1955
Townsman (uncredited)
Wild Is the Wind
Movie • 1957
Passenger at Airport (uncredited)
The Desert Rat
Movie • 1919
Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat
The Jolson Story
Movie • 1946
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Movie • 1957
Party Guest (uncredited)
Vivacious Lady
Movie • 1938
Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)
Black Bart
Movie • 1948
Al (uncredited)
Union Station
Movie • 1950
Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Desert Mesa
Movie • 1935
Jones
West of the Law
Movie • 1934
Case aka Green
Pals of the West
Movie • 1934
Sheriff Ed Dawson
The Lone Rider
Movie • 1934
Gore
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Movie • 1956
Dance Extra (uncredited)
Crack-Up
Movie • 1946
Man on Train (Uncredited)
Hollow Triumph
Movie • 1948
Big Winner (uncredited)
Oklahoma Jim
Movie • 1931
Army Captain
Appointment in Berlin
Movie • 1943
R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
Movie • 1949
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Ice Palace
Movie • 1960
Committee Member (uncredited)
Colt .45
Movie • 1950
Townsman (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
Movie • 1945
Bystander at Murder (uncredited)
Human Targets
Movie • 1932
Sheriff
Crossed Trails
Movie • 1924
Tom Dawson
Baffled
Movie • 1924
Dick Osborne
Hail the Conquering Hero
Movie • 1944
Town Councilman (uncredited)
In Early Arizona
Movie • 1938
Spike
Yankee Fakir
Movie • 1947
Bergin
Strangers on a Train
Movie • 1951
Party Guest (uncredited)
Scared Stiff
Movie • 1953
Passerby (uncredited)
Destination Gobi
Movie • 1953
Hell's Valley
Movie • 1931
Manuel Valdez
The Country Girl
Movie • 1954
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Because They're Young
Movie • 1960
Shopper with Cart (uncredited)
Living It Up
Movie • 1954
Man at Bus Depot (uncredited)
The Long, Long Trailer
Movie • 1954
Extra in Trailer Park (uncredited)
The Company She Keeps
Movie • 1951
minor role (uncredited)
The Toast of New Orleans
Movie • 1950
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Wake Me When It's Over
Movie • 1960
Pentagon Officer (uncredited)
Silver River
Movie • 1948
Officer (uncredited)
Ransom!
Movie • 1956
Townsman in Crowd (uncredited)
The Gazebo
Movie • 1960
Television Technician in Booth (uncredited)
The Bandit Tamer
Movie • 1925
William Warren
The Las Vegas Story
Movie • 1952
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Courage
Movie • 1924
Allen Jennings
Neighbors' Wives
Movie • 1933
(uncredited)
The Gangster
Movie • 1947
Passerby (uncredited)
Super Speed
Movie • 1935
Ralph Gray
Smiling Jim
Movie • 1922
Smiling Jim / Frank Harmon
I Remember Mama
Movie • 1948
Drug Store Pharmacist (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid
TV • 1950
Rancher (uncredited)