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