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