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