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person_profile-William Farnum

William Farnum Died at age: 76

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jul 03, 1876

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 05, 1953

Biography of

William Farnum

    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.

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Filmography of

William Farnum

Found 101 Movies in total

Lone Star

Tom Crockett ( Actor )

... 1952

Jack and the Beanstalk

The King ( Actor )

... 1952

Hollywood Story

Himself ( Actor )

... 1951

Trail of Robin Hood

Bill Franum ( Actor )

... 1950

Samson and Delilah

Tubal ( Actor )

... 1949

Gun Cargo

Board of Inquiry Chairman ( Actor )

... 1949

Bride of Vengeance

Conti Peruzzi ( Actor )

... 1949

Daughter of the West

Father Vallejo ( Actor )

... 1949

The Perils of Pauline

Western Saloon Set Hero ( Actor )

... 1947

Rolling Home

Rodeo Official ( Actor )

... 1946

My Dog Shep

Carter J. Latham Jr. ( Actor )

... 1946

God's Country

Sandy McTavish ( Actor )

... 1946

Captain Kidd

Capt. Rawson ( Actor )

... 1945

Wildfire

Judge Polson ( Actor )

... 1945

The Mummy's Curse

The Sacristan ( Actor )

... 1944

Frontier Badmen

Dad Courtwright ( Actor )

... 1943

American Empire

Louisiana Judge ( Actor )

... 1942

Tennessee Johnson

Senator Huyler ( Actor )

... 1942

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Colonel Mallory ( Actor )

... 1942

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

Judge Ezra Binns ( Actor )

... 1942

The Silver Bullet

Dr. Thad Morgan ( Actor )

... 1942

Men of Texas

General Sam Houston ( Actor )

... 1942

The Spoilers

Wheaton ( Actor )

... 1942

Lone Star Ranger

Texas Ranger Major McNeil ( Actor )

... 1942

Today I Hang

Warden Burke ( Actor )

... 1942

The Corsican Brothers

Priest ( Actor )

... 1941

Last of the Duanes

Texas Ranger Major McNeill ( Actor )

... 1941

Gangs of Sonora

Ward Beecham ( Actor )

... 1941

A Woman's Face

Court Attendant ( Actor )

... 1941

Kit Carson

Don Miguel Murphy ( Actor )

... 1940

Adventures of Red Ryder

Colonel Tom Ryder ( Actor )

... 1940

Hi-Yo Silver

Father McKim ( Actor )

... 1940

Convicted Woman

Commissioner McNeill ( Actor )

... 1940

South of the Border

Padre ( Actor )

... 1939

Rovin' Tumbleweeds

Senator Timothy Nolan ( Actor )

... 1939

Colorado Sunset

Sheriff George Glenn ( Actor )

... 1939

Mexicali Rose

Padre Dominic ( Actor )

... 1939

Shine On Harvest Moon

Milt Brower ( Actor )

... 1938

Santa Fe Stampede

Dave Carson ( Actor )

... 1938

If I Were King

General Barbezier ( Actor )

... 1938

The Secret of Treasure Island

George Brennan Westmore (Editor) ( Actor )

... 1938

The Lone Ranger

Father McKim ( Actor )

... 1938

Public Cowboy No. 1

Sheriff Matt Doniphon ( Actor )

... 1937

Git Along Little Dogies

Banker Maxwell ( Actor )

... 1937

Maid of Salem

Crown Justice Sewall ( Actor )

... 1937

The Vigilantes Are Coming

Father José ( Actor )

... 1936

Sharad of Atlantis

Sharad ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

Custer's Last Stand

James Fitzpatrick ( Actor )

... 1936

The Kid Ranger

Bill Mason ( Actor )

... 1936

Custer's Last Stand

James Fitzpatrick ( Actor )

... 1936

The Irish Gringo

Pop Wiley ( Actor )

... 1935

Between Men

John Wellington / Rand ( Actor )

... 1935

The Eagle's Brood

El Toro ( Actor )

... 1935

Powdersmoke Range

Sam Oreham - Banker ( Actor )

... 1935

The Crusades

Hugo, Duke of Burgundy ( Actor )

... 1935

Million Dollar Haul

Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad ( Actor )

... 1935

The Silver Streak

B.J. Dexter ( Actor )

... 1934

The Brand of Hate

Joe Larkins ( Actor )

... 1934

Cleopatra

Lepidus ( Actor )

... 1934

The Scarlet Letter

Gov. Bellingham ( Actor )

... 1934

Happy Landing

Col. Curtis ( Actor )

... 1934

Are We Civilized?

Paul Franklin, Sr. ( Actor )

... 1934

School for Girls

Charles Waltham ( Actor )

... 1934

Good Dame

Judge Flynn ( Actor )

... 1934

Supernatural

Nicky Hammond ( Actor )

... 1933

Reckless Decision

Rev. John MacDougall ( Actor )

... 1933

Flaming Guns

Henry Ramsey ( Actor )

... 1932

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

William Belmont ( Actor )

... 1932

The Drifter

The Drifter ( Actor )

... 1932

Law of the Sea

Captain Len Andrews ( Actor )

... 1931

The Pagan Lady

Malcolm 'Mal' Todd ( Actor )

... 1931

A Connecticut Yankee

King Arthur / Inventor ( Actor )

... 1931

Ten Nights in a Bar-room

Joe Morgan ( Actor )

... 1931

The Painted Desert

Cash Holbrook ( Actor )

... 1931

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

Louis XV ( Actor )

... 1930

... 1928

The Man Who Fights Alone

John Marble ( Actor )

... 1924

The Gunfighter

Billy Buell ( Actor )

... 1923

Brass Commandments

Stephen 'Flash' Lanning ( Actor )

... 1923

Without Compromise

Dick Leighton ( Actor )

... 1922

Moonshine Valley

Ned Connors ( Actor )

... 1922

Shackles of Gold

John Gibbs ( Actor )

... 1922

His Greatest Sacrifice

Richard Hall ( Actor )

... 1921

Drag Harlan

Drag Harlan ( Actor )

... 1920

If I Were King

François Villon ( Actor )

... 1920

The Last of the Duanes

Buck Duane ( Actor )

... 1919

The Lone Star Ranger

Steele ( Actor )

... 1919

The Rainbow Trail

Lassiter / Shefford ( Actor )

... 1918

Riders of the Purple Sage

Lassiter ( Actor )

... 1918

True Blue

Bob McKeever ( Actor )

... 1918

Rough and Ready

Bill Stratton ( Actor )

... 1918

Les Misérables

Jean Valjean ( Actor )

... 1917

When a Man Sees Red

Larry Smith ( Actor )

... 1917

The Conqueror

Sam Houston ( Actor )

... 1917

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton ( Actor )

... 1917

Fires of Conscience

George Baxter ( Actor )

... 1916

The Bondman

Stephen Orry/Jason Orry ( Actor )

... 1916

The Wonderful Adventure

Martin Stanley ( Actor )

... 1915

The Sign of the Cross

Marcus Superbus ( Actor )

... 1914

The Spoilers

Roy Glenister ( Actor )

... 1914