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