William Farnum
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
A Woman's Face (1941)
as Court Attendant
The Mummy's Curse (1944)
as The Sacristan
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol (1914)
as Self
Captain Kidd (1945)
as Capt. Rawson
For Freedom (1918)
as Robert Wayne
Cleopatra (1934)
as Lepidus
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
as The King
The Spoilers (1942)
as Wheaton
The Corsican Brothers (1942)
as Priest
If I Were King (1938)
as General Barbezier
Lone Star (1952)
as Tom Crockett
Sharad of Atlantis (1936)
as Sharad
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
as Western Saloon Set Hero
The Adventurer (1920)
as Don Caesar de Bazan
South of the Border (1939)
as Padre
A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
as Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)
Actor
Last of the Duanes (1941)
as Texas Ranger Major McNeill
The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
as Father José
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
as Colonel Mallory
The Crusades (1935)
as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
as Colonel Tom Ryder
Daughter of the West (1949)
as Father Vallejo
Git Along Little Dogies (1937)
as Banker Maxwell
Shine On Harvest Moon (1938)
as Milt Brower
Heart Strings (1920)
as Pierre Fournel
Trail of Robin Hood (1950)
as Bill Franum
The Eagle's Brood (1935)
as El Toro
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
as Senator Huyler
The Redemption of David Corson (1914)
as David Corson
Convicted Woman (1940)
as Commissioner McNeill
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
as James Fitzpatrick
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
as James Fitzpatrick
Santa Fe Stampede (1938)
as Dave Carson
The Last of the Duanes (1919)
as Buck Duane
The Secret of Treasure Island (1938)
as George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
The Lone Star Ranger (1919)
as Steele
My Dog Shep (1946)
as Carter J. Latham Jr.
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)
as Gordon Gaunt
Kit Carson (1940)
as Don Miguel Murphy
Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)
as Louis XV
The Drifter (1932)
as The Drifter
The Man from Bitter Roots (1916)
as Bruce Burt
Brass Commandments (1923)
as Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
Les Misérables (1917)
as Jean Valjean
School for Girls (1934)
as Charles Waltham
Law of the Sea (1931)
as Captain Len Andrews
Riders of the Purple Sage (1918)
as Lassiter
The Man Who Fights Alone (1924)
as John Marble
Hollywood Story (1951)
as Himself
The Joyous Trouble-Makers (1920)
as William Steele
Samson (1915)
as Maurice Brachard
The Wide Open Spaces (1931)
as U.S. Marshal
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (1933)
as Squire Beamish
Ten Nights in a Bar-room (1931)
as Joe Morgan
Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939)
as Senator Timothy Nolan
The Brand of Hate (1934)
as Joe Larkins
The Battle of Hearts (1916)
as Martin Cane
Rolling Home (1946)
as Rodeo Official
Lone Star Ranger (1942)
as Texas Ranger Major McNeil
Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
as Sheriff Matt Doniphon
The Pagan Lady (1931)
as Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
God's Country (1946)
as Sandy McTavish
The Spoilers (1914)
as Roy Glenister
Maid of Salem (1937)
as Crown Justice Sewall
Tropical Nights (1928)
Actor
Boss of Hangtown Mesa (1942)
as Judge Ezra Binns
Colorado Sunset (1939)
as Sheriff George Glenn
Good Dame (1934)
as Judge Flynn
A Soldier's Oath (1915)
as Pierre Duval
Moonshine Valley (1922)
as Ned Connors
Bride of Vengeance (1949)
as Conti Peruzzi
Gangs of Sonora (1941)
as Ward Beecham
Hollywood Extra Girl (1935)
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
The Painted Desert (1931)
as Cash Holbrook
American Empire (1942)
as Louisiana Judge
Supernatural (1933)
as Nicky Hammond
Frontier Badmen (1943)
as Dad Courtwright
Wings of the Morning (1919)
as Capt. Robert Anstruther
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
as King Arthur / Inventor
Wolves of the Night (1919)
as Bruce Andrews
The Irish Gringo (1935)
as Pop Wiley
The Lone Ranger (1938)
as Father McKim
Wildfire (1945)
as Judge Polson
True Blue (1918)
as Bob McKeever
The Silver Bullet (1942)
as Dr. Thad Morgan
If I Were King (1920)
as François Villon
The Price of Silence (1917)
as Senator Frank Deering
Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
as William Belmont
The Silver Streak (1934)
as B.J. Dexter
When a Man Sees Red (1917)
as Larry Smith
The Sign of the Cross (1914)
as Marcus Superbus
Million Dollar Haul (1935)
as Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
Today I Hang (1942)
as Warden Burke
The Kid Ranger (1936)
as Bill Mason
Shackles of Gold (1922)
as John Gibbs
Mexicali Rose (1939)
as Padre Dominic
A Stage Romance (1922)
as Edmund Kean
Hi-Yo Silver (1940)
as Father McKim
Powdersmoke Range (1935)
as Sam Oreham - Banker
Men of Texas (1942)
as General Sam Houston
The Rainbow Trail (1918)
as Lassiter / Shefford
Are We Civilized? (1934)
as Paul Franklin, Sr.
Between Men (1935)
as John Wellington / Rand
The Heart of a Lion (1917)
as Barney Kemper
Happy Landing (1934)
as Col. Curtis
The Gunfighter (1923)
as Billy Buell
The Orphan (1920)
as The Orphan
Without Compromise (1922)
as Dick Leighton
The Scarlet Letter (1934)
as Gov. Bellingham
Flaming Guns (1932)
as Henry Ramsey
Rough and Ready (1918)
as Bill Stratton
Gun Cargo (1949)
as Board of Inquiry Chairman
Fires of Conscience (1916)
as George Baxter
His Greatest Sacrifice (1921)
as Richard Hall
Reckless Decision (1933)
as Rev. John MacDougall
The Conqueror (1917)
as Sam Houston
American Methods (1917)
as William Armstrong
The Man Hunter (1919)
as George Arnold
The Wonderful Adventure (1915)
as Martin Stanley
The Scuttlers (1920)
as Jim Landers
Perjury (1921)
as Robert Moore
The Bondman (1916)
as Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
Drag Harlan (1920)
as Drag Harlan