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