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