Acting · Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Born July 3, 1876
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.
MovieLone Star
1952
as Tom Crockett
MovieJack and the Beanstalk
1952
as The King
MovieHollywood Story
1951
as Himself
MovieTrail of Robin Hood
1950
as Bill Franum
MovieSamson and Delilah
1949
as Tubal
MovieGun Cargo
1949
as Board of Inquiry Chairman
MovieBride of Vengeance
1949
as Conti Peruzzi
MovieDaughter of the West
1949
as Father Vallejo
MovieThe Perils of Pauline
1947
as Western Saloon Set Hero
MovieRolling Home
1946
as Rodeo Official
MovieMy Dog Shep
1946
as Carter J. Latham Jr.
MovieGod's Country
1946
as Sandy McTavish
MovieCaptain Kidd
1945
as Capt. Rawson
MovieWildfire
1945
as Judge Polson
MovieThe Mummy's Curse
1944
as The Sacristan
MovieFrontier Badmen
1943
as Dad Courtwright
MovieAmerican Empire
1942
as Louisiana Judge
MovieTennessee Johnson
1942
as Senator Huyler
MovieDeep in the Heart of Texas
1942
as Colonel Mallory
MovieBoss of Hangtown Mesa
1942
as Judge Ezra Binns
MovieThe Silver Bullet
1942
as Dr. Thad Morgan
MovieMen of Texas
1942
as General Sam Houston
MovieThe Spoilers
1942
as Wheaton
MovieLone Star Ranger
1942
as Texas Ranger Major McNeil
MovieToday I Hang
1942
as Warden Burke
MovieHedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
MovieThe Corsican Brothers
1941
as Priest
MovieLast of the Duanes
1941
as Texas Ranger Major McNeill
MovieGangs of Sonora
1941
as Ward Beecham
MovieA Woman's Face
1941
as Court Attendant
MovieKit Carson
1940
as Don Miguel Murphy
MovieAdventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Colonel Tom Ryder
MovieHi-Yo Silver
1940
as Father McKim
MovieConvicted Woman
1940
as Commissioner McNeill
MovieSouth of the Border
1939
as Padre
MovieRovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
as Senator Timothy Nolan
MovieColorado Sunset
1939
as Sheriff George Glenn
MovieMexicali Rose
1939
as Padre Dominic
MovieShine On Harvest Moon
1938
as Milt Brower
MovieSanta Fe Stampede
1938
as Dave Carson
MovieIf I Were King
1938
as General Barbezier
MovieThe Secret of Treasure Island
1938
as George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
MovieThe Lone Ranger
1938
as Father McKim
MoviePublic Cowboy No. 1
1937
as Sheriff Matt Doniphon
MovieGit Along Little Dogies
1937
as Banker Maxwell
MovieMaid of Salem
1937
as Crown Justice Sewall
MovieThe Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
as Father José
MovieSharad of Atlantis
1936
as Sharad
MovieThe Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936
as Gordon Gaunt
MovieCuster's Last Stand
1936
as James Fitzpatrick
MovieThe Kid Ranger
1936
as Bill Mason
MovieCuster's Last Stand
1936
as James Fitzpatrick
MovieThe Irish Gringo
1935
as Pop Wiley
MovieBetween Men
1935
as John Wellington / Rand
MovieThe Eagle's Brood
1935
as El Toro
MoviePowdersmoke Range
1935
as Sam Oreham - Banker
MovieHollywood Extra Girl
1935
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
MovieThe Crusades
1935
as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
MovieMillion Dollar Haul
1935
as Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
MovieThe Silver Streak
1934
as B.J. Dexter
MovieThe Brand of Hate
1934
as Joe Larkins
MovieCleopatra
1934
as Lepidus
MovieThe Scarlet Letter
1934
as Gov. Bellingham
MovieHappy Landing
1934
as Col. Curtis
MovieAre We Civilized?
1934
as Paul Franklin, Sr.
MovieSchool for Girls
1934
as Charles Waltham
MovieGood Dame
1934
as Judge Flynn
MovieStolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
1933
as Squire Beamish
MovieSupernatural
1933
as Nicky Hammond
MovieReckless Decision
1933
as Rev. John MacDougall
MovieFlaming Guns
1932
as Henry Ramsey
MovieMr. Robinson Crusoe
1932
as William Belmont
MovieThe Drifter
1932
as The Drifter
MovieThe Wide Open Spaces
1931
as U.S. Marshal
MovieLaw of the Sea
1931
as Captain Len Andrews
MovieThe Pagan Lady
1931
as Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
MovieA Connecticut Yankee
1931
as King Arthur / Inventor
MovieTen Nights in a Bar-room
1931
as Joe Morgan
MovieThe Painted Desert
1931
as Cash Holbrook
MovieDu Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
as Louis XV
MovieTropical Nights
1928
MovieThe Man Who Fights Alone
1924
as John Marble
MovieThe Gunfighter
1923
as Billy Buell
MovieBrass Commandments
1923
as Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
MovieWithout Compromise
1922
as Dick Leighton
MovieMoonshine Valley
1922
as Ned Connors
MovieShackles of Gold
1922
as John Gibbs
MovieA Stage Romance
1922
as Edmund Kean
MoviePerjury
1921
as Robert Moore
MovieHis Greatest Sacrifice
1921
as Richard Hall
MovieThe Scuttlers
1920
as Jim Landers
MovieDrag Harlan
1920
as Drag Harlan
MovieIf I Were King
1920
as François Villon
MovieThe Joyous Trouble-Makers
1920
as William Steele
MovieThe Orphan
1920
as The Orphan
MovieThe Adventurer
1920
as Don Caesar de Bazan
MovieHeart Strings
1920
as Pierre Fournel
MovieWings of the Morning
1919
as Capt. Robert Anstruther
MovieThe Last of the Duanes
1919
as Buck Duane
MovieWolves of the Night
1919
as Bruce Andrews
MovieThe Lone Star Ranger
1919
as Steele
MovieThe Man Hunter
1919
as George Arnold
MovieFor Freedom
1918
as Robert Wayne
MovieThe Rainbow Trail
1918
as Lassiter / Shefford
MovieRiders of the Purple Sage
1918
as Lassiter
MovieTrue Blue
1918
as Bob McKeever
MovieRough and Ready
1918
as Bill Stratton
MovieThe Heart of a Lion
1917
as Barney Kemper
MovieLes Misérables
1917
as Jean Valjean
MovieWhen a Man Sees Red
1917
as Larry Smith
MovieThe Conqueror
1917
as Sam Houston
MovieAmerican Methods
1917
as William Armstrong
MovieA Tale of Two Cities
1917
as Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
MovieThe Price of Silence
1917
as Senator Frank Deering
MovieFires of Conscience
1916
as George Baxter
MovieThe Man from Bitter Roots
1916
as Bruce Burt
MovieThe Battle of Hearts
1916
as Martin Cane
MovieThe Bondman
1916
as Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
MovieA Soldier's Oath
1915
as Pierre Duval
MovieThe Wonderful Adventure
1915
as Martin Stanley
Samson
1915
as Maurice Brachard
MovieThe Sign of the Cross
1914
as Marcus Superbus
MovieThe Spoilers
1914
as Roy Glenister
