Acting
William Farnum
EN, NL cinema · 125 credits
Born
3 July 1876
Died
5 June 1953 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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
Filmography
Lone Star
as Tom Crockett
Jack and the Beanstalk
as The King
Hollywood Story
as Himself
Trail of Robin Hood
as Bill Franum
Gun Cargo
as Board of Inquiry Chairman
Samson and Delilah
as Tubal
Bride of Vengeance
as Conti Peruzzi
Daughter of the West
as Father Vallejo
The Perils of Pauline
as Western Saloon Set Hero
God's Country
as Sandy McTavish
Rolling Home
as Rodeo Official
My Dog Shep
as Carter J. Latham Jr.
Captain Kidd
as Capt. Rawson
Wildfire
as Judge Polson
The Mummy's Curse
as The Sacristan
Frontier Badmen
as Dad Courtwright
American Empire
as Louisiana Judge
The Silver Bullet
as Dr. Thad Morgan
Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Colonel Mallory
Today I Hang
as Warden Burke
Men of Texas
as General Sam Houston
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Judge Ezra Binns
Lone Star Ranger
as Texas Ranger Major McNeil
The Spoilers
as Wheaton
The Corsican Brothers
as Priest
Tennessee Johnson
as Senator Huyler
A Woman's Face
as Court Attendant
Gangs of Sonora
as Ward Beecham
Last of the Duanes
as Texas Ranger Major McNeill
Convicted Woman
as Commissioner McNeill
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Colonel Tom Ryder
Kit Carson
as Don Miguel Murphy
Hi-Yo Silver
as Father McKim
Mexicali Rose
as Padre Dominic
South of the Border
as Padre
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
as Senator Timothy Nolan
Colorado Sunset
as Sheriff George Glenn
The Secret of Treasure Island
as George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
Santa Fe Stampede
as Dave Carson
If I Were King
as General Barbezier
Shine On Harvest Moon
as Milt Brower
The Lone Ranger
as Father McKim
Git Along Little Dogies
as Banker Maxwell
Public Cowboy No. 1
as Sheriff Matt Doniphon
Maid of Salem
as Crown Justice Sewall
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Gordon Gaunt
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Father José
Custer's Last Stand
as James Fitzpatrick
The Kid Ranger
as Bill Mason
Sharad of Atlantis
as Sharad
Custer's Last Stand
as James Fitzpatrick
The Eagle's Brood
as El Toro
Between Men
as John Wellington / Rand
The Crusades
as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
Million Dollar Haul
as Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
Powdersmoke Range
as Sam Oreham - Banker
Hollywood Extra Girl
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
The Irish Gringo
as Pop Wiley
The Scarlet Letter
as Gov. Bellingham
Are We Civilized?
as Paul Franklin, Sr.
The Brand of Hate
as Joe Larkins
The Silver Streak
as B.J. Dexter
Happy Landing
as Col. Curtis
Good Dame
as Judge Flynn
Cleopatra
as Lepidus
School for Girls
as Charles Waltham
Supernatural
as Nicky Hammond
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as Squire Beamish
Reckless Decision
as Rev. John MacDougall
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
as William Belmont
The Drifter
as The Drifter
Flaming Guns
as Henry Ramsey
A Connecticut Yankee
as King Arthur / Inventor
The Pagan Lady
as Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
The Painted Desert
as Cash Holbrook
The Wide Open Spaces
as U.S. Marshal
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
as Joe Morgan
Law of the Sea
as Captain Len Andrews
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Louis XV
The Man Who Fights Alone
as John Marble
Brass Commandments
as Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
The Gunfighter
as Billy Buell
Moonshine Valley
as Ned Connors
Shackles of Gold
as John Gibbs
Without Compromise
as Dick Leighton
A Stage Romance
as Edmund Kean
His Greatest Sacrifice
as Richard Hall
Perjury
as Robert Moore
Drag Harlan
as Drag Harlan
If I Were King
as François Villon
The Joyous Trouble-Makers
as William Steele
The Orphan
as The Orphan
Heart Strings
as Pierre Fournel
The Adventurer
as Don Caesar de Bazan
The Scuttlers
as Jim Landers
The Lone Star Ranger
as Steele
The Last of the Duanes
as Buck Duane
Wings of the Morning
as Capt. Robert Anstruther
Wolves of the Night
as Bruce Andrews
The Man Hunter
as George Arnold
True Blue
as Bob McKeever
The Rainbow Trail
as Lassiter / Shefford
Rough and Ready
as Bill Stratton
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Lassiter
For Freedom
as Robert Wayne
When a Man Sees Red
as Larry Smith
American Methods
as William Armstrong
The Conqueror
as Sam Houston
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
A Tale of Two Cities
as Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
The Heart of a Lion
as Barney Kemper
The Price of Silence
as Senator Frank Deering
Fires of Conscience
as George Baxter
The Bondman
as Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
The Battle of Hearts
as Martin Cane
The Man from Bitter Roots
as Bruce Burt
Samson
1915
Samson
as Maurice Brachard
The Wonderful Adventure
as Martin Stanley
A Soldier's Oath
as Pierre Duval
The Spoilers
as Roy Glenister
The Sign of the Cross
as Marcus Superbus
