William Farnum
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Samson and Delilah
Tubal
1949
Film
A Woman's Face
Court Attendant
1941
Film
The Spoilers
Wheaton
1942
Film
Cleopatra
Lepidus
1934
Film
Captain Kidd
Capt. Rawson
1945
Film
Lone Star
Tom Crockett
1952
Film
Sharad of Atlantis
Sharad
1936
Film
The Mummy's Curse
The Sacristan
1944
Film
If I Were King
General Barbezier
1938
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Heart Strings
Pierre Fournel
1920
Film
The Adventurer
Don Caesar de Bazan
1920
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Jack and the Beanstalk
The King
1952
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The Corsican Brothers
Priest
1941
Film
The Crusades
Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
1935
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The Painted Desert
Cash Holbrook
1931
Film
For Freedom
Robert Wayne
1918
Film
A Connecticut Yankee
King Arthur / Inventor
1931
Film
Kit Carson
Don Miguel Murphy
1940
Film
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
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The Lone Ranger
Father McKim
1938
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Trail of Robin Hood
Bill Franum
1950
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Hollywood Story
Himself
1951
Film
Bride of Vengeance
Conti Peruzzi
1949
Film
Maid of Salem
Crown Justice Sewall
1937
Film
Brass Commandments
Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
1923
Film
Custer's Last Stand
James Fitzpatrick
1936
Film
The Perils of Pauline
Western Saloon Set Hero
1947
Film
Tennessee Johnson
Senator Huyler
1942
Film
The Brand of Hate
Joe Larkins
1934
Film
American Empire
Louisiana Judge
1942
Film
Convicted Woman
Commissioner McNeill
1940
Film
School for Girls
Charles Waltham
1934
Film
The Scarlet Letter
Gov. Bellingham
1934
Film
Hollywood Extra Girl
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
1935
Film
Men of Texas
General Sam Houston
1942
Film
Git Along Little Dogies
Banker Maxwell
1937
Film
Supernatural
Nicky Hammond
1933
Film
Powdersmoke Range
Sam Oreham - Banker
1935
Samson
Maurice Brachard
1915
Film
The Secret of Treasure Island
George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
1938
Film
Adventures of Red Ryder
Colonel Tom Ryder
1940
Film
The Silver Bullet
Dr. Thad Morgan
1942
Film
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
1917
Film
Frontier Badmen
Dad Courtwright
1943
Film
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Father José
1936
Film
Gangs of Sonora
Ward Beecham
1941
Film
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
1917
Film
Public Cowboy No. 1
Sheriff Matt Doniphon
1937
Film
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
William Belmont
1932
Film
South of the Border
Padre
1939
Film
A Soldier's Oath
Pierre Duval
1915
Film
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Judge Ezra Binns
1942
Film
Custer's Last Stand
James Fitzpatrick
1936
Film
Rolling Home
Rodeo Official
1946
Film
My Dog Shep
Carter J. Latham Jr.
1946
Film
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Colonel Mallory
1942
Film
Santa Fe Stampede
Dave Carson
1938
Film
Tropical Nights
1928
Film
The Pagan Lady
Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
1931
Film
The Spoilers
Roy Glenister
1914
Film
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Senator Timothy Nolan
1939
Film
The Man Who Fights Alone
John Marble
1924
Film
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Louis XV
1930
Film
The Eagle's Brood
El Toro
1935
Film
Rough and Ready
Bill Stratton
1918
Film
Flaming Guns
Henry Ramsey
1932
Film
If I Were King
François Villon
1920
Film
Colorado Sunset
Sheriff George Glenn
1939
Film
A Stage Romance
Edmund Kean
1922
Film
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Gordon Gaunt
1936
Film
Good Dame
Judge Flynn
1934
Film
Mexicali Rose
Padre Dominic
1939
Film
God's Country
Sandy McTavish
1946
Film
The Man from Bitter Roots
Bruce Burt
1916
Film
The Kid Ranger
Bill Mason
1936
Film
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Squire Beamish
1933
Film
Lone Star Ranger
Texas Ranger Major McNeil
1942
Film
Wildfire
Judge Polson
1945
Film
Reckless Decision
Rev. John MacDougall
1933
Film
Last of the Duanes
Texas Ranger Major McNeill
1941
Film
Shine On Harvest Moon
Milt Brower
1938
Film
The Silver Streak
B.J. Dexter
1934
Film
The Drifter
The Drifter
1932
Film
The Man Hunter
George Arnold
1919
Film
Today I Hang
Warden Burke
1942
Film
Between Men
John Wellington / Rand
1935
Film
Hi-Yo Silver
Father McKim
1940
Film
Are We Civilized?
Paul Franklin, Sr.
1934
Film
Law of the Sea
Captain Len Andrews
1931
Film
Daughter of the West
Father Vallejo
1949
Film
Million Dollar Haul
Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
1935
Film
Happy Landing
Col. Curtis
1934
Film
The Gunfighter
Billy Buell
1923
Film
Moonshine Valley
Ned Connors
1922
Film
The Joyous Trouble-Makers
William Steele
1920
Film
The Conqueror
Sam Houston
1917
Film
Fires of Conscience
George Baxter
1916
Film
The Sign of the Cross
Marcus Superbus
1914
Film
Gun Cargo
Board of Inquiry Chairman
1949
Film
True Blue
Bob McKeever
1918
Film
The Wide Open Spaces
U.S. Marshal
1931
Film
The Orphan
The Orphan
1920
Film
The Scuttlers
Jim Landers
1920
Film
The Battle of Hearts
Martin Cane
1916
Film
Without Compromise
Dick Leighton
1922
Film
The Bondman
Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
1916
Film
Wings of the Morning
Capt. Robert Anstruther
1919
Film
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Joe Morgan
1931
Film
Perjury
Robert Moore
1921
Film
Riders of the Purple Sage
Lassiter
1918
Film
His Greatest Sacrifice
Richard Hall
1921
Film
The Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
1919
Film
Drag Harlan
Drag Harlan
1920
Film
The Wonderful Adventure
Martin Stanley
1915
Film
The Rainbow Trail
Lassiter / Shefford
1918
Film
Wolves of the Night
Bruce Andrews
1919
Film
The Irish Gringo
Pop Wiley
1935
Film
Shackles of Gold
John Gibbs
1922
Film
The Heart of a Lion
Barney Kemper
1917
Film
When a Man Sees Red
Larry Smith
1917
Film
The Lone Star Ranger
Steele
1919
Film
The Price of Silence
Senator Frank Deering
1917
Film
American Methods
William Armstrong
1917