William Farnum
Biography
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
Samson and Delilah
1949
A Woman's Face
1941
The Mummy's Curse
1944
Lone Star
1952
Captain Kidd
1945
0For Freedom
1918
Cleopatra
1934
0The Lambs' All-Star Gambol
1914
If I Were King
1938
The Spoilers
1942
Jack and the Beanstalk
1952
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
Filmography
Samson and Delilah
as Tubal · 1949
A Woman's Face
as Court Attendant · 1941
The Mummy's Curse
as The Sacristan · 1944
Lone Star
as Tom Crockett · 1952
Captain Kidd
as Capt. Rawson · 1945
For Freedom
as Robert Wayne · 1918
Cleopatra
as Lepidus · 1934
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol
as Self · 1914
If I Were King
as General Barbezier · 1938
The Spoilers
as Wheaton · 1942
Jack and the Beanstalk
as The King · 1952
Sharad of Atlantis
as Sharad · 1936
The Corsican Brothers
as Priest · 1942
The Perils of Pauline
as Western Saloon Set Hero · 1947
Heart Strings
as Pierre Fournel · 1920
Trail of Robin Hood
as Bill Franum · 1950
The Crusades
as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy · 1935
Kit Carson
as Don Miguel Murphy · 1940
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Father José · 1936
The Adventurer
as Don Caesar de Bazan · 1920
A Tale of Two Cities
as Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton · 1917
A Soldier's Oath
as Pierre Duval · 1915
Daughter of the West
as Father Vallejo · 1949
South of the Border
as Padre · 1939
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Colonel Tom Ryder · 1940
The Redemption of David Corson
as David Corson · 1914
Git Along Little Dogies
as Banker Maxwell · 1937
Tennessee Johnson
as Senator Huyler · 1942
The Drifter
as The Drifter · 1932
Bride of Vengeance
as Conti Peruzzi · 1949
Custer's Last Stand
as James Fitzpatrick · 1936
Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Colonel Mallory · 1942
Last of the Duanes
as Texas Ranger Major McNeill · 1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
· 1941
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Louis XV · 1930
Law of the Sea
as Captain Len Andrews · 1931
The Eagle's Brood
as El Toro · 1935
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Gordon Gaunt · 1936
The Painted Desert
as Cash Holbrook · 1931
The Man from Bitter Roots
as Bruce Burt · 1916
Brass Commandments
as Stephen 'Flash' Lanning · 1923
Rolling Home
as Rodeo Official · 1946
Shine On Harvest Moon
as Milt Brower · 1938
Custer's Last Stand
as James Fitzpatrick · 1936
The Battle of Hearts
as Martin Cane · 1916
American Empire
as Louisiana Judge · 1942
The Man Who Fights Alone
as John Marble · 1924
The Joyous Trouble-Makers
as William Steele · 1920
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Lassiter · 1918
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
as Joe Morgan · 1931
Hollywood Story
as Himself · 1951
The Wide Open Spaces
as U.S. Marshal · 1931
School for Girls
as Charles Waltham · 1934
The Brand of Hate
as Joe Larkins · 1934
The Secret of Treasure Island
as George Brennan Westmore (Editor) · 1938
Samson
as Maurice Brachard · 1915
Convicted Woman
as Commissioner McNeill · 1940
Santa Fe Stampede
as Dave Carson · 1938
The Last of the Duanes
as Buck Duane · 1919
The Pagan Lady
as Malcolm 'Mal' Todd · 1931
The Lone Star Ranger
as Steele · 1919
My Dog Shep
as Carter J. Latham Jr. · 1946
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean · 1917
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as Squire Beamish · 1933
Hollywood Extra Girl
as Crusades Actor (uncredited) · 1935
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
as William Belmont · 1932
Public Cowboy No. 1
as Sheriff Matt Doniphon · 1937
Powdersmoke Range
as Sam Oreham - Banker · 1935
Lone Star Ranger
as Texas Ranger Major McNeil · 1942
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Judge Ezra Binns · 1942
The Lone Ranger
as Father McKim · 1938
Wings of the Morning
as Capt. Robert Anstruther · 1919
If I Were King
as François Villon · 1920
The Price of Silence
as Senator Frank Deering · 1917
Maid of Salem
as Crown Justice Sewall · 1937
Hi-Yo Silver
as Father McKim · 1940
A Connecticut Yankee
as King Arthur / Inventor · 1931
The Silver Bullet
as Dr. Thad Morgan · 1942
Wolves of the Night
as Bruce Andrews · 1919
Men of Texas
as General Sam Houston · 1942
The Spoilers
as Roy Glenister · 1914
The Sign of the Cross
as Marcus Superbus · 1914
Gangs of Sonora
as Ward Beecham · 1941
Supernatural
as Nicky Hammond · 1933
Colorado Sunset
as Sheriff George Glenn · 1939
Frontier Badmen
as Dad Courtwright · 1943
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
as Senator Timothy Nolan · 1939
Good Dame
as Judge Flynn · 1934
When a Man Sees Red
as Larry Smith · 1917
The Silver Streak
as B.J. Dexter · 1934
God's Country
as Sandy McTavish · 1946
The Orphan
as The Orphan · 1920
The Kid Ranger
as Bill Mason · 1936
A Stage Romance
as Edmund Kean · 1922
The Heart of a Lion
as Barney Kemper · 1917
Wildfire
as Judge Polson · 1945
Tropical Nights
· 1928
Today I Hang
as Warden Burke · 1942
Rough and Ready
as Bill Stratton · 1918
The Gunfighter
as Billy Buell · 1923
The Conqueror
as Sam Houston · 1917
True Blue
as Bob McKeever · 1918
The Rainbow Trail
as Lassiter / Shefford · 1918
Without Compromise
as Dick Leighton · 1922
Moonshine Valley
as Ned Connors · 1922
Are We Civilized?
as Paul Franklin, Sr. · 1934
Between Men
as John Wellington / Rand · 1935
The Irish Gringo
as Pop Wiley · 1935
Mexicali Rose
as Padre Dominic · 1939
Shackles of Gold
as John Gibbs · 1922
The Scarlet Letter
as Gov. Bellingham · 1934
Flaming Guns
as Henry Ramsey · 1932
Gun Cargo
as Board of Inquiry Chairman · 1949
The Wonderful Adventure
as Martin Stanley · 1915
American Methods
as William Armstrong · 1917
Happy Landing
as Col. Curtis · 1934
The Man Hunter
as George Arnold · 1919
Million Dollar Haul
as Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad · 1935
Fires of Conscience
as George Baxter · 1916
His Greatest Sacrifice
as Richard Hall · 1921
Perjury
as Robert Moore · 1921
The Scuttlers
as Jim Landers · 1920
Drag Harlan
as Drag Harlan · 1920
Reckless Decision
as Rev. John MacDougall · 1933
The Bondman
as Stephen Orry/Jason Orry · 1916