William Farnum
Acting
🎂 1876-07-03
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.
Cast credits(116)
Tubal
1949
Don Miguel Murphy
1940
Bill Franum
1950
Tom Crockett
1952
Western Saloon Set Hero
1947
Father McKim
1938
Wheaton
1942
Conti Peruzzi
1949
Sharad
1936
The King
1952
Texas Ranger Major McNeil
1942
Ward Beecham
1941
Crown Justice Sewall
1937
Texas Ranger Major McNeill
1941
Banker Maxwell
1937
Capt. Rawson
1945
James Fitzpatrick
1936
Colonel Tom Ryder
1940
James Fitzpatrick
1936
Sheriff George Glenn
1939
Court Attendant
1941
John Wellington / Rand
1935
Joe Morgan
1931
1941
Priest
1941
Judge Ezra Binns
1942
The Sacristan
1944
Lepidus
1934
Father Vallejo
1949
Himself
1951
Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
1935
Cash Holbrook
1931
Dr. Thad Morgan
1942
Father McKim
1940
Commissioner McNeill
1940
El Toro
1935
Rev. John MacDougall
1933
Dave Carson
1938
General Barbezier
1938
Louis XV
1930
Milt Brower
1938
Jean Valjean
1917
B.J. Dexter
1934
Colonel Mallory
1942
Padre
1939
Louisiana Judge
1942
Sam Oreham - Banker
1935
Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
1931
Senator Huyler
1942
Judge Flynn
1934
General Sam Houston
1942
Sheriff Matt Doniphon
1937
George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
1938
Board of Inquiry Chairman
1949
Dad Courtwright
1943
Bill Mason
1936
Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
1917
Bill Stratton
1918
John Marble
1924
Nicky Hammond
1933
Rodeo Official
1946
Father José
1936
Senator Timothy Nolan
1939
Gov. Bellingham
1934
1928
Gordon Gaunt
1936
Barney Kemper
1917
Billy Buell
1923
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
1935
Marcus Superbus
1914
Padre Dominic
1939
Sandy McTavish
1946
Roy Glenister
1914
Judge Polson
1945
U.S. Marshal
1931
The Drifter
1932
Larry Smith
1917
Bruce Andrews
1919
King Arthur / Inventor
1931
Edmund Kean
1922
Charles Waltham
1934
William Steele
1920
Captain Len Andrews
1931
Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
1916
Capt. Robert Anstruther
1919
William Belmont
1932
The Orphan
1920
Squire Beamish
1933
François Villon
1920
Joe Larkins
1934
Pop Wiley
1935
Col. Curtis
1934
Lassiter / Shefford
1918
George Arnold
1919
Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
1923
Maurice Brachard
1915
Richard Hall
1921
Steele
1919
Lassiter
1918
Robert Moore
1921
George Baxter
1916
Drag Harlan
1920
Buck Duane
1919
Bob McKeever
1918
Senator Frank Deering
1917
Ned Connors
1922
John Gibbs
1922
Paul Franklin, Sr.
1934
Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
1935
Warden Burke
1942
Dick Leighton
1922
Martin Stanley
1915
William Armstrong
1917
Carter J. Latham Jr.
1946
Sam Houston
1917
Henry Ramsey
1932