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William Farnum
Born · July 3, 1876
Died · June 5, 1953 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Bio
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.
Lone Star
Tom Crockett
5.6
1952
Jack and the Beanstalk
The King
5.6
1952
Hollywood Story
Himself
6.6
1951
Trail of Robin Hood
Bill Franum
5.2
1950
Samson and Delilah
Tubal
6.5
1949
Gun Cargo
Board of Inquiry Chairman
0.0
1949
Bride of Vengeance
Conti Peruzzi
4.5
1949
Daughter of the West
Father Vallejo
0.0
1949
The Perils of Pauline
Western Saloon Set Hero
6.2
1947
Rolling Home
Rodeo Official
5.0
1946
My Dog Shep
Carter J. Latham Jr.
6.0
1946
God's Country
Sandy McTavish
6.0
1946
Captain Kidd
Capt. Rawson
6.0
1945
Wildfire
Judge Polson
0.0
1945
The Mummy's Curse
The Sacristan
5.5
1944
Frontier Badmen
Dad Courtwright
0.0
1943
American Empire
Louisiana Judge
3.8
1942
Tennessee Johnson
Senator Huyler
6.2
1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Colonel Mallory
5.0
1942
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Judge Ezra Binns
0.0
1942
The Silver Bullet
Dr. Thad Morgan
4.0
1942
Men of Texas
General Sam Houston
0.0
1942
The Spoilers
Wheaton
6.2
1942
Lone Star Ranger
Texas Ranger Major McNeil
3.0
1942
Today I Hang
Warden Burke
0.0
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
6.0
1941
The Corsican Brothers
Priest
6.8
1941
Last of the Duanes
Texas Ranger Major McNeill
6.0
1941
Gangs of Sonora
Ward Beecham
0.0
1941
A Woman's Face
Court Attendant
7.0
1941
Kit Carson
Don Miguel Murphy
6.1
1940
Adventures of Red Ryder
Colonel Tom Ryder
5.5
1940
Hi-Yo Silver
Father McKim
0.0
1940
Convicted Woman
Commissioner McNeill
3.7
1940
South of the Border
Padre
5.0
1939
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Senator Timothy Nolan
4.5
1939
Colorado Sunset
Sheriff George Glenn
0.0
1939
Mexicali Rose
Padre Dominic
6.0
1939
Shine On Harvest Moon
Milt Brower
6.0
1938
Santa Fe Stampede
Dave Carson
5.6
1938
If I Were King
General Barbezier
6.7
1938
The Secret of Treasure Island
George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
4.0
1938
The Lone Ranger
Father McKim
0.0
1938
Public Cowboy No. 1
Sheriff Matt Doniphon
5.7
1937
Git Along Little Dogies
Banker Maxwell
6.0
1937
Maid of Salem
Crown Justice Sewall
5.9
1937
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Father José
5.5
1936
Sharad of Atlantis
Sharad
4.4
1936
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Gordon Gaunt
4.8
1936
Custer's Last Stand
James Fitzpatrick
0.0
1936
The Kid Ranger
Bill Mason
5.0
1936
Custer's Last Stand
James Fitzpatrick
4.5
1936
The Irish Gringo
Pop Wiley
0.0
1935
Between Men
John Wellington / Rand
5.0
1935
The Eagle's Brood
El Toro
5.0
1935
Powdersmoke Range
Sam Oreham - Banker
0.0
1935
Hollywood Extra Girl
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
6.0
1935
The Crusades
Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
6.2
1935
Million Dollar Haul
Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
5.0
1935
The Silver Streak
B.J. Dexter
6.7
1934
The Brand of Hate
Joe Larkins
4.5
1934
Cleopatra
Lepidus
6.0
1934
The Scarlet Letter
Gov. Bellingham
4.9
1934
Happy Landing
Col. Curtis
0.0
1934
Are We Civilized?
Paul Franklin, Sr.
4.0
1934
School for Girls
Charles Waltham
6.0
1934
Good Dame
Judge Flynn
6.0
1934
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Squire Beamish
1.0
1933
Supernatural
Nicky Hammond
6.0
1933
Reckless Decision
Rev. John MacDougall
4.5
1933
Flaming Guns
Henry Ramsey
6.0
1932
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
William Belmont
6.1
1932
The Drifter
The Drifter
6.0
1932
The Wide Open Spaces
U.S. Marshal
0.0
1931
Law of the Sea
Captain Len Andrews
5.5
1931
The Pagan Lady
Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
2.5
1931
A Connecticut Yankee
King Arthur / Inventor
6.0
1931
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Joe Morgan
4.3
1931
The Painted Desert
Cash Holbrook
5.1
1931
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Louis XV
5.5
1930
Tropical Nights
0.0
1928
The Man Who Fights Alone
John Marble
0.0
1924
The Gunfighter
Billy Buell
0.0
1923
Brass Commandments
Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
0.0
1923
Without Compromise
Dick Leighton
0.0
1922
Moonshine Valley
Ned Connors
0.0
1922
Shackles of Gold
John Gibbs
1.0
1922
His Greatest Sacrifice
Richard Hall
3.5
1921
Drag Harlan
Drag Harlan
0.0
1920
If I Were King
François Villon
0.0
1920
The Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
0.0
1919
The Lone Star Ranger
Steele
0.0
1919
The Rainbow Trail
Lassiter / Shefford
0.0
1918
Riders of the Purple Sage
Lassiter
0.0
1918
True Blue
Bob McKeever
0.0
1918
Rough and Ready
Bill Stratton
0.0
1918
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
5.0
1917
When a Man Sees Red
Larry Smith
0.0
1917
The Conqueror
Sam Houston
0.0
1917
American Methods
0.0
1917
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
4.8
1917
Fires of Conscience
George Baxter
0.0
1916
The Bondman
Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
0.0
1916
The Wonderful Adventure
Martin Stanley
0.0
1915
Samson
Maurice Brachard
10.0
1915
The Sign of the Cross
Marcus Superbus
4.9
1914
The Spoilers
Roy Glenister
6.2
1914