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William Farnum

William Farnum

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Born July 3, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died June 5, 1953

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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.

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Sharad of Atlantis Poster

Sharad of Atlantis TV Movie1966Sharad

Jack and the Beanstalk Poster

Jack and the Beanstalk Feature Film1952The King

Lone Star Poster

Lone Star Feature Film1952Tom Crockett

Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Mr. Movies Documentary1952Self

Danger Trail Short Film1951El Toro

Hollywood Story Poster

Hollywood Story Feature Film1951William Farnum

Trail of Robin Hood Poster

Trail of Robin Hood Feature Film1950Bill Franum

Bride of Vengeance Poster

Bride of Vengeance Feature Film1949Conti Peruzzi

Daughter of the West Poster

Daughter of the West Feature Film1949Father Vallejo

Gun Cargo Poster

Gun Cargo Feature Film1949Board of Inquiry Chairman

Samson and Delilah Poster

Samson and Delilah Feature Film1949Tubal

The Ed Wynn Show Poster

The Ed Wynn Show TV Series1949Self

The Philco Television Playhouse Poster

The Philco Television Playhouse TV Series19481 episode, 1950

We, the People TV Series1948Self - Actor

Heaven Only Knows Poster

Heaven Only Knows Feature Film1947Gabriel

The Perils of Pauline Poster

The Perils of Pauline Feature Film1947Western Saloon Set Hero

God's Country Poster

God's Country Feature Film1946Sandy McTavish

My Dog Shep Poster

My Dog Shep Feature Film1946Carter J. Latham

Rolling Home Poster

Rolling Home Feature Film1946Rodeo Official

Captain Kidd Poster

Captain Kidd Feature Film1945Capt. Rawson

Wildfire Poster

Wildfire Feature Film1945Judge Polson

The Mummy's Curse Poster

The Mummy's Curse Feature Film1944Sacristan

Calaboose Poster

Calaboose Feature Film1943Checkers Player

Frontier Badmen Poster

Frontier Badmen Feature Film1943Dad Courtwright

Hangmen Also Die! Poster

Hangmen Also Die! Feature Film1943Viktorin

Prairie Chickens Poster

Prairie Chickens Feature Film1943Cache Lake Townsman

American Empire Poster

American Empire Feature Film1942Louisiana Judge

Boss of Hangtown Mesa Poster

Boss of Hangtown Mesa Feature Film1942Judge Ezra Binns

Deep in the Heart of Texas Poster

Deep in the Heart of Texas Feature Film1942Colonel Mallory

Lone Star Ranger Poster

Lone Star Ranger Feature Film1942Texas Ranger Major McNeil

Men of Texas Poster

Men of Texas Feature Film1942General Sam Houston

Tennessee Johnson Poster

Tennessee Johnson Feature Film1942Senator Huyler

The Silver Bullet Poster

The Silver Bullet Feature Film1942Dr. Thad Morgan

The Spoilers Poster

The Spoilers Feature Film1942Wheaton

Tish Feature Film1942John

Today I Hang Poster

Today I Hang Feature Film1942Warden Burke

A Woman's Face Poster

A Woman's Face Feature Film1941Court Attendant

Cheers for Miss Bishop Poster

Cheers for Miss Bishop Feature Film1941Judge Peters

Gangs of Sonora Poster

Gangs of Sonora Feature Film1941Ward Beecham

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 Poster

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 Short Film1941Self - Party Guest of Honor

Last of the Duanes Poster

Last of the Duanes Feature Film1941Texas Ranger Major McNeil

Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present Documentary1941Self

The Corsican Brothers Poster

The Corsican Brothers Feature Film1941Priest

Adventures of Red Ryder Poster

Adventures of Red Ryder Feature Film1940Col. Tom Ryder

Convicted Woman Poster

Convicted Woman Feature Film1940Commissioner McNeill

Hi-Yo Silver Poster

Hi-Yo Silver Feature Film1940Father McKim

Kit Carson Poster

Kit Carson Feature Film1940Don Miguel Murphy

The Villain Still Pursued Her Poster

The Villain Still Pursued Her Feature Film1940Vagabond

Colorado Sunset Poster

Colorado Sunset Feature Film1939Sheriff George Glenn

Mexicali Rose Poster

Mexicali Rose Feature Film1939Padre Dominic

Rovin' Tumbleweeds Poster

Rovin' Tumbleweeds Feature Film1939Senator Timothy Nolan

Should Husbands Work? Poster

Should Husbands Work? Feature Film1939Friend

South of the Border Poster

South of the Border Feature Film1939Padre

If I Were King Poster

If I Were King Feature Film1938General Barbezier

Santa Fe Stampede Poster

Santa Fe Stampede Feature Film1938Dave Carson

Shine on Harvest Moon Poster

Shine on Harvest Moon Feature Film1938Milt Brower

The Lone Ranger Poster

The Lone Ranger Feature Film1938Father McKim

The Secret of Treasure Island Poster

The Secret of Treasure Island Feature Film1938George Brennan Westmore

Git Along Little Dogies Poster

Git Along Little Dogies Feature Film1937Mr. Maxwell

Maid of Salem Poster

Maid of Salem Feature Film1937Crown Justice Sewall

Public Cowboy No. 1 Poster

Public Cowboy No. 1 Feature Film1937Sheriff Matt Doniphon

Custer's Last Stand Poster

Custer's Last Stand Feature Film1936James Fitzpatrick

Custer's Last Stand Poster

Custer's Last Stand Feature Film1936James Fitzpatrick

Hollywood Boulevard Poster

Hollywood Boulevard Feature Film1936William Farnum

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Poster

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Feature Film1936Gordon Gaunt

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Feature Film1936Insp. Gordon Gaunt

The Kid Ranger Poster

The Kid Ranger Feature Film1936Bill Mason

The Vigilantes Are Coming Poster

The Vigilantes Are Coming Feature Film1936Father Jose

Undersea Kingdom Poster

Undersea Kingdom Feature Film1936Sharad

Between Men Poster

Between Men Feature Film1935John Wellington - aka Rand

Hollywood Extra Girl Poster

Hollywood Extra Girl Short Film1935Crusades Actor

Million Dollar Haul Poster

Million Dollar Haul Feature Film1935Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad

Powdersmoke Range Poster

Powdersmoke Range Feature Film1935Sam Oreham - Banker

The Crusades Poster

The Crusades Feature Film1935Hugo - Duke of Burgundy

The Eagle's Brood Poster

The Eagle's Brood Feature Film1935El Toro

The Fighting Coward Poster

The Fighting Coward Feature Film1935Jim Horton

The Irish Gringo Poster

The Irish Gringo Feature Film1935Pop Wiley

Are We Civilized? Poster

Are We Civilized? Feature Film1934Paul Franklin, Sr.

Cleopatra Poster

Cleopatra Feature Film1934Lepidus

Good Dame Poster

Good Dame Feature Film1934Judge Flynn

Happy Landing Poster

Happy Landing Feature Film1934Col. Curtis

School for Girls Poster

School for Girls Feature Film1934Charles Waltham

The Brand of Hate Feature Film1934Joe Larkins

The Count of Monte Cristo Poster

The Count of Monte Cristo Feature Film1934Captain Leclere

The Scarlet Letter Poster

The Scarlet Letter Feature Film1934Gov. Bellingham

The Silver Streak Poster

The Silver Streak Feature Film1934Barney J. Dexter

Another Language Poster

Another Language Feature Film1933C. Forrester

Fighting with Kit Carson Poster

Fighting with Kit Carson Feature Film1933Elliott

Marriage on Approval Poster

Marriage on Approval Feature Film1933Reverend John MacDougall

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles Poster

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles Short Film1933Squire Beamish

Supernatural Poster

Supernatural Feature Film1933Nick 'Nicky' Hammond

Flaming Guns Poster

Flaming Guns Feature Film1932Henry Ramsey

Mr. Robinson Crusoe Poster

Mr. Robinson Crusoe Feature Film1932William Belmont

The Drifter Poster

The Drifter Feature Film1932The Drifter

A Connecticut Yankee Poster

A Connecticut Yankee Feature Film1931King Arthur

Oh! Oh! Cleopatra Poster

Oh! Oh! Cleopatra Short Film1931Willim Farnum - Banquet Guest

Pagan Lady Poster

Pagan Lady Feature Film1931Malcolm 'Mal' Todd

Ten Nights in a Bar-Room Poster

Ten Nights in a Bar-Room Feature Film1931Joe Morgan

The Law of the Sea Poster

The Law of the Sea Feature Film1931Captain Len Andrews

The Painted Desert Poster

The Painted Desert Feature Film1931Cash Holbrook

The Wide Open Spaces Poster

The Wide Open Spaces Short Film1931U.S. Marshal

Du Barry, Woman of Passion Poster

Du Barry, Woman of Passion Feature Film1930Louis XV

The Spoilers Poster

The Spoilers Feature Film1930Fight Spectator

Tropical Nights Poster

Tropical Nights Feature Film1928

The Man Who Fights Alone Poster

The Man Who Fights Alone Feature Film1924John Marble

Brass Commandments Poster

Brass Commandments Feature Film1923Stephen 'Flash' Lanning

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 Short Film1923Self

The Gunfighter Poster

The Gunfighter Feature Film1923Billy Buell

A Stage Romance Poster

A Stage Romance Feature Film1922Edmund Kean

Moonshine Valley Poster

Moonshine Valley Feature Film1922Ned Connors

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 6 Short Film1922Self

Shackles of Gold Poster

Shackles of Gold Feature Film1922John Gibbs

Without Compromise Poster

Without Compromise Feature Film1922Dick Leighton

His Greatest Sacrifice Poster

His Greatest Sacrifice Feature Film1921Richard Hall

Perjury Feature Film1921Robert Moore

Drag Harlan Poster

Drag Harlan Feature Film1920Drag Harlan

Heart Strings Poster

Heart Strings Feature Film1920Pierre Fournel

If I Were King Poster

If I Were King Feature Film1920François Villon

The Adventurer Poster

The Adventurer Feature Film1920Don Caesar de Bazan

The Joyous Trouble-Makers Poster

The Joyous Trouble-Makers Feature Film1920William Steele

The Orphan Poster

The Orphan Feature Film1920The Orphan

The Scuttlers Poster

The Scuttlers Feature Film1920Jim Landers

The Jungle Trail Feature Film1919Robert Morgan

The Last of the Duanes Poster

The Last of the Duanes Feature Film1919Buck Duane

The Lone Star Ranger Poster

The Lone Star Ranger Feature Film1919Steele

The Man Hunter Poster

The Man Hunter Feature Film1919George Arnold

Wings of the Morning Poster

Wings of the Morning Feature Film1919Capt. Robert Anstruther

Wolves of the Night Poster

Wolves of the Night Feature Film1919Bruce Andrews

For Freedom Poster

For Freedom Feature Film1918Robert Wayne

Riders of the Purple Sage Poster

Riders of the Purple Sage Feature Film1918Lassiter

Rough and Ready Poster

Rough and Ready Feature Film1918Bill Stratton

The Rainbow Trail Poster

The Rainbow Trail Feature Film1918Lassiter

True Blue Poster

True Blue Feature Film1918Bob McKeever

United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive Short Film1918Self

William Farnum in a Liberty Loan Appeal Short Film1918

A Tale of Two Cities Poster

A Tale of Two Cities Feature Film1917Charles Darnay

American Methods Poster

American Methods Feature Film1917William Armstrong

Les Misérables Poster

Les Misérables Feature Film1917Jean Valjean

The Conqueror Poster

The Conqueror Feature Film1917Sam Houston

The Heart of a Lion Poster

The Heart of a Lion Feature Film1917Barney Kemper

The Price of Silence Poster

The Price of Silence Feature Film1917Senator Frank Deering

When a Man Sees Red Poster

When a Man Sees Red Feature Film1917Larry Smith

A Man of Sorrow Poster

A Man of Sorrow Feature Film1916Jack Hewlitt

Fighting Blood Poster

Fighting Blood Feature Film1916Lem Hardy

Fires of Conscience Poster

Fires of Conscience Feature Film1916George Baxter

The Battle of Hearts Poster

The Battle of Hearts Feature Film1916Martin Cane

The Bondman Poster

The Bondman Feature Film1916Stephen Orry

The End of the Trail Feature Film1916Jules Le Clerq

The Man from Bitter Roots Poster

The Man from Bitter Roots Feature Film1916Bruce Burt

A Gilded Fool Feature Film1915Chauncey Short

A Soldier's Oath Poster

A Soldier's Oath Feature Film1915Pierre Duval

Samson Feature Film1915Maurice Brachard

The Broken Law Poster

The Broken Law Feature Film1915Daniel Esmond - later Known as Lavengro

The Governor Poster

The Governor Feature Film1915Philip Morrow

The Plunderer Poster

The Plunderer Feature Film1915Bill Matthews

The Wonderful Adventure Poster

The Wonderful Adventure Feature Film1915Martin Stanley

The Lambs' All-Star Gambol Poster

The Lambs' All-Star Gambol Documentary1914Self

The Redemption of David Corson Poster

The Redemption of David Corson Short Film1914David Corson

The Sign of the Cross Poster

The Sign of the Cross Feature Film1914Marcus Superbus

The Spoilers Poster

The Spoilers Feature Film1914Roy Glenister

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The Spoilers Poster

The Spoilers Feature Film1930

The Spoilers Poster

The Spoilers Feature Film1923

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