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(111)
The King
1952
Tubal
1949
Louisiana Judge
1942
Western Saloon Set Hero
1947
Capt. Rawson
1945
Don Miguel Murphy
1940
The Sacristan
1944
Bill Franum
1950
Wheaton
1942
Sharad
1936
Tom Crockett
1952
Lepidus
1934
Senator Huyler
1942
Court Attendant
1941
Priest
1941
Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
1935
Nicky Hammond
1933
General Barbezier
1938
Carter J. Latham Jr.
1946
B.J. Dexter
1934
Cash Holbrook
1931
Louis XV
1930
Conti Peruzzi
1949
Gov. Bellingham
1934
Crown Justice Sewall
1937
Commissioner McNeill
1940
El Toro
1935
Himself
1951
Father McKim
1938
James Fitzpatrick
1936
Colonel Tom Ryder
1940
Sheriff George Glenn
1939
Col. Curtis
1934
Senator Timothy Nolan
1939
Sandy McTavish
1946
Buck Duane
1919
Judge Ezra Binns
1942
Father Vallejo
1949
Father McKim
1940
Charles Waltham
1934
William Belmont
1932
Dave Carson
1938
Colonel Mallory
1942
Father José
1936
Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
1923
Judge Flynn
1934
Banker Maxwell
1937
Roy Glenister
1914
George Baxter
1916
Sam Oreham - Banker
1935
Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
1917
The Drifter
1932
Milt Brower
1938
Bill Stratton
1918
Ward Beecham
1941
Dr. Thad Morgan
1942
Joe Morgan
1931
Dad Courtwright
1943
Padre
1939
U.S. Marshal
1931
Rodeo Official
1946
Lassiter
1918
James Fitzpatrick
1936
1941
Judge Polson
1945
Texas Ranger Major McNeil
1942
Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
1931
Joe Larkins
1934
Billy Buell
1923
Padre Dominic
1939
Dick Leighton
1922
Lassiter / Shefford
1918
Bill Mason
1936
Larry Smith
1917
Steele
1919
King Arthur / Inventor
1931
John Gibbs
1922
George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
1938
Edmund Kean
1922
Sam Houston
1917
General Sam Houston
1942
Jean Valjean
1917
Warden Burke
1942
Sheriff Matt Doniphon
1937
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
1935
John Wellington / Rand
1935
Texas Ranger Major McNeill
1941
Richard Hall
1921
Rev. John MacDougall
1933
Marcus Superbus
1914
Captain Len Andrews
1931
Robert Moore
1921
John Marble
1924
Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
1935
Board of Inquiry Chairman
1949
1928
Gordon Gaunt
1936
Bob McKeever
1918
Drag Harlan
1920
Senator Frank Deering
1917
François Villon
1920
Martin Stanley
1915
Pop Wiley
1935
Squire Beamish
1933
Ned Connors
1922
Paul Franklin, Sr.
1934
1917
Henry Ramsey
1932
Maurice Brachard
1915
Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
1916
Barney Kemper
1917