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William Farnum
Actor
Born July 3, 1876Died June 5, 1953 (76 years)
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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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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.
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Filmography
| 1952 | Jack and the Beanstalk · as The King |
| 1952 | Lone Star · as Tom Crockett |
| 1950 | Trail of Robin Hood · as Bill Franum |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah · as Tubal |
| 1949 | Bride of Vengeance · as Conti Peruzzi |
| 1949 | Daughter of the West · as Father Vallejo |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1947 | Heaven Only Knows · as Gabriel |
| 1947 | The Perils of Pauline · as Western Saloon Set Hero |
| 1946 | My Dog Shep · as Carter J. Latham Jr. |
| 1946 | Rolling Home · as Rodeo Official |
| 1946 | God's Country · as Sandy Mctavish |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd · as Capt. Rawson |
| 1945 | Wildfire · as Judge Polson |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Curse · as The Sacristan |
| 1943 | Frontier Badmen · as Dad Courtwright |
| 1943 | Prairie Chickens · as Cache Lake Townsman |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! · as Viktorin |
| 1943 | |
| 1942 | American Empire · as Louisiana Judge |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson · as Senator Huyler |
| 1942 | Deep in the Heart of Texas · as Colonel Mallory |
| 1942 | Tish · as John |
| 1942 | Boss of Hangtown Mesa · as Judge Ezra Binns |
| 1942 | The Silver Bullet · as Dr. Thad Morgan |
| 1942 | The Spoilers · as Wheaton |
| 1942 | Today I Hang · as Warden Burke |
| 1941 | |
| 1941 | The Corsican Brothers · as Priest |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face · as Court Attendant |
| 1941 | Cheers for Miss Bishop · as Judge Peters |
| 1940 | The Villain Still Pursued Her · as Vagabond |
| 1940 | Kit Carson · as Don Miguel Murphy |
| 1940 | Adventures of Red Ryder · as Colonel Tom Ryder |
| 1940 | Hi-Yo Silver · as Father Mckim |
| 1940 | Convicted Woman · as Commissioner Mcneill |
| 1939 | South of the Border · as Padre |
| 1939 | Rovin' Tumbleweeds · as Senator Timothy Nolan |
| 1939 | Colorado Sunset · as Sheriff George Glenn |
| 1939 | Mexicali Rose · as Padre Dominic |
| 1938 | Shine on Harvest Moon · as Milt Brower |
| 1938 | Santa Fe Stampede · as Dave Carson |
| 1938 | If I Were King · as General Barbezier |
| 1938 | The Secret of Treasure Island · as George Brennan Westmore (editor) |
| 1938 | The Lone Ranger · as Father Mckim |
| 1937 | Public Cowboy No. 1 · as Sheriff Matt Doniphon |
| 1937 | Git Along Little Dogies · as Banker Maxwell |
| 1937 | Maid of Salem · as Crown Justice Sewall |
| 1936 | The Vigilantes Are Coming · as Father José |
| 1936 | Undersea Kingdom · as Sharad |
| 1936 | The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand · as Gordon Gaunt |
| 1936 | Custer's Last Stand · as James Fitzpatrick |
| 1936 | The Kid Ranger · as Bill Mason |
| 1936 | Custer's Last Stand · as James Fitzpatrick |
| 1935 | The Irish Gringo · as Pop Wiley |
| 1935 | Between Men · as John Wellington / Rand |
| 1935 | The Eagle's Brood · as El Toro |
| 1935 | Powdersmoke Range · as Sam Oreham - Banker |
| 1935 | The Crusades · as Hugo, Duke Of Burgundy |
| 1934 | The Silver Streak · as B.j. Dexter |
| 1934 | The Brand of Hate · as Joe Larkins |
| 1934 | Cleopatra · as Lepidus |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Letter · as Gov. Bellingham |
| 1934 | The Count of Monte Cristo · as Captain Leclere |
| 1934 | Happy Landing · as Col. Curtis |
| 1934 | Are We Civilized? · as Paul Franklin, Sr. |
| 1934 | Good Dame · as Judge Flynn |
| 1933 | Another Language · as C. Forrester |
| 1933 | Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles · as Squire Beamish |
| 1933 | Fighting with Kit Carson · as Elliott |
| 1933 | Supernatural · as Nicky Hammond |
| 1932 | Mr. Robinson Crusoe · as William Belmont |
| 1932 | The Drifter · as The Drifter |
| 1931 | The Law of the Sea · as Captain Len Andrews |
| 1931 | Pagan Lady · as Malcolm 'mal' Todd |
| 1931 | A Connecticut Yankee · as King Arthur / Inventor |
| 1931 | The Painted Desert · as Cash Holbrook |
| 1931 | Ten Nights in a Bar-Room · as Joe Morgan |
| 1930 | Du Barry, Woman of Passion · as Louis Xv |
| 1930 | The Spoilers · as Fight Spectator |
| 1920 | Drag Harlan · as Drag Harlan |
| 1917 | A Tale of Two Cities · as Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton |
| 1915 | The Nigger · as Philip Morrow |
| 1914 | The Sign of the Cross · as Marcus Superbus |
| 1914 | The Spoilers · as Roy Glenister |