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