1876-07-03 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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Lone Star | Tom Crockett | 1952-10-24 |
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Jack and the Beanstalk | The King | 1952-04-07 |
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Hollywood Story | Himself | 1951-06-01 |
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Trail of Robin Hood | Bill Franum | 1950-12-15 |
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Samson and Delilah | Tubal | 1949-12-21 |
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Gun Cargo | Board of Inquiry Chairman | 1949-10-05 |
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Daughter of the West | Father Vallejo | 1949-02-15 |
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Bride of Vengeance | Conti Peruzzi | 1949-04-07 |
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The Perils of Pauline | Western Saloon Set Hero | 1947-07-04 |
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My Dog Shep | Carter J. Latham Jr. | 1946-11-01 |
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God's Country | Sandy McTavish | 1946-03-15 |
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Rolling Home | Rodeo Official | 1946-11-01 |
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Captain Kidd | Capt. Rawson | 1945-11-22 |
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Wildfire | Judge Polson | 1945-07-18 |
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The Mummy's Curse | The Sacristan | 1944-12-22 |
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Frontier Badmen | Dad Courtwright | 1943-08-05 |
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Deep in the Heart of Texas | Colonel Mallory | 1942-09-25 |
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Lone Star Ranger | Texas Ranger Major McNeil | 1942-03-20 |
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Boss of Hangtown Mesa | Judge Ezra Binns | 1942-08-21 |
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Today I Hang | Warden Burke | 1942-01-09 |
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Men of Texas | General Sam Houston | 1942-07-03 |
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The Silver Bullet | Dr. Thad Morgan | 1942-08-05 |
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The Spoilers | Wheaton | 1942-06-11 |
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Tennessee Johnson | Senator Huyler | 1942-12-01 |
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American Empire | Louisiana Judge | 1942-12-11 |
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Gangs of Sonora | Ward Beecham | 1941-07-10 |
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Last of the Duanes | Texas Ranger Major McNeill | 1941-09-26 |
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The Corsican Brothers | Priest | 1941-11-28 |
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941-12-05 | |
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A Woman's Face | Court Attendant | 1941-05-09 |
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Adventures of Red Ryder | Colonel Tom Ryder | 1940-06-28 |
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Hi-Yo Silver | Father McKim | 1940-04-10 |
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Convicted Woman | Commissioner McNeill | 1940-01-31 |
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Kit Carson | Don Miguel Murphy | 1940-08-30 |
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Rovin' Tumbleweeds | Senator Timothy Nolan | 1939-11-16 |
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Colorado Sunset | Sheriff George Glenn | 1939-07-30 |
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South of the Border | Padre | 1939-12-15 |
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Mexicali Rose | Padre Dominic | 1939-03-26 |
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If I Were King | General Barbezier | 1938-09-28 |
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The Secret of Treasure Island | George Brennan Westmore (Editor) | 1938-03-17 |
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The Lone Ranger | Father McKim | 1938-02-13 |
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Shine On Harvest Moon | Milt Brower | 1938-12-30 |
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Santa Fe Stampede | Dave Carson | 1938-11-18 |
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Maid of Salem | Crown Justice Sewall | 1937-02-12 |
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Public Cowboy No. 1 | Sheriff Matt Doniphon | 1937-06-11 |
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Git Along Little Dogies | Banker Maxwell | 1937-03-27 |
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The Vigilantes Are Coming | Father José | 1936-08-21 |
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The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand | Gordon Gaunt | 1936-04-17 |
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The Kid Ranger | Bill Mason | 1936-02-05 |
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Custer's Last Stand | James Fitzpatrick | 1936-04-02 |
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Custer's Last Stand | James Fitzpatrick | 1936-01-02 |
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Undersea Kingdom | Sharad | 1936-05-30 |
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The Irish Gringo | Pop Wiley | 1935-12-01 |
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Hollywood Extra Girl | Crusades Actor (uncredited) | 1935-08-22 |
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Powdersmoke Range | Sam Oreham - Banker | 1935-09-27 |
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The Eagle's Brood | El Toro | 1935-10-25 |
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Million Dollar Haul | Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad | 1935-04-02 |
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The Crusades | Hugo, Duke of Burgundy | 1935-08-21 |
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Between Men | John Wellington / Rand | 1935-10-29 |
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The Silver Streak | B.J. Dexter | 1934-12-21 |
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The Brand of Hate | Joe Larkins | 1934-11-02 |
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Are We Civilized? | Paul Franklin, Sr. | 1934-06-05 |
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Good Dame | Judge Flynn | 1934-03-16 |
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School for Girls | Charles Waltham | 1934-03-22 |
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Happy Landing | Col. Curtis | 1934-09-01 |
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Cleopatra | Lepidus | 1934-10-05 |
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The Scarlet Letter | Gov. Bellingham | 1934-09-18 |
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Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles | Squire Beamish | 1933-07-13 |
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Supernatural | Nicky Hammond | 1933-04-21 |
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Reckless Decision | Rev. John MacDougall | 1933-01-01 |
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Mr. Robinson Crusoe | William Belmont | 1932-08-19 |
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Flaming Guns | Henry Ramsey | 1932-12-22 |
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The Drifter | The Drifter | 1932-01-10 |
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A Connecticut Yankee | King Arthur / Inventor | 1931-04-06 |
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The Pagan Lady | Malcolm 'Mal' Todd | 1931-09-07 |
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Law of the Sea | Captain Len Andrews | 1931-12-15 |
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Ten Nights in a Bar-room | Joe Morgan | 1931-03-01 |
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The Wide Open Spaces | U.S. Marshal | 1931-12-28 |
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The Painted Desert | Cash Holbrook | 1931-01-18 |
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Du Barry, Woman of Passion | Louis XV | 1930-10-10 |
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Tropical Nights | 1928-12-10 | |
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The Man Who Fights Alone | John Marble | 1924-09-15 |
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Brass Commandments | Stephen 'Flash' Lanning | 1923-01-28 |
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The Gunfighter | Billy Buell | 1923-09-02 |
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Without Compromise | Dick Leighton | 1922-10-29 |
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A Stage Romance | Edmund Kean | 1922-03-05 |
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Shackles of Gold | John Gibbs | 1922-04-30 |
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Moonshine Valley | Ned Connors | 1922-08-27 |
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Perjury | Robert Moore | 1921-08-14 |
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His Greatest Sacrifice | Richard Hall | 1921-04-17 |
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If I Were King | François Villon | 1920-08-09 |
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Drag Harlan | Drag Harlan | 1920-10-24 |
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The Orphan | The Orphan | 1920-05-01 |
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The Joyous Trouble-Makers | William Steele | 1920-07-01 |
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The Lone Star Ranger | Steele | 1919-06-29 |
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The Last of the Duanes | Buck Duane | 1919-09-14 |
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Wings of the Morning | Capt. Robert Anstruther | 1919-11-24 |
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The Man Hunter | George Arnold | 1919-02-23 |
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Wolves of the Night | Bruce Andrews | 1919-08-10 |
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Rough and Ready | Bill Stratton | 1918-03-24 |
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Riders of the Purple Sage | Lassiter | 1918-09-01 |
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The Rainbow Trail | Lassiter / Shefford | 1918-10-27 |
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True Blue | Bob McKeever | 1918-05-05 |
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The Heart of a Lion | Barney Kemper | 1917-12-15 |
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The Price of Silence | Senator Frank Deering | 1917-01-08 |
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American Methods | William Armstrong | 1917-04-30 |
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Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | 1917-12-03 |
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The Conqueror | Sam Houston | 1917-09-16 |
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When a Man Sees Red | Larry Smith | 1917-10-28 |
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A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton | 1917-03-10 |
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The Man from Bitter Roots | Bruce Burt | 1916-07-03 |
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Fires of Conscience | George Baxter | 1916-09-25 |
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The Bondman | Stephen Orry/Jason Orry | 1916-03-20 |
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The Battle of Hearts | Martin Cane | 1916-05-21 |
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A Soldier's Oath | Pierre Duval | 1915-12-19 |
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The Wonderful Adventure | Martin Stanley | 1915-09-27 |
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Samson | Maurice Brachard | 1915-01-01 |
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The Spoilers | Roy Glenister | 1914-04-10 |
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The Sign of the Cross | Marcus Superbus | 1914-12-21 |
