William Farnum

Known For: Acting
Born: July 3, 1876
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: June 5, 1953

William Farnum

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 clas…

Filmography

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

Today I Hang

1942 · Warden Burke

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

1941

The Corsican Brothers

1941 · Priest

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 Spoilers

1914 · Roy Glenister

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