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