William Farnum
Acting
Born July 3, 1876 · 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.
Films (123)
Lone Star
1952
Jack and the Beanstalk
1952
Hollywood Story
1951
Trail of Robin Hood
1950
Samson and Delilah
1949
Gun Cargo
1949
Bride of Vengeance
1949
Daughter of the West
1949
The Perils of Pauline
1947
Rolling Home
1946
My Dog Shep
1946
God's Country
1946
Captain Kidd
1945
Wildfire
1945
The Mummy's Curse
1944
Frontier Badmen
1943
American Empire
1942
Tennessee Johnson
1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942
The Silver Bullet
1942
Men of Texas
1942
The Spoilers
1942
Lone Star Ranger
1942
Today I Hang
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
The Corsican Brothers
1941
Last of the Duanes
1941
Gangs of Sonora
1941
A Woman's Face
1941
Kit Carson
1940
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
Hi-Yo Silver
1940
Convicted Woman
1940
South of the Border
1939
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
Colorado Sunset
1939
Mexicali Rose
1939
Shine On Harvest Moon
1938
Santa Fe Stampede
1938
If I Were King
1938
The Secret of Treasure Island
1938
The Lone Ranger
1938
Public Cowboy No. 1
1937
Git Along Little Dogies
1937
Maid of Salem
1937
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936
Custer's Last Stand
1936
The Kid Ranger
1936
Custer's Last Stand
1936
The Irish Gringo
1935
Between Men
1935
The Eagle's Brood
1935
Powdersmoke Range
1935
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935
The Crusades
1935
Million Dollar Haul
1935
The Silver Streak
1934
The Brand of Hate
1934
Cleopatra
1934
The Scarlet Letter
1934
Happy Landing
1934
Are We Civilized?
1934
School for Girls
1934
Good Dame
1934
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
1933
Supernatural
1933
Reckless Decision
1933
Flaming Guns
1932
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932
The Drifter
1932
The Wide Open Spaces
1931
Law of the Sea
1931
The Pagan Lady
1931
A Connecticut Yankee
1931
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
1931
The Painted Desert
1931
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
Tropical Nights
1928
The Man Who Fights Alone
1924
The Gunfighter
1923
Brass Commandments
1923
Without Compromise
1922
Moonshine Valley
1922
Shackles of Gold
1922
A Stage Romance
1922
Perjury
1921
His Greatest Sacrifice
1921
The Scuttlers
1920
Drag Harlan
1920
If I Were King
1920
The Joyous Trouble-Makers
1920
The Orphan
1920
The Adventurer
1920
Heart Strings
1920
Wings of the Morning
1919
The Last of the Duanes
1919
Wolves of the Night
1919
The Lone Star Ranger
1919
The Man Hunter
1919
For Freedom
1918
The Rainbow Trail
1918
Riders of the Purple Sage
1918
True Blue
1918
Rough and Ready
1918
The Heart of a Lion
1917
Les Misérables
1917
When a Man Sees Red
1917
The Conqueror
1917
American Methods
1917
A Tale of Two Cities
1917
The Price of Silence
1917
Fires of Conscience
1916
The Man from Bitter Roots
1916
The Battle of Hearts
1916
The Bondman
1916
A Soldier's Oath
1915
The Wonderful Adventure
1915
Samson
1915
The Sign of the Cross
1914
The Spoilers
1914