William Farnum
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1876-07-03 (77 years old)
Deathday
1953-06-05
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also known As
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William Farnum
Biography
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, T...
Acting
1949
as Board of Inquiry Chairman
1942
as Louisiana Judge
1932
as William Belmont
1941
as Court Attendant
1919
as Steele
1945
as Capt. Rawson
1934
as Gov. Bellingham
1951
as Himself
1922
as Ned Connors
1918
as Bob McKeever
1918
as Lassiter / Shefford
1917
as Larry Smith
1935
as El Toro
1938
as George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
1946
as Sandy McTavish
1938
as Dave Carson
1916
as George Baxter
1932
as The Drifter
1921
as Richard Hall
1933
as Nicky Hammond
1931
as King Arthur / Inventor
1938
as General Barbezier
1937
as Banker Maxwell
1935
as John Wellington / Rand
1938
as Milt Brower
1947
as Western Saloon Set Hero
1940
as Commissioner McNeill
1918
as Bill Stratton
1931
as Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
1937
as Sheriff Matt Doniphon
1914
as Roy Glenister
1936
as Gordon Gaunt
1934
as Paul Franklin, Sr.
1936
as Father José
1914
as Marcus Superbus
1942
as Dr. Thad Morgan
1936
as James Fitzpatrick
1940
as Colonel Tom Ryder
1934
as Joe Larkins
1934
as B.J. Dexter
1941
as Ward Beecham
1938
as Father McKim
1934
as Col. Curtis
1931
as Cash Holbrook
1923
as Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
1931
as U.S. Marshal
1923
as Billy Buell
1949
as Tubal
1952
as Tom Crockett
1933
as Squire Beamish
1941
as Texas Ranger Major McNeill
1935
as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
1933
as Rev. John MacDougall
1932
as Henry Ramsey
1939
as Padre Dominic
1939
as Padre
1936
as Bill Mason
1950
as Bill Franum
1917
1949
as Conti Peruzzi
1942
as Colonel Mallory
1943
as Dad Courtwright
1939
as Senator Timothy Nolan
1946
as Rodeo Official
1937
as Crown Justice Sewall
1935
as Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
1936
as Sharad
1942
as Warden Burke
1940
as Don Miguel Murphy
1931
as Joe Morgan
1940
as Father McKim
1924
as John Marble
1917
as Sam Houston
1949
as Father Vallejo
1942
as General Sam Houston
1942
as Judge Ezra Binns
1942
as Texas Ranger Major McNeil
1936
as James Fitzpatrick
1945
as Judge Polson
1942
as Wheaton
1920
as Drag Harlan
1930
as Louis XV
1946
as Carter J. Latham Jr.
1941
as Priest
1917
as Jean Valjean
1917
as Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
1934
as Judge Flynn
1934
as Lepidus
1916
as Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
1944
as The Sacristan
1935
as Sam Oreham - Banker
1931
as Captain Len Andrews
1918
as Lassiter
1928
1935
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
1915
as Maurice Brachard
1922
as John Gibbs
1919
as Buck Duane
1920
as François Villon
1922
as Dick Leighton
1952
as The King
1935
as Pop Wiley
1934
as Charles Waltham
1942
as Senator Huyler
1939
as Sheriff George Glenn
1915
as Martin Stanley
1921
as Robert Moore
1922
as Edmund Kean
1917
as Barney Kemper
1917
as Senator Frank Deering
1920
as William Steele
1920
as The Orphan
1919
as Capt. Robert Anstruther
1919
as Bruce Andrews
1919
as George Arnold
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