Franklyn Farnum

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1878-06-05 (83 years old)

Deathday

1961-07-04

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Franklyn Farnum

Biography

Leading man in silent films until mid to late 1920s when Farnum transitioned to a character actor. Then later in life he remained in the film business as a paid extra in many films and TV shows.

Acting

1948

Stage Struck

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1951

The Mating Season

as Board Member (uncredited)

1947

A Double Life

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1941

Mr. Celebrity

as Court Officer (uncredited)

1960

Cimarron

as Townsman (uncredited)

1916

The Heart of a Show Girl

as Frank Masterson

1916

1918

Fast Company

as Lawrence Percival Van Huyler

1916

Little Partner

as James Allis

1919

1919

The Virtuous Model

as Edward Dorin

1918

Vanity Pool

as Drew Garrett

1918

In Judgment of...

as Dr. John O'Neill

1920

Vanishing Trails

as Silent Joe

1920

The Galloping Devil

as Andy Green

1921

The Fighting Stranger

as Australia Joe

1921

The Last Chance

as Rance Sparr

1921

The Raiders

as Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP

1921

The White Masks

as Jack Bray

1918

$5,000 Reward

as Dick Arlington

1935

The Silver Bullet

as Marshal Joe Mullane

1947

Blondie in the Dough

as Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)

1930

The Third Alarm

as Fire Department Captain

1934

Carrying the Mail

as Henchman Frank

1948

Three Daring Daughters

as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

1958

King Creole

as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

1953

Vicki

as Club Manager (uncredited)

1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

1959

The Mating Game

as Townsman (uncredited)

1919

1919

The Two Doyles

as Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle

1919

Brother Bill

as William (Bill) Dexter

1919

The Uphill Climb

as Ford Cameron

1919

Vengeance and the Girl

as Jim Westgard Jr.

1922

Gun-Shy

as James Brown

1951

The Stooge

as Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)

1957

She Devil

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1957

My Man Godfrey

as Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)

1956

The Eddy Duchin Story

as Passerby (uncredited)

1955

My Sister Eileen

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

1956

The First Texan

as Delegate (uncredited)

1953

Calamity Jane

as Barfly (uncredited)

1954

Broken Lance

as Juror (uncredited)

1952

Captain Pirate

as Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)

1945

I Love a Mystery

as Reporter (Uncredited)

1951

Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

as Board Member (uncredited)

1945

Week-End at the Waldorf

as Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

1952

Fort Osage

as Settler (uncredited)

1952

The Half-Breed

as Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)

1946

Deception

as Restaurant Diner (uncredited)

1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Bidder (uncredited)

1921

The Struggle

as Dick Storm

1924

Battling Brewster

as Battling Jack Brewster

1917

The Scarlet Car

as Billy Winthrop

1936

Frontier Justice

as Lawyer George Lessin

1960

The Apartment

as Office Worker (uncredited)

1960

The Hypnotic Eye

as Audience Member (uncredited)

1934

Arizona Cyclone

as Carter, the Banker

1936

1955

Illegal

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

1935

Fighting Caballero

as Bartender

1934

Frontier Days

as George Wilson

1949

Knock on Any Door

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1949

The Lady Gambles

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

1917

The Empty Gun

as Robber

1934

Honor of the Range

as Saloonkeeper

1954

Black Tuesday

as Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)

1937

The Game That Kills

as Spectator (uncredited)

1930

Dames Ahoy

as Master of Ceremonies

1932

Mark of the Spur

as Sheriff Jake Ludlow

1930

See America Thirst

as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

1934

Border Guns

as Fred Palmer

1931

Three Rogues

as Nelson

1946

Meet Me on Broadway

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1952

The Bad and the Beautiful

as Assistant on Set (uncredited)

1958

Money, Women and Guns

as Postmaster (uncredited)

1959

The Story on Page One

as Juror (uncredited)

1935

The Cowboy and the Bandit

as Crooked Dealer

1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Well-Wisher

1936

Custer's Last Stand

as Major Marcus Reno

1955

Guys and Dolls

as Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)

1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Rodeo Spectator

1935

1950

The Jackie Robinson Story

as Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)

1954

A Star Is Born

as Ray (uncredited)

1945

1952

Carrie

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

1950

All About Eve

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

1953

The Story of Three Loves

as Man Departing Train

1939

Stagecoach

as Deputy Frank (uncredited)

1939

1939

Reno

as Board Member

1932

1935

The Ghost Rider

as Bullard

1948

Big Town Scandal

as Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)

1957

An Affair to Remember

as Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

1950

When Willie Comes Marching Home

as Officer at Party (uncredited)

1956

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

as Board of Directors

1945

The Lost Weekend

as Concert Attendee (uncredited)

1946

Sister Kenny

as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)

1956

The Killing

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

1944

Going My Way

as Church Usher (uncredited)

1948

My Dear Secretary

as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

1945

Purity Squad

as Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)

1955

East of Eden

as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)

1948

Race Street

as Man (uncredited)

1957

Witness for the Prosecution

as Barrister (uncredited)

1947

The Judge Steps Out

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1956

High Society

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1954

Black Widow

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1945

Circumstantial Evidence

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1957

The Joker is Wild

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1956

Hollywood or Bust

as Audience Member

1945

Wonder Man

as Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)

1930

1944

The Great Moment

as Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)

1940

Charlie Chan in Panama

as Marine Officer

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)

1941

The Lady Eve

as Tailor in Montage (uncredited)

1940

The Shadow

as Sparks

1947

Merton of the Movies

as Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)

1951

The Barefoot Mailman

as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)

1942

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

as Policeman (uncredited)

1957

The Tin Star

as Townsman (uncredited)

1945

Two O'Clock Courage

as Club Patron (uncredited)

1940

1940

Boom Town

as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

1940

North West Mounted Police

as Townsman (uncredited)

1940

Deadwood Dick

as Clayton

1956

The Opposite Sex

as Patron at 21 (uncredited)

1944

Saddle Leather Law

as Rancher (uncredited)

1945

Fallen Angel

as Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)

1949

Massacre River

as Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)

1950

No Man of Her Own

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

1951

The Groom Wore Spurs

as Reverend (uncredited)

1950

Sunset Boulevard

as Undertaker

1940

1940

Tin Pan Alley

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1940

The Son of Monte Cristo

as Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)

1949

The Heiress

as Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)

1959

The Blue Angel

as Blue Angel Customer (uncredited)

1941

The Night of January 16th

as Juror (uncredited)

1940

1949

A Letter to Three Wives

as Country Club Member (uncredited)

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Extra (uncredited)

1950

The Screen Writer

as Screenwriter (uncredited)

1950

California Passage

as Townsman (uncredited)

1932

The Honor of the Press

as Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'

1947

Exposed

as Restaurant Patron

1943

Crime Doctor

as Juror

1961

Parrish

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1941

1941

Three Girls About Town

as Conventioneer Extra

1943

Frontier Fury

as Bartender Homer (uncredited)

1942

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

as Chicago Businessman

1942

1942

Silver Queen

as Creditor

1941

Belle Starr

as Barfly (uncredited)

1949

My Friend Irma

as Maitre D' (uncredited)

1944

The White Cliffs of Dover

as Ball Guest (uncredited)

1951

Roadblock

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Spectator (uncredited)

1931

1942

Men of the Sky

as Farmer (uncredited)

1942

Vaudeville Days

as Ticket Hawker (uncredited)

1942

The Secret Code

as Federal Agent

1950

Destination Moon

as Factory Worker (uncredited)

1951

A Place in the Sun

as Company Executive (uncredited)

1947

Daisy Kenyon

as Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)

1957

Funny Face

as Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)

1941

Meet John Doe

as (uncredited)

1949

Slightly French

as Marty Freeman (uncredited)

1958

Some Came Running

as Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)

1925

The Drug Store Cowboy

as Marmaduke Grandon

1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

as Bartender (uncredited)

1952

The Narrow Margin

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

1954

White Christmas

as Club Patron (uncredited)

1955

Chicago Syndicate

as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

1935

Powdersmoke Range

as Jim Reece

1949

Alias Nick Beal

as Supporter

1950

Destination Murder

as Arthur Mansfield

1947

Fun on a Weekend

as Poker Player (Uncredited)

1948

1916

A Stranger from Somewhere

as Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis

1917

Anything Once

as Teddy Crosby

1917

The Clean-Up

as Stuart Adams

1917

Bringing Home Father

as Peter Drake

1917

The Car of Chance

as Arnold Baird

1917

The Clock

as Jack Tempest

1917

The Devil's Pay Day

as Gregory Van Houten

1917

1916

Love Never Dies

as Felix, the Man

1917

A Stormy Knight

as John Winton

1918

The Fighting Grin

as Billy Kennedy

1918

The Rough Lover

as Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien

1917

The Winged Mystery

as Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever

1924

1959

Pillow Talk

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1922

The Firebrand

as Bill Holt

1947

So You Want to Be in Pictures

as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

1948

Assigned to Danger

as Mr. Norton (uncredited)

1950

Woman on the Run

as Coroner (uncredited)

1950

Pretty Baby

as Subway Commuter (uncredited)

1935

Page Miss Glory

as Dance Extra (uncredited)

1948

Johnny Belinda

as Man on Jury (uncredited)

1950

Bright Leaf

as Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)

1958

The Tunnel of Love

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1948

The Big Clock

as (uncredited)

1941

Buck Privates

as Officer (uncredited)

1941

In the Navy

as Military Officer (uncredited)

1944

In Society

as Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)

1945

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1959

Some Like It Hot

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1957

Until They Sail

as Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)

1950

The Second Woman

as Country Club Guest

1945

A Song to Remember

as Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)

1947

Road to Rio

as Ship Lounge Extra

1947

I Walk Alone

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1945

Over 21

as Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)

1937

You Only Live Once

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

1918

The Empty Cab

as Henry Egbert Xerxes

1958

Home Before Dark

as New Year's Eve Party Reveller

1945

The Great Flamarion

as Stage Manager (uncredited)

1950

Gun Crazy

as Cashier (uncredited)

1951

Here Comes the Groom

as Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)

1947

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

as Faculty Member (uncredited)

1945

Incendiary Blonde

as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

1936

Charlie Chan at the Circus

as Mike - Ticket Taker

1949

The File on Thelma Jordon

as Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

1951

Love Nest

as Waiter (Uncredited)

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

as Cowboy (uncredited)

1947

Gentleman's Agreement

as Party Guest

1937

The Life of Emile Zola

as (uncredited)

1952

This Woman Is Dangerous

as Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)

1938

Prison Train

as The Lawyer

1949

Cover Up

as Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)

1952

Everything I Have Is Yours

as Tourist in Show (Uncredited)

1956

The Search for Bridey Murphy

as Druggist (Uncredited)

1941

Johnny Eager

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

1955

Wichita

as Townsman (uncredited)

1948

Albuquerque

as Barfly (uncredited)

1957

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

as Barfly (uncredited)

1955

A Lawless Street

as Townsman (uncredited)

1957

Wild Is the Wind

as Passenger at Airport (uncredited)

1919

The Desert Rat

as Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat

1946

The Jolson Story

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1957

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1938

Vivacious Lady

as Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)

1948

Black Bart

as Al (uncredited)

1950

Union Station

as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

1935

Desert Mesa

as Jones

1934

West of the Law

as Case aka Green

1934

Pals of the West

as Sheriff Ed Dawson

1934

1956

The Solid Gold Cadillac

as Dance Extra (uncredited)

1946

Crack-Up

as Man on Train (Uncredited)

1948

Hollow Triumph

as Big Winner (uncredited)

1931

Oklahoma Jim

as Army Captain

1943

Appointment in Berlin

as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)

1949

It's a Great Feeling

as Man at Train Station (uncredited)

1960

Ice Palace

as Committee Member (uncredited)

1950

Colt .45

as Townsman (uncredited)

1945

Dick Tracy

as Bystander at Murder (uncredited)

1932

Human Targets

as Sheriff

1924

Crossed Trails

as Tom Dawson

1924

Baffled

as Dick Osborne

1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

as Town Councilman (uncredited)

1938

1947

Yankee Fakir

as Bergin

1951

Strangers on a Train

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1953

Scared Stiff

as Passerby (uncredited)

1931

Hell's Valley

as Manuel Valdez

1954

The Country Girl

as First-Nighter (uncredited)

1960

Because They're Young

as Shopper with Cart (uncredited)

1954

Living It Up

as Man at Bus Depot (uncredited)

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