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William Farnum (1876–1953)

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William Farnum was born the son of G.D. Farnum and Adela Le Gros, actors who trained their William and his two brothers, Dustin Farnum and Marshall Farnum, in their profession. William made his stage debut at the age of 10 in Richmond, Virginia, in a production of "Julius Caesar" starring Edwin Booth... See full bio »

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in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died:

(age 76) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1952 Jack and the Beanstalk
The King
 
1952 Lone Star
Tom Crockett
 
1951 Hollywood Story
William Farnum - Old-time Movie Star
 
1950 Trail of Robin Hood
Bill Farnum
 
1950 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Vine That Grew on Fiftieth Street (1950)
 
1949 Samson and Delilah
Tubal
 
1949 Bride of Vengeance
Conti Peruzzi
 
1949 Daughter of the West
Father Vallejo
 
1949 Gun Cargo
Board of Inquiry Chairman
 
1947 Heaven Only Knows
Gabriel (uncredited)
 
1947 The Perils of Pauline
Western Saloon Set Hero
 
1946 My Dog Shep
Carter J. Latham
 
1946 Rolling Home
Rodeo official
 
1946 God's Country
Sandy McTavish
 
1945 Captain Kidd
Capt. Rawson
 
1945 Wildfire
Judge Polson
 
1944 The Mummy's Curse
Sacristan
 
1943 Frontier Badmen
Dad Courtwright
 
1943 Prairie Chickens
Cache Lake Townsman (uncredited)
 
1943 Hangmen Also Die!
Viktorin - Patriot (uncredited)
 
1943 Calaboose
Checkers Player (uncredited)
 
1942 Tennessee Johnson
Senator Huyler
 
1942 American Empire
Louisiana Judge
 
1942 Deep in the Heart of Texas
Colonel Mallory
 
1942 Tish
John, Sanitarium Gardener (uncredited)
 
1942 Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Judge Ezra Binns
 
1942 The Silver Bullet
Dr. Thad Morgan
 
1942 Men of Texas
General Sam Houston
 
1942 The Spoilers
Wheaton
 
1942 Lone Star Ranger
Maj. McNeil
 
1942 Today I Hang
Warden Burke
 
1941 The Corsican Brothers
Priest
 
1941 Last of the Duanes
Texas Ranger Maj. McNeil
 
1941 Gangs of Sonora
Editor Ward Beecham
 
1941 A Woman's Face
Court Attendant
 
1941 Cheers for Miss Bishop
Judge Peters
 
1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her
Vagabond (scenes deleted)
 
1940 Kit Carson
Don Miguel Murphy
 
1940 Adventures of Red Ryder
Colonel Tom Ryder [Ch. 1]
 
1940 Convicted Woman
Commissioner McNeill
 
1939 South of the Border
Padre
 
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Senator Timothy Nolan
 
1939 Colorado Sunset
Sheriff George Glenn
 
1939 Mexicali Rose
Padre Dominic
 
1938 Shine On, Harvest Moon
Milt Brower
 
1938 Santa Fe Stampede
Dave Carson
 
1938 If I Were King
General Barbezier
 
1938 The Secret of Treasure Island
George Brennan Westmore (editor)
 
1938 The Lone Ranger
Father McKim
 
1937 Public Cowboy No. 1
Sheriff Matt Doniphon
 
1937 Git Along Little Dogies
Banker Maxwell
 
1937 Maid of Salem
Crown Justice Sewall
 
1936 The Vigilantes Are Coming
Father Jose
 
1936 Hollywood Boulevard
Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted)
 
1936 Undersea Kingdom
Sharad
 
1936/I The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Gordon Gaunt
 
1936 The Kid Ranger
Bill Mason
 
1936/I Custer's Last Stand
James Fitzpatrick
 
1935 The Fighting Coward
Jim Horton
 
1935 The Irish Gringo
Pop Wiley
 
1935 Between Men
John Wellington/Rand
 
1935 The Eagle's Brood
El Toro
 
1935 Powdersmoke Range
Banker Sam Oreham
 
1935 The Crusades
Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
 
1935 Million Dollar Haul
Mr. Mallory, Sheila's Dad
 
1934 The Silver Streak
Barney J. Dexter
 
1934 The Brand of Hate
Joe Larkins
 
1934 Cleopatra
Lepidus
 
1934 The Scarlet Letter
Gov. Bellingham
 
1934 Happy Landing
Col. Curtis
 
1934 The Count of Monte Cristo
Captain Leclere
 
1934 Are We Civilized?
Paul Franklin, Sr.
 
1934 School for Girls
Charles Waltham
 
1934 Good Dame
Judge Flynn
 
1933 Marriage on Approval
Rev. John MacDougall
 
1933 Another Language
C. Forrester, Sculpting Instructor (uncredited)
 
1933 Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (short)
Squire Beamish
 
1933 Fighting with Kit Carson
Elliott [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
 
1933 Supernatural
Nick 'Nicky' Hammond
 
1933 Reckless Decision
Rev. John MacDougall
 
1932 Flaming Guns
Henry Ramsey
 
1932 Mr. Robinson Crusoe
William Belmont
 
1932 The Drifter
The Drifter
 
1931 The Wide Open Spaces (short)
U.S. Marshal
 
1931 Law of the Sea
Len Andrews
 
1931 The Pagan Lady
Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
 
1931 Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (short)
 
1931 A Connecticut Yankee
King Arthur / Inventor
 
1931 Ten Nights in a Barroom
Joe Morgan
 
1931 The Painted Desert
Cash Holbrook
 
1930 Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Louis XV
 
1930 The Spoilers
Spectator at Fight (uncredited)
 
1928 Tropical Nights
 
1924 The Man Who Fights Alone
John Marble
 
1923 The Gunfighter
Billy Buell
 
1923 Brass Commandments
Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
 
1922 Without Compromise
Dick Leighton
 
1922 Moonshine Valley
Ned Connors
 
1922 Shackles of Gold
John Gibbs
 
1922 A Stage Romance
Kean
 
1921 Perjury
Robert Moore
 
1921 His Greatest Sacrifice
Richard Hall
 
1920 The Scuttlers
Jim Landers
 
1920 Drag Harlan
Drag Harlan
 
1920 If I Were King
François Villon
 
1920 The Joyous Troublemaker
William Steele
 
1920 The Orphan
The Orphan
 
1920 The Adventurer
Don Caesar de Bazan
 
1920 Heart Strings
Pierre Fournel
 
1919 Wings of the Morning
Capt. Robert Anstruther
 
1919 The Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
 
1919 Wolves of the Night
Bruce Andrews
 
1919 The Lone Star Ranger
Steele
 
1919 The Jungle Trail
Robert Morgan
 
1919 The Man Hunter
George Arnold
 
1918 For Freedom
Robert Wayne
 
1918 William Farnum in a Liberty Loan Appeal (short)
 
1918 The Rainbow Trail
Lassiter / Shefford
 
1918 Riders of the Purple Sage
Lassiter
 
1918 True Blue
Bob McKeever
 
1918 Rough and Ready
Bill Stratton
 
1917 The Heart of a Lion
Barney Kemper
 
1917 Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
 
1917 When a Man Sees Red
Larry Smith
 
1917 The Conqueror
Sam Houston
 
1917 American Methods
William Armstrong
 
1917 A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
 
1917 The Price of Silence
Senator Frank Deering
 
1916 The Fires of Conscience
George Baxter
 
1916 The End of the Trail
Jules Le Clerq
 
1916 The Man from Bitter Roots
Bruce Burt
 
1916 The Battle of Hearts
Martin Cane
 
1916 A Man of Sorrow
 
1916 The Bondman
Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
 
1916 Fighting Blood
Lem Hardy
 
1915 A Soldier's Oath
Pierre Duval
 
1915 The Broken Law
Daniel Esmond, later known as Lavengro
 
1915 The Wonderful Adventure
Martin Stanley/Wilton Demarest
 
1915 The Plunderer
Bill Matthews
 
1915 The Governor
Philip Morrow
 
1915 A Gilded Fool
Chauncey Short
 
1915 Samson
Maurice Brachard
 
1914 The Sign of the Cross
Marcus Superbus
 
1914 The Spoilers
Roy Glenister
 
1914 The Redemption of David Corson (short)
David Corson
 
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1930 The Spoilers (fight consultant)
 
1923 The Spoilers (technical advisor)
 
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1937 Public Cowboy No. 1 (performer: "Wanderers" 1937 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1952 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Mr. Movies (documentary short)
Himself
 
1950 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #1.21 (1950) … Himself - Actor
 
1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (documentary short)
Himself - Party Guest of Honor (uncredited)
 
1941 Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Hollywood Extra Girl (documentary short)
Crusades Cast Member (uncredited)
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 6 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1918 United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (short)
Himself
 
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1966 Sharad of Atlantis (TV movie)
Sharad
 
1951 Danger Trail (short)
El Toro
 
1940 Hi-Yo Silver
Father McKim
 
1936 The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Insp. Gordon Gaunt
 
1936 Custer's Last Stand
James Fitzpatrick
 

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(1926) Stage: Appeared (as "Julius Ceasar") in "Julius Caesar" on Broadway. See more »
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Brother of actor Dustin Farnum and Marshall Farnum. See more »

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