William Farnum
Acting
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, 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.
Born: July 3, 1876
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Tom Crockett
as The King
as Himself
as Bill Franum
as Tubal
as Board of Inquiry Chairman
as Conti Peruzzi
as Father Vallejo
as Western Saloon Set Hero
as Carter J. Latham Jr.
as Rodeo Official
as Sandy McTavish
as Capt. Rawson
as Judge Polson
as The Sacristan
as Dad Courtwright
as Louisiana Judge
as Senator Huyler
as Colonel Mallory
as Judge Ezra Binns
as Dr. Thad Morgan
as General Sam Houston
as Wheaton
as Texas Ranger Major McNeil
as Warden Burke
as Priest
as Texas Ranger Major McNeill
as Ward Beecham
as Court Attendant
as Don Miguel Murphy
as Colonel Tom Ryder
as Father McKim
as Commissioner McNeill
as Padre
as Senator Timothy Nolan
as Sheriff George Glenn
as Padre Dominic
as Milt Brower
as Dave Carson
as General Barbezier
as George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
as Father McKim
as Sheriff Matt Doniphon
as Banker Maxwell
as Crown Justice Sewall
as Father José
as Sharad
as Gordon Gaunt
as James Fitzpatrick
as Bill Mason
as James Fitzpatrick
as Pop Wiley
as John Wellington / Rand
as El Toro
as Sam Oreham - Banker
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
as Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
as B.J. Dexter
as Joe Larkins
as Lepidus
as Gov. Bellingham
as Col. Curtis
as Paul Franklin, Sr.
as Charles Waltham
as Judge Flynn
as Squire Beamish
as Nicky Hammond
as Rev. John MacDougall
as Henry Ramsey
as William Belmont
as The Drifter
as Captain Len Andrews
as Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
as King Arthur / Inventor
as Joe Morgan
as Cash Holbrook
as Louis XV
as John Marble
as Billy Buell
as Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
as Dick Leighton
as Ned Connors
as John Gibbs
as Robert Moore
as Richard Hall
as Drag Harlan
as François Villon
as William Steele
as The Orphan
as Capt. Robert Anstruther
as Buck Duane
as Bruce Andrews
as Steele
as George Arnold
as Lassiter / Shefford
as Lassiter
as Bob McKeever
as Bill Stratton
as Barney Kemper
as Jean Valjean
as Larry Smith
as Sam Houston
as William Armstrong
as Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
as Senator Frank Deering
as George Baxter
as Martin Cane
as Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
as Pierre Duval
as Martin Stanley
as Marcus Superbus
as Roy Glenister