Cast & creator
William Farnum
Best known for Samson and Delilah, A Woman's Face, The Mummy's Curse
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.
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1914–1952 · acting roles
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Filmography (125)
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Samson and Delilah
Tubal
1949
A Woman's Face
Court Attendant
1941
The Mummy's Curse
The Sacristan
1944
Captain Kidd
Capt. Rawson
1945
Cleopatra
Lepidus
1934
If I Were King
General Barbezier
1938
For Freedom
Robert Wayne
1918
Jack and the Beanstalk
The King
1952
Lone Star
Tom Crockett
1952
The Spoilers
Wheaton
1942
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol
Self
1914
Sharad of Atlantis
Sharad
1936
South of the Border
Padre
1939
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Father José
1936
The Corsican Brothers
Priest
1942
Adventures of Red Ryder
Colonel Tom Ryder
1940
Last of the Duanes
Texas Ranger Major McNeill
1941
Kit Carson
Don Miguel Murphy
1940
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Daughter of the West
Father Vallejo
1949
Trail of Robin Hood
Bill Franum
1950
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
1917
The Adventurer
Don Caesar de Bazan
1920
Tennessee Johnson
Senator Huyler
1942
The Perils of Pauline
Western Saloon Set Hero
1947
Heart Strings
Pierre Fournel
1920
The Drifter
The Drifter
1932The Redemption of David Corson
David Corson
1914
The Crusades
Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
1935
Custer's Last Stand
James Fitzpatrick
1936
The Battle of Hearts
Martin Cane
1916
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Louis XV
1930
A Soldier's Oath
Pierre Duval
1915
Santa Fe Stampede
Dave Carson
1938
Rolling Home
Rodeo Official
1946
Git Along Little Dogies
Banker Maxwell
1937
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Colonel Mallory
1942
Hollywood Story
Himself
1951Samson
Maurice Brachard
1915
The Eagle's Brood
El Toro
1935
Brass Commandments
Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
1923
The Secret of Treasure Island
George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
1938
The Man from Bitter Roots
Bruce Burt
1916Custer's Last Stand
James Fitzpatrick
1936
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Senator Timothy Nolan
1939
Bride of Vengeance
Conti Peruzzi
1949
The Man Who Fights Alone
John Marble
1924
Riders of the Purple Sage
Lassiter
1918
Law of the Sea
Captain Len Andrews
1931
The Painted Desert
Cash Holbrook
1931
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Gordon Gaunt
1936
The Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
1919
Convicted Woman
Commissioner McNeill
1940
Maid of Salem
Crown Justice Sewall
1937
The Pagan Lady
Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
1931
Supernatural
Nicky Hammond
1933
American Empire
Louisiana Judge
1942
The Lone Star Ranger
Steele
1919
Shine On Harvest Moon
Milt Brower
1938
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Joe Morgan
1931
Public Cowboy No. 1
Sheriff Matt Doniphon
1937
The Brand of Hate
Joe Larkins
1934
Lone Star Ranger
Texas Ranger Major McNeil
1942
School for Girls
Charles Waltham
1934
The Wide Open Spaces
U.S. Marshal
1931
My Dog Shep
Carter J. Latham Jr.
1946
The Joyous Trouble-Makers
William Steele
1920
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
1917
The Silver Bullet
Dr. Thad Morgan
1942
Wings of the Morning
Capt. Robert Anstruther
1919
Wolves of the Night
Bruce Andrews
1919
Gangs of Sonora
Ward Beecham
1941
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Squire Beamish
1933
If I Were King
François Villon
1920
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Judge Ezra Binns
1942
Hollywood Extra Girl
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
1935
The Lone Ranger
Father McKim
1938
Colorado Sunset
Sheriff George Glenn
1939
Wildfire
Judge Polson
1945
Men of Texas
General Sam Houston
1942
Tropical Nights
1928
Good Dame
Judge Flynn
1934
Frontier Badmen
Dad Courtwright
1943
Hi-Yo Silver
Father McKim
1940
A Connecticut Yankee
King Arthur / Inventor
1931
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
William Belmont
1932
Mexicali Rose
Padre Dominic
1939
God's Country
Sandy McTavish
1946
The Price of Silence
Senator Frank Deering
1917
The Heart of a Lion
Barney Kemper
1917
The Spoilers
Roy Glenister
1914
Powdersmoke Range
Sam Oreham - Banker
1935
Happy Landing
Col. Curtis
1934
The Silver Streak
B.J. Dexter
1934
Rough and Ready
Bill Stratton
1918
The Sign of the Cross
Marcus Superbus
1914
A Stage Romance
Edmund Kean
1922
Are We Civilized?
Paul Franklin, Sr.
1934
Moonshine Valley
Ned Connors
1922
Today I Hang
Warden Burke
1942
When a Man Sees Red
Larry Smith
1917
Million Dollar Haul
Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
1935
The Kid Ranger
Bill Mason
1936
The Rainbow Trail
Lassiter / Shefford
1918
The Gunfighter
Billy Buell
1923
True Blue
Bob McKeever
1918
Without Compromise
Dick Leighton
1922
The Orphan
The Orphan
1920
The Irish Gringo
Pop Wiley
1935
Fires of Conscience
George Baxter
1916
The Scarlet Letter
Gov. Bellingham
1934
Between Men
John Wellington / Rand
1935
Gun Cargo
Board of Inquiry Chairman
1949
Flaming Guns
Henry Ramsey
1932
The Conqueror
Sam Houston
1917
The Wonderful Adventure
Martin Stanley
1915
American Methods
William Armstrong
1917
The Man Hunter
George Arnold
1919
Reckless Decision
Rev. John MacDougall
1933
The Scuttlers
Jim Landers
1920
Shackles of Gold
John Gibbs
1922
Perjury
Robert Moore
1921
His Greatest Sacrifice
Richard Hall
1921
The Bondman
Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
1916
Drag Harlan
Drag Harlan
1920