Birthday
1876/07/03
Day of death
1953/06/05 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
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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 t...Read more
(1949) Gun Cargo
as Board of Inquiry Chairman
(1942) American Empire
as Louisiana Judge
(1932) Mr. Robinson Crusoe
as William Belmont
(1941) A Woman's Face
as Court Attendant
(1919) The Lone Star Ranger
as Steele
(1945) Captain Kidd
as Capt. Rawson
(1934) The Scarlet Letter
as Gov. Bellingham
(1951) Hollywood Story
as Himself
(1922) Moonshine Valley
as Ned Connors
(1918) True Blue
as Bob McKeever
(1918) The Rainbow Trail
as Lassiter / Shefford
(1917) When a Man Sees Red
as Larry Smith
(1935) The Eagle's Brood
as El Toro
(1938) The Secret of Treasure Island
as George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
(1946) God's Country
as Sandy McTavish
(1938) Santa Fe Stampede
as Dave Carson
(1916) Fires of Conscience
as George Baxter
(1932) The Drifter
as The Drifter
(1921) His Greatest Sacrifice
as Richard Hall
(1933) Supernatural
as Nicky Hammond
(1931) A Connecticut Yankee
as King Arthur / Inventor
(1938) If I Were King
as General Barbezier
(1937) Git Along Little Dogies
as Banker Maxwell
(1935) Between Men
as John Wellington / Rand
(1938) Shine On Harvest Moon
as Milt Brower
(1947) The Perils of Pauline
as Western Saloon Set Hero
(1940) Convicted Woman
as Commissioner McNeill
(1918) Rough and Ready
as Bill Stratton
(1931) The Pagan Lady
as Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
(1937) Public Cowboy No. 1
as Sheriff Matt Doniphon
(1914) The Spoilers
as Roy Glenister
(1936) The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Gordon Gaunt
(1934) Are We Civilized?
as Paul Franklin, Sr.
(1936) The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Father José
(1914) The Sign of the Cross
as Marcus Superbus
(1942) The Silver Bullet
as Dr. Thad Morgan
(1936) Custer's Last Stand
as James Fitzpatrick
(1940) Adventures of Red Ryder
as Colonel Tom Ryder
(1934) The Brand of Hate
as Joe Larkins
(1934) The Silver Streak
as B.J. Dexter
(1941) Gangs of Sonora
as Ward Beecham
(1938) The Lone Ranger
as Father McKim
(1934) Happy Landing
as Col. Curtis
(1931) The Painted Desert
as Cash Holbrook
(1923) Brass Commandments
as Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
(1931) The Wide Open Spaces
as U.S. Marshal
(1923) The Gunfighter
as Billy Buell
(1949) Samson and Delilah
as Tubal
(1952) Lone Star
as Tom Crockett
(1933) Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as Squire Beamish
(1941) Last of the Duanes
as Texas Ranger Major McNeill
(1935) The Crusades
as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
(1933) Reckless Decision
as Rev. John MacDougall
(1932) Flaming Guns
as Henry Ramsey
(1939) Mexicali Rose
as Padre Dominic
(1939) South of the Border
as Padre
(1936) The Kid Ranger
as Bill Mason
(1950) Trail of Robin Hood
as Bill Franum
(1917) American Methods
as ---
(1949) Bride of Vengeance
as Conti Peruzzi
(1942) Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Colonel Mallory
(1943) Frontier Badmen
as Dad Courtwright
(1939) Rovin' Tumbleweeds
as Senator Timothy Nolan
(1946) Rolling Home
as Rodeo Official
(1937) Maid of Salem
as Crown Justice Sewall
(1935) Million Dollar Haul
as Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
(1936) Sharad of Atlantis
as Sharad
(1942) Today I Hang
as Warden Burke
(1940) Kit Carson
as Don Miguel Murphy
(1931) Ten Nights in a Bar-room
as Joe Morgan
(1940) Hi-Yo Silver
as Father McKim
(1924) The Man Who Fights Alone
as John Marble
(1917) The Conqueror
as Sam Houston
(1949) Daughter of the West
as Father Vallejo
(1942) Men of Texas
as General Sam Houston
(1942) Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Judge Ezra Binns
(1942) Lone Star Ranger
as Texas Ranger Major McNeil
(1936) Custer's Last Stand
as James Fitzpatrick
(1945) Wildfire
as Judge Polson
(1942) The Spoilers
as Wheaton
(1920) Drag Harlan
as Drag Harlan
(1930) Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Louis XV
(1946) My Dog Shep
as Carter J. Latham Jr.
(1941) The Corsican Brothers
as Priest
(1917) Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
(1917) A Tale of Two Cities
as Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
(1934) Good Dame
as Judge Flynn
(1934) Cleopatra
as Lepidus
(1916) The Bondman
as Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
as ---
(1944) The Mummy's Curse
as The Sacristan
(1935) Powdersmoke Range
as Sam Oreham - Banker
(1931) Law of the Sea
as Captain Len Andrews
(1918) Riders of the Purple Sage
as Lassiter
(1928) Tropical Nights
as ---
(1935) Hollywood Extra Girl
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
(1915) Samson
as Maurice Brachard
(1919) The Last of the Duanes
as Buck Duane
(1922) Shackles of Gold
as John Gibbs
(1920) If I Were King
as François Villon
(1922) Without Compromise
as Dick Leighton
(1952) Jack and the Beanstalk
as The King
(1935) The Irish Gringo
as Pop Wiley
(1934) School for Girls
as Charles Waltham
(1942) Tennessee Johnson
as Senator Huyler
(1939) Colorado Sunset
as Sheriff George Glenn
(1915) The Wonderful Adventure
as Martin Stanley
(1921) Perjury
as Robert Moore
(1922) A Stage Romance
as Edmund Kean