William Farnum

Actor

Born July 3, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Filmography

Lone Star

Tom Crockett

Jack and the Beanstalk

The King

Hollywood Story

Himself

Trail of Robin Hood

Bill Franum

Samson and Delilah

Tubal

Gun Cargo

Board of Inquiry Chairman

Bride of Vengeance

Conti Peruzzi

Daughter of the West

Father Vallejo

The Perils of Pauline

Western Saloon Set Hero

Rolling Home

Rodeo Official

My Dog Shep

Carter J. Latham Jr.

God's Country

Sandy McTavish

Captain Kidd

Capt. Rawson

Wildfire

Judge Polson

The Mummy's Curse

The Sacristan

Frontier Badmen

Dad Courtwright

American Empire

Louisiana Judge

Tennessee Johnson

Senator Huyler

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Colonel Mallory

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

Judge Ezra Binns

The Silver Bullet

Dr. Thad Morgan

Men of Texas

General Sam Houston

The Spoilers

Wheaton

Lone Star Ranger

Texas Ranger Major McNeil

Today I Hang

Warden Burke

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

The Corsican Brothers

Priest

Last of the Duanes

Texas Ranger Major McNeill

Gangs of Sonora

Ward Beecham

A Woman's Face

Court Attendant

Kit Carson

Don Miguel Murphy

Adventures of Red Ryder

Colonel Tom Ryder

Hi-Yo Silver

Father McKim

Convicted Woman

Commissioner McNeill

South of the Border

Padre

Rovin' Tumbleweeds

Senator Timothy Nolan

Colorado Sunset

Sheriff George Glenn

Mexicali Rose

Padre Dominic

Shine On Harvest Moon

Milt Brower

Santa Fe Stampede

Dave Carson

If I Were King

General Barbezier

The Secret of Treasure Island

George Brennan Westmore (Editor)

The Lone Ranger

Father McKim

Public Cowboy No. 1

Sheriff Matt Doniphon

Git Along Little Dogies

Banker Maxwell

Maid of Salem

Crown Justice Sewall

The Vigilantes Are Coming

Father José

Sharad of Atlantis

Sharad

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand

Gordon Gaunt

Custer's Last Stand

James Fitzpatrick

The Kid Ranger

Bill Mason

Custer's Last Stand

James Fitzpatrick

The Irish Gringo

Pop Wiley

Between Men

John Wellington / Rand

The Eagle's Brood

El Toro

Powdersmoke Range

Sam Oreham - Banker

Hollywood Extra Girl

Crusades Actor (uncredited)

The Crusades

Hugo, Duke of Burgundy

Million Dollar Haul

Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad

The Silver Streak

B.J. Dexter

The Brand of Hate

Joe Larkins

Cleopatra

Lepidus

The Scarlet Letter

Gov. Bellingham

Happy Landing

Col. Curtis

Are We Civilized?

Paul Franklin, Sr.

School for Girls

Charles Waltham

Good Dame

Judge Flynn

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

Squire Beamish

Supernatural

Nicky Hammond

Reckless Decision

Rev. John MacDougall

Flaming Guns

Henry Ramsey

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

William Belmont

The Drifter

The Wide Open Spaces

U.S. Marshal

Law of the Sea

Captain Len Andrews

The Pagan Lady

Malcolm 'Mal' Todd

A Connecticut Yankee

King Arthur / Inventor

Ten Nights in a Bar-room

Joe Morgan

The Painted Desert

Cash Holbrook

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

Louis XV

Tropical Nights

The Man Who Fights Alone

John Marble

The Gunfighter

Billy Buell

Brass Commandments

Stephen 'Flash' Lanning

Without Compromise

Dick Leighton

Moonshine Valley

Ned Connors

Shackles of Gold

John Gibbs

A Stage Romance

Edmund Kean

Perjury

Robert Moore

His Greatest Sacrifice

Richard Hall

The Scuttlers

Jim Landers

Drag Harlan

If I Were King

François Villon

The Joyous Trouble-Makers

William Steele

The Orphan

The Adventurer

Don Caesar de Bazan

Heart Strings

Pierre Fournel

Wings of the Morning

Capt. Robert Anstruther

The Last of the Duanes

Buck Duane

Wolves of the Night

Bruce Andrews

The Lone Star Ranger

Steele

The Man Hunter

George Arnold

For Freedom

Robert Wayne

The Rainbow Trail

Lassiter / Shefford

Riders of the Purple Sage

Lassiter

True Blue

Bob McKeever

Rough and Ready

Bill Stratton

The Heart of a Lion

Barney Kemper

Les Misérables

Jean Valjean

When a Man Sees Red

Larry Smith

The Conqueror

Sam Houston

American Methods

William Armstrong

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton

The Price of Silence

Senator Frank Deering

Fires of Conscience

George Baxter

The Man from Bitter Roots

Bruce Burt

The Battle of Hearts

Martin Cane

The Bondman

Stephen Orry/Jason Orry

A Soldier's Oath

Pierre Duval

The Wonderful Adventure

Martin Stanley

The Sign of the Cross

Marcus Superbus

The Spoilers

Roy Glenister