
William Farnum
Born July 3, 1876 · 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. 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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The Mummy's Curse

Captain Kidd

The Spoilers

The Lambs' All-Star Gambol

For Freedom

The Corsican Brothers

If I Were King

South of the Border

Last of the Duanes

Adventures of Red Ryder

A Tale of Two Cities

Trail of Robin Hood

Sharad of Atlantis

Shine On Harvest Moon

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Custer's Last Stand

Rovin' Tumbleweeds

Git Along Little Dogies

Custer's Last Stand

Kit Carson

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

Daughter of the West

The Adventurer

Hollywood Story

Les Misérables

The Vigilantes Are Coming

School for Girls

The Secret of Treasure Island

The Eagle's Brood

Brass Commandments

Tennessee Johnson

The Crusades

Rolling Home

The Man from Bitter Roots

American Empire

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

Maid of Salem

Frontier Badmen

The Wide Open Spaces

Ten Nights in a Bar-room

The Brand of Hate

Santa Fe Stampede

Bride of Vengeance

Supernatural

The Painted Desert

The Battle of Hearts

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

The Man Who Fights Alone

My Dog Shep

Law of the Sea

Public Cowboy No. 1

The Joyous Trouble-Makers

A Stage Romance

The Last of the Duanes

The Silver Streak

Colorado Sunset

The Lone Star Ranger

Hi-Yo Silver

Gangs of Sonora

The Pagan Lady

Lone Star Ranger

The Lone Ranger

Wolves of the Night

Heart Strings

The Spoilers

The Silver Bullet

A Soldier's Oath

Convicted Woman

Wings of the Morning

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

Mexicali Rose

Powdersmoke Range

Good Dame

Riders of the Purple Sage

The Scarlet Letter

If I Were King

A Connecticut Yankee

Between Men

Men of Texas

Hollywood Extra Girl

Wildfire

The Sign of the Cross

Million Dollar Haul

Tropical Nights

True Blue

God's Country

Rough and Ready

The Price of Silence

Happy Landing

When a Man Sees Red

Without Compromise

Are We Civilized?

Flaming Guns

The Rainbow Trail

Fires of Conscience

The Heart of a Lion

The Orphan

The Wonderful Adventure

Today I Hang

The Drifter

Reckless Decision

The Kid Ranger

Gun Cargo

American Methods

The Gunfighter

The Conqueror

Moonshine Valley

His Greatest Sacrifice

The Scuttlers

The Man Hunter

The Bondman

Shackles of Gold

Perjury

The Irish Gringo




