Biography
Leading man in silent films until mid to late 1920s when Farnum transitioned to a character actor. Then later in life he remained in the film business as a paid extra in many films and TV shows.
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Filmography
all 286
Movies 285
TV Shows 1
Writer 1
Townsman (uncredited)
Cimarron (1960)
Movie
Office Worker (uncredited)
The Apartment (1960)
Movie
4
Audience Member (uncredited)
The Hypnotic Eye (1960)
Movie
Juror (uncredited)
The Story on Page One (1959)
Movie
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Movie
5.33
Townsman (uncredited)
The Mating Game (1959)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Movie
6.59
Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)
Some Came Running (1958)
Movie
6
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
Movie
New Year's Eve Party Reveller
Home Before Dark (1958)
Movie
Postmaster (uncredited)
Money, Women and Guns (1958)
Movie
Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
King Creole (1958)
Movie
Barrister (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Movie
4.9
Passenger at Airport (uncredited)
Wild Is the Wind (1957)
Movie
Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey (1957)
Movie
Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
Until They Sail (1957)
Movie
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Joker Is Wild (1957)
Movie
Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Movie
1
Barfly (uncredited)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Movie
4
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
She Devil (1957)
Movie
Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
Funny Face (1957)
Movie
6
Audience Member
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
Movie
Patron at 21 (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex (1956)
Movie
Extra (uncredited)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Movie
4.67
Druggist (Uncredited)
The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)
Movie
Dance Extra (uncredited)
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
High Society (1956)
Movie
6
Delegate (uncredited)
The First Texan (1956)
Movie
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
The Killing (1956)
Movie
4.33
Passerby (uncredited)
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
Movie
Inside Detroit (1956)
Movie
Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
A Lawless Street (1955)
Movie
4
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Illegal (1955)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Pedestrian (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen (1955)
Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Wichita (1955)
Movie
Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Chicago Syndicate (1955)
Movie
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Movie
5.1
Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
East of Eden (1955)
Movie
1
Ten Wanted Men (1955)
Movie
Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
Black Tuesday (1954)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
Black Widow (1954)
Movie
Club Patron (uncredited)
White Christmas (1954)
Movie
10
Ray (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1954)
Movie
Juror (uncredited)
Broken Lance (1954)
Movie
Barfly (uncredited)
Calamity Jane (1953)
Movie
Club Manager (uncredited)
Vicki (1953)
Movie
Man Departing Train
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
Movie
Assistant on Set (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Movie
7
The Steel Trap (1952)
Movie
Tourist in Show (Uncredited)
Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)
Movie
Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)
Captain Pirate (1952)
Movie
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Carrie (1952)
Movie
Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Narrow Margin (1952)
Movie
Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)
The Half-Breed (1952)
Movie
Spectator (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Movie
Settler (uncredited)
Fort Osage (1952)
Movie
Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)
This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
Movie
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
Movie
Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
Movie
Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)
The Stooge (1951)
Movie
Board Member (uncredited)
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine (1951)
Movie
Waiter (Uncredited)
Love Nest (1951)
Movie
Passenger on Airplane
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Movie
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Roadblock (1951)
Movie
The Strange Door (1951)
Movie
4
Company Executive (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Movie
5.67
Reverend (uncredited)
The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)
Movie
Officer
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Movie
Board Member (uncredited)
The Mating Season (1951)
Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
California Passage (1950)
Movie
Coroner (uncredited)
Woman on the Run (1950)
Movie
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
All About Eve (1950)
Movie
5.33
Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Union Station (1950)
Movie
Subway Commuter (uncredited)
Pretty Baby (1950)
Movie
Screenwriter
The Screen Writer (1950)
Movie
Undertaker
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Movie
5.25
Country Club Guest
The Second Woman (1950)
Movie
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Destination Moon (1950)
Movie
Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
Bright Leaf (1950)
Movie
Arthur Mansfield
Destination Murder (1950)
Movie
Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Movie
Train Passenger (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own (1950)
Movie
Cashier (uncredited)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Movie
4.33
Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
Movie
Maitre D' (uncredited)
My Friend Irma (1949)
Movie
Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)
The Heiress (1949)
Movie
5.5
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Movie
House of Strangers (1949)
Movie
Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)
Massacre River (1949)
Movie
Johnny Allegro (1949)
Movie
Casino Patron (uncredited)
The Lady Gambles (1949)
Movie
Supporter
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
Movie
Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)
Cover Up (1949)
Movie
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door (1949)
Movie
Marty Freeman (uncredited)
Slightly French (1949)
Movie
Country Club Member (uncredited)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Movie
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
My Dear Secretary (1948)
Movie
Man on Jury (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Movie
Man (uncredited)
Race Street (1948)
Movie
Big Winner (uncredited)
Hollow Triumph (1948)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
Stage Struck (1948)
Movie
Wallflower (1948)
Movie
Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)
Big Town Scandal (1948)
Movie
Mr. Norton (uncredited)
Assigned to Danger (1948)
Movie
Worshiper
The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Movie
6
(uncredited)
The Big Clock (1948)
Movie
Barfly (uncredited)
Albuquerque (1948)
Movie
Al (uncredited)
Black Bart (1948)
Movie
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Three Daring Daughters (1948)
Movie
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
I Walk Alone (1947)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
A Double Life (1947)
Movie
Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Movie
Ship Lounge Extra
Road to Rio (1947)
Movie
3.89
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
Movie
Party Guest
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Movie
Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)
Blondie in the Dough (1947)
Movie
Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
Merton of the Movies (1947)
Movie
Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Movie
1
High Tide (1947)
Movie
Restaurant Patron
Exposed (1947)
Movie
Faculty Member (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Movie
6
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Movie
Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses
So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)
Movie
Poker Player (Uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend (1947)
Movie
Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
Deception (1946)
Movie
Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Sister Kenny (1946)
Movie
Man in Audience (uncredited)
The Jolson Story (1946)
Movie
Man on Train (Uncredited)
Crack-Up (1946)
Movie
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
Movie
Concert Attendee (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Movie
5.14
Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)
Fallen Angel (1945)
Movie
6
Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)
Purity Squad (1945)
Movie
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
Movie
Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
Movie
Customer
Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
Movie
Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)
Over 21 (1945)
Movie
Lady on a Train (1945)
Movie
Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Movie
Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)
Wonder Man (1945)
Movie
Reporter (Uncredited)
I Love a Mystery (1945)
Movie
4.71
Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
A Song to Remember (1945)
Movie
Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Great Flamarion (1945)
Movie
Rancher (uncredited)
Saddle Leather Law (1944)
Movie
Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)
In Society (1944)
Movie
Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
The Great Moment (1944)
Movie
Miner
Call of the Rockies (1944)
Movie
Church Usher (uncredited)
Going My Way (1944)
Movie
6
Ball Guest (uncredited)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Movie
6
R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
Appointment in Berlin (1943)
Movie
Bartender Homer (uncredited)
Frontier Fury (1943)
Movie
Juror
Crime Doctor (1943)
Movie
Ticket Hawker
Vaudeville Days (1942)
Movie
Policeman (uncredited)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
Movie
3.5
Creditor
Silver Queen (1942)
Movie
I Married a Witch (1942)
Movie
Barfly
Northwest Rangers (1942)
Movie
Federal Agent
The Secret Code (1942)
Movie
Farmer (uncredited)
Men of the Sky (1942)
Movie
Chicago Businessman
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
Movie
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Johnny Eager (1941)
Movie
Juror (uncredited)
The Night of January 16th (1941)
Movie
Conventioneer Extra
Three Girls About Town (1941)
Movie
Court Officer (uncredited)
Mr. Celebrity (1941)
Movie
Barfly (uncredited)
Belle Starr (1941)
Movie
Bit Role
This Woman Is Mine (1941)
Movie
6
Military Officer (uncredited)
In the Navy (1941)
Movie
3.5
(uncredited)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Movie
6
Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Movie
4.5
Officer (uncredited)
Buck Privates (1941)
Movie
4.33
Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
Movie
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Movie
Pete
The Green Archer (1940)
Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Movie
Townsman
Under Texas Skies (1940)
Movie
Rancher
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)
Movie
Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
Boom Town (1940)
Movie
Clayton
Deadwood Dick (1940)
Movie
Marine Officer
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
Movie
5.22
Prison Guard
The House Across the Bay (1940)
Movie
4
Sparks
The Shadow (1940)
Movie
Board Member
Reno (1939)
Movie
Well-Wisher
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Movie
Juror
Almost a Gentleman (1939)
Movie
Deputy Frank (uncredited)
Stagecoach (1939)
Movie
4.33
Cowboy (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Movie
The Lawyer
Prison Train (1938)
Movie
Rodeo Spectator
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
Movie
2nd Train Conductor (uncredited)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Movie
Stone
Romance of the Rockies (1937)
Movie
Spectator (uncredited)
The Game That Kills (1937)
Movie
(uncredited)
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Movie
Bidder (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
Movie
History is Made at Night (1937)
Movie
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Movie
4
Shelby
What Becomes of the Children? (1936)
Movie
Lawyer George Lessin
Frontier Justice (1936)
Movie
Nicky
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)
Movie
Mike - Ticket Taker
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
Movie
5.44
James Deley
The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
Movie
The Broken Coin (1936)
Movie
Major Marcus Reno
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
Movie
Jim Reece
Powdersmoke Range (1935)
Movie
Dance Extra (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory (1935)
Movie
Riley
Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935)
Movie
Marshal Joe Mullane
The Silver Bullet (1935)
Movie
Bartender
Fighting Caballero (1935)
Movie
Jim Bullard
The Ghost Rider (1935)
Movie
Crooked Dealer
The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935)
Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Movie
Jones
Desert Mesa (1935)
Movie
George Wilson
Frontier Days (1934)
Movie
Case aka Green
West of the Law (1934)
Movie
Gore
The Lone Rider (1934)
Movie
Sheriff Ed Dawson
Pals of the West (1934)
Movie
Henchman Frank
Carrying the Mail (1934)
Movie
Carter, the Banker
Arizona Cyclone (1934)
Movie
Saloonkeeper
Honor of the Range (1934)
Movie
Fred Palmer
Border Guns (1934)
Movie
Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'
The Honor of the Press (1932)
Movie
Sheriff
The Reckless Rider (1932)
Movie
Sheriff Jake Ludlow
Mark of the Spur (1932)
Movie
Sheriff
Human Targets (1932)
Movie
Army Captain
Oklahoma Jim (1931)
Movie
Benson
Left Over Ladies (1931)
Movie
Nelson
Three Rogues (1931)
Movie
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
See America Thirst (1930)
Movie
Fire Department Captain
The Third Alarm (1930)
Movie
Joe Kemp
Beyond the Rio Grande (1930)
Movie
Master of Ceremonies
Dames Ahoy (1930)
Movie
Marmaduke Mortimer Grandon
The Drug Store Cowboy (1925)
Movie
Battling Jack Brewster
Battling Brewster (1924)
Movie
The Unknown
A Desperate Adventure (1924)
Movie
Ted Ransom
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot (1924)
Movie
Actor
It Happened Out West (1923)
Movie
Bill Holt
The Firebrand (1922)
Movie
Actor
Gold Grabbers (1922)
Movie
James Brown
Gun-Shy (1922)
Movie
Jack Bray
The White Masks (1921)
Movie
Dick Storm
The Struggle (1921)
Movie
Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP
The Raiders (1921)
Movie
Rance Sparr
The Last Chance (1921)
Movie
Maslun
The Hunger of the Blood (1921)
Movie
Australia Joe
The Fighting Stranger (1921)
Movie
Undetermined Role
The Land of Jazz (1920)
Movie
Andy Green
The Galloping Devil (1920)
Movie
Silent Joe
Vanishing Trails (1920)
Movie
Actor
The Cowboy and the Rajah (1919)
Movie
Actor
Cupid's Roundup (1919)
Movie
Actor
Breezy Bob (1919)
Movie
Edward Dorin
The Virtuous Model (1919)
Movie
William (Bill) Dexter
Brother Bill (1919)
Movie
Lonesome
When Pals Fall Out (1919)
Movie
Actor
Shackles of Fate (1919)
Movie
Actor
The Puncher and the Pup (1919)
Movie
Ford Cameron
The Uphill Climb (1919)
Movie
Jim Westgard Jr.
Vengeance and the Girl (1919)
Movie
Garringer
Go-Get-Em Garringer (1919)
Movie
Actor
Hell's Fury Gordon (1919)
Movie
Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle
The Two Doyles (1919)
Movie
Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat
The Desert Rat (1919)
Movie
Drew Garrett
Vanity Pool (1918)
Movie
Dr. John O'Neill
In Judgment of... (1918)
Movie
Henry Egbert Xerxes
The Empty Cab (1918)
Movie
Dick Arlington
$5,000 Reward (1918)
Movie
Lawrence Percival Van Huyler
Fast Company (1918)
Movie
Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien
The Rough Lover (1918)
Movie
Billy Kennedy
The Fighting Grin (1918)
Movie
Billy Winthrop
The Scarlet Car (1917)
Movie
Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever
The Winged Mystery (1917)
Movie
Teddy Crosby
Anything Once (1917)
Movie
John Winton
A Stormy Knight (1917)
Movie
Robber
The Empty Gun (1917)
Movie
Stuart Adams
The Clean-Up (1917)
Movie
Arnold Baird
The Car of Chance (1917)
Movie
Peter Drake
Bringing Home Father (1917)
Movie
Jack Tempest
The Clock (1917)
Movie
Gregory Van Houten
The Devil's Pay Day (1917)
Movie
Monty Gray
The Man Who Took a Chance (1917)
Movie
James Allis
Little Partner (1916)
Movie
John Gray
The Woman He Feared (1916)
Movie
Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis
A Stranger from Somewhere (1916)
Movie
Felix, the Man
Love Never Dies (1916)
Movie
Frank Masterson
The Heart of a Show Girl (1916)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.3
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1878-06-05
Deathday1961-07-04 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceBoston, United States of America
RelationshipsAlma Rubens (1918-01-01 - 1919-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWilliam Smith, Franklin Farnum, Frank Farnum
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