Birth Day: 1876-07-03
Place of birth: 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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As The King
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As Tom Crockett
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As Himself
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As Bill Franum
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As Board of Inquiry Chairman
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As Conti Peruzzi
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As Tubal
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As Father Vallejo
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As Western Saloon Set Hero
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As Sandy McTavish
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As Rodeo Official
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As Carter J. Latham Jr.
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As Capt. Rawson
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As Judge Polson
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As The Sacristan
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As Dad Courtwright
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As Dr. Thad Morgan
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As Louisiana Judge
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As Colonel Mallory
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As Senator Huyler
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As Judge Ezra Binns
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As Texas Ranger Major McNeil
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As Wheaton
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As General Sam Houston
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As Warden Burke
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As Ward Beecham
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As Texas Ranger Major McNeill
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As Court Attendant
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As Priest
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As Don Miguel Murphy
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As Father McKim
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As Colonel Tom Ryder
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As Commissioner McNeill
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As Padre
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As Padre Dominic
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As Senator Timothy Nolan
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As Sheriff George Glenn
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As George Brennan Westmore (Editor)
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As Dave Carson
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As Milt Brower
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As Father McKim
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As General Barbezier
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As Crown Justice Sewall
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As Sheriff Matt Doniphon
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As Banker Maxwell
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As Bill Mason
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As Gordon Gaunt
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As Father José
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As Sharad
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As James Fitzpatrick
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As James Fitzpatrick
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As El Toro
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As Pop Wiley
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As Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
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As Crusades Actor (uncredited)
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As Sam Oreham - Banker
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As Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad
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As John Wellington / Rand
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As Charles Waltham
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As Col. Curtis
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As Joe Larkins
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As Paul Franklin, Sr.
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As Judge Flynn
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As Lepidus
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As Gov. Bellingham
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As B.J. Dexter
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As Rev. John MacDougall
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As Squire Beamish
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As Nicky Hammond
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As Henry Ramsey
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As William Belmont
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As The Drifter
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As King Arthur / Inventor
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As Joe Morgan
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As U.S. Marshal
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As Cash Holbrook
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As Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
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As Captain Len Andrews
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As Louis XV
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As John Marble
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As Billy Buell
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As Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
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As Ned Connors
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As Dick Leighton
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As John Gibbs
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As Richard Hall
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As Drag Harlan
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As François Villon
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As Buck Duane
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As Steele
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As Bill Stratton
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As Lassiter
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As Lassiter / Shefford
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As Bob McKeever
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As Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
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As Jean Valjean
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As Larry Smith
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As Sam Houston
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As Stephen Orry/Jason Orry
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As George Baxter
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As Martin Stanley
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As Maurice Brachard
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As Marcus Superbus
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As Roy Glenister