William Farnum | |
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 Farnum in 1917 | |
| Born | July 4, 1876 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | June 5, 1953 (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1900–1952 |
| Spouse(s) | Mabel Eaton (m. ??; div. ??) Olive White
(m. 1906; div. 1931)Isabelle Major
(m. 1932) |
| Children | 5, including Dorothy Farnum |
| Relatives | Dustin Farnum (brother) Marshall Farnum (brother) |
William Farnum (July 4, 1876 – June 5, 1953) was an American actor. He was a star of American silent cinema, and he became one of the highest-paid actors during this time.
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Biography
Farnum was born on July 4, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, but he grew up in Bucksport, Maine.[1]
One of three brothers, Farnum grew up in a family of actors. He made his acting debut at the age of 10 in Richmond, Virginia, in a production of Julius Caesar, with Edwin Booth playing the title character.
He portrayed the title character of Ben-Hur (1900) on Broadway. Later plays Farnum appeared in there included The Prince of India (1906), The White Sister (1909), The Littlest Rebel (1911) co-starring his brother Dustin, and Arizona (1913), also with Dustin.[2]
In The Spoilers in 1914, Farnum and Tom Santschi staged a film fight which lasted for a full reel. In 1930, Farnum and Santschi coached Gary Cooper and William Boyd in the fight scene for the 1930 version of The Spoilers. Other actors influenced by the Farnum/Santschi scene were Milton Sills and Noah Beery in 1923 and Randolph Scott and John Wayne in 1942.[3]
From 1915 to 1952, Farnum devoted his life to motion pictures. He became one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, earning $10,000 per week.[citation needed] Farnum's silent pictures Drag Harlan (1920) and If I Were King (1921) survive from his years contracted to Fox Films. Nearly all of Fox's silent films made before 1932 were destroyed in a vault fire in 1937.
Personal life
Married three times, Farnum was the father of screenwriter Dorothy Farnum with Mabel Eaton.[4] He had a daughter, named Sara Adele, with Olive White, his second wife. He had three children with Isabelle, his third wifer.[5]
Farnum died from uremia and cancer on June 5, 1953 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital.[6][7] He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[8]
On February 8, 1960, Farnum received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion-picture industry at 6322 Hollywood Boulevard.[9][10]
He was the younger brother of film actor Dustin Farnum. He had another brother, Marshall Farnum, who was a silent film director.[citation needed]
Filmography
Silent
- The Redemption of David Corson (1914, Short) as David Corson
- The Spoilers (1914) as Roy Glenister
- The Sign of the Cross (1914, extant; Library of Congress) as Marcus Superbus
- Samson (1915) as Maurice Brachard
- A Gilded Fool (1915) as Chauncey Short
- The Governor (1915) as Philip Morrow
- The Plunderer (1915) as Bill Matthews
- The Wonderful Adventure (1915) as Martin Stanley / Wilton Demarest
- The Broken Law (1915) as Daniel Esmond - later Known as Lavengro
- A Soldier's Oath (1915) as Pierre Duval
- Fighting Blood (1916) as Lem Hardy
- The Bondman (1916) as Stephen Orry / Jason Orry
- A Man of Sorrow (1916) as Jack Hewlitt
- The Battle of Hearts (1916) as Martin Cane
- The Man from Bitter Roots (1916) as Bruce Burt
- The End of the Trail (1916) as Jules Le Clerq
- The Fires of Conscience (1916) as George Baxter
- The Price of Silence (1917) as Senator Frank Deering
- A Tale of Two Cities (1917) as Charles Darnay/Sydney Carton
- American Methods (1917) as William Armstrong
- The Conqueror (1917) as Sam Houston
- When a Man Sees Red (1917) as Larry Smith
- Les Misérables (1917) as Jean Valjean
- The Heart of a Lion (1917) as Barney Kemper
- The Scarlet Car (1917) as Billy Winthrop
- Rough and Ready (1918) as Bill Stratton
- True Blue (1918) as Bob McKeever
- Riders of the Purple Sage (1918) as Lassiter
- The Rainbow Trail (1918) as Lassiter/Shefford
- For Freedom (1918) as Robert Wayne
- The Man Hunter (1919) as George Arnold
- The Jungle Trail (1919) as Robert Morgan
- The Lone Star Ranger (1919)[11] as Steele
- Wolves of the Night (1919) as Bruce Andrews
- The Last of the Duanes (1919) as Buck Duane
- Wings of the Morning (1919) as Capt. Robert Anstruther/Robert Jenks
- Heart Strings (1920) as Pierre Fournel
- The Adventurer (1920) as Don Caesar de Bazan
- The Orphan (1920) as The Orphan
- The Joyous Troublemaker (1920) as William Steele
- If I Were King (1920) as François Villon
- Drag Harlan (1920) as Drag Harlan
- The Scuttlers (1920) as Jim Landers
- His Greatest Sacrifice (1921) as Richard Hall
- Perjury (1921) as Robert Moore
- A Stage of Romance (1922) as Edmund Kean (Character)
- Shackles of Gold (1922) as John Gibbs
- Moonshine Valley (1922) as Ned Connors
- Without Compromise (1922) as Dick Leighton
- Brass Commandments (1923) as Stephen 'Flash' Lanning
- The Gunfighter (1923) as Billy Buell
- The Man Who Fights Alone (1924) as John Marble
- Tropical Nights (1928)
Sound
- The Spoilers (1930) as Fight Spectator
- Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930) as Louis XV
- The Painted Desert (1931) as Cash Holbrook
- Ten Nights in a Barroom (1931) as Joe Morgan
- A Connecticut Yankee (1931) as King Arthur/Inventor
- The Pagan Lady (1931) as Malcolm 'Mal' Todd
- Law of the Sea (1931) as Captain Len Andrews
- The Drifter (1932) as The Drifter
- Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932) as William Belmont
- Flaming Guns (1932) as Henry Ramsey
- Supernatural (1933) as Nick 'Nicky' Hammond
- Fighting with Kit Carson (1933, Serial) as Elliott (Ch. 1)
- Another Language (1933) as C. Forrester (uncredited)
- Marriage on Approval (1933) as Reverend John MacDougall
- Good Dame (1934) as Judge Flynn
- School for Girls (1934) as Charles Waltham
- Are We Civilized? (1934) as Paul Franklin, Sr.
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) as Captain Leclere
- Happy Landing (1934) as Col. Curtis
- The Scarlet Letter (1934) as Gov. Bellingham
- Cleopatra (1934) as Lepidus
- The Brand of Hate (1934) as Joe Larkins
- The Silver Streak (1934) as Barney J. Dexter
- Million Dollar Haul (1935) as Mr. Mallory, Sheila's Dad
- The Crusades (1935) as Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
- Powdersmoke Range (1935) as Sam Oreham - Banker
- The Eagle's Brood (1935) as El Toro
- Between Men (1935) as John Wellington, aka Rand
- The Irish Gringo (1935) as Pop Wiley
- The Fighting Coward (1935) as Jim Horton
- Custer's Last Stand (1936, Serial) as James Fitzpatrick
- The Kid Ranger (1936) as Bill Mason
- The Clutching Hand (1936, Serial) as Gordon Gaunt
- Undersea Kingdom (1936, Serial) as Sharad
- Hollywood Boulevard (1936, scenes deleted)
- The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936, Serial) as Father José
- Maid of Salem (1937) as Crown Justice Sewall
- Git Along Little Dogies (1937) as Mr. Maxwell
- Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937) as Sheriff Matt Doniphon
- The Lone Ranger (1938, Serial) as Father McKim
- If I Were King (1938) as General Barbezier
- Santa Fe Stampede (1938) as Dave Carson
- Shine On, Harvest Moon (1938) as Milt Brower
- Mexicali Rose (1939) as Padre Dominic
- Should Husbands Work? (1939) as Friend
- Colorado Sunset (1939) as Sheriff George Glenn
- Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939) as Senator Timothy Nolan
- South of the Border (1939) as Padre
- Convicted Woman (1940) as Commissioner McNeill
- Adventures of Red Ryder (1940, Serial) as Colonel Tom Ryder [Ch. 1]
- Kit Carson (1940) as Don Miguel Murphy
- Hi-Yo Silver (1940) as Father McKim (archive footage)
- The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) as Vagabond
- Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) as Judge Peters
- A Woman's Face (1941) as Court Attendant
- Gangs of Sonora (1941) as Ward Beecham
- Last of the Duanes (1941) as Texas Ranger Major McNeil
- The Corsican Brothers (1941) as Priest
- Today I Hang (1942) as Warden Burke
- The Lone Star Ranger (1942) as Texas Ranger Major McNeil
- The Spoilers (1942) as Wheaton
- Men of Texas (1942) as General Sam Houston
- The Silver Bullet (1942) as Dr. Thad Morgan
- Boss of Hangtown Mesa (1942) as Judge Ezra Binns
- Tish (1942) as John
- Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942) as Colonel Mallory
- American Empire (1942) as Louisiana Judge
- Tennessee Johnson (1942) as Senator Huyler
- Calaboose (1943) as Checkers Player
- Prairie Chickens (1943) as Cache Lake Townsman
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943) as Viktorin
- Frontier Badmen (1943) as Dad Courtwright
- The Mummy's Curse (1944) as Sacristan
- Wildfire (1945) as Judge Polson
- Captain Kidd (1945) as Capt. Rawson
- God's Country (1946) as Sandy McTavish
- Rolling Home (1946) as Rodeo Official
- My Dog Shep (1946) as Carter J. Latham
- The Perils of Pauline (1947) as Western Saloon Set Hero
- Heaven Only Knows (1947) as Gabriel
- Daughter of the West (1949) as Father Vallejo
- Bride of Vengeance (1949) as Conti Peruzzi
- Samson and Delilah (1949) as Tubal
- Gun Cargo (1949) as Board of Inquiry Chairman
- Trail of Robin Hood (1950) as Bill Franum
- Hollywood Story (1951) as Himself
- Lone Star (1952) as Senator Tom Crockett
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) as The King
References
- ^ Lowrey, Carolyn (1920). The First One Hundred Noted Men and Women of the Screen. Moffat, Yard. p. 56. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "William Farnum". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ Griffith, Richard, &Arthur Mayer, The Movies (Bonanza Books, 1957), pp. 98-99
- ^ The Los Angeles Times; October 17, 1927
- ^ "The Times-News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
- ^ "The Evening Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
- ^ "The Times-News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
- ^ Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries
- ^ "William Farnum | Hollywood Walk of Fame". www.walkoffame.com. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
- ^ "William Farnum". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
- ^ Wenzell, Nicolette (April 3, 2016). "1919 movie 'The Lone Star Ranger' shot in Palm Springs". The Desert Sun. Gannett.
External links
- William Farnum at IMDb
- William Farnum at Find a Grave
- William Farnum at the Internet Broadway Database
- William Farnum at Virtual History
- Bill Farnum at the end of his theater career and start of his movie career(moviecard)
- shipboard portrait of Mrs. William Farnum(Olive White) and daughter Adele Farnum
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This page was last edited on 26 March 2023, at 12:56