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.
123 movies
Lone Star
1952·5.7
Jack and the Beanstalk
1952·5.7
Hollywood Story
1951·6.7
Trail of Robin Hood
1950·6.3
Samson and Delilah
1949·6.6
Gun Cargo
1949·8.0
Bride of Vengeance
1949·5.4
Daughter of the West
1949·8.0
The Perils of Pauline
1947·6.7
Rolling Home
1946·5.7
My Dog Shep
1946·6.3
God's Country
1946·7.0
Captain Kidd
1945·6.3
Wildfire
1945·4.0
The Mummy's Curse
1944·5.5
Frontier Badmen
1943·7.0
American Empire
1942·5.0
Tennessee Johnson
1942·6.4
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942·7.5
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942·10.0
The Silver Bullet
1942·6.0
Men of Texas
1942·9.0
The Spoilers
1942·6.2
Lone Star Ranger
1942·5.3
Today I Hang
1942·5.7
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941·7.0
The Corsican Brothers
1941·7.0
Last of the Duanes
1941·6.5
Gangs of Sonora
1941·8.0
A Woman's Face
1941·6.8
Kit Carson
1940·6.1
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940·6.7
Hi-Yo Silver
1940·7.0
Convicted Woman
1940·4.6
South of the Border
1939·6.0
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939·5.7
Colorado Sunset
1939·7.0
Mexicali Rose
1939·7.0
Shine On Harvest Moon
1938·5.0
Santa Fe Stampede
1938·5.6
If I Were King
1938·7.1
The Secret of Treasure Island
1938·4.5
The Lone Ranger
1938·7.0
Public Cowboy No. 1
1937·6.2
Git Along Little Dogies
1937·7.0
Maid of Salem
1937·6.2
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936·7.8
Sharad of Atlantis
1936·4.5
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936·5.2
Custer's Last Stand
1936·8.0
The Kid Ranger
1936·4.5
Custer's Last Stand
1936·5.3
The Irish Gringo
1935·8.0
Between Men
1935·6.3
The Eagle's Brood
1935·5.8
Powdersmoke Range
1935·10.0
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935·7.5
The Crusades
1935·6.4
Million Dollar Haul
1935·6.0
The Silver Streak
1934·6.9
The Brand of Hate
1934·5.8
Cleopatra
1934·6.1
The Scarlet Letter
1934·5.1
Happy Landing
1934·10.0
Are We Civilized?
1934·6.0
School for Girls
1934·7.5
Good Dame
1934·7.0
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
1933·1.0
Supernatural
1933·6.2
Reckless Decision
1933·5.3
Flaming Guns
1932·7.5
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932·6.3
The Drifter
1932·6.0
The Wide Open Spaces
1931·7.0
Law of the Sea
1931·6.3
The Pagan Lady
1931·4.0
A Connecticut Yankee
1931·6.1
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
1931·5.6
The Painted Desert
1931·5.2
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930·6.0
Tropical Nights
1928·8.0
The Man Who Fights Alone
1924·8.0
The Gunfighter
1923·8.0
Brass Commandments
1923·8.0
Without Compromise
1922·7.0
Moonshine Valley
1922·8.0
Shackles of Gold
1922·3.3
A Stage Romance
1922·7.0
Perjury
1921·10.0
His Greatest Sacrifice
1921·4.5
The Scuttlers
1920·7.0
Drag Harlan
1920·9.0
If I Were King
1920·10.0
The Joyous Trouble-Makers
1920·9.0
The Orphan
1920·10.0
The Adventurer
1920·8.0
Heart Strings
1920·8.0
Wings of the Morning
1919·4.0
The Last of the Duanes
1919·10.0
Wolves of the Night
1919·7.0
The Lone Star Ranger
1919·9.0
The Man Hunter
1919·7.0
For Freedom
1918·0.0
The Rainbow Trail
1918·0.0
Riders of the Purple Sage
1918·0.0
True Blue
1918·0.0
Rough and Ready
1918·0.0
The Heart of a Lion
1917·0.0
Les Misérables
1917·5.0
When a Man Sees Red
1917·0.0
The Conqueror
1917·0.0
American Methods
1917·1.0
A Tale of Two Cities
1917·4.8
The Price of Silence
1917·0.0
Fires of Conscience
1916·0.0
The Man from Bitter Roots
1916·0.0
The Battle of Hearts
1916·0.0
The Bondman
1916·0.0
A Soldier's Oath
1915·0.0
The Wonderful Adventure
1915·1.0
Samson
1915·10.0
The Sign of the Cross
1914·5.1
The Spoilers
1914·6.2