William Farnum
1876-07-03 ( 148 years old ) in 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.

Movies

Lone Star 1952-10-24
Jack and the Beanstalk 1952-04-07
Hollywood Story 1951-06-01
Trail of Robin Hood 1950-12-15
Samson and Delilah 1949-12-21
Gun Cargo 1949-10-05
Bride of Vengeance 1949-04-07
Daughter of the West 1949-02-15
The Perils of Pauline 1947-07-04
Rolling Home 1946-11-01
My Dog Shep 1946-11-01
God's Country 1946-03-15
Captain Kidd 1945-11-22
Wildfire 1945-07-18
The Mummy's Curse 1944-12-22
Frontier Badmen 1943-08-05
American Empire 1942-12-11
Tennessee Johnson 1942-12-01
Deep in the Heart of Texas 1942-09-25
Boss of Hangtown Mesa 1942-08-21
The Silver Bullet 1942-08-05
Men of Texas 1942-07-03
The Spoilers 1942-06-11
Lone Star Ranger 1942-03-20
Today I Hang 1942-01-09
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 1941-12-05
The Corsican Brothers 1941-11-28
Last of the Duanes 1941-09-26
Gangs of Sonora 1941-07-10
A Woman's Face 1941-05-09
Kit Carson 1940-08-30
Adventures of Red Ryder 1940-06-28
Hi-Yo Silver 1940-04-10
Convicted Woman 1940-01-31
South of the Border 1939-12-15
Rovin' Tumbleweeds 1939-11-16
Colorado Sunset 1939-07-30
Mexicali Rose 1939-03-26
Shine On Harvest Moon 1938-12-30
Santa Fe Stampede 1938-11-18
If I Were King 1938-09-28
The Secret of Treasure Island 1938-03-17
The Lone Ranger 1938-02-13
Public Cowboy No. 1 1937-06-11
Git Along Little Dogies 1937-03-27
Maid of Salem 1937-02-12
The Vigilantes Are Coming 1936-08-21
Sharad of Atlantis 1936-05-30
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand 1936-04-17
Custer's Last Stand 1936-04-02
The Kid Ranger 1936-02-05
Custer's Last Stand 1936-01-02
The Irish Gringo 1935-12-01
Between Men 1935-10-29
The Eagle's Brood 1935-10-25
Powdersmoke Range 1935-09-27
Hollywood Extra Girl 1935-08-22
The Crusades 1935-08-21
Million Dollar Haul 1935-04-02
The Silver Streak 1934-12-21
The Brand of Hate 1934-11-02
Cleopatra 1934-10-05
The Scarlet Letter 1934-09-18
Happy Landing 1934-09-01
Are We Civilized? 1934-06-05
School for Girls 1934-03-22
Good Dame 1934-03-16
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles 1933-07-13
Supernatural 1933-04-21
Reckless Decision 1933-01-01
Flaming Guns 1932-12-22
Mr. Robinson Crusoe 1932-08-19
The Drifter 1932-01-10
The Wide Open Spaces 1931-12-28
Law of the Sea 1931-12-15
The Pagan Lady 1931-09-07
A Connecticut Yankee 1931-04-06
Ten Nights in a Bar-room 1931-03-01
The Painted Desert 1931-01-18
Du Barry, Woman of Passion 1930-10-10
Tropical Nights 1928-12-10
The Man Who Fights Alone 1924-09-15
The Gunfighter 1923-09-02
Brass Commandments 1923-01-28
Without Compromise 1922-10-29
Moonshine Valley 1922-08-27
Shackles of Gold 1922-04-30
A Stage Romance 1922-03-05
Perjury 1921-08-14
His Greatest Sacrifice 1921-04-17
Drag Harlan 1920-10-24
If I Were King 1920-08-09
The Last of the Duanes 1919-09-14
The Lone Star Ranger 1919-06-29
The Rainbow Trail 1918-10-27
Riders of the Purple Sage 1918-09-01
True Blue 1918-05-05
Rough and Ready 1918-03-24
Les Misérables 1917-12-03
When a Man Sees Red 1917-10-28
The Conqueror 1917-09-16
American Methods 1917-04-30
A Tale of Two Cities 1917-03-10
Fires of Conscience 1916-09-25
The Bondman 1916-03-20
The Wonderful Adventure 1915-09-27
Samson 1915-01-01
The Sign of the Cross 1914-12-21
The Spoilers 1914-04-10

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