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Franklyn Farnum

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.

Known for

Acting

Birthday

June 5, 1878

Deathday

July 4, 1961

Gender

Male

Known Movie Credits

290

Place of birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also known as

William Smith, Franklin Farnum, Frank Farnum

Cast credits

All casting credits

The Scarlet Car

Frontier Justice

Lawyer George Lessin

What Becomes of the Children?

The Preview Murder Mystery

Frontier Days

Honor of the Range

Dames Ahoy

Master of Ceremonies

Three Rogues

The Cowboy and the Bandit

Hollywood Cavalcade

Custer's Last Stand

Major Marcus Reno

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Rodeo Spectator

Hop-a-long Cassidy

Almost a Gentleman

Reno

The Ghost Rider

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

The Lost Weekend

Concert Attendee (uncredited)

The Killing

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Witness for the Prosecution

Barrister (uncredited)

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Movies290 movies

The Scarlet Car

Frontier Justice

Lawyer George Lessin

What Becomes of the Children?

The Preview Murder Mystery

Fighting Caballero

Frontier Days

Honor of the Range

Dames Ahoy

Master of Ceremonies

Three Rogues

The Cowboy and the Bandit

Hollywood Cavalcade

Custer's Last Stand

Major Marcus Reno

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Rodeo Spectator

Hop-a-long Cassidy

Almost a Gentleman

Reno

The Ghost Rider

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

The Lost Weekend

Concert Attendee (uncredited)

The Killing

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Witness for the Prosecution

Barrister (uncredited)

East of Eden

Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)

A Desperate Adventure

Purity Squad

Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)

The Shadow

Monsieur Verdoux

Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)

The Lady Eve

Tailor in Montage (uncredited)

Charlie Chan in Panama

Merton of the Movies

Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)

The Barefoot Mailman

Townsman at Dance (uncredited)

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Policeman (uncredited)

Under Texas Skies

North West Mounted Police

Townsman (uncredited)

Boom Town

Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

Deadwood Dick

Call of the Rockies

The Opposite Sex

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Saddle Leather Law

Rancher (uncredited)

Fallen Angel

Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)

Massacre River

Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)

No Man of Her Own

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Sunset Boulevard

The Groom Wore Spurs

Reverend (uncredited)

Tin Pan Alley

Man in Audience (uncredited)

The House Across the Bay

The Son of Monte Cristo

Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)

The Heiress

Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)

The Night of January 16th

Juror (uncredited)

The Green Archer

A Letter to Three Wives

Country Club Member (uncredited)

Stagecoach

Deputy Frank (uncredited)

The Screen Writer

Screenwriter (uncredited)

Around the World in Eighty Days

Extra (uncredited)

The Honor of the Press

Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'

California Passage

Townsman (uncredited)

Exposed

Restaurant Patron

Crime Doctor

This Woman Is Mine

Three Girls About Town

Conventioneer Extra

Frontier Fury

Bartender Homer (uncredited)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Chicago Businessman

Silver Queen

Northwest Rangers

Belle Starr

Barfly (uncredited)

My Friend Irma

Maitre D' (uncredited)

The White Cliffs of Dover

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Roadblock

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

The Greatest Show on Earth

Spectator (uncredited)

Left Over Ladies

Vaudeville Days

Ticket Hawker (uncredited)

Men of the Sky

Farmer (uncredited)

The Secret Code

Destination Moon

Factory Worker (uncredited)

A Place in the Sun

Company Executive (uncredited)

Daisy Kenyon

Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)

Funny Face

Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)

Meet John Doe

Slightly French

Marty Freeman (uncredited)

The Drug Store Cowboy

Marmaduke Grandon

Some Came Running

Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)

Gold Diggers of 1935

Bartender (uncredited)

The Narrow Margin

Train Passenger (uncredited)

White Christmas

Club Patron (uncredited)

Chicago Syndicate

Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Alias Nick Beal

Powdersmoke Range

Destination Murder

Arthur Mansfield

Fun on a Weekend

Poker Player (Uncredited)

The Miracle of the Bells

A Stranger from Somewhere

Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis

Love Never Dies

The Devil's Pay Day

Gregory Van Houten

The Man Who Took a Chance

Anything Once

The Car of Chance

The Clean-Up

Bringing Home Father

The Clock

A Stormy Knight

The Fighting Grin

It Happened Out West

A Two Fisted Tenderfoot

The Winged Mystery

Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever

The Rough Lover

Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien

Pillow Talk

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Gold Grabbers

The Firebrand

So You Want to Be in Pictures

Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Johnny Allegro

Page Miss Glory

Dance Extra (uncredited)

Johnny Belinda

Man on Jury (uncredited)

Assigned to Danger

Mr. Norton (uncredited)

Woman on the Run

Coroner (uncredited)

Pretty Baby

Subway Commuter (uncredited)

Bright Leaf

Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)

The Tunnel of Love

Party Guest (uncredited)

The Big Clock

Wallflower

Buck Privates

Officer (uncredited)

In the Navy

Military Officer (uncredited)

In Society

Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Some Like It Hot

Party Guest (uncredited)

A Song to Remember

Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)

Until They Sail

Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)

I Walk Alone

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Road to Rio

Ship Lounge Extra

The Second Woman

Country Club Guest

Over 21

Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)

Home Before Dark

New Year's Eve Party Reveller

You Only Live Once

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

The Empty Cab

Henry Egbert Xerxes

The Great Flamarion

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Incendiary Blonde

Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

Gun Crazy

Cashier (uncredited)

Here Comes the Groom

Passenger on Airplane

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Faculty Member (uncredited)

Charlie Chan at the Circus

Mike - Ticket Taker

The File on Thelma Jordon

Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

Love Nest

Waiter (Uncredited)

The Cowboy and the Lady

Cowboy (uncredited)

The Life of Emile Zola

Gentleman's Agreement

This Woman Is Dangerous

Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)

Prison Train

Everything I Have Is Yours

Tourist in Show (Uncredited)

The Search for Bridey Murphy

Druggist (Uncredited)

Cover Up

Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)

Johnny Eager

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Wichita

Townsman (uncredited)

Albuquerque

Barfly (uncredited)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Barfly (uncredited)

A Lawless Street

Townsman (uncredited)

Wild Is the Wind

Passenger at Airport (uncredited)

The Desert Rat

Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat

The Jolson Story

Man in Audience (uncredited)

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Party Guest (uncredited)

Vivacious Lady

2nd Train Conductor (uncredited)

Black Bart

Al (uncredited)

Union Station

Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

Desert Mesa

Pals of the West

Sheriff Ed Dawson

The Lone Rider

West of the Law

The Solid Gold Cadillac

Dance Extra (uncredited)

Crack-Up

Man on Train (Uncredited)

Hollow Triumph

Big Winner (uncredited)

Oklahoma Jim

Appointment in Berlin

R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)

It's a Great Feeling

Man at Train Station (uncredited)

Romance of the Rockies

Stage Struck

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mr. Celebrity

Court Officer (uncredited)

$5,000 Reward

The Silver Bullet

Marshal Joe Mullane

Carrying the Mail

The Third Alarm

Fire Department Captain

Blondie in the Dough

Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)

Three Daring Daughters

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Vicki

Club Manager (uncredited)

House of Strangers

The Strange Door

The Mating Game

Townsman (uncredited)

The Two Doyles

Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle

Hell's Fury Gordon

Vengeance and the Girl

Jim Westgard Jr.

The Uphill Climb

The Puncher and the Pup

Shackles of Fate

When Pals Fall Out

Brother Bill

William (Bill) Dexter

Cupid's Roundup

The Cowboy and the Rajah

Gun-Shy

The Stooge

Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)

She Devil

Party Guest (uncredited)

I Love a Mystery

Reporter (Uncredited)

The Broken Coin

The Struggle

Battling Brewster

Battling Jack Brewster

The Apartment

Office Worker (uncredited)

The Steel Trap

The Hypnotic Eye

Audience Member (uncredited)

Arizona Cyclone

Carter, the Banker

The Empty Gun

Ten Wanted Men

Black Tuesday

Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)

The Game That Kills

Spectator (uncredited)

Mark of the Spur

Sheriff Jake Ludlow

Border Guns

See America Thirst

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

The Bad and the Beautiful

Assistant on Set (uncredited)

History Is Made at Night

Money, Women and Guns

Postmaster (uncredited)

The Story on Page One

Juror (uncredited)

Inside Detroit

Guys and Dolls

Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

Ray (uncredited)

All About Eve

Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Carrie

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

The Story of Three Loves

Man Departing Train

The Reckless Rider

Phone Call from a Stranger

An Affair to Remember

Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

Sister Kenny

Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)

Going My Way

Church Usher (uncredited)

High Society

Party Guest (uncredited)

Black Widow

Party Guest (uncredited)

Race Street

Man (uncredited)

The Judge Steps Out

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

My Dear Secretary

Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

The Joker Is Wild

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Hollywood or Bust

Audience Member

The Great Moment

Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)

Wonder Man

Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)

Beyond the Rio Grande

You're in the Navy Now

The Mating Season

Board Member (uncredited)

A Double Life

Party Guest (uncredited)

Cimarron

Townsman (uncredited)

The Heart of a Show Girl

Frank Masterson

The Woman He Feared

Little Partner

Fast Company

Lawrence Percival Van Huyler

In Judgment of...

Dr. John O'Neill

Vanity Pool

Go-Get-Em Garringer

The Virtuous Model

Breezy Bob

The Galloping Devil

Vanishing Trails

The Land of Jazz

The Fighting Stranger

The Hunger of the Blood

The Last Chance

The Raiders

Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP

The White Masks

King Creole

Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey

Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)

High Tide

The Eddy Duchin Story

Passerby (uncredited)

My Sister Eileen

Pedestrian (uncredited)

The First Texan

Delegate (uncredited)

Broken Lance

Juror (uncredited)

Calamity Jane

Barfly (uncredited)

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand

Captain Pirate

Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)

Week-End at the Waldorf

Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

The Half-Breed

Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)

Fort Osage

Settler (uncredited)

Deception

Restaurant Diner (uncredited)

Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

Board Member (uncredited)

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Bidder (uncredited)

Lady on a Train

Illegal

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Knock on Any Door

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

The Lady Gambles

Casino Patron (uncredited)

Meet Me on Broadway

Man in Audience (uncredited)

The Jackie Robinson Story

Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)

Sunset in El Dorado

They Won't Believe Me

Big Town Scandal

Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)

I Married a Witch

When Willie Comes Marching Home

Officer at Party (uncredited)

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

Board of Directors

Circumstantial Evidence

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Hangover Square

The Tin Star

Townsman (uncredited)

Two O'Clock Courage

Club Patron (uncredited)

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