William Farnum

Highest Rated: 100% Captain Kidd (1945)

Lowest Rated: 40% The Mummy's Curse (1944)

Birthday: Jul 4, 1876

Birthplace: Not Available

The son of actors, William Farnum was 12 years old when he joined his parents and his brother Dustin and Marshal in the family business. Dustin (1874-1929) made it to motion-picture stardom first, as leading man of Cecil B. DeMille's first feature, 1914's The Squaw Man. That same year, William made his movie debut in another popular western, The Spoilers (1914). The climactic fight scene between Farnum and co-star Tom Santschi made stars out of both men, though only Farnum graduated to matinee-idol status. Signing with Fox films in 1915, Farnum became one of that studio's most popular leading men, thanks to such solid vehicles as Tale of Two Cities (1917), Les Miserables (1917) and If I Were King (1920). At his peak, Farnum was pulling down $10,000 dollars per week. He briefly returned to Broadway in 1925 to star in The Buccaneer. Later in 1925, Farnum suffered a serious injury on the set of The Man Who Fights Alone; as a result, he was confined to supporting roles for the rest of career. While many of these roles were sizeable (notably King Arthur in the 1931 Will Rogers version of A Connecticut Yankee), Farnum would never again recapture the glory of his silent stardom. William Farnum remained a busy character actor up until his death in 1952, often playing minor roles in remakes of his silent triumphs--including the 1942 remake of The Spoilers.

Highest Rated Movies

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MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
43%	Jack and the Beanstalk	The King	—	1952
No Score Yet	Lone Star	Sen. Tom Crockett	—	1952
No Score Yet	Hollywood Story	William Farnum - Old-time Movie Star	—	1951
No Score Yet	Trail of Robin Hood	Guest Star	—	1950
63%	Samson and Delilah	Tubal	—	1949
No Score Yet	Gun Cargo	Actor	—	1949
No Score Yet	Bride of Vengeance	Conti Peruzzi	—	1949
No Score Yet	The Perils of Pauline	Hero, Western Saloon	—	1947
No Score Yet	My Dog Shep	Carter J. Latham	—	1946
No Score Yet	Wildfire	Judge Polson	—	1945
100%	Captain Kidd	Ranson	—	1945
40%	The Mummy's Curse	Michael the Caretaker	—	1944
85%	Hangmen Also Die	Viktorin	—	1943
No Score Yet	American Empire	Louisiana Judge	—	1942
No Score Yet	Tennessee Johnson	Senator Huyler	—	1942
No Score Yet	Boss of Hangtown Mesa	Judge Ezra Binns	—	1942
No Score Yet	Silver Bullet	Dr. Thad Morgan	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Spoilers	Wheaton	—	1942
No Score Yet	Today I Hang	Warden Burke	—	1942
No Score Yet	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Colonel Mallory	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Corsican Brothers	Priest	—	1941
100%	A Woman's Face	Notary	—	1941
No Score Yet	Cheers for Miss Bishop	Judge Peters	—	1941
No Score Yet	The Villain Still Pursued Her	Vagabond	—	1940
No Score Yet	Kit Carson	Don Miguel Murphy	—	1940
No Score Yet	Adventures of Red Ryder	Colonel Tom Ryder	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Lone Ranger	Father McKim	—	1940
No Score Yet	Mexicali Rose	Padre Dominic	—	1939
No Score Yet	Rovin' Tumbleweeds	Nolan	—	1939
No Score Yet	South of the Border	Padre	—	1939
No Score Yet	Colorado Sunset	Sheriff	—	1939
No Score Yet	Shine On, Harvest Moon	Brower	—	1938
No Score Yet	Santa Fe Stampede	Dave Carson	—	1938
No Score Yet	If I Were King	Gen. Barbezier	—	1938
No Score Yet	Public Cowboy No. 1	Sheriff	—	1937
No Score Yet	Git Along Little Dogies	Banker Maxwell	—	1937
No Score Yet	Maid of Salem	Crown Justice Sewall	—	1937
No Score Yet	Undersea Kingdom	Sharad	—	1936
No Score Yet	Custer's Last Stand	Fitzpatrick	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Kid Ranger	Actor	—	1936
No Score Yet	Clutching Hand	Gordon Gaunt	—	1936
No Score Yet	Between Men	John Wellington/Rand	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Eagle's Brood	El Toro	—	1935
100%	The Crusades	Hugo of Burgundy	—	1935
No Score Yet	Powdersmoke Range	Banker Orchan	—	1935
No Score Yet	School for Girls	Charles Waltham	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Irish Gringo	Actor	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Brand of Hate	Joe Larkins	—	1934
82%	Cleopatra	Lepidus	—	1934
No Score Yet	The Scarlet Letter	Gov. Billingham	—	1934
86%	The Count of Monte Cristo	Capt. Leclere	—	1934
No Score Yet	The Silver Streak	B.J. Dexter	—	1934
50%	Supernatural	Robert `Nickey' Hammond	—	1933
No Score Yet	Law of the Sea	Len Andrews	—	1932
No Score Yet	Reckless Decision	Actor	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Drifter	The Drifter	—	1932
No Score Yet	Mr. Robinson Crusoe	William Belmont	—	1932
No Score Yet	Mister Robinson Crusoe	Actor	—	1932
No Score Yet	A Connecticut Yankee	Inventor	—	1931
No Score Yet	The Painted Desert	Cash Holbrook	—	1931
No Score Yet	Ten Nights in a Barroom	Joe Morgan	—	1931
No Score Yet	Du Barry	Louis XV	—	1930
No Score Yet	If I Were King	Francois Villon	—	1920
No Score Yet	A Tale Of Two Cities	Actor	—	1917
No Score Yet	Nigger	Actor	—	1915
No Score Yet	The Spoilers	Roy Glennister	—	1914

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