Franklyn Farnum

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 289

Gender Male

Birthday June 5, 1878

Day of Death July 4, 1961 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

William Smith
Franklin Farnum
Frank Farnum

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Franklyn Farnum

Biography

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

1960		Cimarron as Townsman (uncredited)
1960		The Apartment as Office Worker (uncredited)
1960		The Hypnotic Eye as Audience Member (uncredited)

1959		The Story on Page One as Juror (uncredited)
1959		Pillow Talk as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1959		The Mating Game as Townsman (uncredited)
1959		Some Like It Hot as Party Guest (uncredited)

1958		Some Came Running as Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)
1958		The Tunnel of Love as Party Guest (uncredited)
1958		Home Before Dark as New Year's Eve Party Reveller
1958		Money, Women and Guns as Postmaster (uncredited)
1958		King Creole as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

1957		Witness for the Prosecution as Barrister (uncredited)
1957		Wild Is the Wind as Passenger at Airport (uncredited)
1957		My Man Godfrey as Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)
1957		Until They Sail as Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
1957		The Joker Is Wild as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1957		An Affair to Remember as Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)
1957		Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Barfly (uncredited)
1957		Ten Thousand Bedrooms as Party Guest (uncredited)
1957		She Devil as Party Guest (uncredited)
1957		Funny Face as Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)

1956		Hollywood or Bust as Audience Member
1956		The Opposite Sex as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
1956		Around the World in Eighty Days as Extra (uncredited)
1956		Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! as Board of Directors
1956		The Search for Bridey Murphy as Druggist (Uncredited)
1956		The Solid Gold Cadillac as Dance Extra (uncredited)
1956		High Society as Party Guest (uncredited)
1956		The First Texan as Delegate (uncredited)
1956		The Killing as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1956		The Eddy Duchin Story as Passerby (uncredited)
1956		Inside Detroit

1955		Guys and Dolls as Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)
1955		A Lawless Street as Townsman (uncredited)
1955		Illegal as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents (2 episodes) as Party Guest (uncredited)
1955		My Sister Eileen as Pedestrian (uncredited)
1955		Wichita as Townsman (uncredited)
1955		Chicago Syndicate as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
1955		Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
1955		East of Eden as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
1955		Ten Wanted Men

1954		Black Tuesday as Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
1954		Black Widow as Party Guest (uncredited)
1954		White Christmas as Club Patron (uncredited)
1954		A Star Is Born as Ray (uncredited)
1954		Broken Lance as Juror (uncredited)

1953		Calamity Jane as Barfly (uncredited)
1953		Vicki as Club Manager (uncredited)
1953		The Story of Three Loves as Man Departing Train

1952		The Bad and the Beautiful as Assistant on Set (uncredited)
1952		The Steel Trap
1952		Everything I Have Is Yours as Tourist in Show (Uncredited)
1952		Captain Pirate as Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)
1952		Carrie as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1952		The Half-Breed as Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)
1952		The Narrow Margin as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1952		The Greatest Show on Earth as Spectator (uncredited)
1952		Fort Osage as Settler (uncredited)
1952		This Woman Is Dangerous as Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)
1952		Phone Call from a Stranger

1951		The Barefoot Mailman as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
1951		The Stooge as Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)
1951		Painting The Clouds With Sunshine as Board Member (uncredited)
1951		Love Nest as Waiter (Uncredited)
1951		Here Comes the Groom as Passenger on Airplane
1951		Roadblock as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
1951		The Strange Door
1951		A Place in the Sun as Company Executive (uncredited)
1951		The Groom Wore Spurs as Reverend (uncredited)
1951		You're in the Navy Now as Officer
1951		The Mating Season as Board Member (uncredited)

1950		California Passage as Townsman (uncredited)
1950		Woman on the Run as Coroner (uncredited)
1950		All About Eve as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
1950		Union Station as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
1950		Pretty Baby as Subway Commuter (uncredited)
1950		The Screen Writer as Screenwriter (uncredited)
1950		Sunset Boulevard as Undertaker
1950		The Second Woman as Country Club Guest
1950		Destination Moon as Factory Worker (uncredited)
1950		Bright Leaf as Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
1950		Destination Murder as Arthur Mansfield
1950		The Jackie Robinson Story as Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
1950		No Man of Her Own as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1950		When Willie Comes Marching Home as Officer at Party (uncredited)
1950		Gun Crazy as Cashier (uncredited)

1949		The File on Thelma Jordon as Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
1949		My Friend Irma as Maitre D' (uncredited)
1949		The Heiress as Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)
1949		It's a Great Feeling as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
1949		House of Strangers
1949		Massacre River as Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)
1949		Johnny Allegro
1949		The Lady Gambles as Casino Patron (uncredited)
1949		Alias Nick Beal as Supporter
1949		Cover Up as Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)
1949		Knock on Any Door as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1949		Slightly French as Marty Freeman (uncredited)
1949		A Letter to Three Wives as Country Club Member (uncredited)

1948		My Dear Secretary as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
1948		Johnny Belinda as Man on Jury (uncredited)
1948		Race Street as Man (uncredited)
1948		Hollow Triumph as Big Winner (uncredited)
1948		Stage Struck as Party Guest (uncredited)
1948		Wallflower
1948		Big Town Scandal as Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)
1948		Assigned to Danger as Mr. Norton (uncredited)
1948		The Miracle of the Bells as Worshiper
1948		The Big Clock as (uncredited)
1948		Albuquerque as Barfly (uncredited)
1948		Black Bart as Al (uncredited)
1948		Three Daring Daughters as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

1947		I Walk Alone as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1947		A Double Life as Party Guest (uncredited)
1947		Road to Rio as Ship Lounge Extra
1947		Daisy Kenyon as Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)
1947		The Judge Steps Out as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1947		Gentleman's Agreement as Party Guest
1947		Blondie in the Dough as Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)
1947		Merton of the Movies as Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
1947		Monsieur Verdoux as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
1947		High Tide
1947		Exposed as Restaurant Patron
1947		The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Faculty Member (uncredited)
1947		They Won't Believe Me
1947		So You Want to Be in Pictures as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
1947		Fun on a Weekend as Poker Player (Uncredited)

1946		Deception as Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
1946		Sister Kenny as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
1946		The Jolson Story as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1946		Crack-Up as Man on Train (Uncredited)
1946		Meet Me on Broadway as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1945		The Lost Weekend as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
1945		Fallen Angel as Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)
1945		Purity Squad as Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)
1945		Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1945		Week-End at the Waldorf as Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
1945		Sunset in El Dorado as Customer
1945		Over 21 as Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)
1945		Lady on a Train
1945		Incendiary Blonde as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
1945		Wonder Man as Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)
1945		Circumstantial Evidence as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1945		Hangover Square
1945		I Love a Mystery as Reporter (Uncredited)
1945		A Song to Remember as Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
1945		The Great Flamarion as Stage Manager (uncredited)

1944		Saddle Leather Law as Rancher (uncredited)
1944		In Society as Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)
1944		The Great Moment as Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
1944		Call of the Rockies as Miner
1944		Going My Way as Church Usher (uncredited)
1944		The White Cliffs of Dover as Ball Guest (uncredited)

1943		Appointment in Berlin as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
1943		Frontier Fury as Bartender Homer (uncredited)
1943		Crime Doctor as Juror

1942		Vaudeville Days as Ticket Hawker (uncredited)
1942		'Neath Brooklyn Bridge as Policeman (uncredited)
1942		Silver Queen as Creditor
1942		I Married a Witch
1942		Northwest Rangers as Barfly
1942		The Secret Code as Federal Agent
1942		Men of the Sky as Farmer (uncredited)
1942		Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Chicago Businessman

1941		Johnny Eager as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1941		The Night of January 16th as Juror (uncredited)
1941		Three Girls About Town as Conventioneer Extra
1941		Mr. Celebrity as Court Officer (uncredited)
1941		Belle Starr as Barfly (uncredited)
1941		This Woman Is Mine as Bit Role
1941		In the Navy as Military Officer (uncredited)
1941		Meet John Doe as (uncredited)
1941		The Lady Eve as Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
1941		Buck Privates as Officer (uncredited)

1940		The Son of Monte Cristo as Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)
1940		Tin Pan Alley as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1940		The Green Archer as Pete
1940		North West Mounted Police as Townsman (uncredited)
1940		Under Texas Skies as Townsman
1940		Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride as Rancher
1940		Boom Town as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
1940		Deadwood Dick as Clayton
1940		The House Across the Bay as Prison Guard
1940		Charlie Chan in Panama as Marine Officer
1940		The Shadow as Sparks

1939		Reno as Board Member
1939		Hollywood Cavalcade as Well-Wisher
1939		Almost a Gentleman as Juror
1939		Stagecoach as Deputy Frank (uncredited)

1938		The Cowboy and the Lady as Cowboy (uncredited)
1938		Prison Train as The Lawyer
1938		Cowboy from Brooklyn as Rodeo Spectator
1938		Vivacious Lady as 2nd Train Conductor (uncredited)

1937		Romance of the Rockies as Stone
1937		The Game That Kills as Spectator (uncredited)
1937		The Life of Emile Zola as (uncredited)
1937		The Emperor's Candlesticks as Bidder (uncredited)
1937		History is Made at Night
1937		You Only Live Once as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

1936		What Becomes of the Children? as Shelby
1936		Frontier Justice as Lawyer George Lessin
1936		The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand as Nicky
1936		Charlie Chan at the Circus as Mike - Ticket Taker
1936		The Preview Murder Mystery as James Deley
1936		The Broken Coin
1936		Custer's Last Stand as Major Marcus Reno

1935		Powdersmoke Range as Jim Reece
1935		Page Miss Glory as Dance Extra (uncredited)
1935		Hop-a-long Cassidy as Riley
1935		The Silver Bullet as Marshal Joe Mullane
1935		Fighting Caballero as Bartender
1935		The Ghost Rider as Bullard
1935		The Cowboy and the Bandit as Crooked Dealer
1935		Gold Diggers of 1935 as Bartender (uncredited)
1935		Desert Mesa as Jones

1934		Frontier Days as George Wilson
1934		West of the Law as Case aka Green
1934		The Lone Rider as Gore
1934		Pals of the West as Sheriff Ed Dawson
1934		Carrying the Mail as Henchman Frank
1934		Arizona Cyclone as Carter, the Banker
1934		Honor of the Range as Saloonkeeper
1934		Border Guns as Fred Palmer

1932		The Honor of the Press as Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'
1932		The Reckless Rider as Sheriff
1932		Mark of the Spur as Sheriff Jake Ludlow

1931		Oklahoma Jim as Army Captain
1931		Left Over Ladies as Benson
1931		Three Rogues as Nelson

1930		See America Thirst as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
1930		The Third Alarm as Fire Department Captain
1930		Beyond the Rio Grande as Joe Kemp
1930		Dames Ahoy as Master of Ceremonies

1925

as Marmaduke Grandon

1924		Battling Brewster as Battling Jack Brewster
1924		A Desperate Adventure
1924		A Two Fisted Tenderfoot

1923

1922		The Firebrand as Bill Holt
1922		Gold Grabbers
1922		Gun-Shy as James Brown

1921		The White Masks as Jack Bray
1921		The Raiders as Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP
1921		The Struggle as Dick Storm
1921		The Last Chance as Rance Sparr
1921		The Hunger of the Blood as Maslun
1921		The Fighting Stranger as Australia Joe

1920		The Land of Jazz
1920		The Galloping Devil as Andy Green
1920		Vanishing Trails as Silent Joe

1919		The Cowboy and the Rajah
1919		Cupid's Roundup
1919		Breezy Bob
1919		The Virtuous Model as Edward Dorin
1919		Brother Bill as William (Bill) Dexter
1919		When Pals Fall Out as Lonesome
1919		Shackles of Fate
1919		The Puncher and the Pup
1919		The Uphill Climb as Ford Cameron
1919		Vengeance and the Girl as Jim Westgard Jr.
1919		Go-Get-Em Garringer as Garringer
1919		Hell's Fury Gordon
1919		The Two Doyles as Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle
1919		The Desert Rat as Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat

1918		Vanity Pool as Drew Garrett
1918		In Judgment of... as Dr. John O'Neill
1918		The Empty Cab as Henry Egbert Xerxes
1918		$5,000 Reward as Dick Arlington
1918		Fast Company as Lawrence Percival Van Huyler
1918		The Rough Lover as Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien
1918		The Fighting Grin as Billy Kennedy

1917		The Scarlet Car as Billy Winthrop
1917		The Winged Mystery as Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever
1917		Anything Once as Teddy Crosby
1917		A Stormy Knight as John Winton
1917		The Empty Gun as Robber
1917		The Clean-Up as Stuart Adams
1917		The Car of Chance as Arnold Baird
1917		Bringing Home Father as Peter Drake
1917		The Clock as Jack Tempest
1917		The Devil's Pay Day as Gregory Van Houten
1917		The Man Who Took a Chance as Monty Gray

1916		Little Partner as James Allis
1916		The Woman He Feared as John Gray
1916		A Stranger from Somewhere as Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis
1916		Love Never Dies as Felix, the Man
1916		The Heart of a Show Girl as Frank Masterson

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