William Farnum
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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.
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Sansón y Dalila
Tubal
La maldición de la momia
The Sacristan
Cleopatra
Lepidus
Indomable
Wheaton
Kit Carson
Don Miguel Murphy
Hollywood Story
Himself
The Crusades
Hugo, Duke of Burgundy
A Woman's Face
Court Attendant
Convicted Woman
Commissioner McNeill
Lone Star
Tom Crockett
The Perils of Pauline
Western Saloon Set Hero
The Corsican Brothers
Priest
Captain Kidd
Capt. Rawson
If I Were King
General Barbezier
American Empire
Louisiana Judge
The Painted Desert
Cash Holbrook
Rolling Home
Rodeo Official
Tennessee Johnson
Senator Huyler
Jack y las habichuelas mágicas
The King
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Trail of Robin Hood
Bill Franum
The Lone Ranger
Father McKim
Sobrenatural
Nicky Hammond
The Scarlet Letter
Gov. Bellingham
Custer's Last Stand
James Fitzpatrick
Santa Fe Stampede
Dave Carson
God's Country
Sandy McTavish
Maid of Salem
Crown Justice Sewall
The Brand of Hate
Joe Larkins
Git Along Little Dogies
Banker Maxwell