Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1878-06-05
- Day of Death1961-07-04 (83 years)
- Place of BirthBoston, Massachusetts, USA
- Also Known AsWilliam SmithFranklin FarnumFrank Farnum
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.
Acting Career
- 1961
Parrish
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1960
Cimarron
As: Townsman (uncredited)
- 1960
The Apartment
As: Office Worker (uncredited)
- 1960
The Hypnotic Eye
As: Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1960
Ice Palace
As: Committee Member (uncredited)
- 1959
The Story on Page One
As: Juror (uncredited)
- 1959
Pillow Talk
As: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- 1959
The Blue Angel
As: Blue Angel Customer (uncredited)
1959The Mating Game
As: Townsman (uncredited)
- 1959
Some Like It Hot
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1958Some Came Running
As: Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)
1958The Tunnel of Love
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1958Home Before Dark
As: New Year's Eve Party Reveller
1958Money, Women and Guns
As: Postmaster (uncredited)
1958King Creole
As: Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
1957Witness for the Prosecution
As: Barrister (uncredited)
1957Wild Is the Wind
As: Passenger at Airport (uncredited)
1957The Tin Star
As: Townsman (uncredited)
1957My Man Godfrey
As: Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)
1957Until They Sail
As: Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
1957The Joker is Wild
As: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1957An Affair to Remember
As: Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)
1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
As: Barfly (uncredited)
1957Ten Thousand Bedrooms
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1957She Devil
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1957Funny Face
As: Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
1956Hollywood or Bust
As: Audience Member
1956The Opposite Sex
As: Patron at 21 (uncredited)
1956Around the World in Eighty Days
As: Extra (uncredited)
1956Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
As: Board of Directors
1956The Search for Bridey Murphy
As: Druggist (Uncredited)
1956The Solid Gold Cadillac
As: Dance Extra (uncredited)
1956High Society
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1956The First Texan
As: Delegate (uncredited)
- 1956
The Killing
As: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1956The Eddy Duchin Story
As: Passerby (uncredited)
1955Guys and Dolls
As: Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)
1955A Lawless Street
As: Townsman (uncredited)
1955Illegal
As: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1955My Sister Eileen
As: Pedestrian (uncredited)
1955Wichita
As: Townsman (uncredited)
1955Chicago Syndicate
As: Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
As: Cafe Patron (uncredited)
1955East of Eden
As: Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
1954Black Tuesday
As: Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
1954Black Widow
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1954White Christmas
As: Club Patron (uncredited)
1954A Star Is Born
As: Ray (uncredited)
1954Broken Lance
As: Juror (uncredited)
1953Calamity Jane
As: Barfly (uncredited)
1953Vicki
As: Club Manager (uncredited)
1953Scared Stiff
As: Passerby (uncredited)
1953The Story of Three Loves
As: Man Departing Train
1952The Bad and the Beautiful
As: Assistant on Set (uncredited)
1952Everything I Have Is Yours
As: Tourist in Show (Uncredited)
1952Captain Pirate
As: Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)
1952Carrie
As: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1952The Half-Breed
As: Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)
1952The Narrow Margin
As: Train Passenger (uncredited)
1952The Greatest Show on Earth
As: Spectator (uncredited)
1952Fort Osage
As: Settler (uncredited)
1952This Woman Is Dangerous
As: Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)
1951The Barefoot Mailman
As: Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
1951The Stooge
As: Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)
1951Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
As: Board Member (uncredited)
1951Love Nest
As: Waiter (Uncredited)
1951Here Comes the Groom
As: Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)
1951Roadblock
As: Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
- 1951
Strangers on a Train
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1951A Place in the Sun
As: Company Executive (uncredited)
1951The Groom Wore Spurs
As: Reverend (uncredited)
1951You're in the Navy Now
As: Officer
1951The Mating Season
As: Board Member (uncredited)
1950California Passage
As: Townsman (uncredited)
1950Woman on the Run
As: Coroner (uncredited)
1950All About Eve
As: Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
1950Union Station
As: Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
1950Pretty Baby
As: Subway Commuter (uncredited)
- 1950
Sunset Boulevard
As: Undertaker
1950The Second Woman
As: Country Club Guest
1950Destination Moon
As: Factory Worker (uncredited)
1950Bright Leaf
As: Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
1950Destination Murder
As: Arthur Mansfield
1950Colt .45
As: Townsman (uncredited)
1950The Jackie Robinson Story
As: Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
1950No Man of Her Own
As: Train Passenger (uncredited)
1950When Willie Comes Marching Home
As: Officer at Party (uncredited)
1950Gun Crazy
As: Cashier (uncredited)
1949The File on Thelma Jordon
As: Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
1949My Friend Irma
As: Maitre D' (uncredited)
1949The Heiress
As: Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)
1949It's a Great Feeling
As: Man at Train Station (uncredited)
1949Massacre River
As: Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)
1949The Lady Gambles
As: Casino Patron (uncredited)
1949Alias Nick Beal
As: Supporter
1949Cover Up
As: Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)
1949Knock on Any Door
As: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1949Slightly French
As: Marty Freeman (uncredited)
1949A Letter to Three Wives
As: Country Club Member (uncredited)
1948My Dear Secretary
As: Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
1948Johnny Belinda
As: Man on Jury (uncredited)
1948Race Street
As: Man (uncredited)
1948Hollow Triumph
As: Big Winner (uncredited)
1948Stage Struck
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1948Big Town Scandal
As: Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)
1948Assigned to Danger
As: Mr. Norton (uncredited)
1948The Miracle of the Bells
As: Worshiper
1948The Big Clock
As: (uncredited)
1948Albuquerque
As: Barfly (uncredited)
1948Black Bart
As: Al (uncredited)
1948Three Daring Daughters
As: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1947I Walk Alone
As: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1947A Double Life
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1947Daisy Kenyon
As: Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)
1947Road to Rio
As: Ship Lounge Extra
1947The Judge Steps Out
As: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1947Gentleman's Agreement
As: Party Guest
1947Blondie in the Dough
As: Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)
1947Merton of the Movies
As: Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
1947Monsieur Verdoux
As: Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
1947Exposed
As: Restaurant Patron
1947The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
As: Faculty Member (uncredited)
1947Fun on a Weekend
As: Poker Player (Uncredited)
1947Yankee Fakir
As: Bergin
1946Deception
As: Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
1946Sister Kenny
As: Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
1946The Jolson Story
As: Man in Audience (uncredited)
1946Crack-Up
As: Man on Train (Uncredited)
1946Meet Me on Broadway
As: Man in Audience (uncredited)
1945Dick Tracy
As: Bystander at Murder (uncredited)
1945The Lost Weekend
As: Concert Attendee (uncredited)
1945Fallen Angel
As: Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)
1945Purity Squad
As: Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)
1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
As: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1945Week-End at the Waldorf
As: Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
1945Sunset in El Dorado
As: Customer
1945Over 21
As: Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)
1945Incendiary Blonde
As: Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
1945Wonder Man
As: Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)
1945Circumstantial Evidence
As: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1945Two O'Clock Courage
As: Club Patron (uncredited)
1945I Love a Mystery
As: Reporter (Uncredited)
1945A Song to Remember
As: Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
1945The Great Flamarion
As: Stage Manager (uncredited)
1944Saddle Leather Law
As: Rancher (uncredited)
1944In Society
As: Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)
1944Hail the Conquering Hero
As: Town Councilman (uncredited)
1944The Great Moment
As: Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
1944Call of the Rockies
As: Miner
1944The White Cliffs of Dover
As: Ball Guest (uncredited)
1944Going My Way
As: Church Usher (uncredited)
1943Appointment in Berlin
As: R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
1943Frontier Fury
As: Bartender Homer (uncredited)
1943Crime Doctor
As: Juror
1942Vaudeville Days
As: Ticket Hawker (uncredited)
1942'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
As: Policeman (uncredited)
1942Silver Queen
As: Creditor
1942Northwest Rangers
As: Barfly
1942The Secret Code
As: Federal Agent
1942Men of the Sky
As: Farmer (uncredited)
1942Wild Bill Hickok Rides
As: Chicago Businessman
1941Johnny Eager
As: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1941The Night of January 16th
As: Juror (uncredited)
1941Three Girls About Town
As: Conventioneer Extra
1941Mr. Celebrity
As: Court Officer (uncredited)
1941Belle Starr
As: Barfly (uncredited)
1941This Woman Is Mine
As: Bit Role
1941In the Navy
As: Military Officer (uncredited)
1941Meet John Doe
As: (uncredited)
1941The Lady Eve
As: Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
1941Buck Privates
As: Officer (uncredited)
1940The Son of Monte Cristo
As: Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)
1940Tin Pan Alley
As: Man in Audience (uncredited)
1940The Green Archer
As: Pete
1940North West Mounted Police
As: Townsman (uncredited)
1940Under Texas Skies
As: Townsman
1940Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
As: Rancher
1940Boom Town
As: Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
1940Deadwood Dick
As: Clayton
1940Charlie Chan in Panama
As: Marine Officer
1940The House Across the Bay
As: Prison Guard
1940The Shadow
As: Sparks
1939Reno
As: Board Member
1939Hollywood Cavalcade
As: Well-Wisher
1939Almost a Gentleman
As: Juror
1939Stagecoach
As: Deputy Frank (uncredited)
1938The Cowboy and the Lady
As: Cowboy (uncredited)
1938Prison Train
As: The Lawyer
1938Cowboy from Brooklyn
As: Rodeo Spectator
1938Vivacious Lady
As: Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)
1937Romance of the Rockies
As: Stone
1937The Game That Kills
As: Spectator (uncredited)
1937The Life of Emile Zola
As: (uncredited)
1937The Emperor's Candlesticks
As: Bidder (uncredited)
1937You Only Live Once
As: Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1936What Becomes of the Children?
As: Shelby
1936Frontier Justice
As: Lawyer George Lessin
1936The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
As: Nicky
1936Charlie Chan at the Circus
As: Mike - Ticket Taker
1936The Preview Murder Mystery
As: James Deley
1936Custer's Last Stand
As: Major Marcus Reno
1935Powdersmoke Range
As: Jim Reece
1935Page Miss Glory
As: Dance Extra (uncredited)
1935Hop-a-long Cassidy
As: Riley
1935The Silver Bullet
As: Marshal Joe Mullane
1935Fighting Caballero
As: Bartender
1935The Ghost Rider
As: Bullard
1935The Cowboy and the Bandit
As: Crooked Dealer
1935Gold Diggers of 1935
As: Bartender (uncredited)
1935Desert Mesa
As: Jones
1934Frontier Days
As: George Wilson
1934West of the Law
As: Case aka Green
1934The Lone Rider
As: Gore
1934Pals of the West
As: Sheriff Ed Dawson
1934Carrying the Mail
As: Henchman Frank
1934Arizona Cyclone
As: Carter, the Banker
1934Honor of the Range
As: Saloonkeeper
1934Border Guns
As: Fred Palmer
1932The Honor of the Press
As: Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'
1932The Reckless Rider
As: Sheriff
1932Mark of the Spur
As: Sheriff Jake Ludlow
1932Human Targets
As: Sheriff
1931Oklahoma Jim
As: Army Captain
1931Left Over Ladies
As: Benson
1931Three Rogues
As: Nelson
1930See America Thirst
As: Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
1930The Third Alarm
As: Fire Department Captain
1930Beyond the Rio Grande
As: Joe Kemp
1930Dames Ahoy
As: Master of Ceremonies
1925The Drug Store Cowboy
As: Marmaduke Grandon
1924Battling Brewster
As: Battling Jack Brewster
1924Crossed Trails
As: Tom Dawson
1924Baffled
As: Dick Osborne
1922Gun-Shy
As: James Brown
1921The White Masks
As: Jack Bray
1921The Struggle
As: Dick Storm
1921The Last Chance
As: Rance Sparr
1921The Hunger of the Blood
As: Maslun
1920The Galloping Devil
As: Andy Green
1919The Virtuous Model
As: Edward Dorin
1919When Pals Fall Out
As: Lonesome
1919The Desert Rat
As: Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat
1918Vanity Pool
As: Drew Garrett
1918The Empty Cab
As: Henry Egbert Xerxes
1918$5,000 Reward
As: Dick Arlington
1918Fast Company
As: Lawrence Percival Van Huyler
1918The Rough Lover
As: Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien
1918The Fighting Grin
As: Billy Kennedy
1917The Scarlet Car
As: Billy Winthrop
1917The Winged Mystery
As: Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever
1917Anything Once
As: Teddy Crosby
1917A Stormy Knight
As: John Winton
1917The Clean-Up
As: Stuart Adams
1917The Car of Chance
As: Arnold Baird
1917Bringing Home Father
As: Peter Drake
1917The Clock
As: Jack Tempest
1917The Devil's Pay Day
As: Gregory Van Houten
1917The Man Who Took a Chance
As: Monty Gray
1916A Stranger from Somewhere
As: Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis
1916Love Never Dies
As: Felix, the Man