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Franklyn Farnum
Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

ActingBorn June 5, 1878Died July 4, 1961 (age 83)Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Filmography

1961
Parrish

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1960
Cimarron

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1960
The Apartment

as Office Worker (uncredited)

Movie
1960
Wake Me When It's Over

as Pentagon Officer (uncredited)

Movie
1960
Because They're Young

as Shopper with Cart (uncredited)

Movie
1960
The Hypnotic Eye

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Movie
1960
Ice Palace

as Committee Member (uncredited)

Movie
1959
The Gazebo

as TV Technician in Booth (uncredited)

Movie
1959
The Story on Page One

as Juror (uncredited)

Movie
1959
Pillow Talk

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1959
The Blue Angel

as Blue Angel Customer (uncredited)

Movie
1959
The Mating Game

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1959
Some Like It Hot

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1958
Some Came Running

as Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)

Movie
1958
The Tunnel of Love

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1958
Home Before Dark

as New Year's Eve Party Reveller

Movie
1958
Money, Women and Guns

as Postmaster (uncredited)

Movie
1958
King Creole

as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

Movie
1957
Witness for the Prosecution

as Barrister (uncredited)

Movie
1957
Wild Is the Wind

as Passenger at Airport (uncredited)

Movie
1957
The Tin Star

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1957
My Man Godfrey

as Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1957
Until They Sail

as Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)

Movie
1957
The Joker is Wild

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1957
An Affair to Remember

as Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

Movie
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

as Barfly (uncredited)

Movie
1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1957
She Devil

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1957
Funny Face

as Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)

Movie
1957
The Wings of Eagles

as Premier Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Hollywood or Bust

as Audience Member

Movie
1956
The Opposite Sex

as Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Around the World in 80 Days

as Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

as Board of Directors

Movie
1956
The Search for Bridey Murphy

as Druggist (Uncredited)

Movie
1956
The Solid Gold Cadillac

as Dance Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1956
High Society

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1956
The First Texan

as Delegate (uncredited)

Movie
1956
The Killing

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1956
The Eddy Duchin Story

as Passerby (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Ransom!

as Townsman in Crowd (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Guys and Dolls

as Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)

Movie
1955
A Lawless Street

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Sincerely Yours

as Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Illegal

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Party Guest (uncredited)

TV
1955
My Sister Eileen

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Wichita

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Chicago Syndicate

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1955
East of Eden

as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)

Movie
1954
Black Tuesday

as Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)

Movie
1954
The Country Girl

as First-Nighter (uncredited)

Movie
1954
Black Widow

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1954
White Christmas

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1954
A Star Is Born

as Ray (uncredited)

Movie
1954
Broken Lance

as Juror (uncredited)

Movie
1954
Living It Up

as Man at Bus Depot (uncredited)

Movie
1954
The Long, Long Trailer

as Extra in Trailer Park (uncredited)

Movie
1953
Calamity Jane

as Barfly (uncredited)

Movie
1953
Vicki

as Club Manager (uncredited)

Movie
1953
Scared Stiff

as Passerby (uncredited)

Movie
1953
The Story of Three Loves

as Man Departing Train

Movie
1952
The Bad and the Beautiful

as Assistant on Set (uncredited)

Movie
1952
The Steel Trap

as Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Movie
1952
Everything I Have Is Yours

as Tourist in Show (Uncredited)

Movie
1952
Captain Pirate

as Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)

Movie
1952
Carrie

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1952
The Half-Breed

as Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)

Movie
1952
The Narrow Margin

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Movie
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth

as Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1952
Fort Osage

as Settler (uncredited)

Movie
1952
This Woman Is Dangerous

as Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)

Movie
1952
The Las Vegas Story

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1951
The Barefoot Mailman

as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)

Movie
1951
The Stooge

as Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

as Board Member (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Love Nest

as Waiter (Uncredited)

Movie
1951
Here Comes the Groom

as Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Roadblock

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Strangers on a Train

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1951
A Place in the Sun

as Company Executive (uncredited)

Movie
1951
The Groom Wore Spurs

as Reverend (uncredited)

Movie
1951Movie
1951
The Mating Season

as Board Member (uncredited)

Movie
1951
The Company She Keeps

as minor role (uncredited)

Movie
1950
California Passage

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Woman on the Run

as Coroner (uncredited)

Movie
1950
All About Eve

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Union Station

as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Pretty Baby

as Subway Commuter (uncredited)

Movie
1950
The Screen Writer

as Screenwriter (uncredited)

Movie
1950
The Cisco Kid

as Rancher (uncredited)

TV
1950
The Toast of New Orleans

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Sunset Boulevard

as Undertaker

Movie
1950
The Second Woman

as Country Club Guest

Movie
1950
Destination Moon

as Factory Worker (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Bright Leaf

as Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Destination Murder

as Arthur Mansfield

Movie
1950
Colt .45

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1950
The Jackie Robinson Story

as Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)

Movie
1950
No Man of Her Own

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Movie
1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home

as Officer at Party (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Gun Crazy

as Cashier (uncredited)

Movie
1949
The File on Thelma Jordon

as Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1949
My Friend Irma

as Maitre D' (uncredited)

Movie
1949
The Heiress

as Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)

Movie
1949
It's a Great Feeling

as Man at Train Station (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Massacre River

as Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)

Movie
1949
The Lady Gambles

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Alias Nick Beal

as Supporter

Movie
1949
Cover Up

as Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)

Movie
1949
Knock on Any Door

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Slightly French

as Marty Freeman (uncredited)

Movie
1949
A Letter to Three Wives

as Country Club Member (uncredited)

Movie
1948
My Dear Secretary

as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Johnny Belinda

as Man on Jury (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Race Street

as Man (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Hollow Triumph

as Big Winner (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Stage Struck

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1948Movie
1948
Big Town Scandal

as Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Silver River

as Officer (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Assigned to Danger

as Mr. Norton (uncredited)

Movie
1948Movie
1948
The Big Clock

as (uncredited)

Movie
1948
I Remember Mama

as Drug Store Pharmacist (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Albuquerque

as Barfly (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Black Bart

as Al (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Three Daring Daughters

as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Movie
1947
I Walk Alone

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1947
A Double Life

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Daisy Kenyon

as Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Road to Rio

as (uncredited)

Movie
1947
The Judge Steps Out

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1947
The Gangster

as Passerby (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Gentleman's Agreement

as Party Guest

Movie
1947
Blondie in the Dough

as Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Merton of the Movies

as Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)

Movie
1947Movie
1947
Exposed

as Restaurant Patron

Movie
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

as Faculty Member (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Monsieur Verdoux

as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)

Movie
1947
They Won't Believe Me

as Man at Piano Concert (uncredited)

Movie
1947
So You Want to Be in Pictures

as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Fun on a Weekend

as Poker Player (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Yankee Fakir

as Bergin

Movie
1946
Deception

as Restaurant Diner (uncredited)

Movie
1946
Sister Kenny

as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)

Movie
1946
The Jolson Story

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

Movie
1946
Crack-Up

as Man on Train (Uncredited)

Movie
1946
Meet Me on Broadway

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Dick Tracy

as Bystander at Murder (uncredited)

Movie
1945
The Lost Weekend

as Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Fallen Angel

as Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Purity Squad

as Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Week-End at the Waldorf

as Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1945Movie
1945
Over 21

as Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Incendiary Blonde

as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Wonder Man

as Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Circumstantial Evidence

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Two O'Clock Courage

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1945
I Love a Mystery

as Reporter (Uncredited)

Movie
1945
A Song to Remember

as Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)

Movie
1945
The Great Flamarion

as Stage Manager (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Saddle Leather Law

as Rancher (uncredited)

Movie
1944
In Society

as Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero

as Town Councilman (uncredited)

Movie
1944
The Great Moment

as Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)

Movie
1944Movie
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover

as Ball Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Going My Way

as Church Usher (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Appointment in Berlin

as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Frontier Fury

as Bartender Homer (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Crime Doctor

as Juror

Movie
1942
Vaudeville Days

as Ticket Hawker (uncredited)

Movie
1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

as Policeman (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Silver Queen

as Creditor

Movie
1942Movie
1942
The Secret Code

as Federal Agent

Movie
1942
Men of the Sky

as Farmer (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides

as Chicago Businessman

Movie
1941
Johnny Eager

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1941
The Night of January 16th

as Juror (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Three Girls About Town

as Conventioneer Extra

Movie
1941
Mr. Celebrity

as Court Officer (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Belle Starr

as Barfly (uncredited)

Movie
1941Movie
1941
In the Navy

as Military Officer (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Meet John Doe

as (uncredited)

Movie
1941
The Lady Eve

as Tailor in Montage (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Buck Privates

as Officer (uncredited)

Movie
1940
The Son of Monte Cristo

as Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)

Movie
1940
Tin Pan Alley

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

Movie
1940Movie
1940
North West Mounted Police

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1940Movie
1940Movie
1940
Boom Town

as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Deadwood Dick

as Clayton

Movie
1940
Charlie Chan in Panama

as Marine Officer

Movie
1940Movie
1940
The Shadow

as Sparks

Movie
1939
Reno

as Board Member

Movie
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade

as Well-Wisher

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Stagecoach

as Deputy Frank (uncredited)

Movie
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady

as Cowboy (uncredited)

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Prison Train

as The Lawyer

Movie
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Rodeo Spectator

Movie
1938
Vivacious Lady

as Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)

Movie
1937Movie
1937
The Game That Kills

as Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1937
The Life of Emile Zola

as (uncredited)

Movie
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Bidder (uncredited)

Movie
1937
You Only Live Once

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Frontier Justice

as Lawyer George Lessin

Movie
1936
Charlie Chan at the Circus

as Mike - Ticket Taker

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Custer's Last Stand

as Major Marcus Reno

Movie
1935
Super Speed

as Ralph Gray

Movie
1935
Powdersmoke Range

as Jim Reece

Movie
1935
Page Miss Glory

as Dance Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1935Movie
1935
The Silver Bullet

as Marshal Joe Mullane

Movie
1935
Fighting Caballero

as Bartender

Movie
1935
The Ghost Rider

as Bullard

Movie
1935
The Cowboy and the Bandit

as Crooked Dealer

Movie
1935
Gold Diggers of 1935

as Bartender (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Desert Mesa

as Jones

Movie
1934
Frontier Days

as George Wilson

Movie
1934
West of the Law

as Case aka Green

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Pals of the West

as Sheriff Ed Dawson

Movie
1934
Carrying the Mail

as Henchman Frank

Movie
1934
Arizona Cyclone

as Carter, the Banker

Movie
1934
Honor of the Range

as Saloonkeeper

Movie
1934
Border Guns

as Fred Palmer

Movie
1933
Neighbors' Wives

as (uncredited)

Movie
1932
The Honor of the Press

as Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Mark of the Spur

as Sheriff Jake Ludlow

Movie
1932
Human Targets

as Sheriff

Movie
1931
Oklahoma Jim

as Army Captain

Movie
1931Movie
1931
Three Rogues

as Nelson

Movie
1931
Hell's Valley

as Manuel Valdez

Movie
1930
See America Thirst

as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Movie
1930
The Third Alarm

as Fire Department Captain

Movie
1930Movie
1930
Dames Ahoy

as Master of Ceremonies

Movie
1925
The Bandit Tamer

as William Warren

Movie
1925
The Drug Store Cowboy

as Marmaduke Grandon

Movie
1924
Courage

as Allen Jennings

Movie
1924
Battling Brewster

as Battling Jack Brewster

Movie
1924
Crossed Trails

as Tom Dawson

Movie
1924Movie
1924
Baffled

as Dick Osborne

Movie
1922
The Firebrand

as Bill Holt

Movie
1922Movie
1922
Gun-Shy

as James Brown

Movie
1922
Smiling Jim

as Smiling Jim / Frank Harmon

Movie
1921
The White Masks

as Jack Bray

Movie
1921
The Raiders

as Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP

Movie
1921
The Struggle

as Dick Storm

Movie
1921
The Last Chance

as Rance Sparr

Movie
1921Movie
1921
The Fighting Stranger

as Australia Joe

Movie
1920
The Galloping Devil

as Andy Green

Movie
1920
Vanishing Trails

as Silent Joe

Movie
1919Movie
1919
The Virtuous Model

as Edward Dorin

Movie
1919
Brother Bill

as William (Bill) Dexter

Movie
1919Movie
1919
The Uphill Climb

as Ford Cameron

Movie
1919
Vengeance and the Girl

as Jim Westgard Jr.

Movie
1919Movie
1919
The Two Doyles

as Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle

Movie
1919
The Desert Rat

as Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat

Movie
1918
Vanity Pool

as Drew Garrett

Movie
1918
In Judgment of...

as Dr. John O'Neill

Movie
1918
The Empty Cab

as Henry Egbert Xerxes

Movie
1918
$5,000 Reward

as Dick Arlington

Movie
1918
Fast Company

as Lawrence Percival Van Huyler

Movie
1918
The Rough Lover

as Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien

Movie
1918
The Fighting Grin

as Billy Kennedy

Movie
1917
The Scarlet Car

as Billy Winthrop

Movie
1917
The Winged Mystery

as Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever

Movie
1917
Anything Once

as Teddy Crosby

Movie
1917
A Stormy Knight

as John Winton

Movie
1917
The Empty Gun

as Robber

Movie
1917
The Clean-Up

as Stuart Adams

Movie
1917
The Car of Chance

as Arnold Baird

Movie
1917
Bringing Home Father

as Peter Drake

Movie
1917
The Clock

as Jack Tempest

Movie
1917
The Devil's Pay Day

as Gregory Van Houten

Movie
1917Movie
1916
Little Partner

as James Allis

Movie
1916Movie
1916
A Stranger from Somewhere

as Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis

Movie
1916
Love Never Dies

as Felix, the Man

Movie
1916
The Heart of a Show Girl

as Frank Masterson

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 5, 1878
Day of DeathJuly 4, 1961
Place of BirthBoston, Massachusetts, USA
Popularity0.6