William Farnum: movies and TV shows
William Farnum has 123 credits in the archive: 123 films and 0 TV series, from 1914 to 1952. Highest rated: Hollywood Story (6.7/10).
Career timeline
1914 – 1952 · busiest year: 1942 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Lone Star | Tom Crockett | Film | 5.7 | 75 |
| 1952 | Jack and the Beanstalk | The King | Film | 5.7 | 75 |
| 1951 | Hollywood Story | Himself | Film | 6.7 | 74 |
| 1950 | Trail of Robin Hood | Bill Franum | Film | 6.3 | 73 |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Tubal | Film | 6.6 | 72 |
| 1949 | Bride of Vengeance | Conti Peruzzi | Film | 5.4 | 72 |
| 1949 | Daughter of the West | Father Vallejo | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1949 | Gun Cargo | Board of Inquiry Chairman | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1947 | The Perils of Pauline | Western Saloon Set Hero | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 1946 | Rolling Home | Rodeo Official | Film | 5.7 | 69 |
| 1946 | My Dog Shep | Carter J. Latham Jr. | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1946 | God's Country | Sandy McTavish | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd | Capt. Rawson | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1945 | Wildfire | Judge Polson | Film | 4.0 | 68 |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Curse | The Sacristan | Film | 5.5 | 67 |
| 1943 | Frontier Badmen | Dad Courtwright | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1942 | The Spoilers | Wheaton | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson | Senator Huyler | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1942 | American Empire | Louisiana Judge | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 1942 | Men of Texas | General Sam Houston | Film | 9.0 | 65 |
| 1942 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Colonel Mallory | Film | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1942 | The Silver Bullet | Dr. Thad Morgan | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1942 | Lone Star Ranger | Texas Ranger Major McNeil | Film | 5.3 | 65 |
| 1942 | Boss of Hangtown Mesa | Judge Ezra Binns | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 1942 | Today I Hang | Warden Burke | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face | Court Attendant | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1941 | The Corsican Brothers | Priest | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1941 | Gangs of Sonora | Ward Beecham | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | Film | 7.0 | 64 | |
| 1941 | Last of the Duanes | Texas Ranger Major McNeill | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1940 | Kit Carson | Don Miguel Murphy | Film | 6.1 | 63 |
| 1940 | Convicted Woman | Commissioner McNeill | Film | 4.6 | 63 |
| 1940 | Adventures of Red Ryder | Colonel Tom Ryder | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1940 | Hi-Yo Silver | Father McKim | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1939 | Rovin' Tumbleweeds | Senator Timothy Nolan | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1939 | South of the Border | Padre | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1939 | Colorado Sunset | Sheriff George Glenn | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1939 | Mexicali Rose | Padre Dominic | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1938 | If I Were King | General Barbezier | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 1938 | The Lone Ranger | Father McKim | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1938 | Shine On Harvest Moon | Milt Brower | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1938 | Santa Fe Stampede | Dave Carson | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 1938 | The Secret of Treasure Island | George Brennan Westmore (Editor) | Film | 4.5 | 61 |
| 1937 | Maid of Salem | Crown Justice Sewall | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 1937 | Git Along Little Dogies | Banker Maxwell | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1937 | Public Cowboy No. 1 | Sheriff Matt Doniphon | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 1936 | Sharad of Atlantis | Sharad | Film | 4.4 | 59 |
| 1936 | Custer's Last Stand | James Fitzpatrick | Film | 5.3 | 59 |
| 1936 | The Vigilantes Are Coming | Father José | Film | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1936 | Custer's Last Stand | James Fitzpatrick | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1936 | The Kid Ranger | Bill Mason | Film | 4.5 | 59 |
| 1936 | The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand | Gordon Gaunt | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 1935 | The Crusades | Hugo, Duke of Burgundy | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1935 | The Eagle's Brood | El Toro | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1935 | Hollywood Extra Girl | Crusades Actor (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1935 | Powdersmoke Range | Sam Oreham - Banker | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1935 | Million Dollar Haul | Mr. Mallory - Sheila's Dad | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1935 | Between Men | John Wellington / Rand | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1935 | The Irish Gringo | Pop Wiley | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1934 | Cleopatra | Lepidus | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Letter | Gov. Bellingham | Film | 5.1 | 57 |
| 1934 | School for Girls | Charles Waltham | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1934 | Good Dame | Judge Flynn | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1934 | The Brand of Hate | Joe Larkins | Film | 5.6 | 57 |
| 1934 | The Silver Streak | B.J. Dexter | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1934 | Happy Landing | Col. Curtis | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1934 | Are We Civilized? | Paul Franklin, Sr. | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1933 | Supernatural | Nicky Hammond | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1933 | Reckless Decision | Rev. John MacDougall | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1933 | Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles | Squire Beamish | Film | 1.0 | 56 |
| 1932 | The Drifter | The Drifter | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1932 | Mr. Robinson Crusoe | William Belmont | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1932 | Flaming Guns | Henry Ramsey | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1931 | The Painted Desert | Cash Holbrook | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 1931 | A Connecticut Yankee | King Arthur / Inventor | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1931 | The Pagan Lady | Malcolm 'Mal' Todd | Film | 4.0 | 54 |
| 1931 | Ten Nights in a Bar-room | Joe Morgan | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1931 | Law of the Sea | Captain Len Andrews | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1931 | The Wide Open Spaces | U.S. Marshal | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1930 | Du Barry, Woman of Passion | Louis XV | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1928 | Tropical Nights | Film | 8.0 | 51 | |
| 1924 | The Man Who Fights Alone | John Marble | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1923 | Brass Commandments | Stephen 'Flash' Lanning | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1923 | The Gunfighter | Billy Buell | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1922 | A Stage Romance | Edmund Kean | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1922 | Without Compromise | Dick Leighton | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1922 | Moonshine Valley | Ned Connors | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1922 | Shackles of Gold | John Gibbs | Film | 3.3 | 45 |
| 1921 | His Greatest Sacrifice | Richard Hall | Film | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1921 | Perjury | Robert Moore | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1920 | Heart Strings | Pierre Fournel | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1920 | The Adventurer | Don Caesar de Bazan | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1920 | The Joyous Trouble-Makers | William Steele | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1920 | The Scuttlers | Jim Landers | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1920 | Drag Harlan | Drag Harlan | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1920 | If I Were King | François Villon | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1920 | The Orphan | The Orphan | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1919 | The Last of the Duanes | Buck Duane | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1919 | Wolves of the Night | Bruce Andrews | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1919 | The Man Hunter | George Arnold | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1919 | Wings of the Morning | Capt. Robert Anstruther | Film | 4.0 | 42 |
| 1919 | The Lone Star Ranger | Steele | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1918 | For Freedom | Robert Wayne | Film | — | 41 |
| 1918 | Rough and Ready | Bill Stratton | Film | — | 41 |
| 1918 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Lassiter | Film | — | 41 |
| 1918 | True Blue | Bob McKeever | Film | — | 41 |
| 1918 | The Rainbow Trail | Lassiter / Shefford | Film | — | 41 |
| 1917 | A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton | Film | 4.8 | 40 |
| 1917 | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1917 | The Conqueror | Sam Houston | Film | — | 40 |
| 1917 | The Price of Silence | Senator Frank Deering | Film | — | 40 |
| 1917 | American Methods | William Armstrong | Film | 1.0 | 40 |
| 1917 | The Heart of a Lion | Barney Kemper | Film | — | 40 |
| 1917 | When a Man Sees Red | Larry Smith | Film | — | 40 |
| 1916 | The Man from Bitter Roots | Bruce Burt | Film | — | 39 |
| 1916 | The Bondman | Stephen Orry/Jason Orry | Film | — | 39 |
| 1916 | Fires of Conscience | George Baxter | Film | — | 39 |
| 1916 | The Battle of Hearts | Martin Cane | Film | — | 39 |
| 1915 | Samson | Maurice Brachard | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1915 | A Soldier's Oath | Pierre Duval | Film | — | 38 |
| 1915 | The Wonderful Adventure | Martin Stanley | Film | 1.0 | 38 |
| 1914 | The Spoilers | Roy Glenister | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1914 | The Sign of the Cross | Marcus Superbus | Film | 5.1 | 37 |