Cast
Franklyn Farnum
Acting
Cast
Franklyn Farnum
Known for
Acting
Born
1878-06-05
From
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died
1961-07-04
Also known as William Smith, Franklin Farnum, Frank 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.
Sunset Boulevard
as Undertaker
Witness for the Prosecution
as Barrister (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Apartment
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Barfly (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
as Extra (uncredited)
All About Eve
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Stagecoach
as Deputy Frank (uncredited)
High Society
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Killing
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Spectator (uncredited)
Funny Face
as Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
Gun Crazy
as Cashier (uncredited)
Cimarron
as Townsman (uncredited)
East of Eden
as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
as Ray (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
as Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)
The Lady Eve
as Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
Carrie
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
An Affair to Remember
as Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Story of Three Loves
as Man Departing Train
Monsieur Verdoux
as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
Buck Privates
as Officer (uncredited)
Illegal
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Tin Star
as Townsman (uncredited)
Guys and Dolls
as Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)
Johnny Eager
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
You're in the Navy Now
as Officer
A Place in the Sun
as Company Executive (uncredited)
Belle Starr
as Barfly (uncredited)
The Gazebo
as TV Technician in Booth (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
as Barfly (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Wichita
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Stooge
as Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
as (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
The Heiress
as Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)
Hollow Triumph
as Big Winner (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Broken Lance
as Juror (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
as Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)
The Narrow Margin
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Pretty Baby
as Subway Commuter (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me
as Man at Piano Concert (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Assistant on Set (uncredited)
White Christmas
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Black Widow
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Vivacious Lady
as Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)
In Society
as Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)
Gentleman's Agreement
as Party Guest
I Married a Witch
Some Came Running
as Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)
Destination Murder
as Arthur Mansfield
Love Nest
as Waiter (Uncredited)
Oklahoma Jim
as Army Captain
A Song to Remember
as Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
Going My Way
as Church Usher (uncredited)
Vicki
as Club Manager (uncredited)
Silver River
as Officer (uncredited)
Johnny Allegro
Roadblock
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
The Country Girl
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Passerby (uncredited)
Crime Doctor
as Juror
Hangover Square
I Walk Alone
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Destination Moon
as Factory Worker (uncredited)
History Is Made at Night
Three Girls About Town
as Conventioneer Extra
Deception
as Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
as Man on Jury (uncredited)
Wonder Man
as Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)
Honor of the Range
as Saloonkeeper
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Bidder (uncredited)
Frontier Days
as George Wilson
Road to Rio
as (uncredited)
Fast Company
as Lawrence Percival Van Huyler
A Lawless Street
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Miracle of the Bells
as Worshiper
Crack-Up
as Man on Train (Uncredited)
Parrish
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Black Bart
as Al (uncredited)
Sincerely Yours
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
A Double Life
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Bartender (uncredited)
The House Across the Bay
as Prison Guard
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
The Life of Emile Zola
as (uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby
Colt .45
as Townsman (uncredited)
Boom Town
as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
The Strange Door
King Creole
as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Fort Osage
as Settler (uncredited)
Union Station
as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
A Letter to Three Wives
as Country Club Member (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Cowboy (uncredited)
Woman on the Run
as Coroner (uncredited)
Captain Pirate
as Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Lady Gambles
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon
as Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)
The Gangster
as Passerby (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Well-Wisher
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Faculty Member (uncredited)
Black Tuesday
as Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Circus
as Mike - Ticket Taker
Scared Stiff
as Passerby (uncredited)
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Inside Detroit
House of Strangers
Wallflower
Ten Wanted Men
Circumstantial Evidence
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Ransom!
as Townsman in Crowd (uncredited)
Hollywood or Bust
as Audience Member
My Sister Eileen
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
Ice Palace
as Committee Member (uncredited)
Wild Is the Wind
as Passenger at Airport (uncredited)
The Las Vegas Story
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
The Struggle
as Dick Storm
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
The Jolson Story
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Border Guns
as Fred Palmer
Over 21
as Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)
Bright Leaf
as Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
Baffled
as Dick Osborne
The Big Clock
as (uncredited)
Three Daring Daughters
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
See America Thirst
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
as Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)
Living It Up
as Man at Bus Depot (uncredited)
The Tunnel of Love
as Party Guest (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Stage Struck
as Party Guest (uncredited)
In the Navy
as Military Officer (uncredited)
The Long, Long Trailer
as Extra in Trailer Park (uncredited)
The Mating Game
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Chicago Businessman
When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Officer at Party (uncredited)
Home Before Dark
as New Year's Eve Party Reveller
Alias Nick Beal
as Supporter
Chicago Syndicate
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Mating Season
as Board Member (uncredited)
The Company She Keeps
as minor role (uncredited)
Tomorrow Is Another Day
She Devil
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Left Over Ladies
as Benson
The Square Jungle
Dick Tracy
as Bystander at Murder (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Toast of New Orleans
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Son of Monte Cristo
as Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)
My Dear Secretary
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Phone Call from a Stranger
Race Street
as Man (uncredited)
The Second Woman
as Country Club Guest
Until They Sail
as Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
High Tide
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Northwest Rangers
as Barfly
Deadwood Dick
as Clayton
The First Texan
as Delegate (uncredited)
I Remember Mama
as Drug Store Pharmacist (uncredited)
The Story on Page One
as Juror (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Rajah
The Steel Trap
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
Silver Queen
as Creditor
Destination Gobi
The Barefoot Mailman
as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Powdersmoke Range
as Jim Reece
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
as Board of Directors
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Crooked Dealer
Tin Pan Alley
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Appointment in Berlin
as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
Wake Me When It's Over
as Pentagon Officer (uncredited)
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
as Board Member (uncredited)
The Great Flamarion
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
So You Want to Be in Pictures
as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Anything Once
as Teddy Crosby
Albuquerque
as Barfly (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
Cover Up
as Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)
Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Riley
The Blue Angel
as Blue Angel Customer (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
The Great Moment
as Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
Exposed
as Restaurant Patron
The Shadow
as Sparks
Charlie Chan in Panama
as Marine Officer
Two O'Clock Courage
as Club Patron (uncredited)
California Passage
as Townsman (uncredited)
Human Targets
as Sheriff
Reno
as Board Member
Sunset in El Dorado
as Customer
The Half-Breed
as Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Policeman (uncredited)
My Friend Irma
as Maitre D' (uncredited)
The Preview Murder Mystery
as James Deley
Page Miss Glory
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Night of January 16th
as Juror (uncredited)
Crossed Trails
as Tom Dawson
The Groom Wore Spurs
as Reverend (uncredited)
Fighting Caballero
as Bartender
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Rodeo Spectator
Men of the Sky
as Farmer (uncredited)
Mr. Celebrity
as Court Officer (uncredited)
The Hypnotic Eye
as Audience Member (uncredited)
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Nicky
Slightly French
as Marty Freeman (uncredited)
Gun-Shy
as James Brown
Big Town Scandal
as Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)
Merton of the Movies
as Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
Arizona Cyclone
as Carter, the Banker
What Becomes of the Children?
as Shelby
This Woman Is Mine
as Bit Role
Fun on a Weekend
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Because They're Young
as Shopper with Cart (uncredited)
I Love a Mystery
as Reporter (Uncredited)
Assigned to Danger
as Mr. Norton (uncredited)
The Secret Code
as Federal Agent
The Silver Bullet
as Marshal Joe Mullane
Custer's Last Stand
as Major Marcus Reno
Cupid's Roundup
Vaudeville Days
as Ticket Hawker (uncredited)
The Scarlet Car
as Billy Winthrop
The Empty Cab
as Henry Egbert Xerxes
Everything I Have Is Yours
as Tourist in Show (Uncredited)
The Winged Mystery
as Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever
Hell's Fury Gordon
Money, Women and Guns
as Postmaster (uncredited)
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)
Mark of the Spur
as Sheriff Jake Ludlow
Blondie in the Dough
as Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)
Call of the Rockies
as Miner
Carrying the Mail
as Henchman Frank
Saddle Leather Law
as Rancher (uncredited)
Meet Me on Broadway
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
The Search for Bridey Murphy
as Druggist (Uncredited)
The Broken Coin
Massacre River
as Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)
Prison Train
as The Lawyer
The Game That Kills
as Spectator (uncredited)
In Early Arizona
as Spike
The Green Archer
as Pete
Purity Squad
as Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)
Yankee Fakir
as Bergin
A Stranger from Somewhere
as Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis
The Reckless Rider
as Sheriff
Under Texas Skies
as Townsman
The Man Who Took a Chance
as Monty Gray
The Woman He Feared
as John Gray
Three Rogues
as Nelson
The Honor of the Press
as Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
as Rancher
Neighbors' Wives
as (uncredited)
The Devil's Pay Day
as Gregory Van Houten
Dames Ahoy
as Master of Ceremonies
The Third Alarm
as Fire Department Captain
The Raiders
as Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP
Frontier Justice
as Lawyer George Lessin
The Empty Gun
as Robber
Almost a Gentleman
as Juror
Hell's Valley
as Manuel Valdez
It Happened Out West
Pals of the West
as Sheriff Ed Dawson
Desert Mesa
as Jones
The Firebrand
as Bill Holt
Go-Get-Em Garringer
as Garringer
Little Partner
as James Allis
The Clock
as Jack Tempest
Beyond the Rio Grande
as Joe Kemp
The Ghost Rider
as Bullard
Brother Bill
as William (Bill) Dexter
The Lone Rider
as Gore
Frontier Fury
as Bartender Homer (uncredited)
The Screen Writer
as Screenwriter (uncredited)
Vanity Pool
as Drew Garrett
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
as Ted Ransom
The Heart of a Show Girl
as Frank Masterson
The Rough Lover
as Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien
Vanishing Trails
as Silent Joe
Super Speed
as Ralph Gray
The Puncher and the Pup
The Two Doyles
as Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle
The Car of Chance
as Arnold Baird
Love Never Dies
as Felix, the Man
Romance of the Rockies
as Stone
The Drug Store Cowboy
as Marmaduke Grandon
$5,000 Reward
as Dick Arlington
A Desperate Adventure
The Fighting Grin
as Billy Kennedy
The Hunger of the Blood
as Maslun
The White Masks
as Jack Bray
The Last Chance
as Rance Sparr
Bringing Home Father
as Peter Drake
The Land of Jazz
West of the Law
as Case aka Green
The Clean-Up
as Stuart Adams
Smiling Jim
as Smiling Jim / Frank Harmon
Battling Brewster
as Battling Jack Brewster
In Judgment of...
as Dr. John O'Neill
The Bandit Tamer
as William Warren
The Virtuous Model
as Edward Dorin
When Pals Fall Out
as Lonesome
The Desert Rat
as Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat
Gold Grabbers
Breezy Bob
The Uphill Climb
as Ford Cameron
A Stormy Knight
as John Winton
Courage
as Allen Jennings
Shackles of Fate
Vengeance and the Girl
as Jim Westgard Jr.
The Galloping Devil
as Andy Green
The Fighting Stranger
as Australia Joe