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Franklyn Farnum

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1878-06-05

Died: 1961-07-04

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1916	The Heart of a Show Girl	Frank Masterson	0
2	1916	Love Never Dies	Felix, the Man	0
3	1916	A Stranger from Somewhere	Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis	0
4	1916	The Woman He Feared	John Gray	0
5	1916	Little Partner	James Allis	0
6	1917	The Man Who Took a Chance	Monty Gray	0
7	1917	The Devil's Pay Day	Gregory Van Houten	0
8	1917	The Clock	Jack Tempest	0
9	1917	Bringing Home Father	Peter Drake	0
10	1917	The Car of Chance	Arnold Baird	0
11	1917	The Clean-Up	Stuart Adams	0
12	1917	The Empty Gun	Robber	0
13	1917	A Stormy Knight	John Winton	0
14	1917	Anything Once	Teddy Crosby	0
15	1917	The Winged Mystery	Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever	0
16	1917	The Scarlet Car	Billy Winthrop	45
17	1918	The Fighting Grin	Billy Kennedy	0
18	1918	The Rough Lover	Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien	0
19	1918	Fast Company	Lawrence Percival Van Huyler	0
20	1918	$5,000 Reward	Dick Arlington	0
21	1918	The Empty Cab	Henry Egbert Xerxes	0
22	1918	In Judgment of...	Dr. John O'Neill	0
23	1918	Vanity Pool	Drew Garrett	0
24	1919	The Desert Rat	Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat	0
25	1919	The Two Doyles	Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle	0
26	1919	Hell's Fury Gordon		0
27	1919	Go-Get-Em Garringer	Garringer	0
28	1919	Vengeance and the Girl	Jim Westgard Jr.	0
29	1919	The Uphill Climb	Ford Cameron	0
30	1919	The Puncher and the Pup		0
31	1919	Shackles of Fate		0
32	1919	When Pals Fall Out	Lonesome	0
33	1919	Brother Bill	William (Bill) Dexter	0
34	1919	The Virtuous Model	Edward Dorin	0
35	1919	Breezy Bob		0
36	1919	Cupid's Roundup		0
37	1919	The Cowboy and the Rajah		0
38	1920	Vanishing Trails	Silent Joe	0
39	1920	The Galloping Devil	Andy Green	0
40	1920	The Land of Jazz		0
41	1921	The Fighting Stranger	Australia Joe	0
42	1921	The Hunger of the Blood	Maslun	0
43	1921	The Last Chance	Rance Sparr	0
44	1921	The Raiders	Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP	0
45	1921	The Struggle	Dick Storm	0
46	1921	The White Masks	Jack Bray	0
47	1922	Gun-Shy	James Brown	0
48	1922	Gold Grabbers		0
49	1922	The Firebrand	Bill Holt	0
50	1923	It Happened Out West		30
51	1924	Baffled	Dick Osborne	0
52	1924	A Two Fisted Tenderfoot	Ted Ransom	0
53	1924	Crossed Trails	Tom Dawson	0
54	1924	A Desperate Adventure		60
55	1924	Battling Brewster	Battling Jack Brewster	0
56	1925	The Drug Store Cowboy	Marmaduke Grandon	0
57	1930	Dames Ahoy	Master of Ceremonies	0
58	1930	Beyond the Rio Grande	Joe Kemp	0
59	1930	The Third Alarm	Fire Department Captain	0
60	1930	See America Thirst	Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)	0
61	1931	Hell's Valley	Manuel Valdez	0
62	1931	Three Rogues	Nelson	0
63	1931	Left Over Ladies	Benson	0
64	1931	Oklahoma Jim	Army Captain	0
65	1932	Human Targets	Sheriff	50
66	1932	Mark of the Spur	Sheriff Jake Ludlow	60
67	1932	The Reckless Rider	Sheriff	0
68	1932	The Honor of the Press	Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'	60
69	1934	Border Guns	Fred Palmer	0
70	1934	Honor of the Range	Saloonkeeper	50
71	1934	Arizona Cyclone	Carter, the Banker	0
72	1934	Carrying the Mail	Henchman Frank	0
73	1934	Pals of the West	Sheriff Ed Dawson	0
74	1934	The Lone Rider	Gore	0
75	1934	West of the Law	Case aka Green	0
76	1934	Frontier Days	George Wilson	25
77	1935	Desert Mesa	Jones	27
78	1935	Gold Diggers of 1935	Bartender (uncredited)	64
79	1935	The Cowboy and the Bandit	Crooked Dealer	60
80	1935	The Ghost Rider	Bullard	50
81	1935	Fighting Caballero	Bartender	50
82	1935	The Silver Bullet	Marshal Joe Mullane	10
83	1935	Hop-a-long Cassidy	Riley	60
84	1935	Page Miss Glory	Dance Extra (uncredited)	63
85	1935	Powdersmoke Range	Jim Reece	0
86	1936	Custer's Last Stand	Major Marcus Reno	45
87	1936	The Broken Coin		0
88	1936	The Preview Murder Mystery	James Deley	56
89	1936	Charlie Chan at the Circus	Mike - Ticket Taker	62
90	1936	The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand	Nicky	48
91	1936	Frontier Justice	Lawyer George Lessin	50
92	1936	What Becomes of the Children?	Shelby	50
93	1937	You Only Live Once	Plainclothesman (uncredited)	71
94	1937	History Is Made at Night		67
95	1937	The Emperor's Candlesticks	Bidder (uncredited)	52
96	1937	The Life of Emile Zola	(uncredited)	66
97	1937	The Game That Kills	Spectator (uncredited)	53
98	1937	Romance of the Rockies	Stone	0
99	1938	Vivacious Lady	Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)	68
100	1938	Cowboy from Brooklyn	Rodeo Spectator	40
101	1938	Prison Train	The Lawyer	60
102	1938	In Early Arizona	Spike	0
103	1938	The Cowboy and the Lady	Cowboy (uncredited)	61
104	1939	Stagecoach	Deputy Frank (uncredited)	76
105	1939	Almost a Gentleman	Juror	60
106	1939	Hollywood Cavalcade	Well-Wisher	51
107	1939	Reno	Board Member	60
108	1940	The Shadow	Sparks	65
109	1940	Charlie Chan in Panama	Marine Officer	68
110	1940	The House Across the Bay	Prison Guard	53
111	1940	Deadwood Dick	Clayton	60
112	1940	Boom Town	Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)	69
113	1940	Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride	Rancher	40
114	1940	Under Texas Skies	Townsman	50
115	1940	North West Mounted Police	Townsman (uncredited)	63
116	1940	The Green Archer	Pete	59
117	1940	Tin Pan Alley	Man in Audience (uncredited)	48
118	1940	The Son of Monte Cristo	Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)	56
119	1941	Buck Privates	Officer (uncredited)	67
120	1941	The Lady Eve	Tailor in Montage (uncredited)	72
121	1941	Meet John Doe	(uncredited)	73
122	1941	In the Navy	Military Officer (uncredited)	63
123	1941	This Woman Is Mine	Bit Role	37
124	1941	Belle Starr	Barfly (uncredited)	56
125	1941	Mr. Celebrity	Court Officer (uncredited)	40
126	1941	Three Girls About Town	Conventioneer Extra	53
127	1941	The Night of January 16th	Juror (uncredited)	50
128	1941	Johnny Eager	Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)	61
129	1942	Wild Bill Hickok Rides	Chicago Businessman	47
130	1942	Men of the Sky	Farmer (uncredited)	35
131	1942	The Secret Code	Federal Agent	51
132	1942	Northwest Rangers	Barfly	60
133	1942	I Married a Witch		68
134	1942	Silver Queen	Creditor	57
135	1942	'Neath Brooklyn Bridge	Policeman (uncredited)	64
136	1942	Vaudeville Days	Ticket Hawker (uncredited)	33
137	1943	Crime Doctor	Juror	62
138	1943	Frontier Fury	Bartender Homer (uncredited)	0
139	1943	Appointment in Berlin	R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)	67
140	1944	Going My Way	Church Usher (uncredited)	67
141	1944	The White Cliffs of Dover	Ball Guest (uncredited)	67
142	1944	Call of the Rockies	Miner	60
143	1944	The Great Moment	Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)	58
144	1944	Hail the Conquering Hero	Town Councilman (uncredited)	70
145	1944	In Society	Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)	58
146	1944	Saddle Leather Law	Rancher (uncredited)	0
147	1945	The Great Flamarion	Stage Manager (uncredited)	62
148	1945	A Song to Remember	Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)	63
149	1945	I Love a Mystery	Reporter (Uncredited)	61
150	1945	Hangover Square		69
151	1945	Two O'Clock Courage	Club Patron (uncredited)	61
152	1945	Circumstantial Evidence	Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)	48
153	1945	Wonder Man	Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)	66
154	1945	Incendiary Blonde	Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)	51
155	1945	Lady on a Train		66
156	1945	Over 21	Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)	53
157	1945	Sunset in El Dorado	Customer	42
158	1945	Week-End at the Waldorf	Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)	60
159	1945	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	57
160	1945	Purity Squad	Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)	70
161	1945	Fallen Angel	Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)	65
162	1945	The Lost Weekend	Concert Attendee (uncredited)	76
163	1945	Dick Tracy	Bystander at Murder (uncredited)	49
164	1946	Meet Me on Broadway	Man in Audience (uncredited)	70
165	1946	Crack-Up	Man on Train (Uncredited)	56
166	1946	Sister Kenny	Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)	65
167	1946	The Jolson Story	Man in Audience (uncredited)	66
168	1946	Deception	Restaurant Diner (uncredited)	65
169	1947	Yankee Fakir	Bergin	50
170	1947	Fun on a Weekend	Poker Player (Uncredited)	70
171	1947	So You Want to Be in Pictures	Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)	58
172	1947	They Won't Believe Me		66
173	1947	The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer	Faculty Member (uncredited)	69
174	1947	Exposed	Restaurant Patron	58
175	1947	High Tide		59
176	1947	Monsieur Verdoux	Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)	77
177	1947	Merton of the Movies	Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)	68
178	1947	Blondie in the Dough	Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)	65
179	1947	Gentleman's Agreement	Party Guest	70
180	1947	The Judge Steps Out	Wedding Guest (uncredited)	70
181	1947	A Double Life	Party Guest (uncredited)	63
182	1947	Daisy Kenyon	Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)	67
183	1947	Road to Rio	Ship Lounge Extra	67
184	1947	I Walk Alone	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	65
185	1948	Three Daring Daughters	Ship Passenger (uncredited)	57
186	1948	Black Bart	Al (uncredited)	45
187	1948	Albuquerque	Barfly (uncredited)	68
188	1948	The Big Clock	(uncredited)	73
189	1948	The Miracle of the Bells	Worshiper	59
190	1948	Assigned to Danger	Mr. Norton (uncredited)	50
191	1948	Big Town Scandal	Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)	50
192	1948	Stage Struck	Party Guest (uncredited)	56
193	1948	Wallflower		60
194	1948	Hollow Triumph	Big Winner (uncredited)	65
195	1948	Race Street	Man (uncredited)	58
196	1948	Johnny Belinda	Man on Jury (uncredited)	68
197	1948	My Dear Secretary	Nightclub Extra (uncredited)	58
198	1949	A Letter to Three Wives	Country Club Member (uncredited)	72
199	1949	Slightly French	Marty Freeman (uncredited)	72
200	1949	Knock on Any Door	Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)	61
201	1949	Cover Up	Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)	65
202	1949	Alias Nick Beal	Supporter	69
203	1949	The Lady Gambles	Casino Patron (uncredited)	60
204	1949	Johnny Allegro		63
205	1949	Massacre River	Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)	62
206	1949	House of Strangers		69
207	1949	It's a Great Feeling	Man at Train Station (uncredited)	59
208	1949	The Heiress	Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)	78
209	1949	My Friend Irma	Maitre D' (uncredited)	68
210	1949	The File on Thelma Jordon	Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)	66
211	1950	Gun Crazy	Cashier (uncredited)	74
212	1950	When Willie Comes Marching Home	Officer at Party (uncredited)	68
213	1950	No Man of Her Own	Train Passenger (uncredited)	69
214	1950	The Jackie Robinson Story	Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)	64
215	1950	Colt .45	Townsman (uncredited)	62
216	1950	Destination Murder	Arthur Mansfield	51
217	1950	Bright Leaf	Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)	59
218	1950	Destination Moon	Factory Worker (uncredited)	59
219	1950	The Second Woman	Country Club Guest	56
220	1950	Sunset Boulevard	Undertaker	83
221	1950	The Screen Writer	Screenwriter (uncredited)	0
222	1950	Pretty Baby	Subway Commuter (uncredited)	60
223	1950	Union Station	Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)	64
224	1950	All About Eve	Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)	81
225	1950	Woman on the Run	Coroner (uncredited)	68
226	1950	California Passage	Townsman (uncredited)	40
227	1951	The Mating Season	Board Member (uncredited)	66
228	1951	You're in the Navy Now	Officer	44
229	1951	The Groom Wore Spurs	Reverend (uncredited)	44
230	1951	A Place in the Sun	Company Executive (uncredited)	73
231	1951	The Strange Door		62
232	1951	Strangers on a Train	Party Guest (uncredited)	77
233	1951	Roadblock	Elevator Passenger (uncredited)	58
234	1951	Here Comes the Groom	Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)	52
235	1951	Painting The Clouds With Sunshine	Board Member (uncredited)	45
236	1951	Love Nest	Waiter (Uncredited)	57
237	1951	The Stooge	Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)	66
238	1951	The Barefoot Mailman	Townsman at Dance (uncredited)	40
239	1952	Phone Call from a Stranger		64
240	1952	This Woman Is Dangerous	Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)	57
241	1952	Fort Osage	Settler (uncredited)	60
242	1952	The Greatest Show on Earth	Spectator (uncredited)	63
243	1952	The Half-Breed	Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)	50
244	1952	The Narrow Margin	Train Passenger (uncredited)	73
245	1952	Carrie	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)	64
246	1952	Captain Pirate	Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)	54
247	1952	Everything I Have Is Yours	Tourist in Show (Uncredited)	58
248	1952	The Steel Trap		64
249	1952	The Bad and the Beautiful	Assistant on Set (uncredited)	73
250	1953	Destination Gobi		57
251	1953	The Story of Three Loves	Man Departing Train	56
252	1953	Scared Stiff	Passerby (uncredited)	64
253	1953	Vicki	Club Manager (uncredited)	56
254	1953	Calamity Jane	Barfly (uncredited)	70
255	1954	Broken Lance	Juror (uncredited)	64
256	1954	A Star Is Born	Ray (uncredited)	71
257	1954	White Christmas	Club Patron (uncredited)	72
258	1954	Black Widow	Party Guest (uncredited)	64
259	1954	The Country Girl	First-Nighter (uncredited)	69
260	1954	Black Tuesday	Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)	60
261	1955	Ten Wanted Men		58
262	1955	East of Eden	Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)	76
263	1955	Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy	Cafe Patron (uncredited)	60
264	1955	Chicago Syndicate	Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)	58
265	1955	Wichita	Townsman (uncredited)	63
266	1955	My Sister Eileen	Pedestrian (uncredited)	65
267	1955	Illegal	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)	64
268	1955	A Lawless Street	Townsman (uncredited)	54
269	1955	Guys and Dolls	Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)	66
270	1955	The Square Jungle		59
271	1956	Inside Detroit		60
272	1956	The Eddy Duchin Story	Passerby (uncredited)	61
273	1956	The Killing	Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)	77
274	1956	The First Texan	Delegate (uncredited)	61
275	1956	High Society	Party Guest (uncredited)	69
276	1956	The Solid Gold Cadillac	Dance Extra (uncredited)	63
277	1956	The Search for Bridey Murphy	Druggist (Uncredited)	63
278	1956	Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!	Board of Directors	100
279	1956	Around the World in Eighty Days	Extra (uncredited)	66
280	1956	The Opposite Sex	Patron at 21 (uncredited)	52
281	1956	Hollywood or Bust	Audience Member	61
282	1957	Funny Face	Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)	70
283	1957	She Devil	Party Guest (uncredited)	55
284	1957	Ten Thousand Bedrooms	Party Guest (uncredited)	50
285	1957	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral	Barfly (uncredited)	70
286	1957	An Affair to Remember	Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)	74
287	1957	The Joker is Wild	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	80
288	1957	Until They Sail	Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)	64
289	1957	My Man Godfrey	Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)	63
290	1957	The Tin Star	Townsman (uncredited)	70
291	1957	Wild Is the Wind	Passenger at Airport (uncredited)	68
292	1957	Witness for the Prosecution	Barrister (uncredited)	82
293	1958	King Creole	Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)	64
294	1958	Money, Women and Guns	Postmaster (uncredited)	53
295	1958	Home Before Dark	New Year's Eve Party Reveller	72
296	1958	The Tunnel of Love	Party Guest (uncredited)	59
297	1958	Some Came Running	Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)	69
298	1959	Some Like It Hot	Party Guest (uncredited)	81
299	1959	The Mating Game	Townsman (uncredited)	59
300	1959	The Blue Angel	Blue Angel Customer (uncredited)	56
301	1959	Pillow Talk	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	71
302	1959	The Story on Page One	Juror (uncredited)	51
303	1960	Ice Palace	Committee Member (uncredited)	58
304	1960	The Hypnotic Eye	Audience Member (uncredited)	57
305	1960	Because They're Young	Shopper with Cart (uncredited)	55
306	1960	The Apartment	Office Worker (uncredited)	82
307	1960	Cimarron	Townsman (uncredited)	60
308	1961	Parrish	Party Guest (uncredited)	54

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Party Guest (uncredited)	77