William Farnum

Acting

William Farnum

Born 1876-07-03 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 123 films

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Farnum (July 4, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts – June 5, 1953 in Hollywood, California) was a major movie actor. One of three brothers, Farnum grew up in a family of actors. He made his acting debut at the age of ten in Richmond, Virginia in a production of Julius Caesar, with Edwin Booth playing the title character. His first major success was as the title character of Ben-Hur in 1900 though replacing the orig…

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Filmography

123 films
Lone Star poster

Cattle baron Devereaux Burke is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from es…

Lone Star

★ 5.7 1952

Gun Cargo poster

A Maritime Board of Inquiry investigates the loss of the merchant ship, the Black Rover . Its capta…

Gun Cargo

★ 8.0 1949

Rolling Home poster

An elderly rodeo rider, his young grandson and their injured horse help transform the lives of vari…

Rolling Home

★ 5.7 1946

My Dog Shep poster

An orphan boy on his way to live with his uncle picks up a stray dog, and the two become fast frien…

My Dog Shep

★ 6.3 1946

God's Country poster

Lee Preston, aka Leland Bruce, kills a man in self defense but flees to the redwood country when th…

God's Country

★ 7.0 1946