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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 5, 1878
Died
July 4, 1961
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- William Smith
- Franklin Farnum
- Frank Farnum
Franklyn Farnum
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.0
Party Guest (uncredited)
Parrish
1961
6.0
Townsman (uncredited)
Cimarron
1960
8.2
Office Worker (uncredited)
The Apartment
1960
6.0
Pentagon Officer (uncredited)
Wake Me When It's Over
1960
5.5
Shopper with Cart (uncredited)
Because They're Young
1960
5.8
Audience Member (uncredited)
The Hypnotic Eye
1960
6.9
Television Technician in Booth (uncredited)
The Gazebo
1960
5.8
Committee Member (uncredited)
Ice Palace
1960
4.3
Juror (uncredited)
The Story on Page One
1959
7.1
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
1959
Credits
Parrish
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1961
5.0
Cimarron
as Townsman (uncredited)
1960
6.0
The Apartment
as Office Worker (uncredited)
1960
8.2
Wake Me When It's Over
as Pentagon Officer (uncredited)
1960
6.0
Because They're Young
as Shopper with Cart (uncredited)
1960
5.5
The Hypnotic Eye
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1960
5.8
The Gazebo
as Television Technician in Booth (uncredited)
1960
6.9
Ice Palace
as Committee Member (uncredited)
1960
5.8
The Story on Page One
as Juror (uncredited)
1959
4.3
Pillow Talk
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1959
7.1
The Blue Angel
as Blue Angel Customer (uncredited)
1959
5.1
The Mating Game
as Townsman (uncredited)
1959
6.2
Some Like It Hot
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1959
8.1
Some Came Running
as Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)
1958
6.9
The Tunnel of Love
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1958
5.8
Home Before Dark
as New Year's Eve Party Reveller
1958
7.0
Money, Women and Guns
as Postmaster (uncredited)
1958
5.3
King Creole
as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
1958
6.3
Witness for the Prosecution
as Barrister (uncredited)
1957
8.2
Wild Is the Wind
as Passenger at Airport (uncredited)
1957
6.6
The Tin Star
as Townsman (uncredited)
1957
7.0
My Man Godfrey
as Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
6.4
Until They Sail
as Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
1957
6.4
The Joker is Wild
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1957
8.0
An Affair to Remember
as Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)
1957
7.4
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Barfly (uncredited)
1957
7.0
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
5.0
She Devil
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
5.5
Funny Face
as Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
1957
7.0
Hollywood or Bust
as Audience Member
1956
6.1
The Opposite Sex
as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
1956
5.2
Around the World in 80 Days
as Extra (uncredited)
1956
6.6
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
as Board of Directors
1956
10.0
The Search for Bridey Murphy
as Druggist (Uncredited)
1956
6.3
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
1956
6.2
High Society
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1956
6.8
The First Texan
as Delegate (uncredited)
1956
6.3
The Killing
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1956
7.7
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Passerby (uncredited)
1956
6.2
Ransom!
as Townsman in Crowd (uncredited)
1956
7.2
Inside Detroit
1956
6.0
The Square Jungle
1955
5.9
Guys and Dolls
as Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)
1955
6.5
A Lawless Street
as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
5.3
Illegal
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1955
6.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1955
7.8
My Sister Eileen
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
1955
6.5
Wichita
as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
6.4
Chicago Syndicate
as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
1955
5.8
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
1955
6.0
East of Eden
as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
1955
7.5
Ten Wanted Men
1955
5.8
Black Tuesday
as Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
1954
6.0
The Country Girl
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
1954
6.9
Black Widow
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1954
6.3
White Christmas
as Club Patron (uncredited)
1954
7.2
A Star Is Born
as Ray (uncredited)
1954
7.1
Broken Lance
as Juror (uncredited)
1954
6.4
Living It Up
as Man at Bus Depot (uncredited)
1954
6.4
The Long, Long Trailer
as Extra in Trailer Park (uncredited)
1954
6.9
Calamity Jane
as Barfly (uncredited)
1953
7.0
Vicki
as Club Manager (uncredited)
1953
5.4
Scared Stiff
as Passerby (uncredited)
1953
6.4
The Story of Three Loves
as Man Departing Train
1953
5.8
Destination Gobi
1953
5.8
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Assistant on Set (uncredited)
1952
7.3
The Steel Trap
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
1952
6.4
Everything I Have Is Yours
as Tourist in Show (Uncredited)
1952
5.8
Captain Pirate
as Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)
1952
5.2
Carrie
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1952
6.4
The Half-Breed
as Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)
1952
5.0
The Narrow Margin
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1952
7.3
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Spectator (uncredited)
1952
6.3
Fort Osage
as Settler (uncredited)
1952
6.0
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)
1952
5.7
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
6.2
The Las Vegas Story
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
1952
5.9
The Barefoot Mailman
as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
1951
4.0
The Stooge
as Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)
1951
6.6
Love Nest
as Waiter (Uncredited)
1951
5.4
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
as Board Member (uncredited)
1951
4.5
Here Comes the Groom
as Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)
1951
5.2
Roadblock
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
1951
5.8
Strangers on a Train
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1951
7.7
The Strange Door
1951
6.1
A Place in the Sun
as Company Executive (uncredited)
1951
7.3
The Groom Wore Spurs
as Reverend (uncredited)
1951
4.4
You're in the Navy Now
as Officer
1951
4.4
The Mating Season
as Board Member (uncredited)
1951
6.6
The Company She Keeps
as minor role (uncredited)
1951
5.9
California Passage
as Townsman (uncredited)
1950
4.0
Woman on the Run
as Coroner (uncredited)
1950
6.8
All About Eve
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
1950
8.1
Union Station
as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
1950
6.4
Pretty Baby
as Subway Commuter (uncredited)
1950
6.0
🎬
The Screen Writer
as Screenwriter (uncredited)
1950
0.0
🎬
The Cisco Kid
as Rancher (uncredited)
1950
5.9
The Toast of New Orleans
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1950
4.9
Sunset Boulevard
as Undertaker
1950
8.3
The Second Woman
as Country Club Guest
1950
5.4
Destination Moon
as Factory Worker (uncredited)
1950
5.9
Bright Leaf
as Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
1950
5.7
Destination Murder
as Arthur Mansfield
1950
5.1
Colt .45
as Townsman (uncredited)
1950
6.2
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
1950
6.3
No Man of Her Own
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1950
6.8
When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Officer at Party (uncredited)
1950
6.8
Gun Crazy
as Cashier (uncredited)
1950
7.4
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
1949
6.5
My Friend Irma
as Maitre D' (uncredited)
1949
6.8
The Heiress
as Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)
1949
7.7
It's a Great Feeling
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
1949
5.8
House of Strangers
1949
7.0
Massacre River
as Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)
1949
6.2
Johnny Allegro
1949
6.4
The Lady Gambles
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
1949
6.0
Alias Nick Beal
as Supporter
1949
6.7
Cover Up
as Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)
1949
6.5
Knock on Any Door
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1949
6.1
Slightly French
as Marty Freeman (uncredited)
1949
7.2
A Letter to Three Wives
as Country Club Member (uncredited)
1949
7.2
My Dear Secretary
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
1948
5.9
Johnny Belinda
as Man on Jury (uncredited)
1948
6.8
Race Street
as Man (uncredited)
1948
5.8
Hollow Triumph
as Big Winner (uncredited)
1948
6.6
Wallflower
1948
6.0
Stage Struck
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1948
5.6
Big Town Scandal
as Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)
1948
5.0
Silver River
as Officer (uncredited)
1948
5.9
Assigned to Danger
as Mr. Norton (uncredited)
1948
5.0
The Miracle of the Bells
as Worshiper
1948
5.9
The Big Clock
as (uncredited)
1948
7.3
Albuquerque
as Barfly (uncredited)
1948
6.8
Black Bart
as Al (uncredited)
1948
4.5
Three Daring Daughters
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1948
5.7
I Walk Alone
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1947
6.5
Daisy Kenyon
as Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)
1947
6.6
A Double Life
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1947
6.3
Road to Rio
as Ship Lounge Extra
1947
6.8
The Judge Steps Out
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1947
7.0
Gentleman's Agreement
as Party Guest
1947
7.0
Blondie in the Dough
as Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)
1947
6.5
Merton of the Movies
as Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
1947
6.8
Monsieur Verdoux
as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
1947
7.7
High Tide
1947
5.9
Exposed
as Restaurant Patron
1947
5.8
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Faculty Member (uncredited)
1947
6.9
They Won't Believe Me
1947
6.4
🎬
So You Want to Be in Pictures
as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
1947
5.8
Fun on a Weekend
as Poker Player (Uncredited)
1947
7.0
Yankee Fakir
as Bergin
1947
5.0
Deception
as Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
1946
6.5
Sister Kenny
as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
1946
6.8
The Jolson Story
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1946
6.6
Crack-Up
as Man on Train (Uncredited)
1946
5.6
Meet Me on Broadway
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1946
7.0
Dick Tracy
as Bystander at Murder (uncredited)
1945
5.0
The Lost Weekend
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
1945
7.6
Fallen Angel
as Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)
1945
6.5
Purity Squad
as Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)
1945
7.0
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1945
5.6
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
1945
6.0
Sunset in El Dorado
as Customer
1945
4.2
Over 21
as Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)
1945
5.2
Lady on a Train
1945
6.6
Incendiary Blonde
as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
1945
4.6
Wonder Man
as Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)
1945
6.5
Circumstantial Evidence
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1945
4.8
Two O'Clock Courage
as Club Patron (uncredited)
1945
6.1
Hangover Square
1945
6.9
I Love a Mystery
as Reporter (Uncredited)
1945
6.2
A Song to Remember
as Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
1945
6.3
The Great Flamarion
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1945
6.0
Saddle Leather Law
as Rancher (uncredited)
1944
0.0
In Society
as Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)
1944
5.8
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
1944
7.0
The Great Moment
as Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
1944
5.6
Call of the Rockies
as Miner
1944
6.0
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
1944
6.5
Going My Way
as Church Usher (uncredited)
1944
6.7
Appointment in Berlin
as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
1943
6.7
Frontier Fury
as Bartender Homer (uncredited)
1943
0.0
Crime Doctor
as Juror
1943
6.2
Vaudeville Days
as Ticket Hawker (uncredited)
1942
3.8
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Policeman (uncredited)
1942
6.1
Silver Queen
as Creditor
1942
5.7
I Married a Witch
1942
6.8
Northwest Rangers
as Barfly
1942
6.0
The Secret Code
as Federal Agent
1942
5.1
Men of the Sky
as Farmer (uncredited)
1942
3.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Chicago Businessman
1942
4.7
Johnny Eager
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1941
6.1
The Night of January 16th
as Juror (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Three Girls About Town
as Conventioneer Extra
1941
5.3
Mr. Celebrity
as Court Officer (uncredited)
1941
4.0
Belle Starr
as Barfly (uncredited)
1941
5.6
This Woman Is Mine
as Bit Role
1941
4.0
In the Navy
as Military Officer (uncredited)
1941
6.4
Meet John Doe
as (uncredited)
1941
7.3
The Lady Eve
as Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
1941
7.2
Buck Privates
as Officer (uncredited)
1941
6.7
The Son of Monte Cristo
as Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)
1940
5.9
Tin Pan Alley
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1940
5.1
The Green Archer
as Pete
1940
5.9
North West Mounted Police
as Townsman (uncredited)
1940
6.4
Under Texas Skies
as Townsman
1940
5.0
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
as Rancher
1940
4.0
Boom Town
as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
1940
6.9
Deadwood Dick
as Clayton
1940
6.0
Charlie Chan in Panama
as Marine Officer
1940
6.8
The House Across the Bay
as Prison Guard
1940
5.5
The Shadow
as Sparks
1940
6.5
Reno
as Board Member
1939
6.0
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Well-Wisher
1939
5.3
Almost a Gentleman
as Juror
1939
6.0
Stagecoach
as Deputy Frank (uncredited)
1939
7.6
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Cowboy (uncredited)
1938
6.3
🎬
In Early Arizona
as Spike
1938
0.0
Prison Train
as The Lawyer
1938
6.0
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Rodeo Spectator
1938
4.0
Vivacious Lady
as Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)
1938
7.0
Romance of the Rockies
as Stone
1937
0.0
The Game That Kills
as Spectator (uncredited)
1937
5.3
The Life of Emile Zola
as (uncredited)
1937
6.7
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Bidder (uncredited)
1937
4.7
History Is Made at Night
1937
6.6
You Only Live Once
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1937
7.1
What Becomes of the Children?
as Shelby
1936
5.0
Frontier Justice
as Lawyer George Lessin
1936
5.0
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Nicky
1936
4.8
Charlie Chan at the Circus
as Mike - Ticket Taker
1936
6.2
The Preview Murder Mystery
as James Deley
1936
5.6
🎬
The Broken Coin
1936
0.0
Custer's Last Stand
as Major Marcus Reno
1936
4.5
Powdersmoke Range
as Jim Reece
1935
0.0
Page Miss Glory
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
1935
6.3
Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Riley
1935
5.3
The Silver Bullet
as Marshal Joe Mullane
1935
1.0
Fighting Caballero
as Bartender
1935
5.0
The Ghost Rider
as Bullard
1935
5.0
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Crooked Dealer
1935
6.0
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Bartender (uncredited)
1935
6.4
Desert Mesa
as Jones
1935
2.7
Frontier Days
as George Wilson
1934
2.5
West of the Law
as Case aka Green
1934
0.0
The Lone Rider
as Gore
1934
0.0
Pals of the West
as Sheriff Ed Dawson
1934
0.0
Carrying the Mail
as Henchman Frank
1934
0.0
Arizona Cyclone
as Carter, the Banker
1934
0.0
Honor of the Range
as Saloonkeeper
1934
5.0
Border Guns
as Fred Palmer
1934
0.0
Neighbors' Wives
as (uncredited)
1933
0.0
The Honor of the Press
as Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'
1932
6.0
The Reckless Rider
as Sheriff
1932
0.0
Mark of the Spur
as Sheriff Jake Ludlow
1932
6.0
Human Targets
as Sheriff
1932
5.0
Oklahoma Jim
as Army Captain
1931
0.0
Left Over Ladies
as Benson
1931
0.0
Three Rogues
as Nelson
1931
0.0
🎬
Hell's Valley
as Manuel Valdez
1931
0.0
See America Thirst
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
1930
0.0
The Third Alarm
as Fire Department Captain
1930
0.0
Beyond the Rio Grande
as Joe Kemp
1930
0.0
Dames Ahoy
as Master of Ceremonies
1930
0.0
The Bandit Tamer
as William Warren
1925
0.0
The Drug Store Cowboy
as Marmaduke Grandon
1925
0.0
Courage
as Allen Jennings
1924
0.0
Battling Brewster
as Battling Jack Brewster
1924
0.0
A Desperate Adventure
1924
6.0
Crossed Trails
as Tom Dawson
1924
0.0
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
as Ted Ransom
1924
0.0
Baffled
as Dick Osborne
1924
0.0
It Happened Out West
1923
3.0
🎬
The Firebrand
as Bill Holt
1922
0.0
Gold Grabbers
1922
0.0
Gun-Shy
as James Brown
1922
0.0
The White Masks
as Jack Bray
1921
0.0
The Struggle
as Dick Storm
1921
0.0
🎬
The Raiders
as Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP
1921
0.0
The Last Chance
as Rance Sparr
1921
0.0
The Hunger of the Blood
as Maslun
1921
0.0
🎬
The Fighting Stranger
as Australia Joe
1921
0.0
The Land of Jazz
1920
0.0
The Galloping Devil
as Andy Green
1920
0.0
Vanishing Trails
as Silent Joe
1920
0.0
🎬
The Cowboy and the Rajah
1919
0.0
Cupid's Roundup
1919
0.0
🎬
Breezy Bob
1919
0.0
The Virtuous Model
as Edward Dorin
1919
0.0
🎬
Brother Bill
as William (Bill) Dexter
1919
0.0
When Pals Fall Out
as Lonesome
1919
0.0
🎬
Shackles of Fate
1919
0.0
The Puncher and the Pup
1919
0.0
🎬
The Uphill Climb
as Ford Cameron
1919
0.0
🎬
Vengeance and the Girl
as Jim Westgard Jr.
1919
0.0
🎬
Go-Get-Em Garringer
as Garringer
1919
0.0
🎬
Hell's Fury Gordon
1919
0.0
🎬
The Two Doyles
as Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle
1919
0.0
The Desert Rat
as Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat
1919
0.0
Vanity Pool
as Drew Garrett
1918
0.0
🎬
In Judgment of...
as Dr. John O'Neill
1918
0.0
The Empty Cab
as Henry Egbert Xerxes
1918
0.0
$5,000 Reward
as Dick Arlington
1918
0.0
Fast Company
as Lawrence Percival Van Huyler
1918
0.0
The Rough Lover
as Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien
1918
0.0
The Fighting Grin
as Billy Kennedy
1918
0.0
The Scarlet Car
as Billy Winthrop
1917
4.5
The Winged Mystery
as Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever
1917
0.0
Anything Once
as Teddy Crosby
1917
0.0
A Stormy Knight
as John Winton
1917
0.0
🎬
The Empty Gun
as Robber
1917
0.0
The Clean-Up
as Stuart Adams
1917
0.0
The Car of Chance
as Arnold Baird
1917
0.0
Bringing Home Father
as Peter Drake
1917
0.0
The Clock
as Jack Tempest
1917
0.0
The Devil's Pay Day
as Gregory Van Houten
1917
0.0
The Man Who Took a Chance
as Monty Gray
1917
0.0
🎬
Little Partner
as James Allis
1916
0.0
🎬
The Woman He Feared
as John Gray
1916
0.0
A Stranger from Somewhere
as Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis
1916
0.0
Love Never Dies
as Felix, the Man
1916
0.0
🎬
The Heart of a Show Girl
as Frank Masterson
1916
0.0