Franklyn Farnum
Born: 1878-06-05 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1961-07-04
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1961
- Parrish as Party Guest (uncredited)
1960
- The Gazebo as Television Technician in Booth (uncredited)
- The Apartment as Office Worker (uncredited)
- Ice Palace as Committee Member (uncredited)
- Cimarron as Townsman (uncredited)
- Wake Me When It's Over as Pentagon Officer (uncredited)
- The Hypnotic Eye as Audience Member (uncredited)
- Because They're Young as Shopper with Cart (uncredited)
1959
- Some Like It Hot as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Pillow Talk as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- The Blue Angel as Blue Angel Customer (uncredited)
- The Mating Game as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Story on Page One as Juror (uncredited)
1958
- King Creole as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
- Some Came Running as Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)
- Money, Women and Guns as Postmaster (uncredited)
- The Tunnel of Love as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Home Before Dark as New Year's Eve Party Reveller
1957
- Witness for the Prosecution as Barrister (uncredited)
- Funny Face as Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
- The Tin Star as Townsman (uncredited)
- Wild Is the Wind as Passenger at Airport (uncredited)
- She Devil as Party Guest (uncredited)
- An Affair to Remember as Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Barfly (uncredited)
- The Joker is Wild as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Until They Sail as Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
- Ten Thousand Bedrooms as Party Guest (uncredited)
- My Man Godfrey as Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)
1956
- High Society as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Ransom! as Townsman in Crowd (uncredited)
- The Eddy Duchin Story as Passerby (uncredited)
- Around the World in 80 Days as Extra (uncredited)
- Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! as Board of Directors
- The First Texan as Delegate (uncredited)
- The Killing as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
- Hollywood or Bust as Audience Member
- The Solid Gold Cadillac as Dance Extra (uncredited)
- The Opposite Sex as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
- The Search for Bridey Murphy as Druggist (Uncredited)
- Inside Detroit
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Chicago Syndicate as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
- Wichita as Townsman (uncredited)
- East of Eden as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
- Illegal as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Guys and Dolls as Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
- Ten Wanted Men
- A Lawless Street as Townsman (uncredited)
- My Sister Eileen as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- The Square Jungle
1954
- White Christmas as Club Patron (uncredited)
- Black Widow as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Black Tuesday as Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
- Broken Lance as Juror (uncredited)
- A Star Is Born as Ray (uncredited)
- The Country Girl as First-Nighter (uncredited)
- The Long, Long Trailer as Extra in Trailer Park (uncredited)
- Living It Up as Man at Bus Depot (uncredited)
1953
- Destination Gobi
- Calamity Jane as Barfly (uncredited)
- Scared Stiff as Passerby (uncredited)
- The Story of Three Loves as Man Departing Train
- Vicki as Club Manager (uncredited)
1952
- Captain Pirate as Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)
- Carrie as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- The Greatest Show on Earth as Spectator (uncredited)
- The Bad and the Beautiful as Assistant on Set (uncredited)
- The Steel Trap as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
- Phone Call from a Stranger
- The Las Vegas Story as Casino Patron (uncredited)
- Fort Osage as Settler (uncredited)
- The Half-Breed as Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)
- This Woman Is Dangerous as Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)
- The Narrow Margin as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- Everything I Have Is Yours as Tourist in Show (Uncredited)
1951
- Love Nest as Waiter (Uncredited)
- A Place in the Sun as Company Executive (uncredited)
- Roadblock as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
- The Company She Keeps as minor role (uncredited)
- Strangers on a Train as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Here Comes the Groom as Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)
- The Groom Wore Spurs as Reverend (uncredited)
- The Mating Season as Board Member (uncredited)
- You're in the Navy Now as Officer
- The Strange Door
- The Stooge as Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)
- Painting The Clouds With Sunshine as Board Member (uncredited)
- The Barefoot Mailman as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
1950
- Bright Leaf as Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
- Union Station as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
- Destination Moon as Factory Worker (uncredited)
- Gun Crazy as Cashier (uncredited)
- Destination Murder as Arthur Mansfield
- Colt .45 as Townsman (uncredited)
- Sunset Boulevard as Undertaker
- The Cisco Kid as Rancher (uncredited)
- All About Eve as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
- Woman on the Run as Coroner (uncredited)
- The Toast of New Orleans as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- When Willie Comes Marching Home as Officer at Party (uncredited)
- No Man of Her Own as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- The Second Woman as Country Club Guest
- The Screen Writer as Screenwriter (uncredited)
- Pretty Baby as Subway Commuter (uncredited)
- California Passage as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Jackie Robinson Story as Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
1949
- Massacre River as Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)
- The Heiress as Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)
- Slightly French as Marty Freeman (uncredited)
- Johnny Allegro
- Alias Nick Beal as Supporter
- Knock on Any Door as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- The File on Thelma Jordon as Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
- House of Strangers
- My Friend Irma as Maitre D' (uncredited)
- A Letter to Three Wives as Country Club Member (uncredited)
- It's a Great Feeling as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
- Cover Up as Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)
- The Lady Gambles as Casino Patron (uncredited)
1948
- Black Bart as Al (uncredited)
- Silver River as Officer (uncredited)
- Race Street as Man (uncredited)
- Johnny Belinda as Man on Jury (uncredited)
- Hollow Triumph as Big Winner (uncredited)
- Albuquerque as Barfly (uncredited)
- Three Daring Daughters as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- My Dear Secretary as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
- Wallflower
- The Big Clock as (uncredited)
- The Miracle of the Bells as Worshiper
- Assigned to Danger as Mr. Norton (uncredited)
- Stage Struck as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Big Town Scandal as Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)
1947
- Daisy Kenyon as Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)
- High Tide
- Monsieur Verdoux as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
- Yankee Fakir as Bergin
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Faculty Member (uncredited)
- They Won't Believe Me
- Gentleman's Agreement as Party Guest
- I Walk Alone as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Road to Rio as Ship Lounge Extra
- Fun on a Weekend as Poker Player (Uncredited)
- Merton of the Movies as Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
- A Double Life as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Judge Steps Out as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- Exposed as Restaurant Patron
- Blondie in the Dough as Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)
- So You Want to Be in Pictures as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
1946
- Deception as Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
- The Jolson Story as Man in Audience (uncredited)
- Meet Me on Broadway as Man in Audience (uncredited)
- Sister Kenny as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
- Crack-Up as Man on Train (Uncredited)
1945
- Hangover Square
- Fallen Angel as Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)
- The Lost Weekend as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
- Over 21 as Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)
- Incendiary Blonde as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
- The Great Flamarion as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- A Song to Remember as Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
- I Love a Mystery as Reporter (Uncredited)
- Sunset in El Dorado as Customer
- Lady on a Train
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy as Bystander at Murder (uncredited)
- Two O'Clock Courage as Club Patron (uncredited)
- Purity Squad as Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)
- Circumstantial Evidence as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Wonder Man as Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)
- Week-End at the Waldorf as Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
1944
- In Society as Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)
- Going My Way as Church Usher (uncredited)
- The White Cliffs of Dover as Ball Guest (uncredited)
- Hail the Conquering Hero as Town Councilman (uncredited)
- Call of the Rockies as Miner
- The Great Moment as Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
- Saddle Leather Law as Rancher (uncredited)
1943
- Crime Doctor as Juror
- Appointment in Berlin as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
- Frontier Fury as Bartender Homer (uncredited)
1942
- Northwest Rangers as Barfly
- Vaudeville Days as Ticket Hawker (uncredited)
- Silver Queen as Creditor
- I Married a Witch
- 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge as Policeman (uncredited)
- The Secret Code as Federal Agent
- Men of the Sky as Farmer (uncredited)
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Chicago Businessman
1941
- Johnny Eager as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
- Mr. Celebrity as Court Officer (uncredited)
- Buck Privates as Officer (uncredited)
- Belle Starr as Barfly (uncredited)
- Meet John Doe as (uncredited)
- The Lady Eve as Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
- In the Navy as Military Officer (uncredited)
- The Night of January 16th as Juror (uncredited)
- This Woman Is Mine as Bit Role
- Three Girls About Town as Conventioneer Extra
1940
- The Shadow as Sparks
- The Son of Monte Cristo as Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)
- The House Across the Bay as Prison Guard
- Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride as Rancher
- Under Texas Skies as Townsman
- Tin Pan Alley as Man in Audience (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan in Panama as Marine Officer
- The Green Archer as Pete
- Boom Town as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
- North West Mounted Police as Townsman (uncredited)
- Deadwood Dick as Clayton
1939
- Hollywood Cavalcade as Well-Wisher
- Reno as Board Member
- Stagecoach as Deputy Frank (uncredited)
- Almost a Gentleman as Juror
1938
- Prison Train as The Lawyer
- Vivacious Lady as Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Cowboy (uncredited)
- In Early Arizona as Spike
- Cowboy from Brooklyn as Rodeo Spectator
1937
- The Life of Emile Zola as (uncredited)
- The Game That Kills as Spectator (uncredited)
- You Only Live Once as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- The Emperor's Candlesticks as Bidder (uncredited)
- History Is Made at Night
- Romance of the Rockies as Stone
1936
- Custer's Last Stand as Major Marcus Reno
- The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand as Nicky
- The Preview Murder Mystery as James Deley
- Charlie Chan at the Circus as Mike - Ticket Taker
- Frontier Justice as Lawyer George Lessin
- The Broken Coin
- What Becomes of the Children? as Shelby
1935
- Powdersmoke Range as Jim Reece
- Desert Mesa as Jones
- Fighting Caballero as Bartender
- Gold Diggers of 1935 as Bartender (uncredited)
- The Silver Bullet as Marshal Joe Mullane
- The Cowboy and the Bandit as Crooked Dealer
- The Ghost Rider as Bullard
- Page Miss Glory as Dance Extra (uncredited)
- Hop-a-long Cassidy as Riley
1934
- Border Guns as Fred Palmer
- Honor of the Range as Saloonkeeper
- Frontier Days as George Wilson
- Carrying the Mail as Henchman Frank
- West of the Law as Case aka Green
- Arizona Cyclone as Carter, the Banker
- The Lone Rider as Gore
- Pals of the West as Sheriff Ed Dawson
1932
- The Reckless Rider as Sheriff
- The Honor of the Press as Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'
- Human Targets as Sheriff
- Mark of the Spur as Sheriff Jake Ludlow
1931
- Hell's Valley as Manuel Valdez
- Oklahoma Jim as Army Captain
- Three Rogues as Nelson
- Left Over Ladies as Benson
1930
- Beyond the Rio Grande as Joe Kemp
- The Third Alarm as Fire Department Captain
- Dames Ahoy as Master of Ceremonies
- See America Thirst as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
1925
- The Bandit Tamer as William Warren
- The Drug Store Cowboy as Marmaduke Grandon
1924
- Battling Brewster as Battling Jack Brewster
- A Desperate Adventure
- Baffled as Dick Osborne
- Crossed Trails as Tom Dawson
- A Two Fisted Tenderfoot as Ted Ransom
1923
1922
- The Firebrand as Bill Holt
- Gun-Shy as James Brown
- Gold Grabbers
1921
- The Raiders as Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP
- The Hunger of the Blood as Maslun
- The Struggle as Dick Storm
- The Last Chance as Rance Sparr
- The Fighting Stranger as Australia Joe
- The White Masks as Jack Bray
1920
- Vanishing Trails as Silent Joe
- The Land of Jazz
- The Galloping Devil as Andy Green
1919
- Brother Bill as William (Bill) Dexter
- The Two Doyles as Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle
- Vengeance and the Girl as Jim Westgard Jr.
- The Virtuous Model as Edward Dorin
- Cupid's Roundup
- The Desert Rat as Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat
- Shackles of Fate
- Hell's Fury Gordon
- When Pals Fall Out as Lonesome
- The Cowboy and the Rajah
- The Uphill Climb as Ford Cameron
- The Puncher and the Pup
- Go-Get-Em Garringer as Garringer
- Breezy Bob
1918
- Fast Company as Lawrence Percival Van Huyler
- The Rough Lover as Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien
- In Judgment of... as Dr. John O'Neill
- $5,000 Reward as Dick Arlington
- Vanity Pool as Drew Garrett
- The Empty Cab as Henry Egbert Xerxes
- The Fighting Grin as Billy Kennedy
1917
- The Empty Gun as Robber
- The Man Who Took a Chance as Monty Gray
- The Scarlet Car as Billy Winthrop
- The Devil's Pay Day as Gregory Van Houten
- A Stormy Knight as John Winton
- The Car of Chance as Arnold Baird
- The Clock as Jack Tempest
- The Winged Mystery as Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever
- Bringing Home Father as Peter Drake
- Anything Once as Teddy Crosby
- The Clean-Up as Stuart Adams
1916
- Love Never Dies as Felix, the Man
- A Stranger from Somewhere as Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis
- The Heart of a Show Girl as Frank Masterson
- The Woman He Feared as John Gray
- Little Partner as James Allis