William Farnum
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1876-07-03
- Fallecimiento:
- 1953-06-05
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biografía
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 original actor Edward Morgan who premiered the character in 1899. Later plays Farnum appeared in were the costume epic The Prince of India (1906), The White Sister (1909) starring Viola Allen, The Littlest Rebel (1911) co-starring his brother Dustin and a child actress named Mary Miles Minter(then nine years old) & Arizona (1913) with Dustin and stage beauty Elsie Ferguson. In The Spoilers in 1914, Farnum and Tom Santschi staged a classic movie fight which lasted for a full reel. In 1930, Farnum and Stantschi coached Gary Cooper and William Boyd in the fight scene for the 1930 version of The Spoilers. Other actors influenced by the Farnum scene were Milton Sills and Noah Beery in 1922 and Randolph Scott and John Wayne in 1942. From 1915 to 1925, Farnum devoted his life to motion pictures. When becoming one of the biggest sensations in Hollywood, he also became one of the highest-paid actors, earning $10,000 a week. Farnum's silent pictures the western Drag Harlan(1920) and the drama-adventure If I Were King(1921) survive from his years contracted to Fox Films. Farnum has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the younger brother of actor Dustin Farnum. He had another brother, Marshall Farnum, who was a silent film director and died in 1917. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Farnum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Estrella del destino
Jack y las Habichuelas Mágicas
Crimen en Hollywood
Trail of Robin Hood
Sansón y Dalila
Gun Cargo
La máscara de los Borgia
Daughter of the West
Los peligros de Paulina
Rolling Home
My Dog Shep
God's Country
El capitán Kidd
Wildfire
La maldición de la momia
Frontier Badmen
American Empire
Tennessee Johnson
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
The Silver Bullet
Men of Texas
Los usurpadores
Lone Star Ranger
Justicia corsa
Today I Hang
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Last of the Duanes
Gangs of Sonora
Un rostro de mujer
Kit Carson
Adventures of Red Ryder
Hi-Yo Silver
Infierno de mujeres
South of the Border
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Colorado Sunset
Mexicali Rose
Shine On Harvest Moon
Santa Fe Stampede
Si yo fuera rey
The Secret of Treasure Island
The Lone Ranger
Public Cowboy No. 1
Git Along Little Dogies
Maid of Salem
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Undersea Kingdom
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Custer's Last Stand
Undersea Kingdom
The Kid Ranger
Custer's Last Stand
The Irish Gringo
Between Men
The Eagle's Brood
Powdersmoke Range
Hollywood Extra Girl
Las Cruzadas
Million Dollar Haul
The Silver Streak
The Brand of Hate
Cleopatra
The Scarlet Letter
Happy Landing
Are We Civilized?
School for Girls
Good Dame
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Sobrenatural
Reckless Decision
Flaming Guns
El Robinson moderno
The Drifter
The Wide Open Spaces
Law of the Sea
The Pagan Lady
Un yanqui en la corte del rey Arturo
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
El desierto pintado
Du Barry, mujer de pasión
Tropical Nights
The Man Who Fights Alone
The Gunfighter
Brass Commandments
Without Compromise
Moonshine Valley
Shackles of Gold
A Stage Romance
Perjury
His Greatest Sacrifice
The Scuttlers
Drag Harlan
If I Were King
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The Orphan
The Adventurer
Heart Strings
Wings of the Morning
The Last of the Duanes
Wolves of the Night
The Lone Star Ranger
The Man Hunter
For Freedom
The Rainbow Trail
Riders of the Purple Sage
True Blue
Rough and Ready
The Heart of a Lion
Les Misérables
When a Man Sees Red
The Conqueror
American Methods
A Tale of Two Cities
The Price of Silence
Fires of Conscience
The Man from Bitter Roots
The Battle of Hearts
The Bondman
A Soldier's Oath
The Wonderful Adventure
Samson
The Sign of the Cross
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol
The Spoilers
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