Franklyn Farnum

Acting

Born June 5, 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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

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