Franklyn Farnum

Jun 05, 1878 - Jul 04, 1961 (83 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Party Guest (uncredited)

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The Apartment

Office Worker (uncredited)

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Witness for the Prosecution

Barrister (uncredited)

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Sunset Boulevard

Undertaker

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Some Like It Hot

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Stagecoach

Deputy Frank (uncredited)

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Strangers on a Train

Party Guest (uncredited)

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All About Eve

Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

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An Affair to Remember

Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

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Illegal

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Credits

Parrish 1961

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Cimarron 1960

Townsman (uncredited)

★ 6
The Apartment 1960

Office Worker (uncredited)

★ 8.2
The Hypnotic Eye 1960

Audience Member (uncredited)

★ 6
Ice Palace 1960

Committee Member (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Story on Page One 1959

Juror (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Pillow Talk 1959

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

★ 7.1
The Blue Angel 1959

Blue Angel Customer (uncredited)

★ 5.6
The Mating Game 1959

Townsman (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Some Like It Hot 1959

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 8.1
Some Came Running 1958

Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)

★ 6.9
The Tunnel of Love 1958

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Home Before Dark 1958

New Year's Eve Party Reveller

★ 7.2
Money, Women and Guns 1958

Postmaster (uncredited)

★ 5.3
King Creole 1958

Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Witness for the Prosecution 1957

Barrister (uncredited)

★ 8.2
Wild Is the Wind 1957

Passenger at Airport (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Tin Star 1957

Townsman (uncredited)

★ 7
My Man Godfrey 1957

Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Until They Sail 1957

Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)

★ 6.4
The Joker is Wild 1957

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

★ 8.1
An Affair to Remember 1957

Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

★ 7.4
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957

Barfly (uncredited)

★ 7
Ten Thousand Bedrooms 1957

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 5
She Devil 1957

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Funny Face 1957

Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)

★ 7
Hollywood or Bust 1956

Audience Member

★ 6.1
The Opposite Sex 1956

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Around the World in Eighty Days 1956

Extra (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! 1956

Board of Directors

★ 10
The Search for Bridey Murphy 1956

Druggist (Uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956

Dance Extra (uncredited)

★ 6.3
High Society 1956

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 6.9
The First Texan 1956

Delegate (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Killing 1956

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

★ 7.7
The Eddy Duchin Story 1956

Passerby (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Inside Detroit 1956

★ 6
The Square Jungle 1955

★ 6
Guys and Dolls 1955

Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)

★ 6.6
A Lawless Street 1955

Townsman (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Illegal 1955

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 7.7
My Sister Eileen 1955

Pedestrian (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Wichita 1955

Townsman (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Chicago Syndicate 1955

Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

★ 5.8
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy 1955

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

★ 6.1
East of Eden 1955

Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Ten Wanted Men 1955

★ 5.8
Black Tuesday 1954

Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)

★ 6
Black Widow 1954

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 6.4
White Christmas 1954

Club Patron (uncredited)

★ 7.2
A Star Is Born 1954

Ray (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Broken Lance 1954

Juror (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Calamity Jane 1953

Barfly (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Vicki 1953

Club Manager (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Scared Stiff 1953

Passerby (uncredited)

★ 6.4
The Story of Three Loves 1953

Man Departing Train

★ 5.6
Destination Gobi 1953

★ 5.7
The Bad and the Beautiful 1952

Assistant on Set (uncredited)

★ 7.3
The Steel Trap 1952

★ 6.4
Everything I Have Is Yours 1952

Tourist in Show (Uncredited)

★ 5.8
Captain Pirate 1952

Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Carrie 1952

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

★ 6.4
The Half-Breed 1952

Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)

★ 5
The Narrow Margin 1952

Train Passenger (uncredited)

★ 7.3
The Greatest Show on Earth 1952

Spectator (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Fort Osage 1952

Settler (uncredited)

★ 6
This Woman Is Dangerous 1952

Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)

★ 5.7
Phone Call from a Stranger 1952

★ 6.4
The Barefoot Mailman 1951

Townsman at Dance (uncredited)

★ 4
The Stooge 1951

Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine 1951

Board Member (uncredited)

★ 4.5
Love Nest 1951

Waiter (Uncredited)

★ 5.7
Here Comes the Groom 1951

Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Roadblock 1951

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Strangers on a Train 1951

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 7.7
The Strange Door 1951

★ 6.2
A Place in the Sun 1951

Company Executive (uncredited)

★ 7.3
The Groom Wore Spurs 1951

Reverend (uncredited)

★ 4.8
You're in the Navy Now 1951

Officer

★ 4.4
The Mating Season 1951

Board Member (uncredited)

★ 6.5
California Passage 1950

Townsman (uncredited)

★ 4
Woman on the Run 1950

Coroner (uncredited)

★ 6.8
All About Eve 1950

Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

★ 8.1
Union Station 1950

Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Pretty Baby 1950

Subway Commuter (uncredited)

★ 6
The Screen Writer 1950

Screenwriter (uncredited)

★ NR
Sunset Boulevard 1950

Undertaker

★ 8.3
The Second Woman 1950

Country Club Guest

★ 5.5
Destination Moon 1950

Factory Worker (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Bright Leaf 1950

Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Destination Murder 1950

Arthur Mansfield

★ 5.1
Colt .45 1950

Townsman (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Jackie Robinson Story 1950

Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)

★ 6.4
No Man of Her Own 1950

Train Passenger (uncredited)

★ 6.9
When Willie Comes Marching Home 1950

Officer at Party (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Gun Crazy 1950

Cashier (uncredited)

★ 7.4
The File on Thelma Jordon 1949

Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

★ 6.6
My Friend Irma 1949

Maitre D' (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Heiress 1949

Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)

★ 7.8
It's a Great Feeling 1949

Man at Train Station (uncredited)

★ 5.9
House of Strangers 1949

★ 6.9
Massacre River 1949

Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Johnny Allegro 1949

★ 6.3
The Lady Gambles 1949

Casino Patron (uncredited)

★ 6
Alias Nick Beal 1949

Supporter

★ 6.9
Cover Up 1949

Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)

★ 6.8
Knock on Any Door 1949

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Slightly French 1949

Marty Freeman (uncredited)

★ 7.2
A Letter to Three Wives 1949

Country Club Member (uncredited)

★ 7.2
My Dear Secretary 1948

Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Johnny Belinda 1948

Man on Jury (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Race Street 1948

Man (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Hollow Triumph 1948

Big Winner (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Stage Struck 1948

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Wallflower 1948

★ 6
Big Town Scandal 1948

Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5
Assigned to Danger 1948

Mr. Norton (uncredited)

★ 5
The Miracle of the Bells 1948

Worshiper

★ 6.3
The Big Clock 1948

(uncredited)

★ 7.3
Albuquerque 1948

Barfly (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Black Bart 1948

Al (uncredited)

★ 4.5
Three Daring Daughters 1948

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

★ 5.7
I Walk Alone 1947

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

★ 6.5
A Double Life 1947

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Daisy Kenyon 1947

Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Road to Rio 1947

Ship Lounge Extra

★ 6.7
The Judge Steps Out 1947

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

★ 7
Gentleman's Agreement 1947

Party Guest

★ 6.9
Blondie in the Dough 1947

Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Merton of the Movies 1947

Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Monsieur Verdoux 1947

Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)

★ 7.7
High Tide 1947

★ 5.8
Exposed 1947

Restaurant Patron

★ 5.8
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947

Faculty Member (uncredited)

★ 6.9
They Won't Believe Me 1947

★ 6.6
So You Want to Be in Pictures 1947

Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Fun on a Weekend 1947

Poker Player (Uncredited)

★ 7
Yankee Fakir 1947

Bergin

★ 5
Deception 1946

Restaurant Diner (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Sister Kenny 1946

Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Jolson Story 1946

Man in Audience (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Crack-Up 1946

Man on Train (Uncredited)

★ 5.6
Meet Me on Broadway 1946

Man in Audience (uncredited)

★ 7
Dick Tracy 1945

Bystander at Murder (uncredited)

★ 5.1
The Lost Weekend 1945

Concert Attendee (uncredited)

★ 7.6
Fallen Angel 1945

Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Purity Squad 1945

Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)

★ 7
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood 1945

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Week-End at the Waldorf 1945

Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

★ 6
Sunset in El Dorado 1945

Customer

★ 4.2
Over 21 1945

Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Lady on a Train 1945

★ 6.6
Incendiary Blonde 1945

Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Wonder Man 1945

Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Circumstantial Evidence 1945

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

★ 4.8
Two O'Clock Courage 1945

Club Patron (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Hangover Square 1945

★ 6.9
I Love a Mystery 1945

Reporter (Uncredited)

★ 6.1
A Song to Remember 1945

Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Great Flamarion 1945

Stage Manager (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Saddle Leather Law 1944

Rancher (uncredited)

★ NR
In Society 1944

Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Hail the Conquering Hero 1944

Town Councilman (uncredited)

★ 7
The Great Moment 1944

Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Call of the Rockies 1944

Miner

★ 6
The White Cliffs of Dover 1944

Ball Guest (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Going My Way 1944

Church Usher (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Appointment in Berlin 1943

R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Frontier Fury 1943

Bartender Homer (uncredited)

★ NR
Crime Doctor 1943

Juror

★ 6.2
Vaudeville Days 1942

Ticket Hawker (uncredited)

★ 3.3
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge 1942

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Silver Queen 1942

Creditor

★ 5.7
I Married a Witch 1942

★ 6.8
Northwest Rangers 1942

Barfly

★ 6
The Secret Code 1942

Federal Agent

★ 5.1
Men of the Sky 1942

Farmer (uncredited)

★ 3.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides 1942

Chicago Businessman

★ 4.7
Johnny Eager 1941

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Night of January 16th 1941

Juror (uncredited)

★ 5
Three Girls About Town 1941

Conventioneer Extra

★ 5.3
Mr. Celebrity 1941

Court Officer (uncredited)

★ 4
Belle Starr 1941

Barfly (uncredited)

★ 5.6
This Woman Is Mine 1941

Bit Role

★ 3.7
In the Navy 1941

Military Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Meet John Doe 1941

(uncredited)

★ 7.3
The Lady Eve 1941

Tailor in Montage (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Buck Privates 1941

Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.6
The Son of Monte Cristo 1940

Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)

★ 6.1
Tin Pan Alley 1940

Man in Audience (uncredited)

★ 4.8
The Green Archer 1940

Pete

★ 5.9
North West Mounted Police 1940

Townsman (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Under Texas Skies 1940

Townsman

★ 5
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride 1940

Rancher

★ 4
Boom Town 1940

Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Deadwood Dick 1940

Clayton

★ 6
Charlie Chan in Panama 1940

Marine Officer

★ 6.8
The House Across the Bay 1940

Prison Guard

★ 5.3
The Shadow 1940

Sparks

★ 6.5
Reno 1939

Board Member

★ 6
Hollywood Cavalcade 1939

Well-Wisher

★ 5.1
Almost a Gentleman 1939

Juror

★ 6
Stagecoach 1939

Deputy Frank (uncredited)

★ 7.6
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938

Cowboy (uncredited)

★ 6.1
In Early Arizona 1938

Spike

★ NR
Prison Train 1938

The Lawyer

★ 6
Cowboy from Brooklyn 1938

Rodeo Spectator

★ 4
Vivacious Lady 1938

Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Romance of the Rockies 1937

Stone

★ NR
The Game That Kills 1937

Spectator (uncredited)

★ 5.3
The Life of Emile Zola 1937

(uncredited)

★ 6.7
The Emperor's Candlesticks 1937

Bidder (uncredited)

★ 5.2
History Is Made at Night 1937

★ 6.7
You Only Live Once 1937

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

★ 7.1
What Becomes of the Children? 1936

Shelby

★ 5
Frontier Justice 1936

Lawyer George Lessin

★ 5
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand 1936

Nicky

★ 4.8
Charlie Chan at the Circus 1936

Mike - Ticket Taker

★ 6.2
The Preview Murder Mystery 1936

James Deley

★ 5.6
The Broken Coin 1936

★ NR
Custer's Last Stand 1936

Major Marcus Reno

★ 4.5
Powdersmoke Range 1935

Jim Reece

★ NR
Page Miss Glory 1935

Dance Extra (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Hop-a-long Cassidy 1935

Riley

★ 6
The Silver Bullet 1935

Marshal Joe Mullane

★ NR
Fighting Caballero 1935

Bartender

★ 5
The Ghost Rider 1935

Bullard

★ 5
The Cowboy and the Bandit 1935

Crooked Dealer

★ 6
Gold Diggers of 1935 1935

Bartender (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Desert Mesa 1935

Jones

★ 2.7
Frontier Days 1934

George Wilson

★ 4
West of the Law 1934

Case aka Green

★ NR
The Lone Rider 1934

Gore

★ NR
Pals of the West 1934

Sheriff Ed Dawson

★ NR
Carrying the Mail 1934

Henchman Frank

★ NR
Arizona Cyclone 1934

Carter, the Banker

★ NR
Honor of the Range 1934

Saloonkeeper

★ 5
Border Guns 1934

Fred Palmer

★ NR
The Honor of the Press 1932

Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'

★ 6
The Reckless Rider 1932

Sheriff

★ NR
Mark of the Spur 1932

Sheriff Jake Ludlow

★ 6
Human Targets 1932

Sheriff

★ 5
Oklahoma Jim 1931

Army Captain

★ NR
Left Over Ladies 1931

Benson

★ NR
Three Rogues 1931

Nelson

★ NR
See America Thirst 1930

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

★ NR
The Third Alarm 1930

Fire Department Captain

★ NR
Beyond the Rio Grande 1930

Joe Kemp

★ NR
Dames Ahoy 1930

Master of Ceremonies

★ NR
The Drug Store Cowboy 1925

Marmaduke Grandon

★ NR
Battling Brewster 1924

Battling Jack Brewster

★ NR
A Desperate Adventure 1924

★ 6
Crossed Trails 1924

Tom Dawson

★ NR
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot 1924

Ted Ransom

★ NR
Baffled 1924

Dick Osborne

★ NR
It Happened Out West 1923

★ 3
The Firebrand 1922

Bill Holt

★ NR
Gold Grabbers 1922

★ NR
Gun-Shy 1922

James Brown

★ NR
The White Masks 1921

Jack Bray

★ NR
The Raiders 1921

Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP

★ NR
The Struggle 1921

Dick Storm

★ NR
The Last Chance 1921

Rance Sparr

★ NR
The Hunger of the Blood 1921

Maslun

★ NR
The Fighting Stranger 1921

Australia Joe

★ NR
The Land of Jazz 1920

★ NR
The Galloping Devil 1920

Andy Green

★ NR
Vanishing Trails 1920

Silent Joe

★ NR
The Cowboy and the Rajah 1919

★ NR
Cupid's Roundup 1919

★ NR
Breezy Bob 1919

★ NR
The Virtuous Model 1919

Edward Dorin

★ NR
Brother Bill 1919

William (Bill) Dexter

★ NR
When Pals Fall Out 1919

Lonesome

★ NR
Shackles of Fate 1919

★ NR
The Puncher and the Pup 1919

★ NR
The Uphill Climb 1919

Ford Cameron

★ NR
Vengeance and the Girl 1919

Jim Westgard Jr.

★ NR
Go-Get-Em Garringer 1919

Garringer

★ NR
Hell's Fury Gordon 1919

★ NR
The Two Doyles 1919

Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle

★ NR
The Desert Rat 1919

Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat

★ NR
Vanity Pool 1918

Drew Garrett

★ NR
In Judgment of... 1918

Dr. John O'Neill

★ NR
The Empty Cab 1918

Henry Egbert Xerxes

★ NR
$5,000 Reward 1918

Dick Arlington

★ NR
Fast Company 1918

Lawrence Percival Van Huyler

★ NR
The Rough Lover 1918

Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien

★ NR
The Fighting Grin 1918

Billy Kennedy

★ NR
The Scarlet Car 1917

Billy Winthrop

★ 4.9
The Winged Mystery 1917

Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever

★ NR
Anything Once 1917

Teddy Crosby

★ NR
A Stormy Knight 1917

John Winton

★ NR
The Empty Gun 1917

Robber

★ NR
The Clean-Up 1917

Stuart Adams

★ NR
The Car of Chance 1917

Arnold Baird

★ NR
Bringing Home Father 1917

Peter Drake

★ NR
The Clock 1917

Jack Tempest

★ NR
The Devil's Pay Day 1917

Gregory Van Houten

★ NR
The Man Who Took a Chance 1917

Monty Gray

★ NR
Little Partner 1916

James Allis

★ NR
The Woman He Feared 1916

John Gray

★ NR
A Stranger from Somewhere 1916

Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis

★ NR
Love Never Dies 1916

Felix, the Man

★ NR
The Heart of a Show Girl 1916

Frank Masterson

★ NR

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