Franklyn Farnum

Born

6/5/1878

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Franklyn Farnum

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 For292 Movies

Sunset Boulevard
1950
★8.3
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
★8.2
Some Like It Hot
1959
★8.1
The Apartment
1960
★8.2
Strangers on a Train
1951
★7.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
★6.7
All About Eve
1950
★8.1
The Killing
1956
★7.6
Stagecoach
1939
★7.6
East of Eden
1955
★7.5
High Society
1956
★6.8
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
★7.0
My Darling Clementine
1946
★7.5
Funny Face
1957
★7.0
An Affair to Remember
1957
★7.4
A Place in the Sun
1951
★7.3
Calamity Jane
1953
★7.0
Fallen Angel
1945
★6.5
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
★6.4
White Christmas
1954
★7.2
Pillow Talk
1959
★7.1
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
★7.3
Guys and Dolls
1955
★6.6
The Lady Eve
1941
★7.3
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
★7.0
A Star Is Born
1954
★7.1
The Tin Star
1957
★7.0
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
★7.7
King Creole
1958
★6.4
I Married a Witch
1942
★6.9
The Lost Weekend
1945
★7.6
In the Navy
1941
★6.4
The Narrow Margin
1952
★7.3
The Heiress
1949
★7.8
Gun Crazy
1950
★7.4
Dick Tracy
1945
★5.3
Meet John Doe
1941
★7.3
The Wings of Eagles
1957
★6.3
Cover Up
1949
★6.6
Cimarron
1960
★6.2
The Big Clock
1948
★7.3
North West Mounted Police
1940
★6.4
Boom Town
1940
★7.0
Some Came Running
1958
★7.0
The Gazebo
1959
★6.9
Going My Way
1944
★6.7
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
★7.2
Belle Starr
1941
★5.9
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
★7.0
The Country Girl
1954
★7.0
Vivacious Lady
1938
★7.0
Black Bart
1948
★4.9
Wichita
1955
★6.3
My Man Godfrey
1957
★6.5
Knock on Any Door
1949
★6.2
The Company She Keeps
1951
★6.2
Arizona Cyclone
1934
★8.0
Broken Lance
1954
★6.5
House of Strangers
1949
★7.0
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
★6.3
Black Widow
1954
★6.4
Daisy Kenyon
1947
★6.6
The Lady Gambles
1949
★6.1
Buck Privates
1941
★6.8
Carrie
1952
★6.4
Hollywood or Bust
1956
★6.2
Sister Kenny
1946
★6.9
Living It Up
1954
★6.5
Hollow Triumph
1948
★6.6
You Only Live Once
1937
★7.1
Until They Sail
1957
★6.3
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
★6.9
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
★6.2
The Opposite Sex
1956
★5.4
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
★6.7
A Lawless Street
1955
★5.6
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
★6.0
Mr. Celebrity
1941
★7.0
They Won't Believe Me
1947
★6.5
Ten Wanted Men
1955
★5.9
I Walk Alone
1947
★6.6
Scared Stiff
1953
★6.5
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
★6.4
Hangover Square
1945
★7.0
Courage
1924
★8.0
The Story of Three Loves
1953
★6.0
Union Station
1950
★6.5
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
★6.6
The Joker is Wild
1957
★8.1
A Double Life
1947
★6.4
My Sister Eileen
1955
★6.6
Silver River
1948
★6.2
No Man of Her Own
1950
★6.9
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
★5.8
Johnny Belinda
1948
★6.9
The Half-Breed
1952
★7.0
Money, Women and Guns
1958
★5.8
Incendiary Blonde
1945
★5.1
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
★6.3
Exposed
1947
★6.2
Chicago Syndicate
1955
★6.0
Frontier Days
1934
★4.3
The Second Woman
1950
★5.6
Battling Brewster
1924
★9.0
I Remember Mama
1948
★7.2
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
★5.2
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
★6.7
The Stooge
1951
★6.7
The Mating Game
1959
★6.4
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
★6.3
My Friend Irma
1949
★6.8
Johnny Eager
1941
★6.2
Woman on the Run
1950
★6.8
Black Tuesday
1954
★6.1
My Dear Secretary
1948
★6.1
A Song to Remember
1945
★6.5
Parrish
1961
★5.0
Northwest Rangers
1942
★6.3
Lady on a Train
1945
★6.7
Bright Leaf
1950
★6.0
Wonder Man
1945
★6.6
Baffled
1924
★8.0
The House Across the Bay
1940
★5.6
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940
★6.2
Captain Pirate
1952
★5.5
The Steel Trap
1952
★6.6
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
★6.9
The Strange Door
1951
★6.2
History Is Made at Night
1937
★6.7
Deception
1946
★6.7
Illegal
1955
★6.5
The Mating Season
1951
★6.6
Destination Gobi
1953
★5.9
Vicki
1953
★5.5
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
★5.6
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
★7.1
Colt .45
1950
★6.6
Alias Nick Beal
1949
★6.8
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
★6.2
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
★4.9
You're in the Navy Now
1951
★5.5
The Gangster
1947
★5.2
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952
★5.9
The First Texan
1956
★6.7
Roadblock
1951
★5.9
The Las Vegas Story
1952
★6.0
Destination Moon
1950
★5.9
Road to Rio
1947
★6.8
Super Speed
1935
★7.0
Ransom!
1956
★7.2
The Tunnel of Love
1958
★5.9
Page Miss Glory
1935
★6.7
Home Before Dark
1958
★7.0
Crack-Up
1946
★5.8
Appointment in Berlin
1943
★7.1
Neighbors' Wives
1933
★9.0
The Struggle
1921
★7.0
Fort Osage
1952
★6.5
It's a Great Feeling
1949
★6.0
Follow the Sun
1951
★6.3
Ice Palace
1960
★6.3
Love Nest
1951
★5.5
Slightly French
1949
★7.5
Destination Murder
1950
★5.2
In Society
1944
★5.8
Gold Grabbers
1922
★8.0
The Jolson Story
1946
★6.8
Sincerely Yours
1955
★5.9
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
★6.2
Million Dollar Baby
1941
★6.3
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
★6.4
California Passage
1950
★6.0
Albuquerque
1948
★6.8
Here Comes the Groom
1951
★5.4
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
★5.5
Inside Detroit
1955
★6.5
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935
★6.5
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
★5.8
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951
★6.5
The Hypnotic Eye
1960
★5.8
The Blue Angel
1959
★5.3
The Great Flamarion
1945
★6.1
The Drug Store Cowboy
1925
★10.0
Vanishing Trails
1920
★9.0
West of the Law
1934
★10.0
Because They're Young
1960
★5.9
The Story on Page One
1959
★5.1
Wild Is the Wind
1957
★6.8
Crime Doctor
1943
★6.4
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940
★6.8
Race Street
1948
★6.0
Johnny Allegro
1949
★6.4
Under Texas Skies
1940
★5.8
Almost a Gentleman
1939
★8.0
Three Daring Daughters
1948
★5.9
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
★5.2
The Great Moment
1944
★5.9
The Judge Steps Out
1947
★6.8
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
1924
★8.0
Pretty Baby
1950
★6.8
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951
★6.0
Gun-Shy
1922
★10.0
Deadwood Dick
1940
★7.0
Wake Me When It's Over
1960
★6.7
Two O'Clock Courage
1945
★6.3
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
★7.0
Custer's Last Stand
1936
★5.3
Purity Squad
1945
★7.7
Carrying the Mail
1934
★10.0
Three Girls About Town
1941
★6.5
The Square Jungle
1955
★6.1
Three Rogues
1931
★10.0
Tin Pan Alley
1940
★5.4
Pals of the West
1934
★9.0
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936
★6.4
Silver Queen
1942
★6.0
Merton of the Movies
1947
★6.3
She Devil
1957
★5.7
The Groom Wore Spurs
1951
★5.0
Over 21
1945
★6.7
Blondie in the Dough
1947
★6.5
Fun on a Weekend
1947
★7.2
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956
★9.5
The Game That Kills
1937
★6.3
Powdersmoke Range
1935
★10.0
The Bandit Tamer
1925
★7.0
The Scarlet Car
1917
★4.6
Yankee Fakir
1947
★6.0
I Love a Mystery
1945
★6.4
The Third Alarm
1930
★10.0
Honor of the Range
1934
★6.3
The Lone Rider
1934
★7.0
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
★5.7
The Secret Code
1942
★5.9
Reno
1939
★6.7
Assigned to Danger
1948
★4.7
The Desert Rat
1919
★7.0
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
★6.5
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
★7.0
Massacre River
1949
★6.6
Saddle Leather Law
1944
★7.0
See America Thirst
1930
★7.0
It Happened Out West
1923
★4.7
Oklahoma Jim
1931
★9.0
The Shadow
1940
★7.3
This Woman Is Mine
1941
★4.5
Wallflower
1948
★6.6
Big Town Scandal
1948
★5.3
Men of the Sky
1942
★5.8
When Pals Fall Out
1919
★7.0
The Green Archer
1940
★6.6
The Search for Bridey Murphy
1956
★6.7
Prison Train
1938
★7.3
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
★5.5
Everything I Have Is Yours
1952
★5.8
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936
★5.2
The Virtuous Model
1919
★8.0
Fighting Caballero
1935
★6.3
The Last Chance
1921
★9.0
Call of the Rockies
1944
★6.3
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
★6.5
The Night of January 16th
1941
★5.8
The Puncher and the Pup
1919
★8.0
High Tide
1947
★5.9
Dames Ahoy
1930
★9.0
Border Guns
1934
★9.0
Frontier Justice
1936
★7.5
Meet Me on Broadway
1946
★8.5
The Fighting Stranger
1921
★8.0
Mark of the Spur
1932
★6.0
The Land of Jazz
1920
★8.0
The Honor of the Press
1932
★8.0
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
★6.3
Vaudeville Days
1942
★4.2
Beyond the Law
1930
★10.0
Frontier Fury
1943
★7.0
Stage Struck
1948
★6.3
Beyond the Rio Grande
1930
★9.0
Romance of the Rockies
1937
★7.0
Crossed Trails
1924
★10.0
The Ghost Rider
1935
★6.3
Left Over Ladies
1931
★7.0
Human Targets
1932
★6.0
A Desperate Adventure
1924
★7.5
What Becomes of the Children?
1936
★6.0
The White Masks
1921
★8.0
The Reckless Rider
1932
★10.0
The Silver Bullet
1935
★4.5
The Galloping Devil
1920
★10.0
The Hunger of the Blood
1921
★7.0
Cupid's Roundup
1919
★7.0
Desert Mesa
1935
★4.3