Franklyn Farnum
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 5, 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- July 4, 1961
- Movies
- 332
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1961 | Parrish | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Apartment | Office Worker (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Wake Me When It's Over | Pentagon Officer (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Because They're Young | Shopper with Cart (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Hypnotic Eye | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Ice Palace | Committee Member (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Gazebo | TV Technician in Booth (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Story on Page One | Juror (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Pillow Talk | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Blue Angel | Blue Angel Customer (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Mating Game | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Some Came Running | Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Tunnel of Love | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Home Before Dark | New Year's Eve Party Reveller |
| 1958 | Money, Women and Guns | Postmaster (uncredited) |
| 1958 | King Creole | Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | Barrister (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Wild Is the Wind | Passenger at Airport (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Tin Star | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1957 | My Man Godfrey | Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Until They Sail | Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Joker is Wild | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1957 | An Affair to Remember | Ballet Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Ten Thousand Bedrooms | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1957 | She Devil | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Funny Face | Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles | Premier Guest (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Hollywood or Bust | Audience Member |
| 1956 | The Opposite Sex | Patron at 21 (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Extra (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! | Board of Directors |
| 1956 | The Search for Bridey Murphy | Druggist (Uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Solid Gold Cadillac | Dance Extra (uncredited) |
| 1956 | High Society | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The First Texan | Delegate (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Killing | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Eddy Duchin Story | Passerby (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Ransom! | Townsman in Crowd (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Square Jungle | |
| 1955 | Guys and Dolls | Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Inside Detroit | |
| 1955 | A Lawless Street | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Sincerely Yours | Concert Attendee (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Illegal | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| 1955 | My Sister Eileen | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Wichita | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Chicago Syndicate | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Cafe Patron (uncredited) |
| 1955 | East of Eden | Townsman at Carnival (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | |
| 1954 | Black Tuesday | Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Country Girl | First-Nighter (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Black Widow | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1954 | White Christmas | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born | Ray (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Broken Lance | Juror (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Living It Up | Man at Bus Depot (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer | Trailer Park Man (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Calamity Jane | Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Vicki | Club Manager (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Scared Stiff | Passerby (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Story of Three Loves | Man Departing Train |
| 1953 | Destination Gobi | Quartermaster General (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Assistant on Set (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Steel Trap | Plane Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Everything I Have Is Yours | Tourist in Show (Uncredited) |
| 1952 | Captain Pirate | Dr. Le Grand (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Carrie | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Turning Point | Man in John's Office (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Half-Breed | Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Narrow Margin | Train Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Fort Osage | Settler (uncredited) |
| 1952 | This Woman Is Dangerous | Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited) |
| 1952 | Phone Call from a Stranger | |
| 1952 | The Las Vegas Story | Casino Patron (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Barefoot Mailman | Townsman at Dance (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Stooge | Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Strange Door | |
| 1951 | Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Love Nest | Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | Passenger on Airplane (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Roadblock | Elevator Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Tomorrow Is Another Day | |
| 1951 | Strangers on a Train | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun | Company Executive (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Follow the Sun | |
| 1951 | The Groom Wore Spurs | Reverend (uncredited) |
| 1951 | You're in the Navy Now | Officer |
| 1951 | The Mating Season | Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Company She Keeps | minor role (uncredited) |
| 1950 | California Passage | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Woman on the Run | Coroner (uncredited) |
| 1950 | All About Eve | Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Union Station | Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Pretty Baby | Subway Commuter (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Screen Writer | Screenwriter (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Toast of New Orleans | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Undertaker |
| 1950 | The Second Woman | Country Club Guest |
| 1950 | Destination Moon | Factory Worker (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Bright Leaf | Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Destination Murder | Arthur Mansfield |
| 1950 | Colt .45 | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Jackie Robinson Story | Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited) |
| 1950 | No Man of Her Own | Train Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1950 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Officer at Party (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Gun Crazy | Cashier (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The File on Thelma Jordon | Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1949 | My Friend Irma | Maitre D' (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Heiress | Dr. Isaacs (uncredited) |
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Man at Train Station (uncredited) |
| 1949 | House of Strangers | |
| 1949 | Massacre River | Army Officer at Dance (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Johnny Allegro | |
| 1949 | The Lady Gambles | Casino Patron (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Alias Nick Beal | Supporter |
| 1949 | Cover Up | Delegate on Platform (Uncredited) |
| 1949 | Knock on Any Door | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Slightly French | Marty Freeman (uncredited) |
| 1949 | A Letter to Three Wives | Country Club Member (uncredited) |
| 1948 | My Dear Secretary | Nightclub Extra (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Johnny Belinda | Man on Jury (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Race Street | Man (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Hollow Triumph | Big Winner (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Stage Struck | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Wallflower | |
| 1948 | Big Town Scandal | Squad Car Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Silver River | Officer (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Assigned to Danger | Mr. Norton (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Miracle of the Bells | Worshiper |
| 1948 | The Big Clock | (uncredited) |
| 1948 | I Remember Mama | Drug Store Pharmacist (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Albuquerque | Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Black Bart | Al (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | Ship Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1947 | I Walk Alone | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1947 | A Double Life | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Daisy Kenyon | Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Road to Rio | (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Gangster | Passerby (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Gentleman's Agreement | Party Guest |
| 1947 | Blondie in the Dough | Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Merton of the Movies | Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited) |
| 1947 | High Tide | |
| 1947 | Exposed | Restaurant Patron |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Faculty Member (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited) |
| 1947 | They Won't Believe Me | Man at Piano Concert (uncredited) |
| 1947 | So You Want to Be in Pictures | Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Fun on a Weekend | Poker Player (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Yankee Fakir | Bergin |
| 1946 | Deception | Restaurant Diner (uncredited) |
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Jolson Story | Man in Audience (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Crack-Up | Man on Train (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | Meet Me on Broadway | Man in Audience (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Dick Tracy | Bystander at Murder (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Lost Weekend | Concert Attendee (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Fallen Angel | Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Purity Squad | Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Sunset in El Dorado | Customer |
| 1945 | Over 21 | Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Lady on a Train | |
| 1945 | Incendiary Blonde | Rodeo Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Wonder Man | Pelican Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Two O'Clock Courage | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Hangover Square | |
| 1945 | I Love a Mystery | Reporter (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | A Song to Remember | Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Great Flamarion | Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Saddle Leather Law | Rancher (uncredited) |
| 1944 | In Society | Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Hail the Conquering Hero | Town Councilman (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Great Moment | Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Call of the Rockies | Miner |
| 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover | Ball Guest (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Going My Way | Church Usher (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Appointment in Berlin | R.A.F. Officer (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Frontier Fury | Bartender Homer (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Crime Doctor | Juror |
| 1942 | Vaudeville Days | Ticket Hawker (uncredited) |
| 1942 | 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Silver Queen | Creditor |
| 1942 | I Married a Witch | Country Club Guest (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Northwest Rangers | Barfly |
| 1942 | The Secret Code | Federal Agent |
| 1942 | Men of the Sky | Farmer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Chicago Businessman |
| 1941 | Johnny Eager | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Night of January 16th | Juror (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Three Girls About Town | Conventioneer Extra |
| 1941 | Mr. Celebrity | Court Officer (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Belle Starr | Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1941 | This Woman Is Mine | Bit Role |
| 1941 | Million Dollar Baby | |
| 1941 | In the Navy | Military Officer (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Lady Eve | Tailor in Montage (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Buck Privates | Officer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Son of Monte Cristo | Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited) |
| 1940 | Tin Pan Alley | Man in Audience (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Green Archer | Pete |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Under Texas Skies | Townsman |
| 1940 | Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride | Rancher |
| 1940 | Boom Town | Alarmed Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Deadwood Dick | Clayton |
| 1940 | Charlie Chan in Panama | Marine Officer |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay | Prison Guard |
| 1940 | The Shadow | Sparks |
| 1939 | Reno | Board Member |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade | Well-Wisher |
| 1939 | Almost a Gentleman | Juror |
| 1939 | Stagecoach | Deputy Frank (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Cowboy (uncredited) |
| 1938 | In Early Arizona | Spike |
| 1938 | Prison Train | The Lawyer |
| 1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn | Rodeo Spectator |
| 1938 | Vivacious Lady | Train Conductor #2 (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Romance of the Rockies | Stone |
| 1937 | The Game That Kills | Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola | (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Emperor's Candlesticks | Bidder (uncredited) |
| 1937 | History Is Made at Night | |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | What Becomes of the Children? | Shelby |
| 1936 | Frontier Justice | Lawyer George Lessin |
| 1936 | The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand | Nicky |
| 1936 | Charlie Chan at the Circus | Mike - Ticket Taker |
| 1936 | The Preview Murder Mystery | James Deley |
| 1936 | The Broken Coin | |
| 1936 | Custer's Last Stand | Major Marcus Reno |
| 1935 | Super Speed | Ralph Gray |
| 1935 | Powdersmoke Range | Jim Reece |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory | Dance Extra (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Hop-a-long Cassidy | Riley |
| 1935 | The Silver Bullet | Marshal Joe Mullane |
| 1935 | Fighting Caballero | Bartender |
| 1935 | The Ghost Rider | Bullard |
| 1935 | The Cowboy and the Bandit | Crooked Dealer |
| 1935 | Gold Diggers of 1935 | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Desert Mesa | Jones |
| 1934 | Frontier Days | George Wilson |
| 1934 | West of the Law | Case aka Green |
| 1934 | The Lone Rider | Gore |
| 1934 | Pals of the West | Sheriff Ed Dawson |
| 1934 | Carrying the Mail | Henchman Frank |
| 1934 | Arizona Cyclone | Carter, the Banker |
| 1934 | Honor of the Range | Saloonkeeper |
| 1934 | Border Guns | Fred Palmer |
| 1933 | Neighbors' Wives | (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Honor of the Press | Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald' |
| 1932 | The Reckless Rider | Sheriff |
| 1932 | Mark of the Spur | Sheriff Jake Ludlow |
| 1932 | Human Targets | Sheriff |
| 1931 | Oklahoma Jim | Army Captain |
| 1931 | Left Over Ladies | Benson |
| 1931 | Three Rogues | Nelson |
| 1931 | Hell's Valley | Manuel Valdez |
| 1930 | See America Thirst | Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Third Alarm | Fire Department Captain |
| 1930 | Beyond the Law | Army Lieutenant |
| 1930 | Beyond the Rio Grande | Joe Kemp |
| 1930 | Dames Ahoy | Master of Ceremonies |
| 1925 | The Bandit Tamer | William Warren |
| 1925 | The Drug Store Cowboy | Marmaduke Grandon |
| 1924 | Courage | Allen Jennings |
| 1924 | Battling Brewster | Battling Jack Brewster |
| 1924 | A Desperate Adventure | |
| 1924 | Crossed Trails | Tom Dawson |
| 1924 | A Two Fisted Tenderfoot | Ted Ransom |
| 1924 | Baffled | Dick Osborne |
| 1923 | It Happened Out West | |
| 1922 | The Firebrand | Bill Holt |
| 1922 | Gold Grabbers | |
| 1922 | Gun-Shy | James Brown |
| 1922 | Smiling Jim | Smiling Jim / Frank Harmon |
| 1921 | The White Masks | Jack Bray |
| 1921 | The Raiders | Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP |
| 1921 | The Struggle | Dick Storm |
| 1921 | The Last Chance | Rance Sparr |
| 1921 | The Hunger of the Blood | Maslun |
| 1921 | The Fighting Stranger | Australia Joe |
| 1920 | The Land of Jazz | |
| 1920 | The Galloping Devil | Andy Green |
| 1920 | Vanishing Trails | Silent Joe |
| 1919 | The Cowboy and the Rajah | |
| 1919 | Cupid's Roundup | |
| 1919 | Breezy Bob | |
| 1919 | The Virtuous Model | Edward Dorin |
| 1919 | Brother Bill | William (Bill) Dexter |
| 1919 | When Pals Fall Out | Lonesome |
| 1919 | Shackles of Fate | |
| 1919 | The Puncher and the Pup | |
| 1919 | The Uphill Climb | Ford Cameron |
| 1919 | Vengeance and the Girl | Jim Westgard Jr. |
| 1919 | Go-Get-Em Garringer | Garringer |
| 1919 | Hell's Fury Gordon | |
| 1919 | The Two Doyles | Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle |
| 1919 | The Desert Rat | Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat |
| 1918 | Vanity Pool | Drew Garrett |
| 1918 | In Judgment of... | Dr. John O'Neill |
| 1918 | The Empty Cab | Henry Egbert Xerxes |
| 1918 | $5,000 Reward | Dick Arlington |
| 1918 | Fast Company | Lawrence Percival Van Huyler |
| 1918 | The Rough Lover | Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien |
| 1918 | The Fighting Grin | Billy Kennedy |
| 1917 | The Scarlet Car | Billy Winthrop |
| 1917 | The Winged Mystery | Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever |
| 1917 | Anything Once | Teddy Crosby |
| 1917 | A Stormy Knight | John Winton |
| 1917 | The Empty Gun | Robber |
| 1917 | The Clean-Up | Stuart Adams |
| 1917 | The Car of Chance | Arnold Baird |
| 1917 | Bringing Home Father | Peter Drake |
| 1917 | The Clock | Jack Tempest |
| 1917 | The Devil's Pay Day | Gregory Van Houten |
| 1917 | The Man Who Took a Chance | Monty Gray |
| 1916 | Little Partner | James Allis |
| 1916 | The Woman He Feared | John Gray |
| 1916 | A Stranger from Somewhere | Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis |
| 1916 | Love Never Dies | Felix, the Man |
| 1916 | The Heart of a Show Girl | Frank Masterson |
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