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Franklyn Farnum
Born: 1878-06-05 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.
Rated Filmography (293)
Sorted by Score10.0
The Galloping Devil
1920
10.0
The Third Alarm
1930
10.0
Carrying the Mail
1934
10.0
Gun-Shy
1922
10.0
Three Rogues
1931
10.0
The Reckless Rider
1932
10.0
The Drug Store Cowboy
1925
10.0
Powdersmoke Range
1935
10.0
West of the Law
1934
10.0
Crossed Trails
1924
10.0
Beyond the Law
1930
9.5
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956
9.0
Vanishing Trails
1920
9.0
The Last Chance
1921
9.0
Battling Brewster
1924
9.0
Dames Ahoy
1930
9.0
Border Guns
1934
9.0
Beyond the Rio Grande
1930
9.0
Pals of the West
1934
9.0
Oklahoma Jim
1931
9.0
In Early Arizona
1938
9.0
Neighbors' Wives
1933
8.5
Meet Me on Broadway
1946
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950
8.2
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
8.2
The Apartment
1960
8.1
The Joker is Wild
1957
8.1
Some Like It Hot
1959
8.1
All About Eve
1950
8.0
The Virtuous Model
1919
8.0
The Land of Jazz
1920
8.0
The Fighting Stranger
1921
8.0
The White Masks
1921
8.0
The Puncher and the Pup
1919
8.0
Arizona Cyclone
1934
8.0
Almost a Gentleman
1939
8.0
The Honor of the Press
1932
8.0
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
1924
8.0
Gold Grabbers
1922
8.0
Baffled
1924
8.0
Courage
1924
7.8
The Heiress
1949
7.7
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
7.7
Purity Squad
1945
7.7
Strangers on a Train
1951
7.6
The Killing
1956
7.6
The Lost Weekend
1945
7.6
Stagecoach
1939
7.5
East of Eden
1955
7.5
Frontier Justice
1936
7.5
A Desperate Adventure
1924
7.5
Slightly French
1949
7.5
My Darling Clementine
1946
7.4
Gun Crazy
1950
7.4
An Affair to Remember
1957
7.3
Prison Train
1938
7.3
Meet John Doe
1941
7.3
A Place in the Sun
1951
7.3
The Shadow
1940
7.3
The Big Clock
1948
7.3
The Narrow Margin
1952
7.3
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
7.3
The Lady Eve
1941
7.2
I Remember Mama
1948
7.2
White Christmas
1954
7.2
Fun on a Weekend
1947
7.2
Ransom!
1956
7.2
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
7.1
A Star Is Born
1954
7.1
Pillow Talk
1959
7.1
Appointment in Berlin
1943
7.1
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
7.1
You Only Live Once
1937
7.0
The Tin Star
1957
7.0
Hangover Square
1945
7.0
Romance of the Rockies
1937
7.0
Mr. Celebrity
1941
7.0
The Hunger of the Blood
1921
7.0
When Pals Fall Out
1919
7.0
Cupid's Roundup
1919
7.0
Calamity Jane
1953
7.0
The Half-Breed
1952
7.0
The Struggle
1921
7.0
See America Thirst
1930
7.0
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
7.0
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
7.0
Boom Town
1940
7.0
Deadwood Dick
1940
7.0
Saddle Leather Law
1944
7.0
Frontier Fury
1943
7.0
Left Over Ladies
1931
7.0
Some Came Running
1958
7.0
Home Before Dark
1958
7.0
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
7.0
The Desert Rat
1919
7.0
Vivacious Lady
1938
7.0
The Lone Rider
1934
7.0
The Country Girl
1954
7.0
The Bandit Tamer
1925
7.0
Super Speed
1935
7.0
House of Strangers
1949
7.0
Funny Face
1957
7.0
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
7.0
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
6.9
The Gazebo
1959
6.9
Sister Kenny
1946
6.9
No Man of Her Own
1950
6.9
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
6.9
I Married a Witch
1942
6.9
Johnny Belinda
1948
6.9
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
6.8
High Society
1956
6.8
Road to Rio
1947
6.8
My Friend Irma
1949
6.8
Pretty Baby
1950
6.8
Wild Is the Wind
1957
6.8
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940
6.8
Woman on the Run
1950
6.8
Alias Nick Beal
1949
6.8
Albuquerque
1948
6.8
Buck Privates
1941
6.8
The Judge Steps Out
1947
6.8
The Jolson Story
1946
6.7
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
6.7
Page Miss Glory
1935
6.7
The Search for Bridey Murphy
1956
6.7
The Stooge
1951
6.7
The First Texan
1956
6.7
Deception
1946
6.7
Reno
1939
6.7
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
6.7
Going My Way
1944
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
6.7
Over 21
1945
6.7
Wake Me When It's Over
1960
6.7
History Is Made at Night
1937
6.7
Lady on a Train
1945
6.6
Daisy Kenyon
1947
6.6
The Steel Trap
1952
6.6
The Mating Season
1951
6.6
My Sister Eileen
1955
6.6
Wonder Man
1945
6.6
Massacre River
1949
6.6
Cover Up
1949
6.6
Hollow Triumph
1948
6.6
Colt .45
1950
6.6
The Green Archer
1940
6.6
Guys and Dolls
1955
6.6
Wallflower
1948
6.6
I Walk Alone
1947
6.6
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
6.5
They Won't Believe Me
1947
6.5
Blondie in the Dough
1947
6.5
My Man Godfrey
1957
6.5
Broken Lance
1954
6.5
Fort Osage
1952
6.5
Inside Detroit
1955
6.5
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935
6.5
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
6.5
Fallen Angel
1945
6.5
Three Girls About Town
1941
6.5
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
6.5
Union Station
1950
6.5
Scared Stiff
1953
6.5
Living It Up
1954
6.5
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951
6.5
A Song to Remember
1945
6.5
Illegal
1955
6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
6.4
Johnny Allegro
1949
6.4
In the Navy
1941
6.4
A Double Life
1947
6.4
King Creole
1958
6.4
The Mating Game
1959
6.4
I Love a Mystery
1945
6.4
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
6.4
Carrie
1952
6.4
Black Widow
1954
6.4
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936
6.4
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
6.4
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
6.4
Crime Doctor
1943
6.3
Until They Sail
1957
6.3
Fighting Caballero
1935
6.3
Honor of the Range
1934
6.3
The Ghost Rider
1935
6.3
Call of the Rockies
1944
6.3
Northwest Rangers
1942
6.3
Million Dollar Baby
1941
6.3
The Wings of Eagles
1957
6.3
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
6.3
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
6.3
Ice Palace
1960
6.3
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
6.3
Stage Struck
1948
6.3
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
6.3
Merton of the Movies
1947
6.3
Wichita
1955
6.3
Two O'Clock Courage
1945
6.3
The Game That Kills
1937
6.3
Follow the Sun
1951
6.2
Knock on Any Door
1949
6.2
The Strange Door
1951
6.2
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
6.2
Exposed
1947
6.2
Johnny Eager
1941
6.2
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
6.2
Silver River
1948
6.2
Cimarron
1960
6.2
Hollywood or Bust
1956
6.2
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
6.2
The Company She Keeps
1951
6.2
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940
6.1
Black Tuesday
1954
6.1
My Dear Secretary
1948
6.1
The Square Jungle
1955
6.1
The Great Flamarion
1945
6.1
The Lady Gambles
1949
6.0
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
6.0
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951
6.0
What Becomes of the Children?
1936
6.0
Mark of the Spur
1932
6.0
The Story of Three Loves
1953
6.0
Race Street
1948
6.0
California Passage
1950
6.0
Silver Queen
1942
6.0
Chicago Syndicate
1955
6.0
Human Targets
1932
6.0
Yankee Fakir
1947
6.0
The Las Vegas Story
1952
6.0
Bright Leaf
1950
6.0
It's a Great Feeling
1949
5.9
The Tunnel of Love
1958
5.9
Sincerely Yours
1955
5.9
Destination Moon
1950
5.9
Ten Wanted Men
1955
5.9
Belle Starr
1941
5.9
The Secret Code
1942
5.9
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952
5.9
High Tide
1947
5.9
Roadblock
1951
5.9
Three Daring Daughters
1948
5.9
Destination Gobi
1953
5.9
Because They're Young
1960
5.9
The Great Moment
1944
5.8
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
5.8
In Society
1944
5.8
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
5.8
The Night of January 16th
1941
5.8
Everything I Have Is Yours
1952
5.8
The Hypnotic Eye
1960
5.8
Money, Women and Guns
1958
5.8
Under Texas Skies
1940
5.8
Men of the Sky
1942
5.8
Crack-Up
1946
5.7
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
5.7
She Devil
1957
5.6
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
5.6
The House Across the Bay
1940
5.6
The Second Woman
1950
5.6
A Lawless Street
1955
5.5
You're in the Navy Now
1951
5.5
Vicki
1953
5.5
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
5.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
5.5
Love Nest
1951
5.5
Captain Pirate
1952
5.4
Here Comes the Groom
1951
5.4
The Opposite Sex
1956
5.4
Tin Pan Alley
1940
5.3
Custer's Last Stand
1936
5.3
Big Town Scandal
1948
5.3
The Blue Angel
1959
5.3
Dick Tracy
1945
5.2
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
5.2
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936
5.2
Destination Murder
1950
5.2
The Gangster
1947
5.2
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
5.1
Incendiary Blonde
1945
5.1
The Story on Page One
1959
5.0
Parrish
1961
5.0
The Groom Wore Spurs
1951
4.9
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
4.9
Black Bart
1948
4.7
Assigned to Danger
1948
4.7
It Happened Out West
1923
4.6
The Scarlet Car
1917
4.5
The Silver Bullet
1935
4.5
This Woman Is Mine
1941
4.3
Frontier Days
1934
4.3
Desert Mesa
1935
4.2
Vaudeville Days
1942