Franklyn Farnum

Known for acting · Born 5 June 1878 · Died 4 July 1961 · aged 83 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

334 credits

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

Sunset Boulevard

1950

The Scarlet Car

1917

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Vaudeville Days

1942

Desert Mesa

1935

Destination Moon

1950

It Happened Out West

1923

Some Like It Hot

1959

A Desperate Adventure

1924

The Screen Writer

1950

Romance of the Rockies

1937

Arizona Cyclone

1934

Acting (334)

1961ParrishParty Guest (uncredited)Film

1960The ApartmentOffice Worker (uncredited)Film

1960CimarronTownsman (uncredited)Film

1960The Hypnotic EyeAudience Member (uncredited)Film

1960Ice PalaceCommittee Member (uncredited)Film

1960Because They're YoungShopper with Cart (uncredited)Film

1960Wake Me When It's OverPentagon Officer (uncredited)Film

1959Some Like It HotParty Guest (uncredited)Film

1959Pillow TalkNightclub Patron (uncredited)Film

1959The GazeboTV Technician in Booth (uncredited)Film

1959The Mating GameTownsman (uncredited)Film

1959The Blue AngelBlue Angel Customer (uncredited)Film

1959The Story on Page OneJuror (uncredited)Film

1958Some Came RunningPasserby Outside Bar (uncredited)Film

1958King CreoleDrugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)Film

1958The Tunnel of LoveParty Guest (uncredited)Film

1958Home Before DarkNew Year's Eve Party RevellerFilm

1958Money, Women and GunsPostmaster (uncredited)Film

1957Witness for the ProsecutionBarrister (uncredited)Film

1957Funny FaceGuest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)Film

1957An Affair to RememberBallet Audience Member (uncredited)Film

1957Gunfight at the O.K. CorralBarfly (uncredited)Film

1957The Joker is WildNightclub Patron (uncredited)Film

1957The Tin StarTownsman (uncredited)Film

1957The Wings of EaglesPremier Guest (uncredited)Film

1957Until They SailMan Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)Film

1957My Man GodfreyScavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)Film

1957She DevilParty Guest (uncredited)Film

1957Wild Is the WindPassenger at Airport (uncredited)Film

1957Ten Thousand BedroomsParty Guest (uncredited)Film

1956The KillingRacetrack Spectator (uncredited)Film

1956Around the World in 80 DaysExtra (uncredited)Film

1956High SocietyParty Guest (uncredited)Film

1956Hollywood or BustAudience MemberFilm

1956The Solid Gold CadillacDance Extra (uncredited)Film

1956The Eddy Duchin StoryPasserby (uncredited)Film

1956Ransom!Townsman in Crowd (uncredited)Film

1956The Opposite SexPatron at 21 (uncredited)Film

1956The First TexanDelegate (uncredited)Film

1956The Search for Bridey MurphyDruggist (Uncredited)Film

1956Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!Board of DirectorsFilm

1955East of EdenTownsman at Carnival (uncredited)Film

1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsParty Guest (uncredited) · 2 episodesSeries

1955Guys and DollsSpectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)Film

1955Abbott and Costello Meet the MummyCafe Patron (uncredited)Film

1955WichitaTownsman (uncredited)Film

1955IllegalRestaurant Patron (uncredited)Film

1955A Lawless StreetTownsman (uncredited)Film

1955Ten Wanted MenFilm

1955My Sister EileenPedestrian (uncredited)Film

1955Chicago SyndicateNightclub Patron (uncredited)Film

1955The Square JungleFilm

1955Sincerely YoursConcert Attendee (uncredited)Film

1955Inside DetroitFilm

1954White ChristmasClub Patron (uncredited)Film

1954A Star Is BornRay (uncredited)Film

1954The Country GirlFirst-Nighter (uncredited)Film

1954Broken LanceJuror (uncredited)Film

1954The Long, Long TrailerTrailer Park Man (uncredited)Film

1954Black WidowParty Guest (uncredited)Film

1954Living It UpMan at Bus Depot (uncredited)Film

1954Black TuesdayReporter at Electrocution (uncredited)Film

1953Calamity JaneBarfly (uncredited)Film

1953Scared StiffPasserby (uncredited)Film

1953VickiClub Manager (uncredited)Film

1953The Story of Three LovesMan Departing TrainFilm

1953Destination GobiQuartermaster General (uncredited)Film

1952The Bad and the BeautifulAssistant on Set (uncredited)Film

1952The Greatest Show on EarthSpectator (uncredited)Film

1952The Narrow MarginTrain Passenger (uncredited)Film

1952CarrieRestaurant Patron (uncredited)Film

1952The Las Vegas StoryCasino Patron (uncredited)Film

1952The Turning PointMan in John's Office (uncredited)Film

1952Phone Call from a StrangerFilm

1952The Steel TrapPlane Passenger (uncredited)Film

1952This Woman Is DangerousAssistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)Film

1952Captain PirateDr. Le Grand (uncredited)Film

1952Everything I Have Is YoursTourist in Show (Uncredited)Film

1952Fort OsageSettler (uncredited)Film

1952The Half-BreedMan Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)Film

1951Strangers on a TrainParty Guest (uncredited)Film

1951A Place in the SunCompany Executive (uncredited)Film

1951The StoogeParty Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)Film

1951The Strange DoorFilm

1951The Mating SeasonBoard Member (uncredited)Film

1951RoadblockElevator Passenger (uncredited)Film

1951Love NestWaiter (uncredited)Film

1951Tomorrow Is Another DayFilm

1951Here Comes the GroomPassenger on Airplane (uncredited)Film

1951The Company She Keepsminor role (uncredited)Film

1951You're in the Navy NowOfficerFilm

1951The Groom Wore SpursReverend (uncredited)Film

1951Follow the SunFilm

1951Painting the Clouds with SunshineBoard Member (uncredited)Film

1951The Barefoot MailmanTownsman at Dance (uncredited)Film

1950Sunset BoulevardUndertakerFilm

1950All About EveSarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)Film

1950Gun CrazyCashier (uncredited)Film

1950Woman on the RunCoroner (uncredited)Film

1950Destination MoonFactory Worker (uncredited)Film

1950Union StationSleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)Film

1950No Man of Her OwnTrain Passenger (uncredited)Film

1950The Second WomanCountry Club GuestFilm

1950Colt .45Townsman (uncredited)Film

1950The Jackie Robinson StoryBaseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)Film

1950Bright LeafMan in Hotel Bar (uncredited)Film

1950Destination MurderArthur MansfieldFilm

1950When Willie Comes Marching HomeOfficer at Party (uncredited)Film

1950The Toast of New OrleansRestaurant Patron (uncredited)Film

1950The Cisco KidRancher (uncredited)Series

1950Pretty BabySubway Commuter (uncredited)Film

1950California PassageTownsman (uncredited)Film

1950The Screen WriterScreenwriter (uncredited)Film

1949The HeiressDr. Isaacs (uncredited)Film

1949A Letter to Three WivesCountry Club Member (uncredited)Film

1949House of StrangersFilm

1949Knock on Any DoorCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)Film

1949The File on Thelma JordonGrand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)Film

1949Alias Nick BealSupporterFilm

1949It's a Great FeelingMan at Train Station (uncredited)Film

1949The Lady GamblesCasino Patron (uncredited)Film

1949Cover UpDelegate on Platform (Uncredited)Film

1949My Friend IrmaMaitre D' (uncredited)Film

1949Johnny AllegroFilm

1949Slightly FrenchMarty Freeman (uncredited)Film

1949Massacre RiverArmy Officer at Dance (uncredited)Film

1948The Big Clock(uncredited)Film

1948Johnny BelindaMan on Jury (uncredited)Film

1948I Remember MamaDrug Store Pharmacist (uncredited)Film

1948Hollow TriumphBig Winner (uncredited)Film

1948Silver RiverOfficer (uncredited)Film

1948My Dear SecretaryNightclub Extra (uncredited)Film

1948AlbuquerqueBarfly (uncredited)Film

1948Race StreetMan (uncredited)Film

1948The Miracle of the BellsWorshiperFilm

1948Black BartAl (uncredited)Film

1948Three Daring DaughtersShip Passenger (uncredited)Film

1948Big Town ScandalSquad Car Policeman (uncredited)Film

1948Assigned to DangerMr. Norton (uncredited)Film

1948WallflowerFilm

1948Stage StruckParty Guest (uncredited)Film

1947Monsieur VerdouxVictim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)Film

1947Gentleman's AgreementParty GuestFilm

1947The Bachelor and the Bobby-SoxerFaculty Member (uncredited)Film

1947A Double LifeParty Guest (uncredited)Film

1947I Walk AloneNightclub Patron (uncredited)Film

1947Daisy KenyonMan Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)Film

1947They Won't Believe MeMan at Piano Concert (uncredited)Film

1947Road to Rio(uncredited)Film

1947High TideFilm

1947The GangsterPasserby (uncredited)Film

1947So You Want to Be in PicturesMan at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)Film

1947Merton of the MoviesMan Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)Film

1947ExposedRestaurant PatronFilm

1947Fun on a WeekendPoker Player (uncredited)Film

1947Blondie in the DoughPremier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)Film

1947The Judge Steps OutWedding Guest (uncredited)Film

1947Yankee FakirBerginFilm

1946My Darling ClementineTownsman (uncredited)Film

1946DeceptionRestaurant Diner (uncredited)Film

1946Crack-UpMan on Train (Uncredited)Film

1946Sister KennyDoctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)Film

1946The Jolson StoryMan in Audience (uncredited)Film

1946Meet Me on BroadwayMan in Audience (uncredited)Film

1945The Lost WeekendConcert Attendee (uncredited)Film

1945Fallen AngelMan Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)Film

1945Hangover SquareFilm

1945Lady on a TrainFilm

1945Wonder ManPelican Club Patron (uncredited)Film

1945The Great FlamarionStage Manager (uncredited)Film

1945A Song to RememberGuest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)Film

1945Dick TracyBystander at Murder (uncredited)Film

1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in HollywoodNightclub Patron (uncredited)Film

1945Two O'Clock CourageClub Patron (uncredited)Film

1945Week-End at the WaldorfHotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)Film

1945I Love a MysteryReporter (Uncredited)Film

1945Circumstantial EvidenceCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)Film

1945Incendiary BlondeRodeo Spectator (uncredited)Film

1945Over 21Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)Film

1945Sunset in El DoradoCustomerFilm

1945Purity SquadRadio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)Film

1944Going My WayChurch Usher (uncredited)Film

1944Hail the Conquering HeroTown Councilman (uncredited)Film

1944In SocietyProprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)Film

1944The Great MomentMassachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)Film

1944The White Cliffs of DoverBall Guest (uncredited)Film

1944Call of the RockiesMinerFilm

1944Saddle Leather LawRancher (uncredited)Film

1943Crime DoctorJurorFilm

1943Appointment in BerlinR.A.F. Officer (uncredited)Film

1943Frontier FuryBartender Homer (uncredited)Film

1942I Married a WitchFilm

1942'Neath Brooklyn BridgePoliceman (uncredited)Film

1942Silver QueenCreditorFilm

1942Vaudeville DaysTicket Hawker (uncredited)Film

1942The Secret CodeFederal AgentFilm

1942Wild Bill Hickok RidesChicago BusinessmanFilm

1942Men of the SkyFarmer (uncredited)Film

1942Northwest RangersBarflyFilm

1941The Lady EveTailor in Montage (uncredited)Film

1941Meet John Doe(uncredited)Film

1941Buck PrivatesOfficer (uncredited)Film

1941Johnny EagerRacetrack Spectator (uncredited)Film

1941In the NavyMilitary Officer (uncredited)Film

1941Belle StarrBarfly (uncredited)Film

1941This Woman Is MineBit RoleFilm

1941The Night of January 16thJuror (uncredited)Film

1941Million Dollar BabyFilm

1941Three Girls About TownConventioneer ExtraFilm

1941Mr. CelebrityCourt Officer (uncredited)Film

1940Boom TownAlarmed Townsman (uncredited)Film

1940North West Mounted PoliceTownsman (uncredited)Film

1940Charlie Chan in PanamaMarine OfficerFilm

1940The House Across the BayPrison GuardFilm

1940The Son of Monte CristoFriend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)Film

1940Tin Pan AlleyMan in Audience (uncredited)Film

1940The ShadowSparksFilm

1940The Green ArcherPeteFilm

1940Under Texas SkiesTownsmanFilm

1940Ride, Tenderfoot, RideRancherFilm

1940Deadwood DickClaytonFilm

1939StagecoachDeputy Frank (uncredited)Film

1939Hollywood CavalcadeWell-WisherFilm

1939RenoBoard MemberFilm

1939Almost a GentlemanJurorFilm

1938Vivacious LadyTrain Conductor #2 (uncredited)Film

1938The Cowboy and the LadyCowboy (uncredited)Film

1938Prison TrainThe LawyerFilm

1938Cowboy from BrooklynRodeo SpectatorFilm

1938In Early ArizonaSpikeFilm

1937You Only Live OncePlainclothesman (uncredited)Film

1937The Life of Emile Zola(uncredited)Film

1937History Is Made at NightFilm

1937The Emperor's CandlesticksBidder (uncredited)Film

1937The Game That KillsSpectator (uncredited)Film

1937Romance of the RockiesStoneFilm

1936Charlie Chan at the CircusMike - Ticket TakerFilm

1936The Preview Murder MysteryJames DeleyFilm

1936The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching HandNickyFilm

1936Custer's Last StandMajor Marcus RenoFilm

1936Frontier JusticeLawyer George LessinFilm

1936What Becomes of the Children?ShelbyFilm

1936The Broken CoinFilm

1935Gold Diggers of 1935Bartender (uncredited)Film

1935Page Miss GloryDance Extra (uncredited)Film

1935Hop-a-long CassidyRileyFilm

1935Desert MesaJonesFilm

1935Fighting CaballeroBartenderFilm

1935The Ghost RiderBullardFilm

1935The Silver BulletMarshal Joe MullaneFilm

1935The Cowboy and the BanditCrooked DealerFilm

1935Powdersmoke RangeJim ReeceFilm

1935Super SpeedRalph GrayFilm

1934Frontier DaysGeorge WilsonFilm

1934Honor of the RangeSaloonkeeperFilm

1934Carrying the MailHenchman FrankFilm

1934Arizona CycloneCarter, the BankerFilm

1934Border GunsFred PalmerFilm

1934West of the LawCase aka GreenFilm

1934Pals of the WestSheriff Ed DawsonFilm

1934The Lone RiderGoreFilm

1933Neighbors' Wives(uncredited)Film

1932Mark of the SpurSheriff Jake LudlowFilm

1932The Honor of the PressMr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'Film

1932Human TargetsSheriffFilm

1932The Reckless RiderSheriffFilm

1931Three RoguesNelsonFilm

1931Left Over LadiesBensonFilm

1931Oklahoma JimArmy CaptainFilm

1931Hell's ValleyManuel ValdezFilm

1930The Third AlarmFire Department CaptainFilm

1930Dames AhoyMaster of CeremoniesFilm

1930See America ThirstMaster of Ceremonies (uncredited)Film

1930Beyond the Rio GrandeJoe KempFilm

1930Beyond the LawArmy LieutenantFilm

1925The Drug Store CowboyMarmaduke GrandonFilm

1925The Bandit TamerWilliam WarrenFilm

1924A Desperate AdventureFilm

1924Battling BrewsterBattling Jack BrewsterFilm

1924A Two Fisted TenderfootTed RansomFilm

1924Crossed TrailsTom DawsonFilm

1924BaffledDick OsborneFilm

1924CourageAllen JenningsFilm

1923It Happened Out WestFilm

1922Gun-ShyJames BrownFilm

1922The FirebrandBill HoltFilm

1922Gold GrabbersFilm

1922Smiling JimSmiling Jim / Frank HarmonFilm

1921The Hunger of the BloodMaslunFilm

1921The Fighting StrangerAustralia JoeFilm

1921The Last ChanceRance SparrFilm

1921The RaidersPvt. Fitzgerald, RCMPFilm

1921The White MasksJack BrayFilm

1921The StruggleDick StormFilm

1920Vanishing TrailsSilent JoeFilm

1920The Galloping DevilAndy GreenFilm

1920The Land of JazzFilm

1919Go-Get-Em GarringerGarringerFilm

1919The Virtuous ModelEdward DorinFilm

1919Breezy BobFilm

1919Shackles of FateFilm

1919When Pals Fall OutLonesomeFilm

1919Hell's Fury GordonFilm

1919Cupid's RoundupFilm

1919The Two DoylesDonald Doyle / Jerry DoyleFilm

1919The Uphill ClimbFord CameronFilm

1919The Puncher and the PupFilm

1919Vengeance and the GirlJim Westgard Jr.Film

1919The Cowboy and the RajahFilm

1919The Desert RatSteve Lanyon - aka The Desert RatFilm

1919Brother BillWilliam (Bill) DexterFilm

1918Fast CompanyLawrence Percival Van HuylerFilm

1918Vanity PoolDrew GarrettFilm

1918In Judgment of...Dr. John O'NeillFilm

1918$5,000 RewardDick ArlingtonFilm

1918The Fighting GrinBilly KennedyFilm

1918The Rough LoverRichard Bolton / Spike O'BrienFilm

1918The Empty CabHenry Egbert XerxesFilm

1917The Scarlet CarBilly WinthropFilm

1917The Empty GunRobberFilm

1917Anything OnceTeddy CrosbyFilm

1917The Clean-UpStuart AdamsFilm

1917Bringing Home FatherPeter DrakeFilm

1917The Car of ChanceArnold BairdFilm

1917The ClockJack TempestFilm

1917The Devil's Pay DayGregory Van HoutenFilm

1917The Man Who Took a ChanceMonty GrayFilm

1917A Stormy KnightJohn WintonFilm

1917The Winged MysteryCapt. August Sieger / Louis SieverFilm

1916The Heart of a Show GirlFrank MastersonFilm

1916The Woman He FearedJohn GrayFilm

1916Little PartnerJames AllisFilm

1916A Stranger from SomewhereSam Brockton / 'Dippy' LewisFilm

1916Love Never DiesFelix, the ManFilm