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
Movies
- Romance of the Rockies
1937
- Stage Struck
1948
- You're in the Navy Now
1951
- The Mating Season
1951
- A Double Life
1947
- Mr. Celebrity
1941
- Cimarron
1960
- The Heart of a Show Girl
1916
- The Woman He Feared
1916
- Fast Company
1918
- Little Partner
1916
- Go-Get-Em Garringer
1919
- The Virtuous Model
1919
- Breezy Bob
1919
- Vanity Pool
1918
- In Judgment of...
1918
- The Hunger of the Blood
1921
- Vanishing Trails
1920
- The Galloping Devil
1920
- The Land of Jazz
1920
- The Fighting Stranger
1921
- The Last Chance
1921
- The Raiders
1921
- The White Masks
1921
- $5,000 Reward
1918
- The Silver Bullet
1935
- Blondie in the Dough
1947
- The Third Alarm
1930
- Carrying the Mail
1934
- Three Daring Daughters
1948
- King Creole
1958
- Vicki
1953
- House of Strangers
1949
- Abbott and Costello Mee...
1955
- The Strange Door
1951
- The Mating Game
1959
- Shackles of Fate
1919
- When Pals Fall Out
1919
- Hell's Fury Gordon
1919
- Cupid's Roundup
1919
- The Two Doyles
1919
- Brother Bill
1919
- The Uphill Climb
1919
- The Puncher and the Pup
1919
- Vengeance and the Girl
1919
- The Cowboy and the Rajah
1919
- Gun-Shy
1922
- The Stooge
1951
- She Devil
1957
- My Man Godfrey
1957
- High Tide
1947
- The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
- My Sister Eileen
1955
- The First Texan
1956
- Calamity Jane
1953
- Broken Lance
1954
- The Amazing Exploits of...
1936
- Captain Pirate
1952
- I Love a Mystery
1945
- Painting The Clouds Wit...
1951
- Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
- Fort Osage
1952
- The Half-Breed
1952
- Deception
1946
- The Emperor's Candlesti...
1937
- The Broken Coin
1936
- The Struggle
1921
- Battling Brewster
1924
- The Scarlet Car
1917
- Frontier Justice
1936
- The Apartment
1960
- The Steel Trap
1952
- The Hypnotic Eye
1960
- Lady on a Train
1945
- What Becomes of the Chi...
1936
- Arizona Cyclone
1934
- The Preview Murder Myst...
1936
- Illegal
1955
- Fighting Caballero
1935
- Frontier Days
1934
- Knock on Any Door
1949
- The Lady Gambles
1949
- The Empty Gun
1917
- Honor of the Range
1934
- Black Tuesday
1954
- Ten Wanted Men
1955
- The Game That Kills
1937
- Dames Ahoy
1930
- Mark of the Spur
1932
- See America Thirst
1930
- Border Guns
1934
- Three Rogues
1931
- Meet Me on Broadway
1946
- The Bad and the Beautif...
1952
- History Is Made at Night
1937
- Money, Women and Guns
1958
- The Story on Page One
1959
- The Cowboy and the Band...
1935
- Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
- Inside Detroit
1956
- Custer's Last Stand
1936
- Guys and Dolls
1955
- Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
- Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935
- The Jackie Robinson Sto...
1950
- A Star Is Born
1954
- Sunset in El Dorado
1945
- Carrie
1952
- They Won't Believe Me
1947
- All About Eve
1950
- The Story of Three Loves
1953
- Stagecoach
1939
- Almost a Gentleman
1939
- Reno
1939
- The Reckless Rider
1932
- The Ghost Rider
1935
- Phone Call from a Stran...
1952
- Big Town Scandal
1948
- An Affair to Remember
1957
- I Married a Witch
1942
- Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
- When Willie Comes March...
1950
- Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956
- The Lost Weekend
1945
- Sister Kenny
1946
- The Killing
1956
- Going My Way
1944
- My Dear Secretary
1948
- A Desperate Adventure
1924
- Purity Squad
1945
- East of Eden
1955
- Race Street
1948
- Witness for the Prosecu...
1957
- The Judge Steps Out
1947
- High Society
1956
- Black Widow
1954
- Circumstantial Evidence
1945
- The Joker is Wild
1957
- Hollywood or Bust
1956
- Wonder Man
1945
- Beyond the Rio Grande
1930
- The Great Moment
1944
- Hangover Square
1945
- Charlie Chan in Panama
1940
- Monsieur Verdoux
1947
- The Lady Eve
1941
- The Shadow
1940
- Merton of the Movies
1947
- The Barefoot Mailman
1951
- 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
- The Tin Star
1957
- Two O'Clock Courage
1945
- Under Texas Skies
1940
- Boom Town
1940
- North West Mounted Poli...
1940
- Deadwood Dick
1940
- Call of the Rockies
1944
- The Opposite Sex
1956
- Saddle Leather Law
1944
- Fallen Angel
1945
- Massacre River
1949
- The Square Jungle
1955
- No Man of Her Own
1950
- The Groom Wore Spurs
1951
- Sunset Boulevard
1950
- The House Across the Bay
1940
- Tin Pan Alley
1940
- The Son of Monte Cristo
1940
- The Heiress
1949
- The Blue Angel
1959
- The Night of January 16...
1941
- The Green Archer
1940
- A Letter to Three Wives
1949
- Around the World in Eig...
1956
- The Screen Writer
1950
- California Passage
1950
- The Honor of the Press
1932
- Exposed
1947
- Crime Doctor
1943
- Parrish
1961
- This Woman Is Mine
1941
- Three Girls About Town
1941
- Frontier Fury
1943
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
- Northwest Rangers
1942
- Silver Queen
1942
- Belle Starr
1941
- My Friend Irma
1949
- The White Cliffs of Dov...
1944
- Roadblock
1951
- The Greatest Show on Ea...
1952
- Left Over Ladies
1931
- Men of the Sky
1942
- Vaudeville Days
1942
- The Secret Code
1942
- Destination Moon
1950
- A Place in the Sun
1951
- Daisy Kenyon
1947
- Funny Face
1957
- Meet John Doe
1941
- Slightly French
1949
- Some Came Running
1958
- The Drug Store Cowboy
1925
- Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
- The Narrow Margin
1952
- White Christmas
1954
- Chicago Syndicate
1955
- Powdersmoke Range
1935
- Alias Nick Beal
1949
- Destination Murder
1950
- Fun on a Weekend
1947
- The Miracle of the Bells
1948
- A Stranger from Somewhe...
1916
- Anything Once
1917
- The Clean-Up
1917
- Bringing Home Father
1917
- The Car of Chance
1917
- The Clock
1917
- The Devil's Pay Day
1917
- The Man Who Took a Chan...
1917
- Love Never Dies
1916
- A Stormy Knight
1917
- The Fighting Grin
1918
- The Rough Lover
1918
- The Winged Mystery
1917
- It Happened Out West
1923
- A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
1924
- Pillow Talk
1959
- The Firebrand
1922
- Gold Grabbers
1922
- So You Want to Be in Pi...
1947
- Johnny Allegro
1949
- Assigned to Danger
1948
- Woman on the Run
1950
- Pretty Baby
1950
- Page Miss Glory
1935
- Johnny Belinda
1948
- Bright Leaf
1950
- The Tunnel of Love
1958
- Wallflower
1948
- The Big Clock
1948
- Buck Privates
1941
- In the Navy
1941
- In Society
1944
- Bud Abbott and Lou Cost...
1945
- Some Like It Hot
1959
- Until They Sail
1957
- The Second Woman
1950
- A Song to Remember
1945
- Road to Rio
1947
- I Walk Alone
1947
- Over 21
1945
- You Only Live Once
1937
- The Empty Cab
1918
- Home Before Dark
1958
- The Great Flamarion
1945
- Gun Crazy
1950
- Here Comes the Groom
1951
- The Bachelor and the Bo...
1947
- Incendiary Blonde
1945
- Charlie Chan at the Cir...
1936
- The File on Thelma Jord...
1949
- Love Nest
1951
- The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
- Gentleman's Agreement
1947
- The Life of Emile Zola
1937
- This Woman Is Dangerous
1952
- Prison Train
1938
- Cover Up
1949
- Everything I Have Is Yo...
1952
- The Search for Bridey M...
1956
- Johnny Eager
1941
- Wichita
1955
- Albuquerque
1948
- Gunfight at the O.K. Co...
1957
- A Lawless Street
1955
- Wild Is the Wind
1957
- The Desert Rat
1919
- The Jolson Story
1946
- Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
- Vivacious Lady
1938
- Black Bart
1948
- Union Station
1950
- Desert Mesa
1935
- West of the Law
1934
- Pals of the West
1934
- The Lone Rider
1934
- The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
- Crack-Up
1946
- Hollow Triumph
1948
- Oklahoma Jim
1931
- Appointment in Berlin
1943
- It's a Great Feeling
1949
- Ice Palace
1960
- Colt .45
1950
- Dick Tracy
1945
- Human Targets
1932
- Crossed Trails
1924
- Baffled
1924
- Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
- In Early Arizona
1938
- Yankee Fakir
1947
- Strangers on a Train
1951
- Scared Stiff
1953
- Destination Gobi
1953
- Hell's Valley
1931
- The Country Girl
1954
- Because They're Young
1960
- Living It Up
1954
- The Long, Long Trailer
1954
- The Company She Keeps
1951
- The Toast of New Orleans
1950
- Wake Me When It's Over
1960
- Silver River
1948
- Ransom!
1956
- The Gazebo
1960