Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

actor

Franklyn Farnum was born on Jun 05, 1878 in USA. Franklyn Farnum's big-screen debut came with Bringing Home Father directed by William Worthington in 1917, strarring Peter Drake. Franklyn Farnum is known for The Apartment directed by Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon stars as C.C. Baxter and Shirley MacLaine as Fran Kubelik. The upcoming new movie Franklyn Farnum plays is Pepe which will be released on Apr 26, 1962.

Boston-born Franklyn Farnum was on the vaudeville stage at the age of 12 and was featured in a number of theatre and musical productions by the time he entered silent films near the age of 40. He appeared to be at his most comfortable in the saddle, his career dominated mostly by westerns. Some of his more famous films include the serial Vanishing Trails (1920) and features The Clock (1917), The Firebrand (1922), The Drug Store Cowboy (1925) and The Gambling Fool (1925). In 1925 he left films, but returned five years later at the advent of sound, only to find himself billed much further down the credits, if at all. He continued on, however, in these obscure roles well into the 1950s. Largely forgotten today, he is not related to silent actors and brothers Dustin Farnum and William Farnum. One of his three wives was the ill-fated Alma Rubens, to whom he was briefly married in 1918. Farnum passed away from cancer in 1961.

  • Birthday

    Jun 05, 1878
  • Place of Birth

    Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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