Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

June 5, 1878

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

9 titles
1
Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

1950 · 1h 50m · Movie

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

8.4
2
White Christmas

White Christmas

1954 · 2h 0m · Movie

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

7.5
3
The Narrow Margin

The Narrow Margin

1952 · 1h 11m · Movie

A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.

7.6
4
Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

1948 · 1h 42m · Movie

A kind doctor volunteers to tutor a deaf-mute woman, but scandal starts to swirl when his pupil is raped and falls pregnant.

7.7
5
Destination Moon

Destination Moon

1950 · 1h 32m · Movie

"Destination Moon", tells the tale of when Doctor Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer approach Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.

6.3
6
Daisy Kenyon

Daisy Kenyon

1947 · 1h 39m · Movie

A commercial artist having an affair with a married attorney becomes involved with a returning soldier and must choose between the two.

6.8
7
My Sister Eileen

My Sister Eileen

1955 · 1h 48m · Movie

After submitting a story of her beautiful sister, a woman assumes her identity to maintain the attention of a playboy publisher.

6.8
8
My Friend Irma

My Friend Irma

1949 · 1h 43m · Movie

A scatterbrained Brooklynite and her wheeler-dealer fiancé interfere in her level-headed roommate's love life.

6.4
9
High Tide

High Tide

1947 · 1h 12m · Movie

A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. It overturns and its occupants, Tim Slade, Newspaper man turned private investigator, and Hugh Fresney, managing editor of the Los Ange...

6.5