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

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Cisco Kid
1950
Some Like It Hot
1959
Sunset Boulevard
1950
East of Eden
1955
The Killing
1956
The Apartment
1960
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
Strangers on a Train
1951
All About Eve
1950
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
Fallen Angel
1945

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
334
1961
Parrish
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1960
Cimarron
as Townsman (uncredited)
1960
The Apartment
as Office Worker (uncredited)
1960
The Hypnotic Eye
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1960
Ice Palace
as Committee Member (uncredited)
1960
Because They're Young
as Shopper with Cart (uncredited)
1960
Wake Me When It's Over
as Pentagon Officer (uncredited)
1959
The Mating Game
as Townsman (uncredited)
1959
The Story on Page One
as Juror (uncredited)
1959
The Blue Angel
as Blue Angel Customer (uncredited)
1959
Pillow Talk
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1959
Some Like It Hot
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1959
The Gazebo
as TV Technician in Booth (uncredited)
1958
King Creole
as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
1958
Money, Women and Guns
as Postmaster (uncredited)
1958
Some Came Running
as Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)
1958
The Tunnel of Love
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1958
Home Before Dark
as New Year's Eve Party Reveller
1957
She Devil
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
My Man Godfrey
as Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
An Affair to Remember
as Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)
1957
Witness for the Prosecution
as Barrister (uncredited)
1957
The Joker is Wild
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1957
The Tin Star
as Townsman (uncredited)
1957
Funny Face
as Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
1957
Until They Sail
as Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Barfly (uncredited)
1957
Wild Is the Wind
as Passenger at Airport (uncredited)
1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
The Wings of Eagles
as Premier Guest (uncredited)
1956
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Passerby (uncredited)
1956
The First Texan
as Delegate (uncredited)
1956
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
as Board of Directors
1956
The Killing
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1956
High Society
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1956
Hollywood or Bust
as Audience Member
1956
The Opposite Sex
as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
as Extra (uncredited)
1956
The Search for Bridey Murphy
as Druggist (Uncredited)
1956
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
1956
Ransom!
as Townsman in Crowd (uncredited)
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
1955
My Sister Eileen
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
1955
Illegal
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1955
Ten Wanted Men
1955
Inside Detroit
1955
Guys and Dolls
as Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)
1955
East of Eden
as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
1955
The Square Jungle
1955
Chicago Syndicate
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1955
Wichita
as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
A Lawless Street
as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
Sincerely Yours
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1954
Broken Lance
as Juror (uncredited)
1954
Black Tuesday
as Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
1954
A Star Is Born
as Ray (uncredited)
1954
Black Widow
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1954
White Christmas
as Club Patron (uncredited)
1954
The Country Girl
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
1954
Living It Up
as Man at Bus Depot (uncredited)
1954
The Long, Long Trailer
as Trailer Park Man (uncredited)
1953
Vicki
as Club Manager (uncredited)
1953
Calamity Jane
as Barfly (uncredited)
1953
The Story of Three Loves
as Man Departing Train
1953
Scared Stiff
as Passerby (uncredited)
1953
Destination Gobi
as Quartermaster General (uncredited)
1952
Captain Pirate
as Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)
1952
Fort Osage
as Settler (uncredited)
1952
The Half-Breed
as Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)
1952
The Steel Trap
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Assistant on Set (uncredited)
1952
Carrie
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1952
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Spectator (uncredited)
1952
The Narrow Margin
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1952
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)
1952
Everything I Have Is Yours
as Tourist in Show (Uncredited)
1952
The Las Vegas Story
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
1952
The Turning Point
as Man in John's Office (uncredited)
1951
You're in the Navy Now
as Officer
1951
The Mating Season
as Board Member (uncredited)
1951
The Strange Door
1951
The Stooge
as Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)
1951
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
as Board Member (uncredited)
1951
The Barefoot Mailman
as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
1951
The Groom Wore Spurs
as Reverend (uncredited)
1951
Roadblock
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
1951
A Place in the Sun
as Company Executive (uncredited)
1951
Here Comes the Groom
as Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)
1951
Love Nest
as Waiter (uncredited)
1951
Strangers on a Train
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1951
The Company She Keeps
as minor role (uncredited)
1951
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951
Follow the Sun
1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
1950
All About Eve
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Officer at Party (uncredited)
1950
No Man of Her Own
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1950
Sunset Boulevard
as Undertaker
1950
The Screen Writer
as Screenwriter (uncredited)
1950
California Passage
as Townsman (uncredited)
1950
Destination Moon
as Factory Worker (uncredited)
1950
Destination Murder
as Arthur Mansfield
1950
Woman on the Run
as Coroner (uncredited)
1950
Pretty Baby
as Subway Commuter (uncredited)
1950
Bright Leaf
as Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
1950
The Second Woman
as Country Club Guest
1950
Gun Crazy
as Cashier (uncredited)
1950
Union Station
as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
1950
Colt .45
as Townsman (uncredited)
1950
The Toast of New Orleans
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1950
The Cisco Kid
as Rancher (uncredited)
1949
House of Strangers
1949
Knock on Any Door
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1949
The Lady Gambles
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
1949
Massacre River
as Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)
1949
The Heiress
as Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)
1949
A Letter to Three Wives
as Country Club Member (uncredited)
1949
My Friend Irma
as Maitre D' (uncredited)
1949
Slightly French
as Marty Freeman (uncredited)
1949
Alias Nick Beal
as Supporter
1949
Johnny Allegro
1949
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1949
Cover Up
as Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)
1949
It's a Great Feeling
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
1948
Stage Struck
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1948
Three Daring Daughters
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1948
Big Town Scandal
as Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)
1948
My Dear Secretary
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
1948
Race Street
as Man (uncredited)
1948
The Miracle of the Bells
as Worshiper
1948
Assigned to Danger
as Mr. Norton (uncredited)
1948
Johnny Belinda
as Man on Jury (uncredited)
1948
Wallflower
1948
The Big Clock
as (uncredited)
1948
Albuquerque
as Barfly (uncredited)
1948
Black Bart
as Al (uncredited)
1948
Hollow Triumph
as Big Winner (uncredited)
1948
Silver River
as Officer (uncredited)
1948
I Remember Mama
as Drug Store Pharmacist (uncredited)
1947
A Double Life
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1947
Blondie in the Dough
as Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)
1947
High Tide
1947
They Won't Believe Me
as Man at Piano Concert (uncredited)
1947
The Judge Steps Out
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
1947
Merton of the Movies
as Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
1947
Exposed
as Restaurant Patron
1947
Daisy Kenyon
as Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)
1947
Fun on a Weekend
as Poker Player (uncredited)
1947
So You Want to Be in Pictures
as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
1947
I Walk Alone
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1947
Road to Rio
as (uncredited)
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Faculty Member (uncredited)
1947
Gentleman's Agreement
as Party Guest
1947
Yankee Fakir
as Bergin
1947
The Gangster
as Passerby (uncredited)
1946
Deception
as Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
1946
Meet Me on Broadway
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1946
Sister Kenny
as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
1946
The Jolson Story
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1946
Crack-Up
as Man on Train (Uncredited)
1946
My Darling Clementine
as Townsman (uncredited)
1945
I Love a Mystery
as Reporter (Uncredited)
1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
1945
Lady on a Train
1945
Sunset in El Dorado
as Customer
1945
The Lost Weekend
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
1945
Purity Squad
as Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)
1945
Circumstantial Evidence
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1945
Wonder Man
as Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)
1945
Hangover Square
1945
Two O'Clock Courage
as Club Patron (uncredited)
1945
Fallen Angel
as Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1945
A Song to Remember
as Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
1945
Over 21
as Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)
1945
The Great Flamarion
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1945
Incendiary Blonde
as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
1945
Dick Tracy
as Bystander at Murder (uncredited)
1944
Going My Way
as Church Usher (uncredited)
1944
The Great Moment
as Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
1944
Call of the Rockies
as Miner
1944
Saddle Leather Law
as Rancher (uncredited)
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
1944
In Society
as Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
1943
Crime Doctor
as Juror
1943
Frontier Fury
as Bartender Homer (uncredited)
1943
Appointment in Berlin
as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
1942
I Married a Witch
1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Policeman (uncredited)
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Chicago Businessman
1942
Northwest Rangers
as Barfly
1942
Silver Queen
as Creditor
1942
Vaudeville Days
as Ticket Hawker (uncredited)
1942
Men of the Sky
as Farmer (uncredited)
1942
The Secret Code
as Federal Agent
1941
Mr. Celebrity
as Court Officer (uncredited)
1941
The Night of January 16th
as Juror (uncredited)
1941
This Woman Is Mine
as Bit Role
1941
Three Girls About Town
as Conventioneer Extra
1941
Belle Starr
as Barfly (uncredited)
1941
Meet John Doe
as (uncredited)
1941
Buck Privates
as Officer (uncredited)
1941
In the Navy
as Military Officer (uncredited)
1941
Johnny Eager
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1941
Million Dollar Baby
1941
The Lady Eve
as Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
1940
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
as Rancher
1940
Charlie Chan in Panama
as Marine Officer
1940
The Shadow
as Sparks
1940
Under Texas Skies
as Townsman
1940
Boom Town
as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
1940
North West Mounted Police
as Townsman (uncredited)
1940
Deadwood Dick
as Clayton
1940
The House Across the Bay
as Prison Guard
1940
Tin Pan Alley
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1940
The Son of Monte Cristo
as Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)
1940
The Green Archer
as Pete
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Well-Wisher
1939
Stagecoach
as Deputy Frank (uncredited)
1939
Almost a Gentleman
as Juror
1939
Reno
as Board Member
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Rodeo Spectator
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Cowboy (uncredited)
1938
Prison Train
as The Lawyer
1938
Vivacious Lady
as Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)
1938
In Early Arizona
as Spike
1937
Romance of the Rockies
as Stone
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Bidder (uncredited)
1937
The Game That Kills
as Spectator (uncredited)
1937
History Is Made at Night
1937
You Only Live Once
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1937
The Life of Emile Zola
as (uncredited)
1936
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Nicky
1936
The Broken Coin
1936
Frontier Justice
as Lawyer George Lessin
1936
What Becomes of the Children?
as Shelby
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
as James Deley
1936
Custer's Last Stand
as Major Marcus Reno
1936
Charlie Chan at the Circus
as Mike - Ticket Taker
1935
The Silver Bullet
as Marshal Joe Mullane
1935
Fighting Caballero
as Bartender
1935
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Crooked Dealer
1935
Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Riley
1935
The Ghost Rider
as Bullard
1935
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Bartender (uncredited)
1935
Powdersmoke Range
as Jim Reece
1935
Page Miss Glory
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
1935
Desert Mesa
as Jones
1935
Super Speed
as Ralph Gray
1934
Carrying the Mail
as Henchman Frank
1934
Arizona Cyclone
as Carter, the Banker
1934
Frontier Days
as George Wilson
1934
Honor of the Range
as Saloonkeeper
1934
Border Guns
as Fred Palmer
1934
The Lone Rider
as Gore
1934
Pals of the West
as Sheriff Ed Dawson
1934
West of the Law
as Case aka Green
1933
Neighbors' Wives
as (uncredited)
1932
Mark of the Spur
as Sheriff Jake Ludlow
1932
The Reckless Rider
as Sheriff
1932
The Honor of the Press
as Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'
1932
Human Targets
as Sheriff
1931
Three Rogues
as Nelson
1931
Left Over Ladies
as Benson
1931
Oklahoma Jim
as Army Captain
1931
Hell's Valley
as Manuel Valdez
1930
The Third Alarm
as Fire Department Captain
1930
Dames Ahoy
as Master of Ceremonies
1930
See America Thirst
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
1930
Beyond the Rio Grande
as Joe Kemp
1930
Beyond the Law
as Army Lieutenant
1925
The Drug Store Cowboy
as Marmaduke Grandon
1925
The Bandit Tamer
as William Warren
1924
Battling Brewster
as Battling Jack Brewster
1924
A Desperate Adventure
1924
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
as Ted Ransom
1924
Crossed Trails
as Tom Dawson
1924
Baffled
as Dick Osborne
1924
Courage
as Allen Jennings
1923
It Happened Out West
1922
Gun-Shy
as James Brown
1922
The Firebrand
as Bill Holt
1922
Gold Grabbers
1922
Smiling Jim
as Smiling Jim / Frank Harmon
1921
The Hunger of the Blood
as Maslun
1921
The Fighting Stranger
as Australia Joe
1921
The Last Chance
as Rance Sparr
1921
The White Masks
as Jack Bray
1921
The Raiders
as Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP
1921
The Struggle
as Dick Storm
1920
The Galloping Devil
as Andy Green
1920
Vanishing Trails
as Silent Joe
1920
The Land of Jazz
1919
Go-Get-Em Garringer
as Garringer
1919
The Virtuous Model
as Edward Dorin
1919
Breezy Bob
1919
Hell's Fury Gordon
1919
Brother Bill
as William (Bill) Dexter
1919
Cupid's Roundup
1919
The Uphill Climb
as Ford Cameron
1919
When Pals Fall Out
as Lonesome
1919
Shackles of Fate
1919
Vengeance and the Girl
as Jim Westgard Jr.
1919
The Cowboy and the Rajah
1919
The Puncher and the Pup
1919
The Two Doyles
as Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle
1919
The Desert Rat
as Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat
1918
Fast Company
as Lawrence Percival Van Huyler
1918
In Judgment of...
as Dr. John O'Neill
1918
Vanity Pool
as Drew Garrett
1918
$5,000 Reward
as Dick Arlington
1918
The Fighting Grin
as Billy Kennedy
1918
The Rough Lover
as Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien
1918
The Empty Cab
as Henry Egbert Xerxes
1917
The Scarlet Car
as Billy Winthrop
1917
The Empty Gun
as Robber
1917
Anything Once
as Teddy Crosby
1917
The Car of Chance
as Arnold Baird
1917
The Clean-Up
as Stuart Adams
1917
The Clock
as Jack Tempest
1917
Bringing Home Father
as Peter Drake
1917
The Devil's Pay Day
as Gregory Van Houten
1917
The Man Who Took a Chance
as Monty Gray
1917
A Stormy Knight
as John Winton
1917
The Winged Mystery
as Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever
1916
The Heart of a Show Girl
as Frank Masterson
1916
The Woman He Feared
as John Gray
1916
Little Partner
as James Allis
1916
A Stranger from Somewhere
as Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis
1916
Love Never Dies
as Felix, the Man