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William Farnum

William Farnum

1876 Boston, Massachusetts – 1953 Los Angeles, California

BiographyWilliam Farnum was an American actor. He was a star of American silent cinema, and he became one of the highest-paid actors during this time. Farnum skyrocketed to stardom in his first film, the 1914 silent production of The Spoilers. During the 1925 filming of A Man Who Fights Alone, Farnum was seriously injured during a stunt and was unable to continue playing leading roles and was relegated to bit parts, sometimes in remakes of films in which he had earlier starred. His film credits include: The Spoilers (1914), Samson (1915), A Man of Sorrow (1916), A Tale of Two Cities (1917), Riders of the Purple Sage, (1918), Kit Carson (1940).

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