Marshall Farnum
Marshall Farnum (December 19, 1879 – February 19, 1917)[1] was an American actor and film director. The youngest of the three Farnum boys, Dustin Farnum and William Farnum.[2] Having directed first on stage, from 1913 he established himself as a film director at prominent companies such as Fox Film and World Film. He died of Tuberculosis at the age of thirty seven.
Marshall Farnum | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 19, 1879 |
| Died | February 19, 1917 (aged 37) Prescott, Arizona, United States |
| Other names | "Ding" |
| Occupation | Actor, Director |
| Years active | 1913–1917 (film) |
| Family | William Farnum (brother) Dustin Farnum (brother) |
Selected filmography
- The Spoilers (1914, actor)
- Lady Audley's Secret (1915)
- Driftwood (1916)
- The House of Mirrors (1916)
- The Tides of Fate (1917)
References
- Silent Film Necrology, p.164 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
- Liebman p.89
Bibliography
- Roy Liebman. Broadway Actors in Films, 1894-2015. McFarland, 2017.
External links
- Marshall Farnum at IMDb
- portrait of Marshall Farnum in The Virginian, 1910 (Univ. of Washington, Sayre collection)
- findagrave.com
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