Anecdotes

He appeared in eight Best Picture Academy Award winners, more than anyone else: La vie d'Emile Zola (1937), La route semée d'étoiles (1944), Le Poison (1945), Le mur invisible (1947), Ève... (1950), Sous le plus grand chapiteau du monde (1952), Le tour du monde en 80 jours (1956) and La garçonnière (1960). He was also in nine other Academy Award Best Picture nominees: La Chevauchée fantastique (1939), Johnny Belinda, l'enfant du silence (1948), Chaînes conjugales (1949), L'héritière (1949), Boulevard du Crépuscule (1950), Une place au soleil (1951), Une fille de la province (1954), Les Dix Commandements (1956), and Témoin à charge (1957).

Daughter Martha Lillian Smith (b. 3/3/1898) in Boston, MA

His real name was William Smith; "Franklyn Farnum" was a stage name, and he was not related to actors William Farnum or Dustin Farnum, who were brothers.

Father with Edythe Walker of Geraldine Farnum.