Marshall Farnum Explained

Marshall Farnum
Birth Date:December 19, 1879
Birth Place:Natick, Massachusetts, United States
Death Date:February 19, 1917 (aged 37)
Death Place:Prescott, Arizona, United States
Othername:"Ding"
Occupation:Actor, Director
Yearsactive:1913–1917 (film)
Family:William Farnum
(brother)
Dustin Farnum
(brother)

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Silent Film Necrology, p.164 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
  2. Liebman p.89