Jim Farley
Acting
Biography
James "Jim" Farley was an early film actor, whose career spanned 30 years across the silent and sound film eras. Farley's final film, The Man from Texas (1948), was released after his death in 1947.
Born: January 8, 1882
Place of Birth: Waldron, Arkansas, USA
Known For
The General
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.
You Can't Take It with You
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Leave Her to Heaven
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Nothing But the Truth
A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours.
The Petrified Forest
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
Hail the Conquering Hero
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Scandal for Sale
A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.
The Man Who Found Himself
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal prompts the hospital to put Jim on probation. His pride wounded, Jim takes to the open road and enjoys the simpler life of a vagabond. In Los Angeles--where he is arrested for vagrancy and put to work on a road crew--Jim runs into old pal Dick Miller, who gets him a job as a mechanic for Roberts Aviation. But maintaining his anonymity becomes more difficult, particularly when a pretty nurse, Doris King, decides to make Jim's redemption her personal crusade.
Song of the Saddle
Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to settle the score as the Singing Cowboy. He finds that Hook is still doing his dirty deeds on the unsuspecting people. Along the way, Frank meets the lovely Jen, who came out in the same wagon train 10 years before.
Filmography
as Harbormaster
as Bank Guard #2 (uncredited)
as Warden (uncredited)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Hank
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
as Jury Member (uncredited)
as Turnkey (uncredited)
as Town Crier (uncredited)
as Jed Bates
as Detective
as Miner
as Ticket Seller (uncredited)
as Sheriff Sam
as Angry Citizen in Lynch Mob
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
as Cop
as Jim Pennywinkle (uncredited)
as Watchman (uncredited)
as Councilman
as Banker
as Graham
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Brewer, Armory Hostage (uncredited)
as Rancher
as Accusing Pedestrian (uncredited)
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
as Police Captain
as Inspector Warner
as Greely
as Southerner (uncredited)
as Prison Guard
as Police Captain Moran
as Police Captain (uncredited)
as Bartender
as Tavern Owner (uncredited)
as Doorman (uncredited)
as Ship's Officer
as Laborer-Grader (uncredited)
as Juryman
as Engineer (uncredited)
as Skipper
as Policeman
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
as Fire Chief
as Hawkins
as Man in Sheriff's Office
as Miner (uncredited)
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
as Dining Car Waiter (uncredited)
as Sheriff Mart
as Sheriff Stanton
as Police
as Railroad Conductor
as Jones - Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
as Dan Tolliver
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Deputy Sheriff
as Tom Coburn
as Sheriff (uncredited)
as Vigilante (uncredited)
as Chief James A. Sullivan
as Passenger
as Lafe Gordon
as Posse Member
as Detective
as Third Cop
as Cop
as 1st Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
as Arresting Policeman
as Jim Brown (uncredited)
as Police Sergeant
as Board Member
as Horsecar Conductor (uncredited)
as Police Lieutenant
as Bar Proprietor (uncredited)
as Web Oliver
as Clancy - a Policeman
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Marshal Dunn
as Joe Geraghty
as Police Officer Farley (uncredited)
as Martin Brierson
as The Doctor
as Death Row Police Officer
as Police Inspector Wilmot
as Plainclothesman with Sergeant (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Jones (as James Farley)
as Police Inspector
as Executioner
as General Thatcher
as Bill Duncan
as Indian Pete
as Mike
as Jack McQueen (as James Farley)
as Morton
as Murray Jessop
as Pete
as Corry Cinchella
as Dandy Dan McGee
as Kidnapper
as Scurlock
as Bill Harliss
as Jim Crenshaw
as Pere Du Barre
as Monk Brady
as Max Williams
as Cotton
as Badman #1
as Brogan's Accomplice
as Sheridan
as Flood
as Henry - the Chauffeur
as 'Bull' McDevitt (as James Farley)
as Detective Thorne
as Carl Bender
as Williams
as Missouri Joe
as Amos Rhinelander (as J.H. Farley)