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Jim Farley

Actor

Jim Farley

Born January 8, 1882 in Waldron, Arkansas, USADied October 12, 1947133 films

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.

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The General posterFirst watchThe General19267.9as General ThatcherDuring 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…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
You Can't Take It with You poster7.5You Can't Take It with You1938Leave Her to Heaven poster7.5Leave Her to Heaven1945The Postman Always Rings Twice poster7.1The Postman Always Rings Twice1946The Petrified Forest poster7.1The Petrified Forest1936This Gun for Hire poster7.0This Gun for Hire1942Dodge City poster6.9Dodge City1939They Were Expendable poster6.5They Were Expendable1945Hail the Conquering Hero poster7.1Hail the Conquering Hero1944

Filmography

133 films as actor
  1. 1949The Phantom CreepsHarbormaster
  2. 1947Buck Privates Come HomeBank Guard #2 (uncredited)
  3. 1946The Postman Always Rings TwiceWarden (uncredited)
  4. 1945Leave Her to HeavenTrain Conductor (uncredited)
  5. 1945They Were Expendable(uncredited)
  6. 1945In Old New MexicoHank
  7. 1944Hail the Conquering HeroUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  8. 1944Christmas HolidayJury Member (uncredited)
  9. 1943Northern PursuitTurnkey (uncredited)
  10. 1943Hitler's MadmanTown Crier (uncredited)
  11. 1943Frontier LawJed Bates
  12. 1943Hot Foot
  13. 1943Quiet Please, MurderDetective
  14. 1942Northwest RangersMiner
  15. 1942You Can't Escape ForeverTicket Seller (uncredited)
  16. 1942The Silver BulletSheriff Sam
  17. 1942In Old CaliforniaAngry Citizen in Lynch Mob
  18. 1942This Gun for HireNight Watchman (uncredited)
  19. 1941Pacific BlackoutCop
  20. 1941Among the Living
  21. 1941Miss PollyJim Pennywinkle (uncredited)
  22. 1941Nothing but the TruthWatchman (uncredited)
  23. 1941Badlands of DakotaCouncilman
  24. 1941Rawhide RangersBanker
  25. 1941Riders of Death ValleyGraham
  26. 1941In the NavyPoliceman (uncredited)
  27. 1940Santa Fe TrailBrewer, Armory Hostage (uncredited)
  28. 1940Trail of the VigilantesRancher
  29. 1940Junior G-MenAccusing Pedestrian (uncredited)
  30. 1940Stranger on the Third FloorPoliceman at Accident (uncredited)
  31. 1940Boys of the CityPolice Captain
  32. 1940Sky BanditsInspector Warner
  33. 1940Winners of the WestGreely
  34. 1940Virginia CitySoutherner (uncredited)
  35. 1940The House Across the BayPrison Guard
  36. 1940East Side KidsPolice Captain Moran
  37. 1940The Green HornetPolice Captain (uncredited)
  38. 1939RenoBartender
  39. 1939Full ConfessionTavern Owner (uncredited)
  40. 1939I Stole a MillionDoorman (uncredited)
  41. 1939Mutiny on the BlackhawkShip's Officer
  42. 1939Union PacificLaborer-Grader (uncredited)
  43. 1939ZenobiaJuryman
  44. 1939Dodge CityEngineer (uncredited)
  45. 1939The Phantom CreepsSkipper
  46. 1938ExposedPoliceman
  47. 1938You Can't Take It with YouPolice Sergeant (uncredited)
  48. 1938Professor BewareFire Chief
  49. 1938Flaming FrontiersHawkins
  50. 1938The Girl of the Golden WestMan in Sheriff's Office
  51. 1938Gold Is Where You Find ItMiner (uncredited)
  52. 1938Love Is a HeadachePlainclothesman (uncredited)
  53. 1938Crashing HollywoodDining Car Waiter (uncredited)
  54. 1937Quick MoneySheriff Mart
  55. 1937The CalifornianSheriff Stanton
  56. 1937Let Them LivePolice
  57. 1937The Man Who Found HimselfRailroad Conductor
  58. 1937The Great O'MalleyJones - Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
  59. 1937We Who Are About to DiePolice Officer Johnson (uncredited)
  60. 1936Charlie Chan at the OperaDetective (uncredited)
  61. 1936Great GuyPolice Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
  62. 1936California MailDan Tolliver
  63. 1936Dancing PirateSailor (uncredited)
  64. 1936Captain JanuaryDeputy Sheriff
  65. 1936Song of the SaddleTom Coburn
  66. 1936The Petrified ForestSheriff (uncredited)
  67. 1935Frisco KidVigilante (uncredited)
  68. 1935Midnight PhantomChief James A. Sullivan
  69. 1935Diamond JimPassenger
  70. 1935Westward HoLafe Gordon
  71. 1935The ArizonianPosse Member
  72. 1935CarnivalDetective
  73. 1934Here Comes the GroomThird Cop
  74. 1934Let's Talk It OverCop
  75. 1934Two Alone1st Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
  76. 1933The ChiefArresting Policeman
  77. 1933A Shriek in the NightJim Brown (uncredited)
  78. 1932Afraid to TalkPolice Sergeant
  79. 1932Flaming GoldBoard Member
  80. 1932Back StreetHorsecar Conductor (uncredited)
  81. 1932Scandal for SalePolice Lieutenant
  82. 1932The Wet ParadeBar Proprietor (uncredited)
  83. 1932Texas CycloneWeb Oliver
  84. 1931Caught PlasteredClancy - a Policeman
  85. 1931Night NursePoliceman (uncredited)
  86. 1931Three RoguesMarshal Dunn
  87. 1931Danger LightsJoe Geraghty
  88. 1930Road to ParadisePolice Officer Farley (uncredited)
  89. 1930Lucky LarkinMartin Brierson
  90. 1929Courtin' WildcatsThe Doctor
  91. 1929DynamiteDeath Row Police Officer
  92. 1929The Voice of the CityPolice Inspector Wilmot
  93. 1929Weary RiverPlainclothesman with Sergeant (uncredited)
  94. 1928In Old ArizonaTownsman (uncredited)
  95. 1928The Shady Lady
  96. 1928The Perfect CrimeJones (as James Farley)
  97. 1928The Grip of the YukonSheriff
  98. 1928Mad HourPolice Inspector
  99. 1928A Woman Against the WorldDetective
  100. 1927Fighting FathersCaptain
  101. 1927The King of KingsExecutioner
  102. 1926The GeneralGeneral Thatcher
  103. 1926The Lodge in the WildernessBill Duncan
  104. 1925A Son of His FatherIndian Pete
  105. 1924The City That Never SleepsMike
  106. 1923Wild Bill HickokJack McQueen (as James Farley)
  107. 1923The Woman with Four FacesMorton
  108. 1923Trifling with HonorMurray Jessop
  109. 1922Little WildcatPete
  110. 1922My Wild Irish RoseCorry Cinchella
  111. 1922Travelin' OnDandy Dan McGee
  112. 1922Boy CrazyKidnapper
  113. 1921The Devil WithinScurlock
  114. 1921Bar NothingBill Harliss
  115. 1921The One-Man TrailJim Crenshaw
  116. 1920The Challenge of the LawPere Du Barre
  117. 1920The Fourteenth ManMonk Brady
  118. 1920The Girl in the RainMax Williams
  119. 1920Alias Jimmy ValentineCotton
  120. 1919Nugget NellBadman #1