Jim Farley
Acting1882Waldron, Arkansas, USA
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.
Known For
The General
General Thatcher
You Can't Take It with You
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Warden (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven
Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Petrified Forest
Sheriff (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
Night Watchman (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
(uncredited)
Stranger on the Third Floor
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Acting History
1949
The Phantom Creeps
as Harbormaster
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
as Bank Guard #2 (uncredited)
1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Warden (uncredited)
1945
They Were Expendable
as (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
In Old New Mexico
as Hank
1944
Christmas Holiday
as Jury Member (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1943
Northern Pursuit
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Quiet Please, Murder
as Detective
Hitler's Madman
as Town Crier (uncredited)
Frontier Law
as Jed Bates
1942
Northwest Rangers
as Miner
In Old California
as Angry Citizen in Lynch Mob
This Gun for Hire
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
You Can't Escape Forever
as Ticket Seller (uncredited)
The Silver Bullet
as Sheriff Sam
1941
Nothing but the Truth
as Watchman (uncredited)
In the Navy
as Policeman (uncredited)
Miss Polly
as Jim Pennywinkle (uncredited)
Rawhide Rangers
as Banker
Badlands of Dakota
as Councilman
Pacific Blackout
as Cop
Riders of Death Valley
as Graham
1940
Virginia City
as Southerner (uncredited)
The House Across the Bay
as Prison Guard
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Sky Bandits
as Inspector Warner
Boys of the City
as Police Captain
East Side Kids
as Police Captain Moran
Santa Fe Trail
as Brewer, Armory Hostage (uncredited)
Junior G-Men
as Accusing Pedestrian (uncredited)
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Rancher
The Green Hornet
as Police Captain (uncredited)
Winners of the West
as Greely
1939
Zenobia
as Juryman
Full Confession
as Tavern Owner (uncredited)
Union Pacific
as Laborer-Grader (uncredited)
Reno
as Bartender
Dodge City
as Engineer (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
as Doorman (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Ship's Officer
The Phantom Creeps
as Skipper
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Crashing Hollywood
as Dining Car Waiter (uncredited)
Professor Beware
as Fire Chief
Love Is a Headache
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Miner (uncredited)
Exposed
as Policeman
Flaming Frontiers
as Hawkins
The Girl of the Golden West
as Man in Sheriff's Office
1937
The Californian
as Sheriff Stanton
Quick Money
as Sheriff Mart
The Great O'Malley
as Jones - Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Man Who Found Himself
as Railroad Conductor
We Who Are About to Die
as Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)
Let Them Live
as Police
1936
Captain January
as Deputy Sheriff
Song of the Saddle
as Tom Coburn
Charlie Chan at the Opera
as Detective (uncredited)
Great Guy
as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
California Mail
as Dan Tolliver
Dancing Pirate
as Sailor (uncredited)
The Petrified Forest
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1935
Westward Ho
as Lafe Gordon
Diamond Jim
as Passenger
Frisco Kid
as Vigilante (uncredited)
Midnight Phantom
as Chief James A. Sullivan
Carnival
as Detective
The Arizonian
as Posse Member
1934
1933
A Shriek in the Night
as Jim Brown (uncredited)
The Chief
as Arresting Policeman
1932
Flaming Gold
as Board Member
Afraid to Talk
as Police Sergeant
Back Street
as Horsecar Conductor (uncredited)
Scandal for Sale
as Police Lieutenant
The Wet Parade
as Bar Proprietor (uncredited)
Texas Cyclone
as Web Oliver
1931
Night Nurse
as Policeman (uncredited)
Caught Plastered
as Clancy - a Policeman
Danger Lights
as Joe Geraghty
Three Rogues
as Marshal Dunn
1930
Road to Paradise
as Police Officer Farley (uncredited)
Lucky Larkin
as Martin Brierson
1929
Dynamite
as Death Row Police Officer
Weary River
as Plainclothesman with Sergeant (uncredited)
The Voice of the City
as Police Inspector Wilmot
Courtin' Wildcats
as The Doctor
1928
In Old Arizona
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Perfect Crime
as Jones (as James Farley)
Mad Hour
as Police Inspector
1927
Fighting Fathers
as Captain
The King of Kings
as Executioner
1926
The General
as General Thatcher
The Lodge in the Wilderness
as Bill Duncan
1925
A Son of His Father
as Indian Pete
1924
The City That Never Sleeps
as Mike
1923
Wild Bill Hickok
as Jack McQueen (as James Farley)
Trifling with Honor
as Murray Jessop
The Woman with Four Faces
as Morton
1922
Travelin' On
as Dandy Dan McGee
Little Wildcat
as Pete
My Wild Irish Rose
as Corry Cinchella
Boy Crazy
as Kidnapper
1921
1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Cotton
The Challenge of the Law
as Pere Du Barre
The Fourteenth Man
as Monk Brady
The Girl in the Rain
as Max Williams
1919
Sue of the South
as John Peyton
Nugget Nell
as Badman #1
An Innocent Adventuress
as Brogan's Accomplice
Rustling a Bride
as Sheridan
1918
A Lady's Name
as Flood
The White Lie
as 'Bull' McDevitt (as James Farley)
The Spirit of '17
as Carl Bender
Believe Me, Xantippe
as Detective Thorne
Her Country First
as Henry - the Chauffeur
1917
The Highway of Hope
as Missouri Joe
The Stainless Barrier
as Williams
1915
The Girl and the Game
as Amos Rhinelander (as J.H. Farley)