Jim Farley

Known for

Acting

Born

January 8, 1882

Birthplace

Waldron, Arkansas, USA

Died

October 12, 1947 (aged 65)

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.

Best known work

The General

1926

You Can't Take It with You

1938

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

The Petrified Forest

1936

This Gun for Hire

1942

They Were Expendable

1945

Dodge City

1939

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940

Night Nurse

1931

Filmography

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
Leave Her to Heaven
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1945
They Were Expendable
as (uncredited)
1945
In Old New Mexico
as Hank
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1944
Christmas Holiday
as Jury Member (uncredited)
1943
Northern Pursuit
as Turnkey (uncredited)
1943
Hitler's Madman
as Town Crier (uncredited)
1943
Frontier Law
as Jed Bates
1943
Hot Foot
1943
Quiet Please, Murder
as Detective
1942
Northwest Rangers
as Miner
1942
You Can't Escape Forever
as Ticket Seller (uncredited)
1942
The Silver Bullet
as Sheriff Sam
1942
In Old California
as Angry Citizen in Lynch Mob
1942
This Gun for Hire
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
1941
Pacific Blackout
as Cop
1941
Among the Living
1941
Miss Polly
as Jim Pennywinkle (uncredited)
1941
Nothing but the Truth
as Watchman (uncredited)
1941
Badlands of Dakota
as Councilman
1941
Rawhide Rangers
as Banker
1941
Riders of Death Valley
as Graham