- He appeared in eight Best Picture Academy Award winners, tied with Bess Flowers for the most of any actor: The Life of Emile Zola (1937), Going My Way (1944), The Lost Weekend (1945), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), All About Eve (1950), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and The Apartment (1960). He was also in nine other Academy Award Best Picture nominees: Stagecoach (1939), Johnny Belinda (1948), A Letter to Three Wives (1949), The Heiress (1949), Sunset Boulevard (1950), A Place in the Sun (1951), The Country Girl (1954), The Ten Commandments (1956), and Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
- Daughter Martha Lillian Smith (b. 3/3/1898) in Boston, MA
- His real name was William Smith; "Franklyn Farnum" was a stage name, and he was not related to actors William Farnum or Dustin Farnum, who were brothers.
- Father with Edythe Walker of Geraldine Farnum.
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