| “ | No one controls my mind, Shadow! There's a new order coming, and I'm gonna be a king! | „ |
| ~ Farley Claymore |
Farley Claymore is the secondary antagonist of the 1994 film The Shadow.
He was portrayed by Tim Curry, who also played Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Lord of Darkness in Legend, Wadsworth in Clue, Pennywise in the 1990 television miniseries adaptation of IT, Thaddeus E. Klang in TaleSpin, Taurus Bulba in Darkwing Duck, Hexxus in FernGully: The Last Rainforest, the Evil Manta in The Little Mermaid television series, Cardinal Richeliu in The Three Musketeers, Kilokahn in Super Human Samurai Syber-Squad, Drake in The Pebble and the Penguin, Dr. Anton Sevarius in Gargoyles, Long John Silver in Muppets Treasure Island, Simon Doonan in the 1996 TV movie Titanic, Maestro Forte in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, Slagar the Cruel in Redwall, Dr. Slicer in Recess, Ben Ravencroft in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Big Brother in Johnny Bravo, the Mouse King in Barbie in the Nutcracker, Professor Calamitous in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Goblin King in Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King, Scarlet Fever and Nick O' Teen in Ozzy & Drix, Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck in Monk, Skullmaster in Mighty Max, Belial in The Legend of Atlantis, El Maléfico in ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico, Von Talon in Valiant, Anatoly Cherdenko in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, Philippe in Barbie and The Three Musketeers, Billy Flynn in Criminal Minds and Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Biography[]
Initially working with Dr. Reinhardt Lane, he is revealed to be working with Shiwan Khan with the hope of coming into power if he succeeded.
He first appears arguing with Dr. Lane, insisting that their project, a self-restoring generator, be studied for potential military purposes. When Lane insists that he'd rather use it for energy research, he leaves in disgust. He also lusts after Lane's daughter Margo, an attraction that is decidedly unrequited.
A few days later, the Shadow tracks him down, having learned from Margo that Farley was working on one of the parts needed for Shiwan's atom bomb. Unfortunately, it turns out to be a trap, as Farley shoots him and leaves him in one of the pressure testing chambers to drown. Jowever, The Shadow survives with Margo's help.
Afterwards, he returns to the Hotel Monolith, where Shiwan chastises him for his boasting and sets him to work with Dr. Lane. However, when the Shadow shows up again, he is sent with a few of Shiwan's other men to kill him, but chooses to hide in the hotel ballroom. This does not protect him, though, as the Shadow catches up to him, drives him mad with his psychic powers, and telepathically tells him to jump through a stained glass window to his death.