In 1953, the counsel to the House Un-American Activities Committee said the committee had testimony that Faragoh had been a Communist, although writer-director Robert Rossen testified that he believed Faragoh was not a party member.
Educated at the City College on New York and Columbia University.
Immigrated to the United States in 1909.
In a literary contest held by Pearson's Magazine in 1924, Faragoh's short story "Curtain" took the first prize, and his story "The Distant Street" won the fourth prize. The three judges were F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson, and Floyd Dell.