Dustin Farnum
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 27, 1874
- Died
- July 3, 1929 (aged 55)
- Birthplace
- Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dustin Lancy Farnum (May 27, 1874 – July 3, 1929) was an American singer, dancer, and actor on the stage and in silent films. Although he played a wide variety of roles, he tended toward westerns and became one of the biggest stars of the genre. He was born in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, the older brother of actor William Farnum, whom he closely resembled, and the lesser known silent film director Marshall Farnum (died 1917). He married Mary Cromwell in 1909 and they divorced in 1924. He then married Winifred Kingston. Winifred and he were the parents of radio actress Estelle "Dustine" Runyon (1925–1983). After great success in a number of stage roles, Farnum landed his first film role in 1914 in the movie Soldiers of Fortune, and later in Cecil B. DeMille's The Squaw Man. He died of kidney failure on July 3, 1929, in Manhattan, New York City, aged 55.
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Filmography
The Yosemite Trail
Movie · as Jim Thorpe
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Flaming Frontier
Movie · as General George Armstrong Custer
Her Man
Movie · as Sledge
The Buster
Movie · as Bill Coryell
The Man Who Won
Movie · as Wild Bill
Three Who Paid
Movie · as Riley Sinclairl
The Grail
Movie · as Chic Shelby
Kentucky Days
Movie · as Don Buckner
Iron to Gold
Movie · as Tom Curtis
Trail of the Axe
Movie · as Dave Malkern
Strange Idols
Movie · as Angus MacDonald
Oath-Bound
Movie · as Lawrence Bradbury
The Devil Within
Movie · as Captain Briggs
The Primal Law
Movie · as Brian Wayne
The Corsican Brothers
Movie · as Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi
Big Happiness
Movie · as John Dant / James Dant
A Man's Fight
Movie · as Roger Carr
A Man in the Open
Movie · as Sailor Jesse
The Light of Western Stars
Movie · as Gene Stewart
Durand of the Bad Lands
Movie · as Dick Durand
The Spy
Movie · as Mark Quaintance
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Movie · as Sir Percy Blakeney
North of Fifty-Three
Movie · as 'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff
David Garrick
Movie · as David Garrick
The Parson of Panamint
Movie · as Reverand Philip Pharo
Davy Crockett
Movie · as Davy Crockett
Ben Blair
Movie · as Ben Blair
The Call of the Cumberlands
Movie · as Samson South
A Son of Erin
Movie · as Dennis O'Hara
The Iron Strain
Movie · as 'Chuck' Hemingway
Captain Courtesy
Movie · as Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)
The Gentleman from Indiana
Movie · as John Harkless
The Lightning Conductor
Movie
The Virginian
Movie · as The Virginian
The Squaw Man
Movie · as Capt. James Wynnegate
Cameo Kirby
Movie · as 'Cameo' Kirby
Soldiers of Fortune
Movie · as Robert Clay