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Dustin Farnum

Dustin Farnum

Actor · 1874–1929 · Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA

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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.

Acted in 33

1920s

  1. 1926

    The Flaming Frontier

    General George Armstrong Custer

  2. 1923

    Kentucky Days

    Don Buckner

  3. The Grail

    Chic Shelby

  4. The Man Who Won

    Wild Bill

  5. The Buster

    Bill Coryell

  6. 1922

    Trail of the Axe

    Dave Malkern

  7. Oath-Bound

    Lawrence Bradbury

  8. Strange Idols

    Angus MacDonald

  9. Iron to Gold

    Tom Curtis

  10. 1921

    The Devil Within

    Captain Briggs

  11. The Primal Law

    Brian Wayne

  12. 1920

    Big Happiness

    John Dant / James Dant

  13. The Corsican Brothers

    Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi

1910s

  1. 1919

    A Man's Fight

    Roger Carr

  2. A Man in the Open

    Sailor Jesse

  3. 1918

    The Light of Western Stars

    Gene Stewart

  4. 1917

    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    Sir Percy Blakeney

  5. North of Fifty-Three

    'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff

  6. The Spy

    Mark Quaintance

  7. Durand of the Bad Lands

    Dick Durand

  8. 1916

    A Son of Erin

    Dennis O'Hara

  9. The Parson of Panamint

    Reverand Philip Pharo

  10. Davy Crockett

    Davy Crockett

  11. David Garrick

    David Garrick

  12. Ben Blair

    Ben Blair

  13. The Call of the Cumberlands

    Samson South

  14. 1915

    The Gentleman from Indiana

    John Harkless

  15. The Iron Strain

    'Chuck' Hemingway

  16. Captain Courtesy

    Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)

  17. 1914

    Cameo Kirby

    'Cameo' Kirby

  18. The Virginian

    The Virginian

  19. The Squaw Man

    Capt. James Wynnegate

    58

No release date

  1. The Yosemite Trail

    Jim Thorpe

Produced 1

1920s

  1. 1922

    Trail of the Axe

    Producer

Appearances1

1940s

  1. 1942

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Self (archive footage)