- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 27, 1874
- Place of Birth
- Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
- Died
- July 3, 1929
Dustin Farnum
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, …
Filmography
movieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Flaming Frontier
1926 · General George Armstrong Custer
Her Man
movieHer Man
1924 · Sledge
movieKentucky Days
1923 · Don Buckner
movieThe Grail
1923 · Chic Shelby
movieThe Man Who Won
1923 · Wild Bill
movieThe Buster
1923 · Bill Coryell
Three Who Paid
movieThree Who Paid
1923 · Riley Sinclairl
movieTrail of the Axe
1922 · Dave Malkern, Producer
movieOath-Bound
1922 · Lawrence Bradbury
movieStrange Idols
1922 · Angus MacDonald
movieIron to Gold
1922 · Tom Curtis
movieThe Devil Within
1921 · Captain Briggs
movieThe Primal Law
1921 · Brian Wayne
movieBig Happiness
1920 · John Dant / James Dant
movieThe Corsican Brothers
1920 · Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi
movieA Man's Fight
1919 · Roger Carr
movieA Man in the Open
1919 · Sailor Jesse
movieThe Light of Western Stars
1918 · Gene Stewart
movieThe Scarlet Pimpernel
1917 · Sir Percy Blakeney
movieNorth of Fifty-Three
1917 · 'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff
movieThe Spy
1917 · Mark Quaintance
movieDurand of the Bad Lands
1917 · Dick Durand
movieA Son of Erin
1916 · Dennis O'Hara
movieThe Parson of Panamint
1916 · Reverand Philip Pharo
movieDavy Crockett
1916 · Davy Crockett
movieDavid Garrick
1916 · David Garrick
movieBen Blair
1916 · Ben Blair
movieThe Call of the Cumberlands
1916 · Samson South
movieThe Gentleman from Indiana
1915 · John Harkless
movieThe Iron Strain
1915 · 'Chuck' Hemingway
movieCaptain Courtesy
1915 · Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)
movieCameo Kirby
1914 · 'Cameo' Kirby
movieThe Virginian
1914 · The Virginian
movieThe Squaw Man
1914 · Capt. James Wynnegate
The Lightning Conductor
movieThe Lightning Conductor
1914
Soldiers of Fortune
movieSoldiers of Fortune
1914 · Robert Clay
movieThe Yosemite Trail
— · Jim Thorpe