Dustin Farnum

Known For

Acting

Born

May 27, 1874

Died

Jul 03, 1929

Place of Birth

Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA

Credits

38 titles

Dustin Farnum

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.

Known For

Filmography

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Self (archive footage)

Movie
1926

The Flaming Frontier

General George Armstrong Custer

Movie
1924

Her Man

Sledge

Movie
1923

Kentucky Days

Don Buckner

Movie
1923

The Grail

Chic Shelby

Movie
1923

The Man Who Won

Wild Bill

Movie
1923

The Buster

Bill Coryell

Movie
1923

Three Who Paid

Riley Sinclairl

Movie
1922

Trail of the Axe

Dave Malkern

Movie
1922

Oath-Bound

Lawrence Bradbury

Movie
1922

Strange Idols

Angus MacDonald

Movie
1922

Iron to Gold

Tom Curtis

Movie
1921

The Devil Within

Captain Briggs

Movie
1921

The Primal Law

Brian Wayne

Movie
1920

Big Happiness

John Dant / James Dant

Movie
1920

The Corsican Brothers

Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi

Movie
1919

A Man's Fight

Roger Carr

Movie
1919

A Man in the Open

Sailor Jesse

Movie
1918

The Light of Western Stars

Gene Stewart

Movie
1917

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Sir Percy Blakeney

Movie
1917

North of Fifty-Three

'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff

Movie
1917

The Spy

Mark Quaintance

Movie
1917

Durand of the Bad Lands

Dick Durand

Movie
1916

A Son of Erin

Dennis O'Hara

Movie
1916

The Parson of Panamint

Reverand Philip Pharo

Movie
1916

Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett

Movie
1916

David Garrick

David Garrick

Movie
1916

Ben Blair

Ben Blair

Movie
1916

The Call of the Cumberlands

Samson South

Movie
1915

The Gentleman from Indiana

John Harkless

Movie
1915

The Iron Strain

'Chuck' Hemingway

Movie
1915

Captain Courtesy

Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)

Movie
1914

Cameo Kirby

'Cameo' Kirby

Movie
1914

The Virginian

The Virginian

Movie
1914

The Squaw Man

Capt. James Wynnegate

Movie
1914

Soldiers of Fortune

Robert Clay

Movie
1914

The Lightning Conductor

Movie
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The Yosemite Trail

Jim Thorpe

Movie