Dustin Farnum
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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
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
The Flaming Frontier
1926
as General George Armstrong Custer
The Man Who Won
1923
as Wild Bill
The Buster
1923
as Bill Coryell
Three Who Paid
1923
as Riley Sinclairl
Iron to Gold
1922
as Tom Curtis
The Devil Within
1921
as Captain Briggs
The Primal Law
1921
as Brian Wayne
The Corsican Brothers
1920
as Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi
A Man's Fight
1919
as Roger Carr
A Man in the Open
1919
as Sailor Jesse
The Light of Western Stars
1918
as Gene Stewart
The Spy
1917
as Mark Quaintance
Durand of the Bad Lands
1917
as Dick Durand
A Son of Erin
1916
as Dennis O'Hara
The Parson of Panamint
1916
as Reverand Philip Pharo
Davy Crockett
1916
as Davy Crockett
David Garrick
1916
as David Garrick
Ben Blair
1916
as Ben Blair
The Call of the Cumberlands
1916
as Samson South
The Gentleman from Indiana
1915
as John Harkless
The Iron Strain
1915
as 'Chuck' Hemingway
Captain Courtesy
1915
as Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)
Cameo Kirby
1914
as 'Cameo' Kirby
The Virginian
1914
as The Virginian
The Squaw Man
1914
as Capt. James Wynnegate
The Lightning Conductor
1914