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

Strange Idols

Oath-Bound

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

The Light of Western Stars

The Spy

The Virginian

Cameo Kirby

North of Fifty-Three

All Movies (38)

• Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)1942 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Flaming Frontier1926 · as General George Armstrong Custer
• Her Man1924 · as Sledge
• Kentucky Days1923 · as Don Buckner
• The Grail1923 · as Chic Shelby
• The Man Who Won1923 · as Wild Bill
• The Buster1923 · as Bill Coryell
• Three Who Paid1923 · as Riley Sinclairl
• Trail of the Axe1922 · as Dave Malkern
• Oath-Bound1922 · as Lawrence Bradbury
• Strange Idols1922 · as Angus MacDonald
• Iron to Gold1922 · as Tom Curtis
• The Devil Within1921 · as Captain Briggs
• The Primal Law1921 · as Brian Wayne
• Big Happiness1920 · as John Dant / James Dant
• The Corsican Brothers1920 · as Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi
• A Man's Fight1919 · as Roger Carr
• A Man in the Open1919 · as Sailor Jesse
• The Light of Western Stars1918 · as Gene Stewart
• The Scarlet Pimpernel1917 · as Sir Percy Blakeney
• North of Fifty-Three1917 · as 'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff
• The Spy1917 · as Mark Quaintance
• Durand of the Bad Lands1917 · as Dick Durand
• A Son of Erin1916 · as Dennis O'Hara
• The Parson of Panamint1916 · as Reverand Philip Pharo
• Davy Crockett1916 · as Davy Crockett
• David Garrick1916 · as David Garrick
• Ben Blair1916 · as Ben Blair
• The Call of the Cumberlands1916 · as Samson South
• The Gentleman from Indiana1915 · as John Harkless
• The Iron Strain1915 · as 'Chuck' Hemingway
• Captain Courtesy1915 · as Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)
• Cameo Kirby1914 · as 'Cameo' Kirby
• The Virginian1914 · as The Virginian
• The Squaw Man1914 · as Capt. James Wynnegate
• The Lightning Conductor1914
• Soldiers of Fortune1914 · as Robert Clay
• The Yosemite Trail— · as Jim Thorpe