Dustin Farnum
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 27, 1874
- Died
- July 3, 1929
- Birthplace
- Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
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.
Filmography
The Yosemite Trail TBA
as Jim Thorpe
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) 1942
as Self (archive footage)
The Flaming Frontier 1926
as General George Armstrong Custer
- Her Man
Her Man 1924
as Sledge
Kentucky Days 1923
as Don Buckner
The Grail 1923
as Chic Shelby
The Man Who Won 1923
as Wild Bill
The Buster 1923
as Bill Coryell
- Three Who Paid
Three Who Paid 1923
as Riley Sinclairl
Trail of the Axe 1922
as Dave Malkern, Producer
Oath-Bound 1922
as Lawrence Bradbury
Strange Idols 1922
as Angus MacDonald
Iron to Gold 1922
as Tom Curtis
The Devil Within 1921
as Captain Briggs
The Primal Law 1921
as Brian Wayne
Big Happiness 1920
as John Dant / James Dant
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 Scarlet Pimpernel 1917
as Sir Percy Blakeney
North of Fifty-Three 1917
as 'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff
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
- Soldiers of Fortune
Soldiers of Fortune 1914
as Robert Clay
- The Lightning Conductor
The Lightning Conductor 1914
Actor
Credits from TMDB.