Dustin Farnum
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
The Virginian
as The Virginian 1914
The Call of the Cumberlands
as Samson South 1916
David Garrick
as David Garrick 1916
Davy Crockett
as Davy Crockett 1916
The Flaming Frontier
as General George Armstrong Custer 1926
The Iron Strain
as 'Chuck' Hemingway 1915
A Son of Erin
as Dennis O'Hara 1916
Durand of the Bad Lands
as Dick Durand 1917
The Buster
as Bill Coryell 1923
The Parson of Panamint
as Reverand Philip Pharo 1916
The Lightning Conductor
1914
The Light of Western Stars
as Gene Stewart 1918
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage) 1942
Captain Courtesy
as Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy) 1915
The Man Who Won
as Wild Bill 1923
The Spy
as Mark Quaintance 1917