Acting
Dustin Farnum
EN cinema · 38 credits
Born
27 May 1874
Died
3 July 1929 (aged 55)
Birthplace
Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
Also known as Dustin Lancy Farnum
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
The Yosemite Trail
as Jim Thorpe
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
The Flaming Frontier
as General George Armstrong Custer
Her Man
1924
Her Man
as Sledge
The Buster
as Bill Coryell
The Man Who Won
as Wild Bill
Three Who Paid
1923
Three Who Paid
as Riley Sinclairl
The Grail
as Chic Shelby
Kentucky Days
as Don Buckner
Iron to Gold
as Tom Curtis
Trail of the Axe
as Dave Malkern, Producer
Strange Idols
as Angus MacDonald
Oath-Bound
as Lawrence Bradbury
The Devil Within
as Captain Briggs
The Primal Law
as Brian Wayne
The Corsican Brothers
as Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi
Big Happiness
as John Dant / James Dant
A Man's Fight
as Roger Carr
A Man in the Open
as Sailor Jesse
The Light of Western Stars
as Gene Stewart
Durand of the Bad Lands
as Dick Durand
The Spy
as Mark Quaintance
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Sir Percy Blakeney
North of Fifty-Three
as 'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff
David Garrick
as David Garrick
The Parson of Panamint
as Reverand Philip Pharo
Davy Crockett
as Davy Crockett
Ben Blair
as Ben Blair
The Call of the Cumberlands
as Samson South
A Son of Erin
as Dennis O'Hara
The Iron Strain
as 'Chuck' Hemingway
Captain Courtesy
as Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)
The Gentleman from Indiana
as John Harkless
The Virginian
as The Virginian
The Squaw Man
as Capt. James Wynnegate
Cameo Kirby
as 'Cameo' Kirby