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.
Known for
A Man in the Open
Sailor Jesse
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett
The Parson of Panamint
Reverand Philip Pharo
Cameo Kirby
'Cameo' Kirby
The Call of the Cumberlands
Samson South
Ben Blair
Ben Blair
The Devil Within
Captain Briggs
David Garrick
David Garrick
The Gentleman from Indiana
John Harkless
Captain Courtesy
Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
Her Man
Sledge
A Son of Erin
Dennis O'Hara
The Corsican Brothers
Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi
Trail of the Axe
Dave Malkern
The Man Who Won
Wild Bill
The Light of Western Stars
Gene Stewart
North of Fifty-Three
'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff
Durand of the Bad Lands
Dick Durand
Soldiers of Fortune
Robert Clay
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Spy
Mark Quaintance
The Primal Law
Brian Wayne
The Squaw Man
Capt. James Wynnegate
The Flaming Frontier
General George Armstrong Custer
Iron to Gold
Tom Curtis
Three Who Paid
Riley Sinclairl
The Iron Strain
'Chuck' Hemingway
A Man's Fight
Roger Carr
The Buster
Bill Coryell
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Sir Percy Blakeney
The Grail
Chic Shelby
The Lightning Conductor
Strange Idols
Angus MacDonald