Dustin 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.
Filmography · 34
Strange Idols
1922 · Angus MacDonald
Oath-Bound
1922 · Lawrence Bradbury
The Buster
1923 · Bill Coryell
David Garrick
1916 · David Garrick
Big Happiness
1920 · John Dant / James Dant
Kentucky Days
1923 · Don Buckner
The Grail
1923 · Chic Shelby
The Primal Law
1921 · Brian Wayne
The Corsican Brothers
1920 · Louis de Franchi / Fab...
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 · Self (archive footage)
Iron to Gold
1922 · Tom Curtis
The Yosemite Trail
— · Jim Thorpe
North of Fifty-Three
1917 · 'Roaring Bill' Wagstaf...
The Man Who Won
1923 · Wild Bill
Trail of the Axe
1922 · Dave Malkern
Captain Courtesy
1915 · Leonardo Davis (Captai...
The Flaming Frontier
1926 · General George Armstro...
The Virginian
1914 · The Virginian
A Son of Erin
1916 · Dennis O'Hara
The Squaw Man
1914 · Capt. James Wynnegate
The Iron Strain
1915 · 'Chuck' Hemingway
Davy Crockett
1916 · Davy Crockett
The Devil Within
1921 · Captain Briggs
The Gentleman from Indiana
1915 · John Harkless
A Man's Fight
1919 · Roger Carr
A Man in the Open
1919 · Sailor Jesse
Cameo Kirby
1914 · 'Cameo' Kirby
The Spy
1917 · Mark Quaintance
The Parson of Panamint
1916 · Reverand Philip Pharo
Durand of the Bad Lands
1917 · Dick Durand
The Light of Western Stars
1918 · Gene Stewart
The Call of the Cumberlands
1916 · Samson South
Ben Blair
1916 · Ben Blair
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1917 · Sir Percy Blakeney