
Dustin Farnum
Known for Acting · 38 credits
- Born
- 1874-05-27
- Died
- 1929-07-03
- Place of birth
- Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
- Also known as
- Dustin Lancy Farnum
Biography
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
Movies (38)

Big Happiness
1920
as John Dant / James Dant
Her Man
1924
as Sledge

Kentucky Days
1923
as Don Buckner

David Garrick
1916
as David Garrick

The Grail
1923
as Chic Shelby

The Buster
1923
as Bill Coryell

Strange Idols
1922
as Angus MacDonald

Oath-Bound
1922
as Lawrence Bradbury

The Primal Law
1921
as Brian Wayne

Trail of the Axe
1922
as Dave Malkern

The Yosemite Trail
as Jim Thorpe

North of Fifty-Three
1917
as 'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff

The Corsican Brothers
1920
as Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi

Iron to Gold
1922
as Tom Curtis

A Son of Erin
1916
as Dennis O'Hara

The Squaw Man
1914
as Capt. James Wynnegate

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)

The Gentleman from Indiana
1915
as John Harkless

Cameo Kirby
1914
as 'Cameo' Kirby

The Scarlet Pimpernel
1917
as Sir Percy Blakeney

The Virginian
1914
as The Virginian

The Man Who Won
1923
as Wild Bill

Davy Crockett
1916
as Davy Crockett

A Man's Fight
1919
as Roger Carr

Ben Blair
1916
as Ben Blair

The Flaming Frontier
1926
as General George Armstrong Custer
Soldiers of Fortune
1914
as Robert Clay

The Call of the Cumberlands
1916
as Samson South

The Iron Strain
1915
as 'Chuck' Hemingway

The Devil Within
1921
as Captain Briggs

The Light of Western Stars
1918
as Gene Stewart
Three Who Paid
1923
as Riley Sinclairl

The Parson of Panamint
1916
as Reverand Philip Pharo

Durand of the Bad Lands
1917
as Dick Durand

The Spy
1917
as Mark Quaintance

Captain Courtesy
1915
as Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)

A Man in the Open
1919
as Sailor Jesse
The Lightning Conductor
1914
About 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 Win… With 38 credits spanning from 1914 to 1942, Dustin Farnum has appeared in 38 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Big Happiness (1920) — as John Dant / James Dant
- Her Man (1924) — as Sledge
- Kentucky Days (1923) — as Don Buckner
- David Garrick (1916) — as David Garrick
- The Grail (1923) — as Chic Shelby
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