Acting · Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA · Born May 27, 1874
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.
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Flaming Frontier
1926
as General George Armstrong Custer
Her Man
1924
as Sledge
MovieKentucky Days
1923
as Don Buckner
MovieThe Grail
1923
as Chic Shelby
MovieThe Man Who Won
1923
as Wild Bill
MovieThe Buster
1923
as Bill Coryell
Three Who Paid
1923
as Riley Sinclairl
MovieTrail of the Axe
1922
as Dave Malkern
MovieOath-Bound
1922
as Lawrence Bradbury
MovieStrange Idols
1922
as Angus MacDonald
MovieIron to Gold
1922
as Tom Curtis
MovieThe Devil Within
1921
as Captain Briggs
MovieThe Primal Law
1921
as Brian Wayne
MovieBig Happiness
1920
as John Dant / James Dant
MovieThe Corsican Brothers
1920
as Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi
MovieA Man's Fight
1919
as Roger Carr
MovieA Man in the Open
1919
as Sailor Jesse
MovieThe Light of Western Stars
1918
as Gene Stewart
MovieThe Scarlet Pimpernel
1917
as Sir Percy Blakeney
MovieNorth of Fifty-Three
1917
as 'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff
MovieThe Spy
1917
as Mark Quaintance
MovieDurand of the Bad Lands
1917
as Dick Durand
MovieA Son of Erin
1916
as Dennis O'Hara
MovieThe Parson of Panamint
1916
as Reverand Philip Pharo
MovieDavy Crockett
1916
as Davy Crockett
MovieDavid Garrick
1916
as David Garrick
MovieBen Blair
1916
as Ben Blair
MovieThe Call of the Cumberlands
1916
as Samson South
MovieThe Gentleman from Indiana
1915
as John Harkless
MovieThe Iron Strain
1915
as 'Chuck' Hemingway
MovieCaptain Courtesy
1915
as Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)
MovieCameo Kirby
1914
as 'Cameo' Kirby
MovieThe Virginian
1914
as The Virginian
MovieThe Squaw Man
1914
as Capt. James Wynnegate
The Lightning Conductor
1914
Soldiers of Fortune
1914
as Robert Clay
MovieThe Yosemite Trail
as Jim Thorpe
