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.
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- 1942 · Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
- 1926 · The Flaming Frontier as General George Armstrong Custer
- 1923 · The Man Who Won as Wild Bill
- 1923 · The Buster as Bill Coryell
- 1923 · Three Who Paid as Riley Sinclairl
- 1922 · Iron to Gold as Tom Curtis
- 1921 · The Devil Within as Captain Briggs
- 1921 · The Primal Law as Brian Wayne
- 1920 · The Corsican Brothers as Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi
- 1919 · A Man's Fight as Roger Carr
- 1919 · A Man in the Open as Sailor Jesse
- 1918 · The Light of Western Stars as Gene Stewart
- 1917 · The Spy as Mark Quaintance
- 1917 · Durand of the Bad Lands as Dick Durand
- 1916 · A Son of Erin as Dennis O'Hara
- 1916 · The Parson of Panamint as Reverand Philip Pharo
- 1916 · Davy Crockett as Davy Crockett
- 1916 · David Garrick as David Garrick
- 1916 · Ben Blair as Ben Blair
- 1916 · The Call of the Cumberlands as Samson South
- 1915 · The Gentleman from Indiana as John Harkless
- 1915 · The Iron Strain as 'Chuck' Hemingway
- 1915 · Captain Courtesy as Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)
- 1914 · Cameo Kirby as 'Cameo' Kirby
- 1914 · The Virginian as The Virginian
- 1914 · The Squaw Man as Capt. James Wynnegate
- 1914 · The Lightning Conductor as