Dustin Farnum
Age: N/A | From: Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Dustin Lancy Farnum
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
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Movie Involvements: 22
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Squaw Man
(1914) Capt. James Wynnegate
Iron to Gold
(1922) Tom Curtis
The Devil Within
(1921) Captain Briggs
The Virginian
(1914) The Virginian
The Call of the Cumberlands
(1916) Samson South
The Corsican Brothers
(1920) Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi
The Primal Law
(1921) Brian Wayne
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
(1942) Self (archive footage)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1926 | General George Armstrong Custer | |
| 1923 | Wild Bill | |
| Bill Coryell | ||
| Riley Sinclairl | ||
| 1922 | Tom Curtis | |
| 1921 | Captain Briggs | |
| Brian Wayne | ||
| 1920 | Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi | |
| 1919 | Roger Carr | |
| Sailor Jesse | ||
| 1918 | Gene Stewart | |
| 1917 | Mark Quaintance | |
| Dick Durand | ||
| 1916 | Dennis O'Hara | |
| Reverand Philip Pharo | ||
| Davy Crockett | ||
| David Garrick | ||
| Ben Blair | ||
| Samson South | ||
| 1915 | 'Chuck' Hemingway | |
| Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy) | ||
| 1914 | The Virginian | |
| Capt. James Wynnegate | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
