Dustin Farnum
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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.
Acting
Movie
The Squaw Man
as Capt. James Wynnegate
1914
Movie
The Virginian
as The Virginian
1914
Movie
The Call of the Cumberlands
as Samson South
1916
Movie
David Garrick
as David Garrick
1916
Movie
The Flaming Frontier
as General George Armstrong Custer
1926
Movie
Davy Crockett
as Davy Crockett
1916
Movie
A Son of Erin
as Dennis O'Hara
1916
Movie
The Buster
as Bill Coryell
1923
Movie
The Iron Strain
as 'Chuck' Hemingway
1915
Movie
The Man Who Won
as Wild Bill
1923
Movie
A Man's Fight
as Roger Carr
1919
Movie
Iron to Gold
as Tom Curtis
1922
Movie
The Devil Within
as Captain Briggs
1921
Movie
A Man in the Open
as Sailor Jesse
1919
Movie
The Corsican Brothers
as Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi
1920
Movie
The Primal Law
as Brian Wayne
1921
Movie
Three Who Paid
as Riley Sinclairl
1923
Movie
Trail of the Axe
as Dave Malkern
1922
Movie
Her Man
as Sledge
1924
Movie
Strange Idols
as Angus MacDonald
1922
Movie
The Grail
as Chic Shelby
1923
Movie
Oath-Bound
as Lawrence Bradbury
1922
Movie
Big Happiness
as John Dant / James Dant
1920
Movie
Kentucky Days
as Don Buckner
1923