About

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27
Birthday:
1874-05-27
Place of birth:
Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
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Dustin Farnum

Overview

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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.

Known for

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1942 Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1926 The Flaming Frontier Actor General George Armstrong Custer 59
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1923 The Man Who Won Actor Wild Bill N/A
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1923 The Buster Actor Bill Coryell N/A
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1923 Three Who Paid Actor Riley Sinclairl N/A
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1922 Iron to Gold Actor Tom Curtis N/A
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1921 The Devil Within Actor Captain Briggs N/A
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1921 The Primal Law Actor Brian Wayne N/A
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1920 The Corsican Brothers Actor Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi N/A
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1919 A Man's Fight Actor Roger Carr N/A
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1919 A Man in the Open Actor Sailor Jesse N/A
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1918 The Light of Western Stars Actor Gene Stewart N/A
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1917 The Spy Actor Mark Quaintance N/A
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1917 Durand of the Bad Lands Actor Dick Durand N/A
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1916 A Son of Erin Actor Dennis O'Hara 58
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1916 The Parson of Panamint Actor Reverand Philip Pharo N/A
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1916 Davy Crockett Actor Davy Crockett 58
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1916 David Garrick Actor David Garrick 58
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1916 Ben Blair Actor Ben Blair N/A
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1916 The Call of the Cumberlands Actor Samson South 58
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1915 The Gentleman from Indiana Actor John Harkless N/A
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1915 The Iron Strain Actor 'Chuck' Hemingway 58
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1915 Captain Courtesy Actor Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy) N/A
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1914 Cameo Kirby Actor 'Cameo' Kirby N/A
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1914 The Virginian Actor The Virginian 58
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1914 The Squaw Man Actor Capt. James Wynnegate 58
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1914 The Lightning Conductor Actor N/A
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