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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).
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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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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
The Flaming Frontier
as General George Armstrong Custer
No Poster
Her Man
as Sledge
Kentucky Days
as Don Buckner
The Grail
as Chic Shelby
The Man Who Won
as Wild Bill
The Buster
as Bill Coryell
No Poster
Three Who Paid
as Riley Sinclairl
Trail of the Axe
as Dave Malkern
Oath-Bound
as Lawrence Bradbury
Strange Idols
as Angus MacDonald
Iron to Gold
as Tom Curtis
The Devil Within
as Captain Briggs
The Primal Law
as Brian Wayne
Big Happiness
as John Dant / James Dant
The Corsican Brothers
as Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi
A Man's Fight
as Roger Carr
A Man in the Open
as Sailor Jesse
The Light of Western Stars
as Gene Stewart
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Sir Percy Blakeney
North of Fifty-Three
as 'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff
The Spy
as Mark Quaintance
Durand of the Bad Lands
as Dick Durand
A Son of Erin
as Dennis O'Hara
The Parson of Panamint
as Reverand Philip Pharo
Davy Crockett
as Davy Crockett
David Garrick
as David Garrick
Ben Blair
as Ben Blair
The Call of the Cumberlands
as Samson South
The Gentleman from Indiana
as John Harkless
The Iron Strain
as 'Chuck' Hemingway
Captain Courtesy
as Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy)
Cameo Kirby
as 'Cameo' Kirby
The Virginian
as The Virginian
The Squaw Man
as Capt. James Wynnegate
No Poster
The Lightning Conductor
No Poster
Soldiers of Fortune
as Robert Clay
The Yosemite Trail
as Jim Thorpe