1874-05-27 Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
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) | Self (archive footage) | 1942-01-01 |
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The Flaming Frontier | General George Armstrong Custer | 1926-09-11 |
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Her Man | Sledge | 1924-02-10 |
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The Man Who Won | Wild Bill | 1923-08-26 |
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Three Who Paid | Riley Sinclairl | 1923-01-07 |
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The Buster | Bill Coryell | 1923-02-18 |
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Trail of the Axe | Dave Malkern | 1922-08-21 |
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Iron to Gold | Tom Curtis | 1922-03-12 |
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The Devil Within | Captain Briggs | 1921-11-20 |
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The Primal Law | Brian Wayne | 1921-09-11 |
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The Corsican Brothers | Louis de Franchi / Fabien de Franchi | 1920-02-22 |
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A Man in the Open | Sailor Jesse | 1919-02-23 |
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A Man's Fight | Roger Carr | 1919-08-10 |
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The Light of Western Stars | Gene Stewart | 1918-11-01 |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel | Sir Percy Blakeney | 1917-11-04 |
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The Spy | Mark Quaintance | 1917-08-17 |
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North of Fifty-Three | 'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff | 1917-09-23 |
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Durand of the Bad Lands | Dick Durand | 1917-08-12 |
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A Son of Erin | Dennis O'Hara | 1916-11-09 |
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The Parson of Panamint | Reverand Philip Pharo | 1916-09-03 |
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Davy Crockett | Davy Crockett | 1916-07-16 |
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The Call of the Cumberlands | Samson South | 1916-01-23 |
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David Garrick | David Garrick | 1916-04-30 |
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Ben Blair | Ben Blair | 1916-03-09 |
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The Gentleman from Indiana | John Harkless | 1915-11-28 |
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The Iron Strain | 'Chuck' Hemingway | 1915-11-07 |
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Captain Courtesy | Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy) | 1915-04-19 |
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Soldiers of Fortune | Robert Clay | 1914-01-01 |
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The Squaw Man | Capt. James Wynnegate | 1914-02-15 |
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The Lightning Conductor | 1914-01-01 | |
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The Virginian | The Virginian | 1914-09-07 |
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Cameo Kirby | 'Cameo' Kirby | 1914-12-24 |
