Actor
Dustin Farnum
May 27, 1874 · Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
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).
Often works with
Winifred Kingston
7 titles together
The Squaw Man, The Virginian, The Call of the Cumberlands
Herbert Standing
3 titles together
The Call of the Cumberlands, Davy Crockett, David Garrick
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Bob Perry
3 titles together
Oath-Bound, Iron to Gold, The Devil Within
Monroe Salisbury
2 titles together
The Squaw Man, The Virginian
Richard L'Estrange
2 titles together
The Squaw Man, The Call of the Cumberlands
Sydney Deane
2 titles together
The Squaw Man, The Virginian
Full filmography · 35
The Yosemite Trail
as Jim Thorpe
Upcoming
The Flaming Frontier
as General George Armstrong Custer
1926Her Man
as Sledge
1924
Kentucky Days
as Don Buckner
1923
The Grail
as Chic Shelby
1923
The Man Who Won
as Wild Bill
1923
The Buster
as Bill Coryell
1923Three Who Paid
as Riley Sinclairl
1923
Trail of the Axe
as Dave Malkern
1922
Oath-Bound
as Lawrence Bradbury
1922
Strange Idols
as Angus MacDonald
1922
Iron to Gold
as Tom Curtis
1922