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Dustin Lancy Farnum (May 27, 1874 - July 3, 1929) was an
American singer, dancer, and actor in silent films.
After a great success in a number of stage roles, in 1914
Farnum landed his first film role in the movie Soldiers of Fortune, and later
in Cecil B. DeMille's The Squaw Man. Although he played a wide variety of
roles, he tended toward westerns and became one of the biggest stars of the
genre. He was married to actress Winifred Kingston. He was the older brother of
actor William Farnum, whom he closely resembled, and the lesser known silent
film director Marshall Farnum (died 1917). He also was the father of (with
Winifred Kingston) late radio actress Estelle "Dustine" Runyon
(1925-1983). Modern actor Dustin Hoffman was named after him.
Birth Name
Dustin Lancy Farnum
Born
Wednesday, 27 May 1874
Died
Wednesday, 03 July 1929
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Biography | Davy Crockett in 'Martyrs Of The Alamo' | 1987 |
Movie Memories #2 | Self | 1934 |
The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
The Flaming Frontier | General George Armstrong Custer | 1926 |
Kentucky Days | Don Buckner | 1923 |
The Grail | Chic Shelby | 1923 |
The Man Who Won | Wild Bill | 1923 |
Bucking the Barrier | Kit Carew | 1923 |
The Buster | Bill Coryell | 1923 |
Three Who Paid | Riley Sinclair / Riley Sinclairl | 1923 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
Biography | Davy Crockett in 'Martyrs Of The Alamo' | 1987 |
Movie Memories #2 | Self | 1934 |
The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
The Flaming Frontier | General George Armstrong Custer | 1926 |
Kentucky Days | Don Buckner | 1923 |
The Grail | Chic Shelby | 1923 |
The Man Who Won | Wild Bill | 1923 |
Bucking the Barrier | Kit Carew | 1923 |
The Buster | Bill Coryell | 1923 |
Three Who Paid | Riley Sinclair / Riley Sinclairl | 1923 |
While Justice Waits | Dan Hunt | 1922 |
The Yosemite Trail | Jim Thorpe | 1922 |
Oath-Bound | Lawrence Bradbury | 1922 |
Strange Idols | Angus MacDonald | 1922 |
Iron to Gold | Tom Curtis | 1922 |
The Devil Within | Captain Briggs | 1921 |
The Primal Law | Brian Wayne | 1921 |
Big Happiness | John Dant / James Dant | 1920 |
The Light of Western Stars | Gene Stewart | 1919 |
A Man's Fight | Roger Carr | 1919 |
A Man in the Open | Sailor Jesse | 1919 |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | Sir Percy Blakeney | 1917 |
North of Fifty-Three | 'Roaring Bill' Wagstaff | 1917 |
A Son of Erin | Dennis O'Hara | 1916 |
David Garrick | David Garrick | 1916 |
Ben Blair | Ben Blair | 1916 |
The Call of the Cumberlands | Samson South | 1916 |
The Gentleman from Indiana | John Harkless | 1915 |
Captain Courtesy | Leonardo Davis (Captain Courtesy) | 1915 |
Cameo Kirby | 'Cameo' Kirby | 1914 |
The Virginian | The Virginian | 1914 |
The Squaw Man | Capt. James Wynnegate - aka Jim Carston / Capt. James Wynnegate | 1914 |