Dustin Farnum


Actor

About

Birth Place
Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
Born
May 27, 1874
Died
July 03, 1929

Biography

Popular star of silent films, primarily Westerns. Brother William Farnum (1876-1953) was a successful leading man who turned to character roles after a serious injury in 1926. His brother Franklyn (1879-1961) was also an actor....

Photos & Videos

Family & Companions

Pearl Farnum
Wife
Actor.
Mary Elizabeth Conwell
Wife
Elizabeth Carroll
Wife
Actor.
Winifred Kingston
Wife
Actor. Died February 3, 1967.

Biography

Popular star of silent films, primarily Westerns. Brother William Farnum (1876-1953) was a successful leading man who turned to character roles after a serious injury in 1926. His brother Franklyn (1879-1961) was also an actor.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Flaming Frontier (1926)
General Custer
My Man (1924)
Sledge
The Man Who Won (1923)
Wild Bill
Three Who Paid (1923)
Riley Sinclair
The Buster (1923)
Bill Coryell
Bucking the Barrier (1923)
Kit Carew
Kentucky Days (1923)
Don Buckner
The Grail (1923)
Chic Shelby
Iron to Gold (1922)
Tom Curtis
The Yosemite Trail (1922)
Jim Thorpe
While Justice Waits (1922)
Dan Hunt
Oath-bound (1922)
Lawrence Bradbury
Strange Idols (1922)
Angus MacDonald
The Trail of the Axe (1922)
Dave Malkern
The Primal Law (1921)
Brian Wayne
The Devil Within (1921)
Captain Briggs
The Corsican Brothers (1920)
Fabien Dei Franchi/Louis Dei Franchi
Big Happiness (1920)
John Dant/James Dant
A Man's Fight (1919)
Roger Carr
A Man in the Open (1919)
Sailor Jesse
The Light of Western Stars (1918)
Gene Stewart
Durand of the Bad Lands (1917)
Dick Durand
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917)
Sir Percy Blakeney
The Spy (1917)
Mark Quaintance
North of 53 (1917)
"Roaring Bill" Wagstaff
Davy Crockett (1916)
Davy Crockett
The Call of the Cumberlands (1916)
Samson South
David Garrick (1916)
David Garrick
Ben Blair (1916)
Ben Blair
The Parson of Panamint (1916)
Philip Pharo
A Son of Erin (1916)
Dennis O'Hara
The Gentleman from Indiana (1915)
John Harkless
The Iron Strain (1915)
"Chuck" Hemingway
Captain Courtesy (1915)
Leonardo Davis, Captain Courtesy
Cameo Kirby (1914)
Cameo Kirby
Soldiers of Fortune (1914)
Robert Clay
The Virginian (1914)
The Virginian
The Lightning Conductor (1914)
Winston
The Squaw Man (1914)
Capt. James Wynnegate/Jim Carston

Life Events

1889

Stage acting debut

1913

Film acting debut

Family

Franklyn Farnum
Brother
Actor. 1878-1961.
William Farnum
Brother
Actor, director. 1876-1953.

Companions

Pearl Farnum
Wife
Actor.
Mary Elizabeth Conwell
Wife
Elizabeth Carroll
Wife
Actor.
Winifred Kingston
Wife
Actor. Died February 3, 1967.

Bibliography