Dustin Farnum

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 19251983 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 DeMilles The Squaw Man He died of kidney failure on July 3 1929 in Manhattan New York City aged 55