North side of the 6600 block of Hollywood Boulevard
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Dustin Farnum
Born
May 27, 1874
in Hampton Beach, NH
Died
July 4, 1929
of kidney disease in New York, NY
Dustin Farnum was a leading man of the stage and silver screen and older brother of the actor William Farnum. Farnum made his debut on the professional stage in 1897 with the Ethel Tucker repertoire company. Among his famous subsequent roles were "The Virginian," which ran for three seasons in New York beginning on Jan. 5, 1904. In 1909 Farnum toured as Jim Carson in "The Squaw Man," another of his famous roles, and also that year he scored another success as Eugene Kirby in "Cameo Kirby." In 1911 he played in a revival of "The Squaw Man" in New York and also in New York and Chicago productions of "The Littlest Rebel," a play in which his brother, William Farnum, appeared with him. Later he was with a stock company in Boston, after which he went into motion pictures.
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Two thoughts about Dustin Farnum
Dustin was the brother of my great grandfather, Elijah Farnum, who died when Dustin was about 2 years old. His brother William and I believe another brother, Franklin were all in silent films. Tonight I saw the movie The Artist, and it made me think about my great, great uncles and how devastating it must have been when talking movies came into being right around the time of the market crash of the 20's.
I am also related to Dustin Farnum, as my father, Bernard Schneider was born a Farnum but was later adopted by a Schneider. My dad spent the last 18 years of his life dedicated to researching our ancestry. He knew Dustin when dad was a kid.
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