Charles Starrett
Acting
Born March 28, 1903 · Athol, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986) was an American actor best known for his starring role in the Durango Kid western series. When he retired he held the record for starring in the longest-running string of feature films (131 titles, half of them being "Durango Kid" films, for Columbia Pictures). A graduate of Worcester Academy in 1922, Starrett went on to study at Dartmouth College. While on the Dartmouth football team he was hired to play a football extra in the film The Quarterback (1926). Bitten by the acting bug, Starrett played minor roles in films and leading roles in stage plays. In 1928, he was a member of the Walker Company, a repertory theatre troupe headed by Stuart Walker. He played the romantic lead in Fast and Loose (1930), which also featured Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, and Frank Morgan. He also starred in the Canadian production The Viking (1931), filmed on location in Newfoundland, which had begun as a Paramount Pictures project. After that he was very active for the next two years but his roles were unremarkable. He was featured in Our Betters (1933), Murder on the Campus (1933). and in his most charming role as a young doctor named Orion in "Along Came Love", with the vivacious co-star Irene Hervey. Offscreen, he helped organize the Screen Actors Guild.
Films (167)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
The Kid from Broken Gun
1952
Junction City
1952
The Rough, Tough West
1952
Laramie Mountains
1952
The Hawk of Wild River
1952
Smoky Canyon
1952
Pecos River
1951
The Kid from Amarillo
1951
Cyclone Fury
1951
Bonanza Town
1951
Snake River Desperadoes
1951
Fort Savage Raiders
1951
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951
Prairie Roundup
1951
Frontier Outpost
1950
Lightning Guns
1950
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
1950
Across the Badlands
1950
Streets of Ghost Town
1950
Texas Dynamo
1950
Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
Trail of the Rustlers
1950
Renegades of the Sage
1949
Horsemen of the Sierras
1949
Bandits of El Dorado
1949
South of Death Valley
1949
The Blazing Trail
1949
Laramie
1949
Desert Vigilante
1949
Challenge of the Range
1949
Quick on the Trigger
1948
El Dorado Pass
1948
Trail to Laredo
1948
Blazing Across the Pecos
1948
Whirlwind Raiders
1948
West of Sonora
1948
Phantom Valley
1948
Six-Gun Law
1948
Last Days of Boot Hill
1947
Buckaroo from Powder River
1947
Riders of the Lone Star
1947
The Stranger From Ponca City
1947
Prairie Raiders
1947
Law of the Canyon
1947
West of Dodge City
1947
The Lone Hand Texan
1947
South of the Chisholm Trail
1947
The Fighting Frontiersman
1946
Terror Trail
1946
Landrush
1946
Heading West
1946
The Desert Horseman
1946
Two-Fisted Stranger
1946
Galloping Thunder
1946
Gunning for Vengeance
1946
Roaring Rangers
1946
Frontier Gunlaw
1946
Texas Panhandle
1945
Lawless Empire
1945
Outlaws of the Rockies
1945
Blazing the Western Trail
1945
Rustlers of the Badlands
1945
Both Barrels Blazing
1945
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
Rough Ridin' Justice
1945
Sagebrush Heroes
1945
Saddle Leather Law
1944
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
1944
Cowboy from Lonesome River
1944
Riding West
1944
Sundown Valley
1944
Cowboy Canteen
1944
Cowboy in the Clouds
1943
Hail to the Rangers
1943
Robin Hood of the Range
1943
Frontier Fury
1943
Law of the Northwest
1943
The Fighting Buckaroo
1943
Pardon My Gun
1942
Riding Through Nevada
1942
Overland to Deadwood
1942
Bad Men of the Hills
1942
Riders of the Northland
1942
Down Rio Grande Way
1942
Lawless Plainsmen
1942
West of Tombstone
1942
Riders of the Badlands
1941
The Royal Mounted Patrol
1941
Prairie Stranger
1941
Thunder Over the Prairie
1941
The Medico of Painted Springs
1941
Outlaws of the Panhandle
1941
The Pinto Kid
1941
Thundering Frontier
1940
West of Abilene
1940
The Durango Kid
1940
Texas Stagecoach
1940
Blazing Six Shooters
1940
Bullets for Rustlers
1940
Two-Fisted Rangers
1939
The Stranger from Texas
1939
Riders of Black River
1939
Outpost of the Mounties
1939
The Man from Sundown
1939
Western Caravans
1939
Spoilers of the Range
1939
North of the Yukon
1939
Texas Stampede
1939
The Thundering West
1939
Rio Grande
1938
West of the Santa Fe
1938
Colorado Trail
1938
South of Arizona
1938
West of Cheyenne
1938
Law of the Plains
1938
Call of the Rockies
1938
Start Cheering
1938
Cattle Raiders
1938
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937
The Old Wyoming Trail
1937
One Man Justice
1937
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1937
Two Gun Law
1937
Trapped
1937
Westbound Mail
1937
Dodge City Trail
1936
Stampede
1936
The Cowboy Star
1936
Along Came Love
1936
Code of the Range
1936
Secret Patrol
1936
The Mysterious Avenger
1936
So Red the Rose
1935
Gallant Defender
1935
Make a Million
1935
What Price Crime
1935
One in a Million
1935
One New York Night
1935
A Shot in the Dark
1935
The Silver Streak
1934
Sons of Steel
1934
Undercover Men
1934
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
Desirable
1934
Call It Luck
1934
Green Eyes
1934
This Man Is Mine
1934
Three on a Honeymoon
1934
Stolen Sweets
1934
Murder on the Campus
1933
Mr. Skitch
1933
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933
The Return of Casey Jones
1933
Our Betters
1933
Jungle Bride
1933
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Lady and Gent
1932
Sky Bride
1932
Touchdown!
1931
The Age for Love
1931
Silence
1931
The Viking
1931
Damaged Love
1931
The Royal Family of Broadway
1930
Fast and Loose
1930
The Quarterback
1926