Charles Starrett
Known for: Acting
Born: March 28, 1903
Died: March 22, 1986
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
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8.5
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
6.0
The Kid from Broken Gun
1952
7.0
Junction City
1952
7.0
The Rough, Tough West
1952
6.5
Laramie Mountains
1952
6.1
The Hawk of Wild River
1952
7.5
Smoky Canyon
1952
7.0
Pecos River
1951
7.0
The Kid from Amarillo
1951
6.0
Cyclone Fury
1951
6.3
Bonanza Town
1951
4.9
Snake River Desperadoes
1951
9.0
Fort Savage Raiders
1951
10.0
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951
8.0
Prairie Roundup
1951
7.0
Frontier Outpost
1950
6.5
Lightning Guns
1950
9.0
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
1950
7.0
Across the Badlands
1950
7.0
Streets of Ghost Town
1950
7.0
Texas Dynamo
1950
9.0
Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
7.3
Trail of the Rustlers
1950
9.0
Renegades of the Sage
1949
7.0
Horsemen of the Sierras
1949
10.0
Bandits of El Dorado
1949
7.0
South of Death Valley
1949
5.5
The Blazing Trail
1949
6.8
Laramie
1949
7.0
Desert Vigilante
1949
6.5
Challenge of the Range
1949
6.5
Quick on the Trigger
1948
10.0
El Dorado Pass
1948
6.0
Trail to Laredo
1948
5.8
Blazing Across the Pecos
1948
7.5
Whirlwind Raiders
1948
7.0
West of Sonora
1948
7.5
Phantom Valley
1948
6.5
Six-Gun Law
1948
7.0
Last Days of Boot Hill
1947
7.0
Buckaroo from Powder River
1947
7.0
Riders of the Lone Star
1947
7.5
The Stranger From Ponca City
1947
6.5
Prairie Raiders
1947
7.0
Law of the Canyon
1947
7.0
West of Dodge City
1947
7.5
The Lone Hand Texan
1947
10.0
South of the Chisholm Trail
1947
7.0
The Fighting Frontiersman
1946
7.0
Terror Trail
1946
9.0
Landrush
1946
8.0
Heading West
1946
10.0
The Desert Horseman
1946
6.0
Two-Fisted Stranger
1946
7.0
Galloping Thunder
1946
6.5
Gunning for Vengeance
1946
6.0
Roaring Rangers
1946
7.0
Frontier Gunlaw
1946
7.0
Texas Panhandle
1945
10.0
Lawless Empire
1945
7.5
Outlaws of the Rockies
1945
6.3
Blazing the Western Trail
1945
8.0
Rustlers of the Badlands
1945
5.5
Both Barrels Blazing
1945
8.7
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
10.0
Rough Ridin' Justice
1945
9.0
Sagebrush Heroes
1945
7.0
Saddle Leather Law
1944
9.0
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
1944
7.0
Cowboy from Lonesome River
1944
10.0
Riding West
1944
10.0
Sundown Valley
1944
8.0
Cowboy Canteen
1944
7.0
Cowboy in the Clouds
1943
10.0
Hail to the Rangers
1943
6.5
Robin Hood of the Range
1943
7.0
Frontier Fury
1943
8.0
Law of the Northwest
1943
7.0
The Fighting Buckaroo
1943
10.0
Pardon My Gun
1942
7.0
Riding Through Nevada
1942
9.0
Overland to Deadwood
1942
8.0
Bad Men of the Hills
1942
9.0
Riders of the Northland
1942
10.0
Down Rio Grande Way
1942
7.0
Lawless Plainsmen
1942
9.0
West of Tombstone
1942
6.5
Riders of the Badlands
1941
9.0
The Royal Mounted Patrol
1941
7.0
Prairie Stranger
1941
9.0
Thunder Over the Prairie
1941
7.0
The Medico of Painted Springs
1941
7.5
Outlaws of the Panhandle
1941
10.0
The Pinto Kid
1941
10.0
Thundering Frontier
1940
10.0
West of Abilene
1940
7.5
The Durango Kid
1940
9.0
Texas Stagecoach
1940
8.0
Blazing Six Shooters
1940
7.0
Bullets for Rustlers
1940
4.3
Two-Fisted Rangers
1939
8.0
The Stranger from Texas
1939
10.0
Riders of Black River
1939
10.0
Outpost of the Mounties
1939
10.0
The Man from Sundown
1939
7.0
Western Caravans
1939
8.0
Spoilers of the Range
1939
7.0
North of the Yukon
1939
7.0
Texas Stampede
1939
8.0
The Thundering West
1939
4.7
Rio Grande
1938
7.0
West of the Santa Fe
1938
8.0
Colorado Trail
1938
7.0
South of Arizona
1938
7.0
West of Cheyenne
1938
8.0
Law of the Plains
1938
10.0
Call of the Rockies
1938
6.9
Start Cheering
1938
5.3
Cattle Raiders
1938
4.0
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937
7.0
The Old Wyoming Trail
1937
6.5
One Man Justice
1937
3.8
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1937
10.0
Two Gun Law
1937
9.0
Trapped
1937
8.0
Westbound Mail
1937
3.0
Dodge City Trail
1936
9.0
Stampede
1936
10.0
The Cowboy Star
1936
6.3
Along Came Love
1936
8.0
Code of the Range
1936
9.0
Secret Patrol
1936
9.0
The Mysterious Avenger
1936
7.7
So Red the Rose
1935
9.0
Gallant Defender
1935
6.3
Make a Million
1935
4.0
What Price Crime
1935
5.7
One in a Million
1935
7.5
One New York Night
1935
6.0
A Shot in the Dark
1935
6.9
The Silver Streak
1934
7.0
Sons of Steel
1934
6.3
Undercover Men
1934
7.3
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
7.2
Desirable
19348.0
Call It Luck
1934
5.8
Green Eyes
1934
5.9
This Man Is Mine
1934
7.0
Three on a Honeymoon
1934
4.2
Stolen Sweets
1934
5.5
Murder on the Campus
1933
7.3
Mr. Skitch
1933
5.3
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933
7.5
The Return of Casey Jones
1933
5.4
Our Betters
1933
5.5
Jungle Bride
1933
5.4
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
5.8
Lady and Gent
1932
8.0
Sky Bride
1932
8.0
Touchdown!
1931
9.0
The Age for Love
1931
7.7
Silence
1931
5.3
The Viking
1931
8.0
Damaged Love
1931
5.9
The Royal Family of Broadway
1930
5.3
Fast and Loose
1930
6.5
The Quarterback
1926