Charles Starrett
Acting · Born Mar 28, 1903 · Died Mar 22, 1986 (82) · 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.
Known for
Films
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
19768.5
The Kid from Broken Gun
19526.0
Junction City
19527.0
The Rough, Tough West
19527.0
Laramie Mountains
19526.5
The Hawk of Wild River
19526.1
Smoky Canyon
19527.5
Pecos River
19517.0
The Kid from Amarillo
19517.0
Cyclone Fury
19516.0
Bonanza Town
19516.3
Snake River Desperadoes
19514.9
Fort Savage Raiders
19519.0
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
195110.0
Prairie Roundup
19518.0
Frontier Outpost
19507.0
Lightning Guns
19506.5
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
19509.0
Across the Badlands
19507.0
Streets of Ghost Town
19507.0
Texas Dynamo
19507.0
Outcasts of Black Mesa
19509.0
Trail of the Rustlers
19507.3
Renegades of the Sage
19499.0
Horsemen of the Sierras
19497.0
Bandits of El Dorado
194910.0
South of Death Valley
19497.0
The Blazing Trail
19495.5
Laramie
19496.8
Desert Vigilante
19497.0
Challenge of the Range
19496.5
Quick on the Trigger
19486.5
El Dorado Pass
194810.0
Trail to Laredo
19486.0
Blazing Across the Pecos
19485.8
Whirlwind Raiders
19487.5
West of Sonora
19487.0
Phantom Valley
19487.5
Six-Gun Law
19486.5
Last Days of Boot Hill
19477.0
Buckaroo from Powder River
19477.0
Riders of the Lone Star
19477.0
The Stranger From Ponca City
19477.5
Prairie Raiders
19476.5
Law of the Canyon
19477.0
West of Dodge City
19477.0
The Lone Hand Texan
19477.5
South of the Chisholm Trail
194710.0
The Fighting Frontiersman
19467.0
Terror Trail
19467.0
Landrush
19469.0
Heading West
19468.0
The Desert Horseman
194610.0
Two-Fisted Stranger
19466.0
Galloping Thunder
19467.0
Gunning for Vengeance
19466.5
Roaring Rangers
19466.0
Frontier Gunlaw
19467.0
Texas Panhandle
19457.0
Lawless Empire
194510.0
Outlaws of the Rockies
19457.5
Blazing the Western Trail
19456.3
Rustlers of the Badlands
19458.0
Both Barrels Blazing
19455.5
The Return of the Durango Kid
19458.7
Rough Ridin' Justice
194510.0
Sagebrush Heroes
19459.0
Saddle Leather Law
19447.0
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
19449.0
Cowboy from Lonesome River
19447.0
Riding West
194410.0
Sundown Valley
194410.0
Cowboy Canteen
19448.0
Cowboy in the Clouds
19437.0
Hail to the Rangers
194310.0
Robin Hood of the Range
19436.5
Frontier Fury
19437.0
Law of the Northwest
19438.0
The Fighting Buckaroo
19437.0
Pardon My Gun
194210.0
Riding Through Nevada
19427.0
Overland to Deadwood
19429.0
Bad Men of the Hills
19428.0
Riders of the Northland
19429.0
Down Rio Grande Way
194210.0
Lawless Plainsmen
19427.0
West of Tombstone
19429.0
Riders of the Badlands
19416.5
The Royal Mounted Patrol
19419.0
Prairie Stranger
19417.0
Thunder Over the Prairie
19419.0
The Medico of Painted Springs
19417.0
Outlaws of the Panhandle
19417.5
The Pinto Kid
194110.0
Thundering Frontier
194010.0
West of Abilene
194010.0
The Durango Kid
19407.5
Texas Stagecoach
19409.0
Blazing Six Shooters
19408.0
Bullets for Rustlers
19407.0
Two-Fisted Rangers
19394.3
The Stranger from Texas
19398.0
Riders of Black River
193910.0
Outpost of the Mounties
193910.0
The Man from Sundown
193910.0
Western Caravans
19397.0
Spoilers of the Range
19398.0
North of the Yukon
19397.0
Texas Stampede
19397.0
The Thundering West
19398.0
Rio Grande
19384.7
West of the Santa Fe
19387.0
Colorado Trail
19388.0
South of Arizona
19387.0
West of Cheyenne
19387.0
Law of the Plains
19388.0
Call of the Rockies
193810.0
Start Cheering
19386.9
Cattle Raiders
19385.3
Outlaws of the Prairie
19374.0
The Old Wyoming Trail
19377.0
One Man Justice
19376.5
Two-Fisted Sheriff
19373.8
Two Gun Law
193710.0
Trapped
19379.0
Westbound Mail
19378.0
Dodge City Trail
19363.0
Stampede
19369.0
The Cowboy Star
193610.0
Along Came Love
19366.3
Code of the Range
19368.0
Secret Patrol
19369.0
The Mysterious Avenger
19369.0
So Red the Rose
19357.8
Gallant Defender
19359.0
Make a Million
19356.2
What Price Crime
19354.0
One in a Million
19355.7
One New York Night
19357.5
A Shot in the Dark
19356.0
The Silver Streak
19346.9
Sons of Steel
19347.0
Undercover Men
19346.3
Gentlemen Are Born
19347.3
Desirable
19347.2
Green Eyes
19345.8
This Man Is Mine
19345.9
Three on a Honeymoon
19347.0
Stolen Sweets
19344.2
Murder on the Campus
19335.5
Mr. Skitch
19337.3
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
19335.2
The Return of Casey Jones
19337.5
Our Betters
19335.4
Jungle Bride
19335.5
The Mask of Fu Manchu
19325.4
Lady and Gent
19325.8
Sky Bride
19328.0
Touchdown!
19318.0
The Age for Love
19319.0
Silence
19317.7
The Viking
19315.3
Damaged Love
19318.0
The Royal Family of Broadway
19305.9
Fast and Loose
19305.3
The Quarterback
19266.5