Charles Starrett
Known for Acting · 167 credits
- Born
- 1903-03-28
- Died
- 1986-03-22
- Place of birth
- Athol, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Charles Robert Starrett · Chas. Starrett
Biography
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
Movies (167)
Jungle Bride
1933
as Gordon Wayne
Touchdown!
1931
as Paul Gehring
The Quarterback
1926
as Football Player (uncredited)
Frontier Outpost
1950
as Steve Lawton / Durango Kid
Texas Dynamo
1950
as Steve Drake / Durango Kid
Phantom Valley
1948
as Steve Collins/The Durango Kid
Lawless Plainsmen
1942
as Steve Rideen
Laramie Mountains
1952
as Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
Smoky Canyon
1952
as Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent
Start Cheering
1938
as Ted Crosley
Terror Trail
1946
as Steve Haverley / The Durango Kid
Texas Panhandle
1945
as Steve Buckner / The Durango Kid
Bonanza Town
1951
as Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid
Cowboy Canteen
1944
as Steve Bradley
Texas Stagecoach
1940
as Larry Kinkaid
Thundering Frontier
1940
as Jim Filmore
Whirlwind Raiders
1948
as Steve Lanning / The Durango Kid
Pecos River
1951
as Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid
Our Betters
1933
as Fleming Harvey
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
as Terence Granville
So Red the Rose
1935
as George McGehee
The Viking
1931
as Luke Oarum
Sons of Steel
1934
as Phillip Mason Chadburne
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
as Stephen Hornblow
Colorado Trail
1938
as Grant Bradley
Lawless Empire
1945
as Steve Ranson / The Durango Kid
Desirable
1934
as Russell Gray
Western Caravans
1939
as Sheriff Jim Carson
Riders of the Northland
1942
as Steve Bowie
Laramie
1949
as Steve Holden / Durango Kid
Snake River Desperadoes
1951
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
This Man Is Mine
1934
as Jud McCrae
A Shot in the Dark
1935
as Kenneth 'Ken' Harris
The Fighting Frontiersman
1946
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
The Silver Streak
1934
as Tom Caldwell
Stolen Sweets
1934
as Bill Smith
Green Eyes
1934
as Michael Tracy
One New York Night
1935
as George Sheridan
Sky Bride
1932
as Jim Carmichael
The Kid from Amarillo
1951
as Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid
Make a Million
1935
as Professor Reginald Q. Jones
The Royal Mounted Patrol
1941
as Tom Jeffries
The Royal Family of Broadway
1930
as Perry
Secret Patrol
1936
as RCMP Cpl. Alan Craig
Prairie Raiders
1947
as Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid
Lady and Gent
1932
as Ted Streaver
The Blazing Trail
1949
as Steve Allen / The Durango Kid
Blazing the Western Trail
1945
as Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid
Along Came Love
1936
as John Patrick O'Ryan
Pardon My Gun
1942
as Steve Randall
Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
as Steve Norman / Durango Kid
Prairie Roundup
1951
as Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
Desert Vigilante
1949
as Steve Wood - The Durango Kid
Across the Badlands
1950
as Steve Ransom / Durango Kid
Saddle Leather Law
1944
as Steve Carlisle
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
Robin Hood of the Range
1943
as Steve Marlowe
South of Death Valley
1949
as Steve Downey aka The Durango Kid
The Old Wyoming Trail
1937
as Bob Patterson
Stampede
1936
as Larry Carson
The Rough, Tough West
1952
as Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
Call It Luck
1934
as Stan Russell
Renegades of the Sage
1949
as Steve Duncan / Durango Kid
Quick on the Trigger
1948
as Sheriff Steve Warren / Durango Kid
Mr. Skitch
1933
as Harvey Denby
Cattle Raiders
1938
Challenge of the Range
1949
as Steve Roper / The Durango Kid
Galloping Thunder
1946
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Law of the Northwest
1943
as Steve King
Rio Grande
1938
as Cliff Houston
The Cowboy Star
1936
as Spencer Yorke
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933
as Morley
Gallant Defender
1935
as Johnny Flagg
Outlaws of the Rockies
1945
as Steve Williams / The Durango Kid
Murder on the Campus
1933
as Bill Bartlett
Buckaroo from Powder River
1947
as Steve Lacey / The Durango Kid
The Hawk of Wild River
1952
as Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
Two-Fisted Rangers
1939
as Thad Lawson
Trail to Laredo
1948
as Steve Ellison aka The Durango Kid
Six-Gun Law
1948
as Steve Norris / The Durango Kid
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937
as Dart Collins
Riders of Black River
1939
as Wade Patterson
The Mysterious Avenger
1936
as Ranny Maitland / Ranny Morgan
The Medico of Painted Springs
1941
as Dr. Steven Monroe
Outpost of the Mounties
1939
as Sergeant Neal Crawford
Dodge City Trail
1936
as Steve Braddock
Last Days of Boot Hill
1947
as Steve Waring / The Durango Kid
West of Dodge City
1947
as Steve Ramsey / The Durango Kid
Riders of the Badlands
1941
as Steve Langdon / Mac Collins
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1937
as Dick Houston
Riding West
1944
as Steve Jordan
Prairie Stranger
1941
as Steven Monroe
West of Tombstone
1942
as Marshal Steve Langdon
Overland to Deadwood
1942
as Steve Prescott
Cyclone Fury
1951
as The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds
The Kid from Broken Gun
1952
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Streets of Ghost Town
1950
as Steve Woods / The Durango Kid
Call of the Rockies
1938
as Clint Buckley
Down Rio Grande Way
1942
as Steve Martin
Law of the Plains
1938
as Chuck Sanders
Westbound Mail
1937
as Jim 'Skinner' Bradley
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951
as Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid
The Age for Love
1931
as Dudley Crome
The Desert Horseman
1946
as Steve Godfrey / The Durango Kid
Trapped
1937
as Ted Haley
One in a Million
1935
as Donald Cabot Jr.
Silence
1931
as Arthur Lawrence
The Lone Hand Texan
1947
as Steve Driscoll, The Durango Kid
The Stranger From Ponca City
1947
as Steve Larkin / The Durango Kid
Frontier Gunlaw
1946
as Jim "The Durango Kid" Stewart
Horsemen of the Sierras
1949
as Steve Saunders / Durango Kid
Trail of the Rustlers
1950
as Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid
The Fighting Buckaroo
1943
as Steve Harrison
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
1944
as Steve Travis
Rustlers of the Badlands
1945
as Steve Lindsay / The Durango Kid
Frontier Fury
1943
as Steve Langdon
Texas Stampede
1939
as Tom Randall
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
as Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid
South of the Chisholm Trail
1947
as Steve Haley / The Durango Kid
Bandits of El Dorado
1949
as Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
About Charles Starrett
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… With 167 credits spanning from 1926 to 1976, Charles Starrett has appeared in 167 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Jungle Bride (1933) — as Gordon Wayne
- Touchdown! (1931) — as Paul Gehring
- The Quarterback (1926) — as Football Player (uncredited)
- Frontier Outpost (1950) — as Steve Lawton / Durango Kid
- Texas Dynamo (1950) — as Steve Drake / Durango Kid
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