
Charles Farrell
Known for Acting · 52 credits
- Born
- 1900-08-09
- Died
- 1990-05-06
- Place of birth
- Walpole, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Charles David Farrell · Charlie Farrell
Biography
Popular Hollywood leading man of late silents and early talkies. He is best remembered for his teaming with Janet Gaynor in 12 screen romances between 1927 and 1934. He retired from films in the early 1940s, but TV audiences of the 1950s would see him as Gale Storm's widower dad in the popular television series My Little Margie (1952).
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (50)

The River
1929
as Allen John Spender

Wild Girl
1932
as Billy, the Stranger
Hollywood Hobbies
1935
as Himself

Forbidden Heaven
1935
as Mr. Archer / Nibs

Lucky Star
1929
as Timothy Osborn

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923
as Man in Nightclub (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
as (uncredited)

7th Heaven
1927
as Chico

City Girl
1930
as Lem Tustine

The Ten Commandments
1923
as Israelite Slave (uncredited)

Girl Without a Room
1933
as Tom Duncan

Fazil
1928
as Prince Fazil

Happy Days
1929
as Charles Farrell

The Big Shakedown
1934
as Jimmy Morrell

Change of Heart
1934
as Chris Thring

Body and Soul
1931
as Mal Andrews

Tail Spin
1939
as Bud

Liliom
1930
as Liliom

After Tomorrow
1932
as Peter Piper

Sunny Side Up
1929
as Jack Cromwell

Clash of the Wolves
1925
as Dave Weston

The Deadly Game
1941
as Barry Scott

Delicious
1931
as Larry Beaumont

Just Around the Corner
1938
as Jeff Hale

The Man Who Came Back
1931
as Stephen Randolph

Street Angel
1928
as Gino

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933
as Adoniram 'Schlumpy' Schlump / Red Branahan

Old Ironsides
1926
as Boy

Rosita
1923
as Undetermined Bit Role (uncredited)

The Princess and the Plumber
1930
as Charlie Peters / Albert Bowers

The First Year
1932
as Tommy Tucker

Fighting Youth
1935
as Larry Davis

Three Women
1924
as Reveler at Monkey Bar

The Red Dance
1928
as Grand Duke Eugen
Wings of Youth
1925
as Ted Spaulding

Midnight Menace
1937
as Briant Gaunt

Tess of the Storm Country
1932
as Frederick Garfield Jr.

The Freshman
1925
as Student Bell Ringer at Frolic (uncredited)

Merely Mary Ann
1931
as John Lonsdale

A Trip to Chinatown
1926
as Gayne Wilder

The Rough Riders
1927
as Stewart Van Brunt

Moonlight Sonata
1937
as Eric Molander

Flight to Fame
1938
as Capt. Robert Lawrence

The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
1926
as Joe Hoskins
Falling in Love
1934
as Howard Elliott

High Society Blues
1930
as Eddie Granger

Song of Soho
1930
as Legionnaire

Heartbreak
1931
as John Merrick

Sandy
1926
as Timmy

The Flying Fool
1931
as Ponder
About Charles Farrell
Popular Hollywood leading man of late silents and early talkies. He is best remembered for his teaming with Janet Gaynor in 12 screen romances between 1927 and 1934. He retired from films in the early 1940s, but TV audiences of the 1950s would see him as Gale Storm's widower dad in the popular television series My Little Margie (1952). With 52 credits spanning from 1923 to 1956, Charles Farrell has appeared in 50 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Charles Farrell Movies
- The River (1929) — as Allen John Spender
- Wild Girl (1932) — as Billy, the Stranger
- Hollywood Hobbies (1935) — as Himself
- Forbidden Heaven (1935) — as Mr. Archer / Nibs
- Lucky Star (1929) — as Timothy Osborn
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