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