Name
Charles Starrett
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1903-03-28
Deathday
1986-03-22 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Athol, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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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
Jungle Bride
(14 Votes)
5.5
Four survivors of a ship wreck are stranded on a deserted island, including a woman and th...
Relase Date : 9 Jan, 1933
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The Mask of Fu Manchu
(88 Votes)
5.392
The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengi...
Relase Date : 4 Nov, 1932
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Our Betters
(15 Votes)
5.4
Soon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has marrie...
Relase Date : 17 Mar, 1933
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The Royal Family of Broadway
(14 Votes)
5.9
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly c...
Relase Date : 22 Dec, 1930
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Lady and Gent
(10 Votes)
5.8
Stag Bailey, a slow-witted prizefighter, and his girlfriend, speakeasy hostess Puff Rogers...
Relase Date : 10 Jul, 1932
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Fast and Loose
(11 Votes)
5.318
A wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur a...
Relase Date : 8 Nov, 1930
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1932 The Mask of Fu Manchu as Terence Granville
- 1934 Green Eyes as Michael Tracy
- 1931 The Viking as Luke Oarum
- 1938 Start Cheering as Ted Crosley
- 1950 Streets of Ghost Town as Steve Woods / The Durango Kid
- 1934 Desirable as Russell Gray
- 1945 The Return of the Durango Kid as Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid
- 1934 Undercover Men as Robert Hunter
- 1933 The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi as Morley
- 1933 Jungle Bride as Gordon Wayne
- 1933 The Return of Casey Jones as Jim Martin
- 1933 Murder on the Campus as Bill Bartlett
- 1933 Our Betters as Fleming Harvey
- 1935 What Price Crime as Allen Grey
- 1935 A Shot in the Dark as Kenneth 'Ken' Harris
- 1935 Make a Million as Professor Reginald Q. Jones
- 1935 Gallant Defender as Johnny Flagg
- 1936 Stampede as Larry Carson
- 1936 Along Came Love as John Patrick O'Ryan
- 1932 Lady and Gent as Ted Streaver
- 1934 This Man Is Mine as Jud McCrae
- 1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch as (archive footage)
- 1935 One in a Million as Donald Cabot Jr.
- 1934 The Silver Streak as Tom Caldwell
- 1933 Mr. Skitch as Harvey Denby
- 1935 So Red the Rose as George McGehee
- 1930 Fast and Loose as Henry Morgan
- 1931 The Age for Love as Dudley Crome
- 1934 Stolen Sweets as Bill Smith
- 1934 Sons of Steel as Phillip Mason Chadburne
- 1948 Blazing Across the Pecos as The Durango Kid
- 1949 Challenge of the Range as Steve Roper / The Durango Kid
- 1935 One New York Night as George Sheridan
- 1944 Riding West as Steve Jordan
- 1934 Gentlemen Are Born as Stephen Hornblow
- 1937 Two-Fisted Sheriff as Dick Houston
- 1942 Overland to Deadwood as Steve Prescott
- 1952 The Hawk of Wild River as Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
- 1950 Frontier Outpost as Steve Lawton / Durango Kid
- 1943 Frontier Fury as Steve Langdon
- 1946 Gunning for Vengeance as Steve Landry / The Durango Kid
- 1951 Ridin' the Outlaw Trail as Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid
- 1946 Heading West as Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
- 1952 The Rough, Tough West as Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
- 1951 Pecos River as Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid
- 1936 Dodge City Trail as Steve Braddock
- 1937 Outlaws of the Prairie as Dart Collins
- 1939 The Man from Sundown as Larry Whalen
- 1937 Two Gun Law as Bob Larson
- 1937 The Old Wyoming Trail as Bob Patterson
- 1936 The Mysterious Avenger as Ranny Maitland / Ranny Morgan
- 1944 Saddle Leather Law as Steve Carlisle
- 1944 Sundown Valley as Steve Denton
- 1931 Silence as Arthur Lawrence
- 1948 Trail to Laredo as Steve Ellison aka The Durango Kid
- 1936 The Cowboy Star as Spencer Yorke
- 1940 West of Abilene as Tom Garfield
- 1939 Texas Stampede as Tom Randall
- 1942 Down Rio Grande Way as Steve Martin
- 1940 Thundering Frontier as Jim Filmore
- 1939 Outpost of the Mounties as Sergeant Neal Crawford
- 1940 Bullets for Rustlers as Steve Beaumont
- 1940 Texas Stagecoach as Larry Kinkaid
- 1943 Law of the Northwest as Steve King
- 1942 Pardon My Gun as Steve Randall
- 1951 Prairie Roundup as Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
- 1945 Rough Ridin' Justice as Steve Holden
- 1943 Robin Hood of the Range as Steve Marlowe
- 1945 Both Barrels Blazing as Kip Allen / The Durango Kid
- 1938 West of the Santa Fe as Steve Lawlor
- 1948 West of Sonora as Steve Rollins / The Durango Kid
- 1939 The Stranger from Texas as Tom Murdock posing as Tom Morgan
- 1939 Spoilers of the Range as Jeff Strong
- 1941 Riders of the Badlands as Steve Langdon / Mac Collins
- 1952 Smoky Canyon as Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent
- 1939 Two-Fisted Rangers as Thad Lawson
- 1939 Western Caravans as Sheriff Jim Carson
- 1948 Whirlwind Raiders as Steve Lanning / The Durango Kid
- 1941 Thunder Over the Prairie as Dr. Steven Monroe / The Medico
- 1948 Quick on the Trigger as Sheriff Steve Warren / Durango Kid
- 1941 Prairie Stranger as Steven Monroe
- 1942 Riders of the Northland as Steve Bowie
- 1946 The Desert Horseman as Steve Godfrey / The Durango Kid
- 1940 The Durango Kid as Bill Lowry
- 1948 Phantom Valley as Steve Collins/The Durango Kid
- 1944 Cowboy Canteen as Steve Bradley
- 1946 Two-Fisted Stranger as Steve Gordon / The Durango Kid
- 1947 The Lone Hand Texan as Steve Driscoll, The Durango Kid
- 1946 The Fighting Frontiersman as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
- 1947 Prairie Raiders as Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid
- 1946 Landrush as Steve Harmon / Durango Kid
- 1947 South of the Chisholm Trail as Steve Haley / The Durango Kid
- 1947 Law of the Canyon as Steve Langtry / The Durango Kid
- 1947 West of Dodge City as Steve Ramsey / The Durango Kid
- 1947 The Stranger From Ponca City as Steve Larkin / The Durango Kid
- 1947 Riders of the Lone Star as Steve Mason / The Durango Kid
- 1947 Last Days of Boot Hill as Steve Waring / The Durango Kid
- 1947 Buckaroo from Powder River as Steve Lacey / The Durango Kid
- 1939 North of the Yukon as RCMP Sgt. Jim Cameron
- 1941 The Medico of Painted Springs as Dr. Steven Monroe
- 1949 Desert Vigilante as Steve Wood - The Durango Kid
- 1942 West of Tombstone as Marshal Steve Langdon
- 1949 Laramie as Steve Holden / Durango Kid
- 1949 The Blazing Trail as Steve Allen / The Durango Kid
- 1949 South of Death Valley as Steve Downey aka The Durango Kid
- 1938 Rio Grande as Cliff Houston
- 1949 Bandits of El Dorado as Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
- 1946 Terror Trail as Steve Haverley / The Durango Kid
- 1951 Bonanza Town as Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid
- 1952 The Kid from Broken Gun as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
- 1946 Roaring Rangers as Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
- 1945 Lawless Empire as Steve Ranson / The Durango Kid
- 1945 Texas Panhandle as Steve Buckner / The Durango Kid
- 1945 Blazing the Western Trail as Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid
- 1951 Snake River Desperadoes as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
- 1950 Trail of the Rustlers as Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid
- 1946 Galloping Thunder as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
- 1952 Laramie Mountains as Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
- 1951 Cyclone Fury as The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds
- 1943 The Fighting Buckaroo as Steve Harrison
- 1934 Call It Luck as Stan Russell
- 1930 The Royal Family of Broadway as Perry
- 1940 Blazing Six Shooters as Jeff Douglas
- 1950 Across the Badlands as Steve Ransom / Durango Kid
- 1952 Junction City as Steve Rollins / Durango Kid
- 1951 The Kid from Amarillo as Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid
- 1950 Texas Dynamo as Steve Drake / Durango Kid
- 1951 Fort Savage Raiders as Steve Drake / The Durango Kid
- 1948 El Dorado Pass as The Durango Kid
- 1950 Outcasts of Black Mesa as Steve Norman / Durango Kid
- 1950 Raiders of Tomahawk Creek as Steve Blake / Durango Kid
- 1949 Renegades of the Sage as Steve Duncan / Durango Kid
- 1946 Frontier Gunlaw as Jim "The Durango Kid" Stewart
- 1945 Outlaws of the Rockies as Steve Williams / The Durango Kid
- 1950 Lightning Guns as Steve Brandon / Durango Kid
- 1949 Horsemen of the Sierras as Steve Saunders / Durango Kid
- 1948 Six-Gun Law as Steve Norris / The Durango Kid
- 1945 Rustlers of the Badlands as Steve Lindsay / The Durango Kid
- 1943 Cowboy in the Clouds as Steve Kendall
- 1941 The Pinto Kid as Jud Calvert
- 1942 Bad Men of the Hills as Steve Carlton
- 1942 Riding Through Nevada as Steve Lowrey
- 1941 Outlaws of the Panhandle as Jim Endicott
- 1941 The Royal Mounted Patrol as Tom Jeffries
- 1943 Hail to the Rangers as Steve McKay
- 1942 Lawless Plainsmen as Steve Rideen
- 1944 Cyclone Prairie Rangers as Steve Travis
- 1944 Cowboy from Lonesome River as Steve Randall
- 1945 Sagebrush Heroes as Steve Randall
- 1932 Sky Bride as Jim Carmichael
- 1934 Three on a Honeymoon as Dick Charlton
- 1936 Secret Patrol as RCMP Cpl. Alan Craig
- 1931 Damaged Love as Jim Powell
- 1938 Colorado Trail as Grant Bradley
- 1939 Riders of Black River as Wade Patterson
- 1926 The Quarterback as Football Player (uncredited)
- 1931 Touchdown! as Paul Gehring
- 1938 Cattle Raiders
- 1939 The Thundering West as Jim Dale aka Laramie Kid
- 1938 Law of the Plains as Chuck Sanders
- 1937 Trapped as Ted Haley
- 1937 Westbound Mail as Jim 'Skinner' Bradley
- 1936 Code of the Range as Lee Jamison
- 1938 South of Arizona as Clay Travers
- 1938 West of Cheyenne as Brad Buckner
- 1938 Call of the Rockies as Clint Buckley
- 1937 One Man Justice as Larry Clarke / Ted Crockett
