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Acting
Birthday:
March 28, 1903
Place of Birth:
Athol, Massachusetts, USA
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Charles Starrett
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) |
| 1952 | The Hawk of Wild River | Steve Martin / The Durango Kid |
| 1952 | The Rough, Tough West | Steve Holden / The Durango Kid |
| 1952 | Smoky Canyon | Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent |
| 1952 | The Kid from Broken Gun | Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid |
| 1952 | Laramie Mountains | Steve Holden / The Durango Kid |
| 1952 | Junction City | Steve Rollins / Durango Kid |
| 1951 | Ridin' the Outlaw Trail | Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid |
| 1951 | Pecos River | Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid |
| 1951 | Prairie Roundup | Steve Carson / The Durango Kid |
| 1951 | Bonanza Town | Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid |
| 1951 | Snake River Desperadoes | Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid |
| 1951 | Cyclone Fury | The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds |
| 1951 | The Kid from Amarillo | Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid |
| 1951 | Fort Savage Raiders | Steve Drake / The Durango Kid |
| 1950 | Streets of Ghost Town | Steve Woods / The Durango Kid |
| 1950 | Frontier Outpost | Steve Lawton / Durango Kid |
| 1950 | Trail of the Rustlers | Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid |
| 1950 | Across the Badlands | Steve Ransom / Durango Kid |
| 1950 | Texas Dynamo | Steve Drake / Durango Kid |
| 1950 | Outcasts of Black Mesa | Steve Norman / Durango Kid |
| 1950 | Raiders of Tomahawk Creek | Steve Blake / Durango Kid |
| 1950 | Lightning Guns | Steve Brandon / Durango Kid |
| 1949 | Challenge of the Range | Steve Roper / The Durango Kid |
| 1949 | Desert Vigilante | Steve Wood - The Durango Kid |
| 1949 | Laramie | Steve Holden / Durango Kid |
| 1949 | The Blazing Trail | Steve Allen / The Durango Kid |
| 1949 | South of Death Valley | Steve Downey aka The Durango Kid |
| 1949 | Bandits of El Dorado | Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid |
| 1949 | Renegades of the Sage | Steve Duncan / Durango Kid |
| 1949 | Horsemen of the Sierras | Steve Saunders / Durango Kid |
| 1948 | Blazing Across the Pecos | The Durango Kid |
| 1948 | Trail to Laredo | Steve Ellison aka The Durango Kid |
| 1948 | West of Sonora | Steve Rollins / The Durango Kid |
| 1948 | Whirlwind Raiders | Steve Lanning / The Durango Kid |
| 1948 | Quick on the Trigger | Sheriff Steve Warren / Durango Kid |
| 1948 | Phantom Valley | Steve Collins/The Durango Kid |
| 1948 | El Dorado Pass | The Durango Kid |
| 1948 | Six-Gun Law | Steve Norris / The Durango Kid |
| 1947 | South of the Chisholm Trail | Steve Haley / The Durango Kid |
| 1947 | The Lone Hand Texan | Steve Driscoll, The Durango Kid |
| 1947 | West of Dodge City | Steve Ramsey / The Durango Kid |
| 1947 | Law of the Canyon | Steve Langtry / The Durango Kid |
| 1947 | Prairie Raiders | Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid |
| 1947 | The Stranger From Ponca City | Steve Larkin / The Durango Kid |
| 1947 | Riders of the Lone Star | Steve Mason / The Durango Kid |
| 1947 | Buckaroo from Powder River | Steve Lacey / The Durango Kid |
| 1947 | Last Days of Boot Hill | Steve Waring / The Durango Kid |
| 1946 | Gunning for Vengeance | Steve Landry / The Durango Kid |
| 1946 | Heading West | Steve Randall / The Durango Kid |
| 1946 | The Desert Horseman | Steve Godfrey / The Durango Kid |
| 1946 | Two-Fisted Stranger | Steve Gordon / The Durango Kid |
| 1946 | Landrush | Steve Harmon / Durango Kid |
| 1946 | The Fighting Frontiersman | Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid |
| 1946 | Terror Trail | Steve Haverley / The Durango Kid |
| 1946 | Roaring Rangers | Steve Randall / The Durango Kid |
| 1946 | Galloping Thunder | Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid |
| 1946 | Frontier Gunlaw | Jim "The Durango Kid" Stewart |
| 1945 | The Return of the Durango Kid | Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid |
| 1945 | Both Barrels Blazing | Kip Allen / The Durango Kid |
| 1945 | Rough Ridin' Justice | Steve Holden |
| 1945 | Blazing the Western Trail | Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid |
| 1945 | Lawless Empire | Steve Ranson / The Durango Kid |
| 1945 | Texas Panhandle | Steve Buckner / The Durango Kid |
| 1945 | Outlaws of the Rockies | Steve Williams / The Durango Kid |
| 1945 | Rustlers of the Badlands | Steve Lindsay / The Durango Kid |
| 1945 | Sagebrush Heroes | Steve Randall |
| 1944 | Riding West | Steve Jordan |
| 1944 | Sundown Valley | Steve Denton |
| 1944 | Saddle Leather Law | Steve Carlisle |
| 1944 | Cowboy Canteen | Steve Bradley |
| 1944 | Cyclone Prairie Rangers | Steve Travis |
| 1944 | Cowboy from Lonesome River | Steve Randall |
| 1943 | Frontier Fury | Steve Langdon |
| 1943 | Law of the Northwest | Steve King |
| 1943 | Robin Hood of the Range | Steve Marlowe |
| 1943 | The Fighting Buckaroo | Steve Harrison |
| 1943 | Cowboy in the Clouds | Steve Kendall |
| 1943 | Hail to the Rangers | Steve McKay |
| 1942 | Overland to Deadwood | Steve Prescott |
| 1942 | Down Rio Grande Way | Steve Martin |
| 1942 | Pardon My Gun | Steve Randall |
| 1942 | Riders of the Northland | Steve Bowie |
| 1942 | West of Tombstone | Marshal Steve Langdon |
| 1942 | Bad Men of the Hills | Steve Carlton |
| 1942 | Riding Through Nevada | Steve Lowrey |
| 1942 | Lawless Plainsmen | Steve Rideen |
| 1941 | Riders of the Badlands | Steve Langdon / Mac Collins |
| 1941 | Thunder Over the Prairie | Dr. Steven Monroe / The Medico |
| 1941 | Prairie Stranger | Steven Monroe |
| 1941 | The Medico of Painted Springs | Dr. Steven Monroe |
| 1941 | The Pinto Kid | Jud Calvert |
| 1941 | Outlaws of the Panhandle | Jim Endicott |
| 1941 | The Royal Mounted Patrol | Tom Jeffries |
| 1940 | Thundering Frontier | Jim Filmore |
| 1940 | West of Abilene | Tom Garfield |
| 1940 | Bullets for Rustlers | Steve Beaumont |
| 1940 | Texas Stagecoach | Larry Kinkaid |
| 1940 | The Durango Kid | Bill Lowry |
| 1940 | Blazing Six Shooters | Jeff Douglas |
| 1939 | The Man from Sundown | Larry Whalen |
| 1939 | Outpost of the Mounties | Sergeant Neal Crawford |
| 1939 | Texas Stampede | Tom Randall |
| 1939 | The Stranger from Texas | Tom Murdock posing as Tom Morgan |
| 1939 | Spoilers of the Range | Jeff Strong |
| 1939 | Two-Fisted Rangers | Thad Lawson |
| 1939 | Western Caravans | Sheriff Jim Carson |
| 1939 | North of the Yukon | RCMP Sgt. Jim Cameron |
| 1939 | Riders of Black River | Wade Patterson |
| 1939 | The Thundering West | Jim Dale aka Laramie Kid |
| 1938 | Start Cheering | Ted Crosley |
| 1938 | West of the Santa Fe | Steve Lawlor |
| 1938 | Rio Grande | Cliff Houston |
| 1938 | Colorado Trail | Grant Bradley |
| 1938 | Cattle Raiders | |
| 1938 | Law of the Plains | Chuck Sanders |
| 1937 | Two-Fisted Sheriff | Dick Houston |
| 1937 | Outlaws of the Prairie | Dart Collins |
| 1937 | Two Gun Law | Bob Larson |
| 1937 | The Old Wyoming Trail | Bob Patterson |
| 1936 | Stampede | Larry Carson |
| 1936 | Along Came Love | John Patrick O'Ryan |
| 1936 | Dodge City Trail | Steve Braddock |
| 1936 | The Mysterious Avenger | Ranny Maitland / Ranny Morgan |
| 1936 | The Cowboy Star | Spencer Yorke |
| 1936 | Secret Patrol | RCMP Cpl. Alan Craig |
| 1935 | What Price Crime | Allen Grey |
| 1935 | A Shot in the Dark | Kenneth 'Ken' Harris |
| 1935 | Make a Million | Professor Reginald Q. Jones |
| 1935 | Gallant Defender | Johnny Flagg |
| 1935 | One in a Million | Donald Cabot Jr. |
| 1935 | So Red the Rose | George McGehee |
| 1935 | One New York Night | George Sheridan |
| 1934 | Green Eyes | Michael Tracy |
| 1934 | Desirable | Russell |
| 1934 | Undercover Men | Constable Robert Hunter |
| 1934 | This Man Is Mine | Jud McCrae |
| 1934 | The Silver Streak | Tom Caldwell |
| 1934 | Stolen Sweets | Bill Smith |
| 1934 | Sons of Steel | Phillip Mason Chadburne |
| 1934 | Gentlemen Are Born | Stephen Hornblow |
| 1934 | Call It Luck | Stan Russell |
| 1934 | Three on a Honeymoon | Dick Charlton |
| 1933 | The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi | Morley |
| 1933 | The Return of Casey Jones | Jim Martin |
| 1933 | Jungle Bride | Gordon Wayne |
| 1933 | Murder on the Campus | Bill Bartlett |
| 1933 | Our Betters | Fleming Harvey |
| 1933 | Mr. Skitch | Harvey Denby |
| 1932 | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Terence Granville |
| 1932 | Lady and Gent | Ted Streaver |
| 1932 | Sky Bride | Jim Carmichael |
| 1931 | The Viking | Luke Oarum |
| 1931 | The Age for Love | Dudley Crome |
| 1931 | Silence | Arthur Lawrence |
| 1931 | Damaged Love | Jim Powell |
| 1931 | Touchdown! | Paul Gehring |
| 1930 | Fast and Loose | Henry Morgan |
| 1930 | The Royal Family of Broadway | Perry |
| 1926 | The Quarterback | Football Player (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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