Charles Starrett
Known For
Acting
Born
1903-03-28 in Athol, Massachusetts, USA
Died
1986-03-22
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.
Most Known For
Undercover Men
as Robert Hunter
Bonanza Town
as Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid
Mr. Skitch
as Harvey Denby
So Red the Rose
as George McGehee
Jungle Bride
as Gordon Wayne
Lady and Gent
as Ted Streaver
Start Cheering
as Ted Crosley
West of Abilene
as Tom Garfield
Call It Luck
as Stan Russell
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Terence Granville
Riders of Black River
as Wade Patterson
The Hawk of Wild River
as Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
Down Rio Grande Way
as Steve Martin
Our Betters
as Fleming Harvey
A Shot in the Dark
as Kenneth 'Ken' Harris
Desirable
as Russell
The Silver Streak
as Tom Caldwell
Two-Fisted Rangers
as Thad Lawson
Overland to Deadwood
as Steve Prescott
Fast and Loose
as Henry Morgan