Charles Starrett
Acting
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.
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Movies (167)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch1976(archive footage)
The Kid from Broken Gun1952Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Junction City1952Steve Rollins / Durango Kid
The Rough, Tough West1952Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
Laramie Mountains1952Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
The Hawk of Wild River1952Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
Smoky Canyon1952Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent
Pecos River1951Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid
The Kid from Amarillo1951Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid
Cyclone Fury1951The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds
Bonanza Town1951Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid
Snake River Desperadoes1951Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Fort Savage Raiders1951Steve Drake / The Durango Kid
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail1951Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid
Prairie Roundup1951Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
Frontier Outpost1950Steve Lawton / Durango Kid
Lightning Guns1950Steve Brandon / Durango Kid
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek1950Steve Blake / Durango Kid
Across the Badlands1950Steve Ransom / Durango Kid
Streets of Ghost Town1950Steve Woods / The Durango Kid
Texas Dynamo1950Steve Drake / Durango Kid
Outcasts of Black Mesa1950Steve Norman / Durango Kid
Trail of the Rustlers1950Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid
Renegades of the Sage1949Steve Duncan / Durango Kid
Horsemen of the Sierras1949Steve Saunders / Durango Kid
Bandits of El Dorado1949Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
South of Death Valley1949Steve Downey aka The Durango Kid
The Blazing Trail1949Steve Allen / The Durango Kid
Laramie1949Steve Holden / Durango Kid
Desert Vigilante1949Steve Wood - The Durango Kid