Charles Starrett
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.
Filmography (167 Appearances)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
The Kid from Broken Gun
Junction City
The Rough, Tough West
Laramie Mountains
The Hawk of Wild River
Smoky Canyon
Pecos River
The Kid from Amarillo
Cyclone Fury
Bonanza Town
Snake River Desperadoes
Fort Savage Raiders
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
Prairie Roundup
Frontier Outpost
Lightning Guns
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
Across the Badlands
Streets of Ghost Town
Texas Dynamo
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Trail of the Rustlers
Renegades of the Sage
Horsemen of the Sierras
Bandits of El Dorado
South of Death Valley
The Blazing Trail
Laramie
Desert Vigilante
Challenge of the Range
Quick on the Trigger
El Dorado Pass
Trail to Laredo
Blazing Across the Pecos
Whirlwind Raiders
West of Sonora
Phantom Valley
Six-Gun Law
Last Days of Boot Hill
Buckaroo from Powder River
Riders of the Lone Star
The Stranger From Ponca City
Prairie Raiders
Law of the Canyon
West of Dodge City
The Lone Hand Texan
South of the Chisholm Trail
The Fighting Frontiersman
Terror Trail
Landrush
Heading West
The Desert Horseman
Two-Fisted Stranger
Galloping Thunder
Gunning for Vengeance
Roaring Rangers
Frontier Gunlaw
Texas Panhandle
Lawless Empire
Outlaws of the Rockies
Blazing the Western Trail
Rustlers of the Badlands
Both Barrels Blazing
The Return of the Durango Kid
Rough Ridin' Justice
Sagebrush Heroes
Saddle Leather Law
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
Cowboy from Lonesome River
Riding West
Sundown Valley
Cowboy Canteen
Cowboy in the Clouds
Hail to the Rangers
Robin Hood of the Range
Frontier Fury
Law of the Northwest
The Fighting Buckaroo
Pardon My Gun
Riding Through Nevada
Overland to Deadwood
Bad Men of the Hills
Riders of the Northland
Down Rio Grande Way
Lawless Plainsmen
West of Tombstone
Riders of the Badlands
The Royal Mounted Patrol
Prairie Stranger
Thunder Over the Prairie
The Medico of Painted Springs
Outlaws of the Panhandle
The Pinto Kid
Thundering Frontier
West of Abilene
The Durango Kid
Texas Stagecoach
Blazing Six Shooters
Bullets for Rustlers
Two-Fisted Rangers
The Stranger from Texas
Riders of Black River
Outpost of the Mounties
The Man from Sundown
Western Caravans
Spoilers of the Range
North of the Yukon
Texas Stampede
The Thundering West
Rio Grande
West of the Santa Fe
Colorado Trail
South of Arizona
West of Cheyenne
Law of the Plains
Call of the Rockies
Start Cheering
Cattle Raiders
Outlaws of the Prairie
The Old Wyoming Trail
One Man Justice
Two-Fisted Sheriff
Two Gun Law
Trapped
Westbound Mail
Dodge City Trail
Stampede
The Cowboy Star
Along Came Love
Code of the Range
Secret Patrol
The Mysterious Avenger
So Red the Rose
Gallant Defender
Make a Million
What Price Crime
One in a Million
One New York Night
A Shot in the Dark
The Silver Streak
Sons of Steel
Undercover Men
Gentlemen Are Born
Desirable
Call It Luck
Green Eyes
This Man Is Mine
Three on a Honeymoon
Stolen Sweets
Murder on the Campus
Mr. Skitch
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
The Return of Casey Jones
Our Betters
Jungle Bride
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Lady and Gent
Sky Bride
Touchdown!
The Age for Love
Silence
The Viking
Damaged Love
The Royal Family of Broadway
Fast and Loose
The Quarterback