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Charles Starrett
Actor

Charles Starrett

28 Mar 1903Born
22 Mar 1986Died
82Age at death
167Credits

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.

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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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Filmography

The 80 most recent of 167 credits.

  1. 1976Meanwhile, Back at the RanchFilm: (archive footage)
  2. 1952The Kid from Broken GunFilm: Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
  3. 1952Junction CityFilm: Steve Rollins / Durango Kid
  4. 1952The Rough, Tough WestFilm: Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
  5. 1952Laramie MountainsFilm: Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
  6. 1952The Hawk of Wild RiverFilm: Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
  7. 1952Smoky CanyonFilm: Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent
  8. 1951Pecos RiverFilm: Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid
  9. 1951The Kid from AmarilloFilm: Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid
  10. 1951Cyclone FuryFilm: The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds
  11. 1951Bonanza TownFilm: Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid
  12. 1951Snake River DesperadoesFilm: Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
  13. 1951Fort Savage RaidersFilm: Steve Drake / The Durango Kid
  14. 1951Ridin' the Outlaw TrailFilm: Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid
  15. 1951Prairie RoundupFilm: Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
  16. 1950Frontier OutpostFilm: Steve Lawton / Durango Kid
  17. 1950Lightning GunsFilm: Steve Brandon / Durango Kid
  18. 1950Raiders of Tomahawk CreekFilm: Steve Blake / Durango Kid
  19. 1950Across the BadlandsFilm: Steve Ransom / Durango Kid
  20. 1950Streets of Ghost TownFilm: Steve Woods / The Durango Kid
  21. 1950Texas DynamoFilm: Steve Drake / Durango Kid
  22. 1950Outcasts of Black MesaFilm: Steve Norman / Durango Kid
  23. 1950Trail of the RustlersFilm: Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid
  24. 1949Renegades of the SageFilm: Steve Duncan / Durango Kid
  25. 1949Horsemen of the SierrasFilm: Steve Saunders / Durango Kid
  26. 1949Bandits of El DoradoFilm: Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
  27. 1949South of Death ValleyFilm: Steve Downey aka The Durango Kid
  28. 1949The Blazing TrailFilm: Steve Allen / The Durango Kid
  29. 1949LaramieFilm: Steve Holden / Durango Kid
  30. 1949Desert VigilanteFilm: Steve Wood - The Durango Kid
  31. 1949Challenge of the RangeFilm: Steve Roper / The Durango Kid
  32. 1948Quick on the TriggerFilm: Sheriff Steve Warren / Durango Kid
  33. 1948El Dorado PassFilm: The Durango Kid
  34. 1948Trail to LaredoFilm: Steve Ellison aka The Durango Kid
  35. 1948Blazing Across the PecosFilm: The Durango Kid
  36. 1948Whirlwind RaidersFilm: Steve Lanning / The Durango Kid
  37. 1948West of SonoraFilm: Steve Rollins / The Durango Kid
  38. 1948Phantom ValleyFilm: Steve Collins/The Durango Kid
  39. 1948Six-Gun LawFilm: Steve Norris / The Durango Kid
  40. 1947Last Days of Boot HillFilm: Steve Waring / The Durango Kid
  41. 1947Buckaroo from Powder RiverFilm: Steve Lacey / The Durango Kid
  42. 1947Riders of the Lone StarFilm: Steve Mason / The Durango Kid
  43. 1947The Stranger From Ponca CityFilm: Steve Larkin / The Durango Kid
  44. 1947Prairie RaidersFilm: Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid
  45. 1947Law of the CanyonFilm: Steve Langtry / The Durango Kid
  46. 1947West of Dodge CityFilm: Steve Ramsey / The Durango Kid
  47. 1947The Lone Hand TexanFilm: Steve Driscoll, The Durango Kid
  48. 1947South of the Chisholm TrailFilm: Steve Haley / The Durango Kid
  49. 1946The Fighting FrontiersmanFilm: Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
  50. 1946Terror TrailFilm: Steve Haverley / The Durango Kid
  51. 1946LandrushFilm: Steve Harmon / Durango Kid
  52. 1946Heading WestFilm: Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
  53. 1946The Desert HorsemanFilm: Steve Godfrey / The Durango Kid
  54. 1946Two-Fisted StrangerFilm: Steve Gordon / The Durango Kid
  55. 1946Galloping ThunderFilm: Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
  56. 1946Gunning for VengeanceFilm: Steve Landry / The Durango Kid
  57. 1946Roaring RangersFilm: Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
  58. 1946Frontier GunlawFilm: Jim "The Durango Kid" Stewart
  59. 1945Texas PanhandleFilm: Steve Buckner / The Durango Kid
  60. 1945Lawless EmpireFilm: Steve Ranson / The Durango Kid
  61. 1945Outlaws of the RockiesFilm: Steve Williams / The Durango Kid
  62. 1945Blazing the Western TrailFilm: Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid
  63. 1945Rustlers of the BadlandsFilm: Steve Lindsay / The Durango Kid
  64. 1945Both Barrels BlazingFilm: Kip Allen / The Durango Kid
  65. 1945The Return of the Durango KidFilm: Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid
  66. 1945Rough Ridin' JusticeFilm: Steve Holden
  67. 1945Sagebrush HeroesFilm: Steve Randall
  68. 1944Saddle Leather LawFilm: Steve Carlisle
  69. 1944Cyclone Prairie RangersFilm: Steve Travis
  70. 1944Cowboy from Lonesome RiverFilm: Steve Randall
  71. 1944Riding WestFilm: Steve Jordan
  72. 1944Sundown ValleyFilm: Steve Denton
  73. 1944Cowboy CanteenFilm: Steve Bradley
  74. 1943Cowboy in the CloudsFilm: Steve Kendall
  75. 1943Hail to the RangersFilm: Steve McKay
  76. 1943Robin Hood of the RangeFilm: Steve Marlowe
  77. 1943Frontier FuryFilm: Steve Langdon
  78. 1943Law of the NorthwestFilm: Steve King
  79. 1943The Fighting BuckarooFilm: Steve Harrison
  80. 1942Pardon My GunFilm: Steve Randall

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