Charles Starrett
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.
Filmography (167 titles)
8.5MovieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage) · 1976
6.0MovieThe Kid from Broken Gun
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid · 1952
7.0MovieJunction City
Steve Rollins / Durango Kid · 1952
7.0MovieThe Rough, Tough West
Steve Holden / The Durango Kid · 1952
6.5MovieLaramie Mountains
Steve Holden / The Durango Kid · 1952
6.1MovieThe Hawk of Wild River
Steve Martin / The Durango Kid · 1952
7.5MovieSmoky Canyon
Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent · 1952
7.0MoviePecos River
Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid · 1951
7.0MovieThe Kid from Amarillo
Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid · 1951
6.0MovieCyclone Fury
The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds · 1951
6.3MovieBonanza Town
Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid · 1951
4.9MovieSnake River Desperadoes
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid · 1951
9.0MovieFort Savage Raiders
Steve Drake / The Durango Kid · 1951
10.0MovieRidin' the Outlaw Trail
Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid · 1951
8.0MoviePrairie Roundup
Steve Carson / The Durango Kid · 1951
7.0MovieFrontier Outpost
Steve Lawton / Durango Kid · 1950
6.5MovieLightning Guns
Steve Brandon / Durango Kid · 1950
9.0MovieRaiders of Tomahawk Creek
Steve Blake / Durango Kid · 1950
7.0MovieAcross the Badlands
Steve Ransom / Durango Kid · 1950
7.0MovieStreets of Ghost Town
Steve Woods / The Durango Kid · 1950
7.0MovieTexas Dynamo
Steve Drake / Durango Kid · 1950
9.0MovieOutcasts of Black Mesa
Steve Norman / Durango Kid · 1950
7.3MovieTrail of the Rustlers
Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid · 1950
9.0MovieRenegades of the Sage
Steve Duncan / Durango Kid · 1949
7.0MovieHorsemen of the Sierras
Steve Saunders / Durango Kid · 1949
10.0MovieBandits of El Dorado
Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid · 1949
7.0MovieSouth of Death Valley
Steve Downey aka The Durango Kid · 1949
5.5MovieThe Blazing Trail
Steve Allen / The Durango Kid · 1949
6.8MovieLaramie
Steve Holden / Durango Kid · 1949
7.0MovieDesert Vigilante
Steve Wood - The Durango Kid · 1949