Charles Starrett
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 28, 1903
- Died
- March 22, 1986
- Birthplace
- Athol, Massachusetts, USA
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
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch 1976
as (archive footage)
The Kid from Broken Gun 1952
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Junction City 1952
as Steve Rollins / Durango Kid
The Rough, Tough West 1952
as Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
Laramie Mountains 1952
as Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
The Hawk of Wild River 1952
as Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
Smoky Canyon 1952
as Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent
Pecos River 1951
as Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid
The Kid from Amarillo 1951
as Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid
Cyclone Fury 1951
as The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds
Bonanza Town 1951
as Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid
Snake River Desperadoes 1951
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Fort Savage Raiders 1951
as Steve Drake / The Durango Kid
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail 1951
as Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid
Prairie Roundup 1951
as Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
Frontier Outpost 1950
as Steve Lawton / Durango Kid
Lightning Guns 1950
as Steve Brandon / Durango Kid
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek 1950
as Steve Blake / Durango Kid
Across the Badlands 1950
as Steve Ransom / Durango Kid
Streets of Ghost Town 1950
as Steve Woods / The Durango Kid
Texas Dynamo 1950
as Steve Drake / Durango Kid
Outcast of Black Mesa 1950
as Steve Norman / Durango Kid
Trail of the Rustlers 1950
as Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid
Renegades of the Sage 1949
as Steve Duncan / Durango Kid
Horsemen of the Sierras 1949
as Steve Saunders / Durango Kid
Bandits of El Dorado 1949
as Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
South of Death Valley 1949
as Steve Downey aka The Durango Kid
The Blazing Trail 1949
as Steve Allen / The Durango Kid
Laramie 1949
as Steve Holden / Durango Kid
Desert Vigilante 1949
as Steve Wood - The Durango Kid
Challenge of the Range 1949
as Steve Roper / The Durango Kid
Quick on the Trigger 1948
as Sheriff Steve Warren / Durango Kid
El Dorado Pass 1948
as The Durango Kid
Trail to Laredo 1948
as Steve Ellison aka The Durango Kid
Blazing Across the Pecos 1948
as The Durango Kid
Whirlwind Raiders 1948
as Steve Lanning / The Durango Kid
West of Sonora 1948
as Steve Rollins / The Durango Kid
Phantom Valley 1948
as Steve Collins/The Durango Kid
Six-Gun Law 1948
as Steve Norris / The Durango Kid
Last Days of Boot Hill 1947
as Steve Waring / The Durango Kid
Buckaroo from Powder River 1947
as Steve Lacey / The Durango Kid
Riders of the Lone Star 1947
as Steve Mason / The Durango Kid
The Stranger From Ponca City 1947
as Steve Larkin / The Durango Kid
Prairie Raiders 1947
as Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid
Law of the Canyon 1947
as Steve Langtry / The Durango Kid
West of Dodge City 1947
as Steve Ramsey / The Durango Kid
The Lone Hand Texan 1947
as Steve Driscoll, The Durango Kid
South of the Chisholm Trail 1947
as Steve Haley / The Durango Kid
The Fighting Frontiersman 1946
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Terror Trail 1946
as Steve Haverley / The Durango Kid
Landrush 1946
as Steve Harmon / Durango Kid
Heading West 1946
as Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
The Desert Horseman 1946
as Steve Godfrey / The Durango Kid
Two-Fisted Stranger 1946
as Steve Gordon / The Durango Kid
Galloping Thunder 1946
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Gunning for Vengeance 1946
as Steve Landry / The Durango Kid
Roaring Rangers 1946
as Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
Frontier Gunlaw 1946
as Jim "The Durango Kid" Stewart
Texas Panhandle 1945
as Steve Buckner / The Durango Kid
Lawless Empire 1945
as Steve Ranson / The Durango Kid
Outlaws of the Rockies 1945
as Steve Williams / The Durango Kid
Blazing the Western Trail 1945
as Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid
Rustlers of the Badlands 1945
as Steve Lindsay / The Durango Kid
Both Barrels Blazing 1945
as Kip Allen / The Durango Kid
The Return of the Durango Kid 1945
as Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid
Rough Ridin' Justice 1945
as Steve Holden
Sagebrush Heroes 1945
as Steve Randall
Saddle Leather Law 1944
as Steve Carlisle
Cyclone Prairie Rangers 1944
as Steve Travis
Cowboy from Lonesome River 1944
as Steve Randall
Riding West 1944
as Steve Jordan
Sundown Valley 1944
as Steve Denton
Cowboy Canteen 1944
as Steve Bradley
Cowboy in the Clouds 1943
as Steve Kendall
Hail to the Rangers 1943
as Steve McKay
Robin Hood of the Range 1943
as Steve Marlowe
Frontier Fury 1943
as Steve Langdon
Law of the Northwest 1943
as Steve King
The Fighting Buckaroo 1943
as Steve Harrison
Pardon My Gun 1942
as Steve Randall
Riding Through Nevada 1942
as Steve Lowrey
Overland to Deadwood 1942
as Steve Prescott
Bad Men of the Hills 1942
as Steve Carlton
Riders of the Northland 1942
as Steve Bowie
Down Rio Grande Way 1942
as Steve Martin
Lawless Plainsmen 1942
as Steve Rideen
West of Tombstone 1942
as Marshal Steve Langdon
Riders of the Badlands 1941
as Steve Langdon / Mac Collins
The Royal Mounted Patrol 1941
as Tom Jeffries
Prairie Stranger 1941
as Steven Monroe
Thunder Over the Prairie 1941
as Dr. Steven Monroe / The Medico
The Medico of Painted Springs 1941
as Dr. Steven Monroe
Outlaws of the Panhandle 1941
as Jim Endicott
The Pinto Kid 1941
as Jud Calvert
Thundering Frontier 1940
as Jim Filmore
West of Abilene 1940
as Tom Garfield
The Durango Kid 1940
as Bill Lowry
Texas Stagecoach 1940
as Larry Kinkaid
Blazing Six Shooters 1940
as Jeff Douglas
Bullets for Rustlers 1940
as Steve Beaumont
Two-Fisted Rangers 1939
as Thad Lawson
The Stranger from Texas 1939
as Tom Murdock posing as Tom Morgan
Riders of Black River 1939
as Wade Patterson
Outpost of the Mounties 1939
as Sergeant Neal Crawford
The Man from Sundown 1939
as Larry Whalen
Western Caravans 1939
as Sheriff Jim Carson
Spoilers of the Range 1939
as Jeff Strong
North of the Yukon 1939
as RCMP Sgt. Jim Cameron
Texas Stampede 1939
as Tom Randall
The Thundering West 1939
as Jim Dale aka Laramie Kid
Rio Grande 1938
as Cliff Houston
West of the Santa Fe 1938
as Steve Lawlor
Colorado Trail 1938
as Grant Bradley
South of Arizona 1938
as Clay Travers
West of Cheyenne 1938
as Brad Buckner
Law of the Plains 1938
as Chuck Sanders
Call of the Rockies 1938
as Clint Buckley
Start Cheering 1938
as Ted Crosley
Cattle Raiders 1938
Actor
Outlaws of the Prairie 1937
as Dart Collins
The Old Wyoming Trail 1937
as Bob Patterson
One Man Justice 1937
as Larry Clarke / Ted Crockett
Two-Fisted Sheriff 1937
as Dick Houston
Two Gun Law 1937
as Bob Larson
Trapped 1937
as Ted Haley
Westbound Mail 1937
as Jim 'Skinner' Bradley
Dodge City Trail 1936
as Steve Braddock
Stampede 1936
as Larry Carson
The Cowboy Star 1936
as Spencer Yorke
Along Came Love 1936
as John Patrick O'Ryan
Code of the Range 1936
as Lee Jamison
Secret Patrol 1936
as RCMP Cpl. Alan Craig
The Mysterious Avenger 1936
as Ranny Maitland / Ranny Morgan
So Red the Rose 1935
as George McGehee
Gallant Defender 1935
as Johnny Flagg
Make a Million 1935
as Professor Reginald Q. Jones
What Price Crime 1935
as Allen Grey
One in a Million 1935
as Donald Cabot Jr.
One New York Night 1935
as George Sheridan
A Shot in the Dark 1935
as Kenneth 'Ken' Harris
The Silver Streak 1934
as Tom Caldwell
Sons of Steel 1934
as Phillip Mason Chadburne
Undercover Men 1934
as Robert Hunter
Gentlemen Are Born 1934
as Stephen Hornblow
Desirable 1934
as Russell Gray
- Call It Luck
Call It Luck 1934
as Stan Russell
Green Eyes 1934
as Michael Tracy
This Man Is Mine 1934
as Jud McCrae
Three on a Honeymoon 1934
as Dick Charlton
Stolen Sweets 1934
as Bill Smith
Murder on the Campus 1933
as Bill Bartlett
Mr. Skitch 1933
as Harvey Denby
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi 1933
as Morley
The Return of Casey Jones 1933
as Jim Martin
Our Betters 1933
as Fleming Harvey
Jungle Bride 1933
as Gordon Wayne
The Mask of Fu Manchu 1932
as Terence Granville
Lady and Gent 1932
as Ted Streaver
Sky Bride 1932
as Jim Carmichael
Touchdown! 1931
as Paul Gehring
The Age for Love 1931
as Dudley Crome
Silence 1931
as Arthur Lawrence
The Viking 1931
as Luke Oarum
Damaged Love 1931
as Jim Powell
The Royal Family of Broadway 1930
as Perry
Fast and Loose 1930
as Henry Morgan
The Quarterback 1926
as Football Player (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.