Charles Starrett
Born
March 28, 1903
Died
March 22, 1986 (82 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Athol, Massachusetts, USA
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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. 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.
Known For
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
1976
The Kid from Broken Gun
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
1952
Junction City
Steve Rollins / Durango Kid
1952
The Rough, Tough West
Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
1952
Laramie Mountains
Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
1952
The Hawk of Wild River
Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
1952
Smoky Canyon
Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent
1952
Pecos River
Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid
1951
The Kid from Amarillo
Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid
1951
Cyclone Fury
The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds
1951
Bonanza Town
Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid
1951
Snake River Desperadoes
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
1951
Fort Savage Raiders
Steve Drake / The Durango Kid
1951
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid
1951
Prairie Roundup
Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
1951
Frontier Outpost
Steve Lawton / Durango Kid
1950
Lightning Guns
Steve Brandon / Durango Kid
1950
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
Steve Blake / Durango Kid
1950
Across the Badlands
Steve Ransom / Durango Kid
1950
Streets of Ghost Town
Steve Woods / The Durango Kid
1950
Texas Dynamo
Steve Drake / Durango Kid
1950
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Steve Norman / Durango Kid
1950
Trail of the Rustlers
Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid
1950
Renegades of the Sage
Steve Duncan / Durango Kid
1949
Horsemen of the Sierras
Steve Saunders / Durango Kid
1949
Bandits of El Dorado
Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
1949
South of Death Valley
Steve Downey aka The Durango Kid
1949
The Blazing Trail
Steve Allen / The Durango Kid
1949
Laramie
Steve Holden / Durango Kid
1949
Desert Vigilante
Steve Wood - The Durango Kid
1949
Challenge of the Range
Steve Roper / The Durango Kid
1949
Quick on the Trigger
Sheriff Steve Warren / Durango Kid
1948
El Dorado Pass
The Durango Kid
1948
Trail to Laredo
Steve Ellison aka The Durango Kid
1948
Blazing Across the Pecos
The Durango Kid
1948
Whirlwind Raiders
Steve Lanning / The Durango Kid
1948
West of Sonora
Steve Rollins / The Durango Kid
1948
Phantom Valley
Steve Collins/The Durango Kid
1948
Six-Gun Law
Steve Norris / The Durango Kid
1948
Last Days of Boot Hill
Steve Waring / The Durango Kid
1947
Buckaroo from Powder River
Steve Lacey / The Durango Kid
1947
Riders of the Lone Star
Steve Mason / The Durango Kid
1947
The Stranger From Ponca City
Steve Larkin / The Durango Kid
1947
Prairie Raiders
Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid
1947
Law of the Canyon
Steve Langtry / The Durango Kid
1947
West of Dodge City
Steve Ramsey / The Durango Kid
1947
The Lone Hand Texan
Steve Driscoll, The Durango Kid
1947
South of the Chisholm Trail
Steve Haley / The Durango Kid
1947
The Fighting Frontiersman
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
1946
Terror Trail
Steve Haverley / The Durango Kid
1946
Landrush
Steve Harmon / Durango Kid
1946
Heading West
Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
1946
The Desert Horseman
Steve Godfrey / The Durango Kid
1946
Two-Fisted Stranger
Steve Gordon / The Durango Kid
1946
Galloping Thunder
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
1946
Gunning for Vengeance
Steve Landry / The Durango Kid
1946
Roaring Rangers
Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
1946
Frontier Gunlaw
Jim "The Durango Kid" Stewart
1946
Texas Panhandle
Steve Buckner / The Durango Kid
1945
Lawless Empire
Steve Ranson / The Durango Kid
1945
Outlaws of the Rockies
Steve Williams / The Durango Kid
1945
Blazing the Western Trail
Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid
1945
Rustlers of the Badlands
Steve Lindsay / The Durango Kid
1945
Both Barrels Blazing
Kip Allen / The Durango Kid
1945
The Return of the Durango Kid
Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid
1945
Rough Ridin' Justice
Steve Holden
1945
Sagebrush Heroes
Steve Randall
1945
Saddle Leather Law
Steve Carlisle
1944
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
Steve Travis
1944
Cowboy from Lonesome River
Steve Randall
1944
Riding West
Steve Jordan
1944
Sundown Valley
Steve Denton
1944
Cowboy Canteen
Steve Bradley
1944
Cowboy in the Clouds
Steve Kendall
1943
Hail to the Rangers
Steve McKay
1943
Robin Hood of the Range
Steve Marlowe
1943
Frontier Fury
Steve Langdon
1943
Law of the Northwest
Steve King
1943
The Fighting Buckaroo
Steve Harrison
1943
Pardon My Gun
Steve Randall
1942
Riding Through Nevada
Steve Lowrey
1942
Overland to Deadwood
Steve Prescott
1942
Bad Men of the Hills
Steve Carlton
1942
Riders of the Northland
Steve Bowie
1942
Down Rio Grande Way
Steve Martin
1942
Lawless Plainsmen
Steve Rideen
1942
West of Tombstone
Marshal Steve Langdon
1942
Riders of the Badlands
Steve Langdon / Mac Collins
1941
The Royal Mounted Patrol
Tom Jeffries
1941
Prairie Stranger
Steven Monroe
1941
Thunder Over the Prairie
Dr. Steven Monroe / The Medico
1941
The Medico of Painted Springs
Dr. Steven Monroe
1941
Outlaws of the Panhandle
Jim Endicott
1941
The Pinto Kid
Jud Calvert
1941
Thundering Frontier
Jim Filmore
1940
West of Abilene
Tom Garfield
1940
The Durango Kid
Bill Lowry
1940
Texas Stagecoach
Larry Kinkaid
1940
Blazing Six Shooters
Jeff Douglas
1940
Bullets for Rustlers
Steve Beaumont
1940
Two-Fisted Rangers
Thad Lawson
1939
The Stranger from Texas
Tom Murdock posing as Tom Morgan
1939
Riders of Black River
Wade Patterson
1939
Outpost of the Mounties
Sergeant Neal Crawford
1939
The Man from Sundown
Larry Whalen
1939
Western Caravans
Sheriff Jim Carson
1939
Spoilers of the Range
Jeff Strong
1939
North of the Yukon
RCMP Sgt. Jim Cameron
1939
Texas Stampede
Tom Randall
1939
The Thundering West
Jim Dale aka Laramie Kid
1939
Rio Grande
Cliff Houston
1938
West of the Santa Fe
Steve Lawlor
1938
Colorado Trail
Grant Bradley
1938
Law of the Plains
Chuck Sanders
1938
Start Cheering
Ted Crosley
1938
Cattle Raiders
1938
Outlaws of the Prairie
Dart Collins
1937
The Old Wyoming Trail
Bob Patterson
1937
Two-Fisted Sheriff
Dick Houston
1937
Two Gun Law
Bob Larson
1937
Dodge City Trail
Steve Braddock
1936
Stampede
Larry Carson
1936
The Cowboy Star
Spencer Yorke
1936
Along Came Love
John Patrick O'Ryan
1936
Secret Patrol
RCMP Cpl. Alan Craig
1936
The Mysterious Avenger
Ranny Maitland / Ranny Morgan
1936
So Red the Rose
George McGehee
1935
Gallant Defender
Johnny Flagg
1935
Make a Million
Professor Reginald Q. Jones
1935
What Price Crime
Allen Grey
1935
One in a Million
Donald Cabot Jr.
1935
One New York Night
George Sheridan
1935
A Shot in the Dark
Kenneth 'Ken' Harris
1935
The Silver Streak
Tom Caldwell
1934
Sons of Steel
Phillip Mason Chadburne
1934
Undercover Men
Constable Robert Hunter
1934
Gentlemen Are Born
Stephen Hornblow
1934
Desirable
Russell
1934
Call It Luck
Stan Russell
1934
Green Eyes
Michael Tracy
1934
This Man Is Mine
Jud McCrae
1934
Three on a Honeymoon
Dick Charlton
1934
Stolen Sweets
Bill Smith
1934
Murder on the Campus
Bill Bartlett
1933
Mr. Skitch
Harvey Denby
1933
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Morley
1933
The Return of Casey Jones
Jim Martin
1933
Our Betters
Fleming Harvey
1933
Jungle Bride
Gordon Wayne
1933
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Terence Granville
1932
Lady and Gent
Ted Streaver
1932
Sky Bride
Jim Carmichael
1932
Touchdown!
Paul Gehring
1931
The Age for Love
Dudley Crome
1931
Silence
Arthur Lawrence
1931
The Viking
Luke Oarum
1931
Damaged Love
Jim Powell
1931
The Royal Family of Broadway
Perry
1930
Fast and Loose
Henry Morgan
1930
The Quarterback
Football Player (uncredited)
1926