Charles Starrett
Biography
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.
Known For
Terence Granville
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Michael Tracy
Green Eyes
Luke Oarum
The Viking
Ted Crosley
Start Cheering
Steve Woods / The Durango Kid
Streets of Ghost Town
Russell
Desirable
Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid
The Return of the Durango Kid
Robert Hunter
Undercover Men
Morley
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Gordon Wayne
Jungle Bride
Jim Martin
The Return of Casey Jones
Bill Bartlett
Murder on the Campus
Fleming Harvey
Our Betters
Allen Grey
What Price Crime
Kenneth 'Ken' Harris
A Shot in the Dark
Professor Reginald Q. Jones
Make a Million
Johnny Flagg
Gallant Defender
Larry Carson
Stampede
John Patrick O'Ryan
Along Came Love
Ted Streaver
Lady and Gent
Jud McCrae
This Man Is Mine
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Donald Cabot Jr.
One in a Million
Tom Caldwell
The Silver Streak
Harvey Denby
Mr. Skitch
George McGehee
So Red the Rose
Henry Morgan
Fast and Loose
Dudley Crome
The Age for Love
Bill Smith
Stolen Sweets
Phillip Mason Chadburne
Sons of Steel
The Durango Kid
Blazing Across the Pecos
Steve Roper / The Durango Kid
Challenge of the Range
George Sheridan
One New York Night
Steve Jordan
Riding West
Stephen Hornblow
Gentlemen Are Born
Dick Houston
Two-Fisted Sheriff
Steve Prescott
Overland to Deadwood
Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
The Hawk of Wild River
Steve Lawton / Durango Kid
Frontier Outpost
Steve Langdon
Frontier Fury
Steve Landry / The Durango Kid
Gunning for Vengeance
Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
Heading West
Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
The Rough, Tough West
Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid
Pecos River
Steve Braddock
Dodge City Trail
Dart Collins
Outlaws of the Prairie
Larry Whalen
The Man from Sundown
Bob Larson
Two Gun Law
Bob Patterson
The Old Wyoming Trail
Ranny Maitland / Ranny Morgan
The Mysterious Avenger
Steve Carlisle
Saddle Leather Law
Steve Denton
Sundown Valley
Arthur Lawrence
Silence
Steve Ellison aka The Durango Kid
Trail to Laredo
Spencer Yorke
The Cowboy Star
Tom Garfield
West of Abilene
Tom Randall
Texas Stampede
Steve Martin
Down Rio Grande Way
Jim Filmore
Thundering Frontier
Sergeant Neal Crawford
Outpost of the Mounties
Steve Beaumont
Bullets for Rustlers
Larry Kinkaid
Texas Stagecoach
Steve King
Law of the Northwest
Steve Randall
Pardon My Gun
Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
Prairie Roundup
Steve Holden
Rough Ridin' Justice
Steve Marlowe
Robin Hood of the Range
Kip Allen / The Durango Kid
Both Barrels Blazing
Steve Lawlor
West of the Santa Fe
Steve Rollins / The Durango Kid
West of Sonora
Tom Murdock posing as Tom Morgan
The Stranger from Texas
Jeff Strong
Spoilers of the Range
Steve Langdon / Mac Collins
Riders of the Badlands
Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent
Smoky Canyon
Thad Lawson
Two-Fisted Rangers
Sheriff Jim Carson
Western Caravans
Steve Lanning / The Durango Kid
Whirlwind Raiders
Dr. Steven Monroe / The Medico
Thunder Over the Prairie
Sheriff Steve Warren / Durango Kid
Quick on the Trigger
Steven Monroe
Prairie Stranger
Steve Bowie
Riders of the Northland
Steve Godfrey / The Durango Kid
The Desert Horseman
Bill Lowry
The Durango Kid
Steve Collins/The Durango Kid
Phantom Valley
Steve Bradley
Cowboy Canteen
Steve Gordon / The Durango Kid
Two-Fisted Stranger
Steve Driscoll, The Durango Kid
The Lone Hand Texan
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
The Fighting Frontiersman
Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid
Prairie Raiders
Steve Harmon / Durango Kid
Landrush
Steve Haley / The Durango Kid
South of the Chisholm Trail
Steve Langtry / The Durango Kid
Law of the Canyon
Steve Ramsey / The Durango Kid
West of Dodge City
Steve Larkin / The Durango Kid
The Stranger From Ponca City
Steve Mason / The Durango Kid
Riders of the Lone Star
Steve Waring / The Durango Kid
Last Days of Boot Hill
Steve Lacey / The Durango Kid
Buckaroo from Powder River
RCMP Sgt. Jim Cameron
North of the Yukon
Dr. Steven Monroe
The Medico of Painted Springs
Steve Wood - The Durango Kid
Desert Vigilante
Marshal Steve Langdon
West of Tombstone
Steve Holden / Durango Kid
Laramie
Steve Allen / The Durango Kid
The Blazing Trail
Steve Downey aka The Durango Kid
South of Death Valley
Cliff Houston
Rio Grande
Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
Bandits of El Dorado
Steve Haverley / The Durango Kid
Terror Trail
Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid
Bonanza Town
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
The Kid from Broken Gun
Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
Roaring Rangers
Steve Ranson / The Durango Kid
Lawless Empire
Steve Buckner / The Durango Kid
Texas Panhandle
Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid
Blazing the Western Trail
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Snake River Desperadoes
Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid
Trail of the Rustlers
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Galloping Thunder
Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
Laramie Mountains
The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds
Cyclone Fury
Steve Harrison
The Fighting Buckaroo
Stan Russell
Call It Luck
Perry
The Royal Family of Broadway
Jeff Douglas
Blazing Six Shooters
Steve Ransom / Durango Kid
Across the Badlands
Steve Rollins / Durango Kid
Junction City
Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid
The Kid from Amarillo
Steve Drake / Durango Kid
Texas Dynamo
Steve Drake / The Durango Kid
Fort Savage Raiders
The Durango Kid
El Dorado Pass
Steve Norman / Durango Kid
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Steve Blake / Durango Kid
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
Steve Duncan / Durango Kid
Renegades of the Sage
Jim "The Durango Kid" Stewart
Frontier Gunlaw
Steve Williams / The Durango Kid
Outlaws of the Rockies
Steve Brandon / Durango Kid
Lightning Guns
Steve Saunders / Durango Kid
Horsemen of the Sierras
Steve Norris / The Durango Kid
Six-Gun Law
Steve Lindsay / The Durango Kid
Rustlers of the Badlands
Steve Kendall
Cowboy in the Clouds
Jud Calvert
The Pinto Kid
Steve Carlton
Bad Men of the Hills
Steve Lowrey
Riding Through Nevada
Jim Endicott
Outlaws of the Panhandle
Tom Jeffries
The Royal Mounted Patrol
Steve McKay
Hail to the Rangers
Steve Rideen
Lawless Plainsmen
Steve Travis
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
Steve Randall
Cowboy from Lonesome River
Steve Randall
Sagebrush Heroes
Jim Carmichael
Sky Bride
Dick Charlton
Three on a Honeymoon
RCMP Cpl. Alan Craig
Secret Patrol
Jim Powell
Damaged Love
Grant Bradley
Colorado Trail
Wade Patterson
Riders of Black River
Football Player (uncredited)
The Quarterback
Paul Gehring
Touchdown!
Cattle Raiders
Jim Dale aka Laramie Kid
The Thundering West
Chuck Sanders
Law of the Plains
Ted Haley
Trapped
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
161
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-03-28
Place of Birth
Athol, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Charles Robert Starrett