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
| Birth Location | Athol, Massachusetts, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1903-03-28 |
| Died | 1986-03-22 |
Movies
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
1976
The Kid from Broken Gun
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
1952
Junction City
as Steve Rollins / Durango Kid
1952
The Rough, Tough West
as Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
1952
Laramie Mountains
as Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
1952
The Hawk of Wild River
as Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
1952
Smoky Canyon
as Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent
1952
Pecos River
as Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid
1951
The Kid from Amarillo
as Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid
1951
Cyclone Fury
as The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds
1951
Bonanza Town
as Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid
1951
Snake River Desperadoes
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
1951
Fort Savage Raiders
as Steve Drake / The Durango Kid
1951
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
as Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid
1951
Prairie Roundup
as Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
1951
Frontier Outpost
as Steve Lawton / Durango Kid
1950
Lightning Guns
as Steve Brandon / Durango Kid
1950
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
as Steve Blake / Durango Kid
1950
Across the Badlands
as Steve Ransom / Durango Kid
1950
Streets of Ghost Town
as Steve Woods / The Durango Kid
1950
Texas Dynamo
as Steve Drake / Durango Kid
1950
Outcasts of Black Mesa
as Steve Norman / Durango Kid
1950
Trail of the Rustlers
as Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid
1950
Renegades of the Sage
as Steve Duncan / Durango Kid
1949
Horsemen of the Sierras
as Steve Saunders / Durango Kid
1949
Bandits of El Dorado
as Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
1949
South of Death Valley
as Steve Downey aka The Durango Kid
1949
The Blazing Trail
as Steve Allen / The Durango Kid
1949
Laramie
as Steve Holden / Durango Kid
1949
Desert Vigilante
as Steve Wood - The Durango Kid
1949
Challenge of the Range
as Steve Roper / The Durango Kid
1949
Quick on the Trigger
as Sheriff Steve Warren / Durango Kid
1948
El Dorado Pass
as The Durango Kid
1948
Trail to Laredo
as Steve Ellison aka The Durango Kid
1948
Blazing Across the Pecos
as The Durango Kid
1948
Whirlwind Raiders
as Steve Lanning / The Durango Kid
1948
West of Sonora
as Steve Rollins / The Durango Kid
1948
Phantom Valley
as Steve Collins/The Durango Kid
1948
Six-Gun Law
as Steve Norris / The Durango Kid
1948
Last Days of Boot Hill
as Steve Waring / The Durango Kid
1947
Buckaroo from Powder River
as Steve Lacey / The Durango Kid
1947
Riders of the Lone Star
as Steve Mason / The Durango Kid
1947
The Stranger From Ponca City
as Steve Larkin / The Durango Kid
1947
Prairie Raiders
as Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid
1947
Law of the Canyon
as Steve Langtry / The Durango Kid
1947
West of Dodge City
as Steve Ramsey / The Durango Kid
1947
The Lone Hand Texan
as Steve Driscoll, The Durango Kid
1947
South of the Chisholm Trail
as Steve Haley / The Durango Kid
1947
The Fighting Frontiersman
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
1946
Terror Trail
as Steve Haverley / The Durango Kid
1946
Landrush
as Steve Harmon / Durango Kid
1946
Heading West
as Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
1946
The Desert Horseman
as Steve Godfrey / The Durango Kid
1946
Two-Fisted Stranger
as Steve Gordon / The Durango Kid
1946
Galloping Thunder
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
1946
Gunning for Vengeance
as Steve Landry / The Durango Kid
1946
Roaring Rangers
as Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
1946
Frontier Gunlaw
as Jim "The Durango Kid" Stewart
1946
Texas Panhandle
as Steve Buckner / The Durango Kid
1945
Lawless Empire
as Steve Ranson / The Durango Kid
1945
Outlaws of the Rockies
as Steve Williams / The Durango Kid
1945
Blazing the Western Trail
as Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid
1945
Rustlers of the Badlands
as Steve Lindsay / The Durango Kid
1945
Both Barrels Blazing
as Kip Allen / The Durango Kid
1945
The Return of the Durango Kid
as Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid
1945
Rough Ridin' Justice
as Steve Holden
1945
Sagebrush Heroes
as Steve Randall
1945
Saddle Leather Law
as Steve Carlisle
1944
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
as Steve Travis
1944
Cowboy from Lonesome River
as Steve Randall
1944
Riding West
as Steve Jordan
1944
Sundown Valley
as Steve Denton
1944
Cowboy Canteen
as Steve Bradley
1944
Cowboy in the Clouds
as Steve Kendall
1943
Hail to the Rangers
as Steve McKay
1943
Robin Hood of the Range
as Steve Marlowe
1943
Frontier Fury
as Steve Langdon
1943
Law of the Northwest
as Steve King
1943
The Fighting Buckaroo
as Steve Harrison
1943
Pardon My Gun
as Steve Randall
1942
Riding Through Nevada
as Steve Lowrey
1942
Overland to Deadwood
as Steve Prescott
1942
Bad Men of the Hills
as Steve Carlton
1942
Riders of the Northland
as Steve Bowie
1942
Down Rio Grande Way
as Steve Martin
1942
Lawless Plainsmen
as Steve Rideen
1942
West of Tombstone
as Marshal Steve Langdon
1942
Riders of the Badlands
as Steve Langdon / Mac Collins
1941
The Royal Mounted Patrol
as Tom Jeffries
1941
Prairie Stranger
as Steven Monroe
1941
Thunder Over the Prairie
as Dr. Steven Monroe / The Medico
1941
The Medico of Painted Springs
as Dr. Steven Monroe
1941
Outlaws of the Panhandle
as Jim Endicott
1941
The Pinto Kid
as Jud Calvert
1941
Thundering Frontier
as Jim Filmore
1940
West of Abilene
as Tom Garfield
1940
The Durango Kid
as Bill Lowry
1940
Texas Stagecoach
as Larry Kinkaid
1940
Blazing Six Shooters
as Jeff Douglas
1940
Bullets for Rustlers
as Steve Beaumont
1940
Two-Fisted Rangers
as Thad Lawson
1939
The Stranger from Texas
as Tom Murdock posing as Tom Morgan
1939
Riders of Black River
as Wade Patterson
1939
Outpost of the Mounties
as Sergeant Neal Crawford
1939
The Man from Sundown
as Larry Whalen
1939
Western Caravans
as Sheriff Jim Carson
1939
Spoilers of the Range
as Jeff Strong
1939
North of the Yukon
as RCMP Sgt. Jim Cameron
1939
Texas Stampede
as Tom Randall
1939
Rio Grande
as Cliff Houston
1938
West of the Santa Fe
as Steve Lawlor
1938
Colorado Trail
as Grant Bradley
1938
Start Cheering
as Ted Crosley
1938
Outlaws of the Prairie
as Dart Collins
1937
The Old Wyoming Trail
as Bob Patterson
1937
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Dick Houston
1937
Two Gun Law
as Bob Larson
1937
Dodge City Trail
as Steve Braddock
1936
Stampede
as Larry Carson
1936
The Cowboy Star
as Spencer Yorke
1936
Along Came Love
as John Patrick O'Ryan
1936
Secret Patrol
as RCMP Cpl. Alan Craig
1936
The Mysterious Avenger
as Ranny Maitland / Ranny Morgan
1936
So Red the Rose
as George McGehee
1935
Gallant Defender
as Johnny Flagg
1935
Make a Million
as Professor Reginald Q. Jones
1935
What Price Crime
as Allen Grey
1935
One in a Million
as Donald Cabot Jr.
1935
One New York Night
as George Sheridan
1935
A Shot in the Dark
as Kenneth 'Ken' Harris
1935
The Silver Streak
as Tom Caldwell
1934
Sons of Steel
as Phillip Mason Chadburne
1934
Undercover Men
as Constable Robert Hunter
1934
Gentlemen Are Born
as Stephen Hornblow
1934
Desirable
as Russell
1934
Call It Luck
as Stan Russell
1934
Green Eyes
as Michael Tracy
1934
This Man Is Mine
as Jud McCrae
1934
Three on a Honeymoon
as Dick Charlton
1934
Stolen Sweets
as Bill Smith
1934
Murder on the Campus
as Bill Bartlett
1933
Mr. Skitch
as Harvey Denby
1933
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
as Morley
1933
The Return of Casey Jones
as Jim Martin
1933
Our Betters
as Fleming Harvey
1933
Jungle Bride
as Gordon Wayne
1933
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Terence Granville
1932
Lady and Gent
as Ted Streaver
1932
Sky Bride
as Jim Carmichael
1932
Touchdown!
as Paul Gehring
1931
The Age for Love
as Dudley Crome
1931
Silence
as Arthur Lawrence
1931
The Viking
as Luke Oarum
1931
Damaged Love
as Jim Powell
1931
The Royal Family of Broadway
as Perry
1930
Fast and Loose
as Henry Morgan
1930
The Quarterback
as Football Player (uncredited)
1926
Charles Starrett hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
