Charles Starrett
Birthday: 1903-03-28 | Place of Birth: Athol, Massachusetts, USAFrom 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
Acting
Role
as Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
as Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
as Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
as Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid
as Steve Lawton / Durango Kid
as Steve Woods / The Durango Kid
as Steve Roper / The Durango Kid
as Steve Ellison aka The Durango Kid
as Steve Lanning / The Durango Kid
as The Durango Kid
as Steve Mason / The Durango Kid
as Steve Godfrey / The Durango Kid
as Kip Allen / The Durango Kid
as Steve Bradley
as Steve Prescott
as Dr. Steven Monroe / The Medico
as Steve Langdon / Mac Collins
as Jeff Douglas
as Jim Filmore
as Tom Garfield
as Thad Lawson
as Dart Collins
as Larry Carson
as Steve Braddock
as Johnny Flagg
as Kenneth 'Ken' Harris
as Jud McCrae
as Michael Tracy
as Russell
as Stephen Hornblow
