Charles Starrett
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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.
Acting
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The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Terence Granville
1932
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Jungle Bride
as Gordon Wayne
1933
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The Royal Family of Broadway
as Perry
1930
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Our Betters
as Fleming Harvey
1933
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Fast and Loose
as Henry Morgan
1930
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Lady and Gent
as Ted Streaver
1932
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This Man Is Mine
as Jud McCrae
1934
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The Viking
as Luke Oarum
1931
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Start Cheering
as Ted Crosley
1938
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The Silver Streak
as Tom Caldwell
1934
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Green Eyes
as Michael Tracy
1934
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Murder on the Campus
as Bill Bartlett
1933
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Stolen Sweets
as Bill Smith
1934
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Desirable
as Russell Gray
1934
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The Hawk of Wild River
as Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
1952
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Blazing the Western Trail
as Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid
1945
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What Price Crime
as Allen Grey
1935
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A Shot in the Dark
as Kenneth 'Ken' Harris
1935
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Make a Million
as Professor Reginald Q. Jones
1935
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Blazing Across the Pecos
as The Durango Kid
1948
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Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Dick Houston
1937
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Laramie
as Steve Holden / Durango Kid
1949
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Snake River Desperadoes
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
1951
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The Return of the Durango Kid
as Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid
1945