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.
Acted in 166
1970s
- 1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
1950s
- 1952
The Kid from Broken Gun
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Junction City
Steve Rollins / Durango Kid
The Rough, Tough West
Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
Laramie Mountains
Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
The Hawk of Wild River
Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
Smoky Canyon
Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent
- 1951
Pecos River
Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid
The Kid from Amarillo
Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid
Cyclone Fury
The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds
Snake River Desperadoes
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Fort Savage Raiders
Steve Drake / The Durango Kid
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid
Prairie Roundup
Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
- 1950
Frontier Outpost
Steve Lawton / Durango Kid
Lightning Guns
Steve Brandon / Durango Kid
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
Steve Blake / Durango Kid
Across the Badlands
Steve Ransom / Durango Kid
Streets of Ghost Town
Steve Woods / The Durango Kid
Texas Dynamo
Steve Drake / Durango Kid
Outcast of Black Mesa
Steve Norman / Durango Kid
Trail of the Rustlers
Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid
1940s
- 1949
Renegades of the Sage
Steve Duncan / Durango Kid
Horsemen of the Sierras
Steve Saunders / Durango Kid
Bandits of El Dorado
Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
The Blazing Trail
Steve Allen / The Durango Kid
Laramie
Steve Holden / Durango Kid
Desert Vigilante
Steve Wood - The Durango Kid
Challenge of the Range
Steve Roper / The Durango Kid
- 1948
Quick on the Trigger
Sheriff Steve Warren / Durango Kid
El Dorado Pass
The Durango Kid
Trail to Laredo
Steve Ellison aka The Durango Kid
Blazing Across the Pecos
The Durango Kid
Whirlwind Raiders
Steve Lanning / The Durango Kid
West of Sonora
Steve Rollins / The Durango Kid
Phantom Valley
Steve Collins/The Durango Kid
Six-Gun Law
Steve Norris / The Durango Kid
- 1947
Last Days of Boot Hill
Steve Waring / The Durango Kid
Buckaroo from Powder River
Steve Lacey / The Durango Kid
Riders of the Lone Star
Steve Mason / The Durango Kid
The Stranger From Ponca City
Steve Larkin / The Durango Kid
Prairie Raiders
Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid
Law of the Canyon
Steve Langtry / The Durango Kid
West of Dodge City
Steve Ramsey / The Durango Kid
The Lone Hand Texan
Steve Driscoll, The Durango Kid
South of the Chisholm Trail
Steve Haley / The Durango Kid
- 1946
The Fighting Frontiersman
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Terror Trail
Steve Haverley / The Durango Kid
Landrush
Steve Harmon / Durango Kid
Heading West
Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
The Desert Horseman
Steve Godfrey / The Durango Kid
Two-Fisted Stranger
Steve Gordon / The Durango Kid
Galloping Thunder
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Gunning for Vengeance
Steve Landry / The Durango Kid
Roaring Rangers
Steve Randall / The Durango Kid
Frontier Gunlaw
Jim "The Durango Kid" Stewart
- 1945
Texas Panhandle
Steve Buckner / The Durango Kid
Lawless Empire
Steve Ranson / The Durango Kid
Outlaws of the Rockies
Steve Williams / The Durango Kid
Blazing the Western Trail
Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid
Rustlers of the Badlands
Steve Lindsay / The Durango Kid
Both Barrels Blazing
Kip Allen / The Durango Kid
The Return of the Durango Kid
Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid
Rough Ridin' Justice
Steve Holden
Sagebrush Heroes
Steve Randall
- 1944
Saddle Leather Law
Steve Carlisle
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
Steve Travis
Cowboy from Lonesome River
Steve Randall
Riding West
Steve Jordan
Sundown Valley
Steve Denton
Cowboy Canteen
Steve Bradley
- 1943
Cowboy in the Clouds
Steve Kendall
Hail to the Rangers
Steve McKay
Robin Hood of the Range
Steve Marlowe
Frontier Fury
Steve Langdon
Law of the Northwest
Steve King
The Fighting Buckaroo
Steve Harrison
- 1942
Pardon My Gun
Steve Randall
Riding Through Nevada
Steve Lowrey
Overland to Deadwood
Steve Prescott
Bad Men of the Hills
Steve Carlton
Riders of the Northland
Steve Bowie
Down Rio Grande Way
Steve Martin
Lawless Plainsmen
Steve Rideen
West of Tombstone
Marshal Steve Langdon
- 1941
Riders of the Badlands
Steve Langdon / Mac Collins
The Royal Mounted Patrol
Tom Jeffries
Prairie Stranger
Steven Monroe
Thunder Over the Prairie
Dr. Steven Monroe / The Medico
The Medico of Painted Springs
Dr. Steven Monroe
Outlaws of the Panhandle
Jim Endicott
The Pinto Kid
Jud Calvert
- 1940
Thundering Frontier
Jim Filmore
West of Abilene
Tom Garfield
The Durango Kid
Bill Lowry
Texas Stagecoach
Larry Kinkaid
Blazing Six Shooters
Jeff Douglas
Bullets for Rustlers
Steve Beaumont
1930s
- 1939
Two-Fisted Rangers
Thad Lawson
The Stranger from Texas
Tom Murdock posing as Tom Morgan
Riders of Black River
Wade Patterson
Outpost of the Mounties
Sergeant Neal Crawford
The Man from Sundown
Larry Whalen
Western Caravans
Sheriff Jim Carson
Spoilers of the Range
Jeff Strong
North of the Yukon
RCMP Sgt. Jim Cameron
Texas Stampede
Tom Randall
The Thundering West
Jim Dale aka Laramie Kid
- 1938
Rio Grande
Cliff Houston
West of the Santa Fe
Steve Lawlor
Colorado Trail
Grant Bradley
South of Arizona
Clay Travers
West of Cheyenne
Brad Buckner
Law of the Plains
Chuck Sanders
Call of the Rockies
Clint Buckley
Cattle Raiders
Movie
- 1937
Outlaws of the Prairie
Dart Collins
The Old Wyoming Trail
Bob Patterson
One Man Justice
Larry Clarke / Ted Crockett
Two-Fisted Sheriff
Dick Houston
Two Gun Law
Bob Larson
Trapped
Ted Haley
Westbound Mail
Jim 'Skinner' Bradley
- 1936
Dodge City Trail
Steve Braddock
Stampede
Larry Carson
The Cowboy Star
Spencer Yorke
Along Came Love
John Patrick O'Ryan
Code of the Range
Lee Jamison
Secret Patrol
RCMP Cpl. Alan Craig
The Mysterious Avenger
Ranny Maitland / Ranny Morgan
- 1935
Gallant Defender
Johnny Flagg
Make a Million
Professor Reginald Q. Jones
What Price Crime
Allen Grey
One in a Million
Donald Cabot Jr.
One New York Night
George Sheridan
A Shot in the Dark
Kenneth 'Ken' Harris
- 1934
The Silver Streak
Tom Caldwell
Sons of Steel
Phillip Mason Chadburne
Undercover Men
Robert Hunter
Gentlemen Are Born
Stephen Hornblow
Desirable
Russell Gray
Green Eyes
Michael Tracy
This Man Is Mine
Jud McCrae
Three on a Honeymoon
Dick Charlton
Stolen Sweets
Bill Smith
- 1933
Murder on the Campus
Bill Bartlett
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Morley
The Return of Casey Jones
Jim Martin
Our Betters
Fleming Harvey
- 1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Terence Granville
Lady and Gent
Ted Streaver
Sky Bride
Jim Carmichael
- 1931
Touchdown!
Paul Gehring
The Age for Love
Dudley Crome
Silence
Arthur Lawrence
Damaged Love
Jim Powell
- 1930
The Royal Family of Broadway
Perry
Fast and Loose
Henry Morgan
1920s
- 1926
The Quarterback
Football Player (uncredited)