Charles Starrett
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Charles Starrett was an American actor born in 1903 in Athol, Massachusetts. He became one of the most prolific stars of B-Western films in Hollywood, best known for playing the masked hero known as The Durango Kid across dozens of films for Columbia Pictures beginning in the 1940s. He appeared in well over one hundred films throughout his career, largely within the Western genre. Starrett was a fixture of Saturday matinee programming for American audiences for decades. He is remembered as one of the defining faces of the classic Hollywood B-Western.
Charles Starrett
164 Movies
Charles Starrett was an American actor born in 1903 in Athol, Massachusetts. He became one of the most prolific stars of B-Western films in Hollywood, best known for playing the masked hero known as The Durango Kid across dozens of films for Columbia Pictures beginning in the 1940s. He appeared in well over one hundred films throughout his career, largely within the Western genre. Starrett was a fixture of Saturday matinee programming for American audiences for decades. He is remembered as one of the defining faces of the classic Hollywood B-Western.
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Plays Gordon Wayne
Jungle Bride
1933
Plays Ted Crosley
Start Cheering
1938
Plays Harvey Denby
Mr. Skitch
1933
Plays Terence Granville
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Plays Stephen Hornblow
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
Plays George McGehee
So Red the Rose
1935
Plays Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid
Bonanza Town
1951
Plays Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
Snake River Desperadoes
1951
Plays Perry
The Royal Family of Broadway
1930
Plays Jud McCrae
This Man Is Mine
1934
Plays Russell Gray
Desirable
1934
Plays Robert Hunter
Undercover Men
1934
Plays Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid
Blazing the Western Trail
1945
Plays Larry Whalen
The Man from Sundown
1939
Plays The Durango Kid
Blazing Across the Pecos
1948
Plays Kenneth 'Ken' Harris
A Shot in the Dark
1935
Plays Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
The Kid from Broken Gun
1952
Plays Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
The Hawk of Wild River
1952
Plays Bob Larson
Two Gun Law
1937
Plays Steve Mason / The Durango Kid
Riders of the Lone Star
1947
Plays Fleming Harvey
Our Betters
1933
Plays Morley
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933
Plays Tom Caldwell
The Silver Streak
1934
Plays John Patrick O'Ryan
Along Came Love
1936
Plays Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
Plays Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
The Rough, Tough West
1952
Plays Arthur Lawrence
Silence
1931
Plays Henry Morgan
Fast and Loose
1930
Plays Bill Smith
Stolen Sweets
1934
Plays Ted Streaver
Lady and Gent
1932
Plays Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid
Trail of the Rustlers
1950
Plays Cliff Houston
Rio Grande
1938
Plays Bill Bartlett
Murder on the Campus
1933
Plays Dick Houston
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1937
Plays Allen Grey
What Price Crime
1935
Plays Steve Jordan
Riding West
1944
Plays Donald Cabot Jr.
One in a Million
1935
Plays Steve Holden / Durango Kid
Laramie
1949
Plays Michael Tracy
Green Eyes
1934
Plays Luke Oarum
The Viking
1931
Plays Thad Lawson
Two-Fisted Rangers
1939
Plays Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951
Plays Professor Reginald Q. Jones
Make a Million
1935
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The Kid from Broken Gun
Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
1952
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Junction City
Steve Rollins / Durango Kid
1952
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The Rough, Tough West
Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
1952
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Laramie Mountains
Steve Holden / The Durango Kid
1952
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The Hawk of Wild River
Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
1952
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Smoky Canyon
Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent
1952
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Pecos River
Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid
1951
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The Kid from Amarillo
Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid
1951
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Cyclone Fury
The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds
1951
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Charles Starrett still alive?
Charles Starrett passed away on March 22, 1986 at age 82.
What are the most famous roles of Charles Starrett?
Charles Starrett is best known for roles in The Mask of Fu Manchu, Our Betters, Jungle Bride.
How many movies has Charles Starrett been in?
Over a 60-year career (since 1926), Charles Starrett has appeared in 164 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Charles Starrett's first movie?
The career of Charles Starrett began with The Quarterback (1926).
What is Charles Starrett's most recent movie or series?
Charles Starrett's most recent release is The Kid from Broken Gun, which premiered on August 19, 1952.
Charles Starrett
1903-03-28 · Athol, Massachusetts, USA
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.