Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 â€" 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).Starrett was born in
Athol, Massachusetts, where his grandfather had built a prosperous
tool works. He attended Worcester Academy, then graduated from
Dartmouth College.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 his first movie, Fast and Loose (1930),
which also featured Miriam Hopkins, and Carole Lombard, in support of
top billed star, Frank Morgan . He starred in the Canadian production
The Viking (1931), filmed on location in Newfoundland, which had begun
as a Paramount Pictures project.
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).Starrett was born in
Athol, Massachusetts, where his grandfather had built a prosperous
tool works. He attended Worcester Academy, then graduated from
Dartmouth College.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 his first movie, Fast and Loose (1930),
which also featured Miriam Hopkins, and Carole Lombard, in support of
top billed star, Frank Morgan . He starred in the Canadian production
The Viking (1931), filmed on location in Newfoundland, which had begun
as a Paramount Pictures project.
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