Charles Starrett
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.
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Terence GranvilleThe villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis...
Movie pageRenegades of the Sage
as Steve Duncan / Durango KidThe plot finds Steve/Durango attempting to capture ex-Civil War guerilla fighter Miller who may...
Movie pageThe Silver Streak
as Tom CaldwellA high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to...
Movie pageBlazing the Western Trail
as Jeff Waring / The Durango KidStage line owner Brent has his men robbing Halliday stages and when his manager Waring learns of...
Movie pageRobin Hood of the Range
as Steve MarloweInasmuch as western star Charles Starrett gained screen fame as the Robin Hood-like "Durango...
Movie pageCowboy Canteen
as Steve BradleySong and comedy revue, featuring Western talents, along with a theatrical troupe taking their...
Movie pageStart Cheering
as Ted CrosleyAfter retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have...
Movie pageA Shot in the Dark
as Kenneth 'Ken' HarrisAn amateur sleuth solves three murders at his son's New England college.
Movie pageBandits of El Dorado
as Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango KidWanted outlaws have mysteriously disappeared. Ranger Captain Henley and Steve have a plan to...
Movie pageMake a Million
as Professor Reginald Q. JonesA college economics professor's "radical" ideas about capitalism get him fired. When he decides...
Movie pageCowboy in the Clouds
as Steve KendallA rancher who becomes a pilot staunchly defends the newly formed Civil Air Patrol from the...
Movie pageHeading West
as Steve Randall / The Durango KidDakota Indian Agent Steve Reynolds receives a copy of the Bonanza City Nuggett from Jim Mallory...
Movie pageThe Desert Horseman
as Steve Godfrey / The Durango KidThe Durango Kid sets out to clear his name after being falsely accused of a payroll robbery.
Movie pageThe Kid from Amarillo
as Steve Ransom / The Durango KidCharles "Durango" Starrett and his pal Smiley Burnette go after smugglers. Our heroes travel...
Movie pageJunction City
as Steve Rollins / Durango KidDurango, aka Steve Rollins rides into town with saddle pal Smiley Burnette. The boys go to the...
Movie pageMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
Movie pageRiders of the Northland
as Steve BowieIn this western, three Texas Rangers decide to do their part to save the world and join the...
Movie pageThe Man from Sundown
as Larry WhalenThe hero, Texas Ranger Larry Whalen (Charles Starrett), is on the trail of a mysterious outlaw...
Movie pageStreets of Ghost Town
as Steve Woods / The Durango KidThe Durango Kid and his sidekick look for stolen gold with a history.
Movie pageThunder Over the Prairie
as Dr. Steven Monroe / The MedicoAn evil land baron uses the local Indians as laborers and then finds legal methods to cheat them...
Movie pageOutpost of the Mounties
as Sergeant Neal CrawfordIn this adventure, a courageous Canadian Mountie must bring peace an embattled miner and an...
Movie pageMurder on the Campus
as Bill BartlettA popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the...
Movie pageThe Royal Family of Broadway
as PerryJulie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly...
Movie pageThis Man Is Mine
as Jud McCraeThe seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative,...
Movie pageThe Fighting Buckaroo
as Steve HarrisonIn this western, a lonesome cowpoke trots into a town and helps clear his pardner's name. The...
Movie pageOur Betters
as Fleming HarveySoon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her...
Movie pageOutlaws of the Prairie
as Dart CollinsCharles Starrett plays two-fisted frontiersman Dart Collins in this slick Columbia "B" western....
Movie pageRustlers of the Badlands
as Steve Lindsay / The Durango KidThe Durango Kid fights to catch the rustlers who killed an Army officer.
Movie pageSnake River Desperadoes
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango KidStarrett tries to prevent a range war between settlers and the Native Americans. Blue and his...
Movie pageChallenge of the Range
as Steve Roper / The Durango KidCharles Starrett once more dons the mask of mysterious do-gooder "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's...
Movie pageThe Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
as MorleyA campus flirt who has been "pinned" by most of the boys of Sigma Chi fraternity falls for a...
Movie pageHorsemen of the Sierras
as Steve Saunders / Durango KidWhen Robin Grant inherits a valuable range, certain evil interests try their best to kill off...
Movie pagePecos River
as Steve Baldwin / The Durango KidSteve is a Government Agent looking for the gang that stole the U.S. Mail. He goes undercover...
Movie pageOutlaws of the Rockies
as Steve Williams / The Durango KidOutlaws of the Rockies is the fourth of Columbia's revitalized "Durango Kid" series. Charles...
Movie pageFrontier Gunlaw
as Jim "The Durango Kid" StewartJim Stewart comes to Mesa City and buys a ranch from publisher Matt Edwards, who is confined to...
Movie pagePrairie Roundup
as Steve Carson / The Durango KidIn Prairie Roundup, Fred F. Sears' direction brings a welcome jolt of vitality to Columbia's...
Movie pageOutcasts of Black Mesa
as Steve Norman / Durango KidOur Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real...
Movie pageEl Dorado Pass
as The Durango KidCharles Starrett returns as The Durango Kid in Columbia's El Dorado Pass. It all begins when...
Movie pageBoth Barrels Blazing
as Kip Allen / The Durango KidThe outlaw gangs are robbing the railroads and the Rangers cannot follow them when they move to...
Movie pageRiders of Black River
as Wade PattersonFormer Texas Ranger Wade Patterson (Starrett) returns to his home town, only to find that the...
Movie pageSpoilers of the Range
as Jeff StrongHero Jeff Strong (Starrett) comes to the rescue of a group of victimized ranchers. The villains...
Movie pageThe Hawk of Wild River
as Steve Martin / The Durango KidSteve Martin is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized...
Movie pageOverland to Deadwood
as Steve PrescottCash Quinlan, owner of the Hauling Company, is the leader behind a gang of raiders who have been...
Movie pageAcross the Badlands
as Steve Ransom / Durango KidCharles Starrett once more hits the trail as "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Across the...
Movie pageFort Savage Raiders
as Steve Drake / The Durango KidFort Savage Raiders is another entry in Charles Starrett's "Durango Kid" western series....
Movie pageSundown Valley
as Steve DentonIn this wartime western, an evil Nazi and his partner endeavor to sabotage a western gunsight plant.
Movie pageFast and Loose
as Henry MorganA wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur and the...
Movie pageThe Mysterious Avenger
as Ranny Maitland / Ranny MorganTexas Ranger Ranny Maitland's father is feuding with his neighbor Lockhart. Pretending to be on...
Movie pageBlazing Across the Pecos
as The Durango KidThis time the Durango Kid confronts an expert gambler.
Movie pageOne in a Million
as Donald Cabot Jr.A department store clerk, wrongly accused of stealing by her lecherous boss, becomes involved in...
Movie pageWestern Caravans
as Sheriff Jim CarsonA caravan of settlers is arriving and the ranchers intend to keep them out. It looks like a...
Movie pageRiders of the Badlands
as Steve Langdon / Mac CollinsOfficially a Charles Starrett western, Riders of the Badlands divides its running time fairly...
Movie pageOutlaws of the Panhandle
as Jim EndicottOutlaws of the Pandhandle was the last of Charles Starrett's "formula" westerns for Columbia:...
Movie pageGentlemen Are Born
as Stephen HornblowA well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in...
Movie pageGallant Defender
as Johnny FlaggMunro and his gang control the valley and are driving away all nesters. Johnny arrives, and...
Movie pageRiding Through Nevada
as Steve LowreyRiding Through Nevada is a western starring Charles Starrett
Movie pageRough Ridin' Justice
as Steve HoldenSteve Holden and his men successfully raid a wagon train. Among the local ranchers who decide to...
Movie pageStampede
as Larry CarsonA cowboy out to find out who murdered his brother discovers that the killers may not be who he...
Movie pageQuick on the Trigger
as Sheriff Steve Warren / Durango KidQuick on the Trigger was Charles Starrett's second "Durango Kid" picture for 1949. It all begins...
Movie pageMr. Skitch
as Harvey DenbyAfter losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes...
Movie pageRiders of the Lone Star
as Steve Mason / The Durango KidAn outlaw gang is trying to stop the reopening of a mine as they look for the money left there...
Movie pageSix-Gun Law
as Steve Norris / The Durango KidIn this western, an entry in the "Durango Kid" series of westerns, a corrupt, prominent citizen...
Movie pageLawless Plainsmen
as Steve RideenIn this western, a ranch foreman and the bosses son go to a saloon to slake their thirst and...
Movie pageGreen Eyes
as Michael TracyThe owner of a large mansion in the country throws a costume party for some of his friends....
Movie pageThe Rough, Tough West
as Steve Holden / The Durango KidCharles Starrett returns as the Durango Kid in Columbia's Rough, Tough, West. For most of the...
Movie pageThree on a Honeymoon
as Dick CharltonThis romantic comedy takes place on an ocean liner. One of the few unattached passengers is...
Movie pagePardon My Gun
as Steve RandallIn this western, a rancher is ambushed, killed, and robbed, but for some reason the killers...
Movie pageSecret Patrol
as RCMP Cpl. Alan CraigRCMP Alan Barclay is sent to investigate the presumed murder of his friend and fellow RCMP Gene...
Movie pageLaw of the Canyon
as Steve Langtry / The Durango KidFreight wagons are being stolen and ransomed back to their owners. Government agent Steve...
Movie pageSky Bride
as Jim CarmichaelBarnstorming pilots Speed Condon, Bill Adams, and Eddie Smith travel the country with their...
Movie pageTexas Stagecoach
as Larry KinkaidThe Kinkaids and the Harpers both run stage lines and are friendly competitors. Appleby is after...
Movie pageRaiders of Tomahawk Creek
as Steve Blake / Durango KidCharles Starrett, aka "The Durango Kid", is back in Raiders of Tomahawk Creek. Starrett plays...
Movie pageSmoky Canyon
as Steve "The Durango Kid" BrentMahoney is a sheep man who's framed for the murder of a rancher. It's all part of a scheme by a...
Movie pageCyclone Prairie Rangers
as Steve TravisIt's World War 2 and saboteurs are out to destroy the ranchers food crop. Steve Travis and...
Movie pageLaw of the Northwest
as Steve KingBriefly switching gears in 1942 and 1943, western star Charles Starrett made a handful of...
Movie pagePhantom Valley
as Steve Collins/The Durango KidThe Durango Kid, along with assistance from sidekick Smiley Burnett, investigates a pair of...
Movie pageThe Age for Love
as Dudley CromeA comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her...
Movie pageBuckaroo from Powder River
as Steve Lacey / The Durango KidSteve arrives looking for the person printing counterfeit bonds. He finds his man in Pop Ryland...
Movie pageLady and Gent
as Ted StreaverStag Bailey, a slow-witted prizefighter, and his girlfriend, speakeasy hostess Puff Rogers, take...
Movie pageBad Men of the Hills
as Steve CarltonU.S. Marshal Dave Upjohn arrives in Sundown to investigate reports of lawlessness.
Movie pageDesirable
as RussellA man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
Movie pageDodge City Trail
as Steve BraddockWith the increasing popularity of Republic's sagebrush crooner Gene Autry, rival company...
Movie pageJungle Bride
as Gordon WayneFour survivors of a ship wreck are stranded on a deserted island, including a woman and the man...
Movie pageHail to the Rangers
as Steve McKayIn this western, fake settlers make themselves at home on an ex-ranger's ranch and drive him...
Movie pageWest of Sonora
as Steve Rollins / The Durango KidWestern star Charles Starrett was amazing; he kept making the same film over and over, but...
Movie pageWhat Price Crime
as Allen GreyThieves break into a warehouse that stores guns, steal them and kill the night watchman. An...
Movie pageTrail of the Rustlers
as Steve Armitage / The Durango KidCharles Starrett goes up against an entire family of criminals posing as respectable citizens in...
Movie pageThe Durango Kid
as Bill LowryThe Durango Kid is a sort of Robin Hood of the West who helps the lovely Walters (who replaced...
Movie pageTrail to Laredo
as Steve Ellison aka The Durango KidFilmed at the Providencia Ranch (today's Forrest Lawn in Burbank, CA), this typical "Durango...
Movie pageThe Return of the Durango Kid
as Bill Blayden / The Durango KidA masked outlaw steals from bank robbers to help the poor.
Movie pageLawless Empire
as Steve Ranson / The Durango KidIn the lawless town of Dusty Gulch, the Durango Kid comes to the aid of Reverend Harding in his...
Movie pageThe Quarterback
as Football Player (uncredited)Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until...
Movie pageSilence
as Arthur LawrenceA gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain...
Movie pageThe Return of Casey Jones
as Jim MartinJimmy, a young boy, idolizes famed train engineer Casey Jones and is devastated when his hero is...
Movie pageNorth of the Yukon
as RCMP Sgt. Jim CameronIn this North western, a brave Canadian Mountie pursuing a gang of fur thieves finds himself...
Movie pageLightning Guns
as Steve Brandon / Durango KidThe Durango Kid rides again in Lightning Guns. As ever, the masked Durango (alias Steve Brandon)...
Movie pageSouth of Death Valley
as Steve Downey aka The Durango KidWhen Steve Downey arrives to reopen his brother-in-law's gold mine, he finds a war between the...
Movie pageRoaring Rangers
as Steve Randall / The Durango KidWhen Sheriff Jeff Connor of Powder River cannot stop the crime wave, his young son, Larry,...
Movie pageBullets for Rustlers
as Steve BeaumontSteve Beaumont, an operative for the Cattleman's Protective Association, is assigned the...
Movie pageTwo Gun Law
as Bob LarsonHero Bob Larson takes on an impressive triumvirate of villains.
Movie pageSons of Steel
as Phillip Mason ChadburneChadburne Steel is run by two brothers, old men. They each have different plans for their sons....
Movie pageTexas Dynamo
as Steve Drake / Durango KidCharles Starrett plays The Durango Kid in the 1950 Columbia western Texas Dynamo. As a novelty,...
Movie pageThe Medico of Painted Springs
as Dr. Steven MonroeMedico of Painted Springs was the first of western hero Charles Starrett's appearances as...
Movie pageTexas Stampede
as Tom RandallSheep raisers, resentful of old injuries from the cattlemen, bar the way to water when dry...
Movie pageRio Grande
as Cliff HoustonNo relation to the 1950 John Ford classic of the same name, Rio Grande is yet another...
Movie pageWhirlwind Raiders
as Steve Lanning / The Durango KidIt's 1873 and the disbanded Texas Rangers have been replaced by the corrupt Texas State Police....
Movie pageSo Red the Rose
as George McGeheeDuring the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford,...
Movie pageThundering Frontier
as Jim FilmoreAfter a handful of non-formula westerns, Charles Starrett returned to the mixture as before in...
Movie pageFrontier Outpost
as Steve Lawton / Durango KidFederal agent Steve Lawton works undercover with his assistant, Smiley Burnette, to track down...
Movie pageWest of Abilene
as Tom GarfieldFrontiersman Tom Garfield and his pals endeavor to save their land from the clutches of slimy...
Movie pageThe Fighting Frontiersman
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango KidCimarron has found a lost treasure and the outlaw gang knows about it. They have made him a...
Movie pagePrairie Stranger
as Steven MonroeCharles Starrett is once more cast as frontier doctor Steve Monroe in Columbia's Prairie...
Movie pageOne New York Night
as George SheridanFoxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel...
Movie pageCowboy from Lonesome River
as Steve RandallThis western features a singing cowboy, a brave hero, and a bumbling sidekick who band together...
Movie pageThe Stranger from Texas
as Tom Murdock posing as Tom MorganThings get under way when US marshal Tom (Starrett) finds himself in the midst of a range war....
Movie pageBonanza Town
as Steve Ramsay / The Durango KidUsing marked bills, Steve is looking for the supposedly dead Henry Hardison. Coming to Bonanza...
Movie pagePrairie Raiders
as Steve Bolton / The Durango KidGovernment Agent Steve leases land to Masters so he can bring in horses for the Army. Henley has...
Movie pageRiding West
as Steve JordanCharles Starrett stars in the lightning-paced Columbia western Riding West. Somebody is planning...
Movie pageThe Kid from Broken Gun
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango KidCharles Starrett makes his final appearance as The Durango Kid, this time as Steve Reynolds, a...
Movie pageLaramie
as Steve Holden / Durango KidA major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison is...
Movie pageThe Viking
as Luke OarumOriginally called White Thunder, American producer Varick Frissell's 1931 film was inspired by...
Movie pageDown Rio Grande Way
as Steve MartinSlightly more elaborate than most Charles Starrett westerns, Down Rio Grande Way is set in the...
Movie pageFrontier Fury
as Steve LangdonIn this western, a decent Indian agent loses his job and his good name after someone steals the...
Movie pageUndercover Men
as Constable Robert HunterFor showing cowardice during a holdup, bank teller Bob Hunter is fired. He joins the Mounties...
Movie pageSagebrush Heroes
as Steve RandallThis Columbia western starring Charles Starrett finds Steve Randall (Charles Starrett) forming a...
Movie pageThe Old Wyoming Trail
as Bob PattersonIn an effort to compete with Republic's popular songfest Westerns, fours music numbers --...
Movie pageThe Stranger From Ponca City
as Steve Larkin / The Durango KidA saddle-weary Steve Larkin, also the Duranko Kid, rides into Red Mound, a town filled with...
Movie pageWest of the Santa Fe
as Steve LawlorUS marshal Lawlor (Starrett) takes on a gang of cattle rustlers headed by Taylor (Dick Curtis)....
Movie pageBlazing Six Shooters
as Jeff DouglasThe story revolves around a valuable silver deposit, located between two ranches. Villain Lash...
Movie pageTexas Panhandle
as Steve Buckner / The Durango KidSteve Holden, a secret service agent, is suspended when his boss becomes suspicious of his...
Movie pageRidin' the Outlaw Trail
as Steve Forsythe / The Durango KidCharles Starrett plays lawman Steve Forsythe in Ridin' the Outlaw Trail. Somewhere along the...
Movie pageTwo-Fisted Rangers
as Thad LawsonThad Lawson arrives in Oak Valley to avenge the murder of his brother, the local sheriff. He...
Movie pageTerror Trail
as Steve Haverley / The Durango KidThe Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) returns to Ret Butte intending to sell his cattle ranch....
Movie pageThe Cowboy Star
as Spencer YorkeTired of being a cowboy movie star, Yorke quits the movies and buys a ranch so he can be a real...
Movie pageThe Lone Hand Texan
as Steve Driscoll, The Durango KidSteve Driscoll arrives to help a friend who is trying to bring in an oil well. He finds that the...
Movie pageCyclone Fury
as The Durango Kid / Steve ReynoldsA late entry in Columbia's seemingly endless Durango Kid Western series, Cyclone Fury was...
Movie pageWest of Tombstone
as Marshal Steve LangdonIn this western, a community revives the legend of Billy the Kid after robbers attack a stage...
Movie pageThe Blazing Trail
as Steve Allen / The Durango KidOld Mike Brady built Brady Town and was a leader, but a bullet from an unknown assailant has...
Movie pageDesert Vigilante
as Steve Wood - The Durango KidSilver is being smuggled across the border and the secret passage goes through Betty Long's...
Movie pageTouchdown!
as Paul GehringFootball coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs.
Movie pageLaramie Mountains
as Steve Holden / The Durango KidMarkham and his men have found gold on the Indian reservation and are trying to get rid of them...
Movie pageDamaged Love
as Jim PowellDetermined to land Jim as her husband, footloose Nita contrives to get herself pregnant by him....
Movie pageLandrush
as Steve Harmon / Durango KidThe Durango Kid rides again in Columbia's Landrush. As ever, the masked do-gooder, alias Steve...
Movie pageTwo-Fisted Sheriff
as Dick HoustonThis is a remake of Columbia's 1932 "Cornered" that starred Tim McCoy. Bob Pearson saves the...
Movie pageGunning for Vengeance
as Steve Landry / The Durango KidSteve Landry arrives as the new Marshal of a town that is having trouble with outlaws. When an...
Movie pageWest of Dodge City
as Steve Ramsey / The Durango KidCharles Starrett once again dons the disguise of the "Durango Kid" to restore law and order in...
Movie pageSouth of the Chisholm Trail
as Steve Haley / The Durango KidWhen the ranchers of Bearcat are plagued by rustlers, Big Jim Grady offers to buy their herds...
Movie pageTwo-Fisted Stranger
as Steve Gordon / The Durango KidArriving to become the new Deputy, Steve Gordon takes over as Sheriff instead when he finds the...
Movie pageSaddle Leather Law
as Steve CarlisleA posse, hunting the assailant of Denton's Partner, captures Steve Carlisle (Charles Starrett),...
Movie pageThe Pinto Kid
as Jud CalvertPinto Kid was one of Charles Starrett's last "formula" westerns before he permanently assumed...
Movie pageLast Days of Boot Hill
as Steve Waring / The Durango KidTreasury Department Steve Waring, and also, unknown to others, the Durango Kid, comes to Sunset...
Movie pageGalloping Thunder
as Steve Reynolds / The Durango KidThe cattle herds of some Arizona ranchers are being stampeded and stolen, so the Arizona...
Movie pageThe Royal Mounted Patrol
as Tom JeffriesWestern star Charles Starrett makes one of his periodic forays into the Great White North in...
Movie pageCattle Raiders
as uncreditedTom Reynolds returns to find he is wanted for murder, his gun having been found at the scene....
Movie pageColorado Trail
as Grant BradleyIn this western a traveling gun ends up in a small town and rescues an important rancher. Out of...
Movie pageThe Thundering West
as Jim Dale aka Laramie KidOutlaws Dale and Tucson quit Wolf's gang. Just as the two are about to rob the stage, Wolf and...
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