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 longestrunning 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 costar Irene Hervey Offscreen he helped organize the Screen Actors Guild
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