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Known credits:
160
Birthday:
1903-03-28
Place of birth:
Athol, Massachusetts, USA
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Charles Starrett

Overview

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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.

Known for

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1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch Actor (archive footage) 58
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1952 The Kid from Broken Gun Actor Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid 59
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1952 Junction City Actor Steve Rollins / Durango Kid 59
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1952 The Rough, Tough West Actor Steve Holden / The Durango Kid 59
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1952 Laramie Mountains Actor Steve Holden / The Durango Kid 59
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1952 The Hawk of Wild River Actor Steve Martin / The Durango Kid 59
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1952 Smoky Canyon Actor Steve "The Durango Kid" Brent 59
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1951 Pecos River Actor Steve Baldwin / The Durango Kid 59
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1951 The Kid from Amarillo Actor Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid N/A
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1951 Cyclone Fury Actor The Durango Kid / Steve Reynolds 58
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1951 Bonanza Town Actor Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid 58
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1951 Snake River Desperadoes Actor Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid 58
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1951 Fort Savage Raiders Actor Steve Drake / The Durango Kid N/A
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1951 Ridin' the Outlaw Trail Actor Steve Forsythe / The Durango Kid N/A
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1951 Prairie Roundup Actor Steve Carson / The Durango Kid N/A
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1950 Frontier Outpost Actor Steve Lawton / Durango Kid N/A
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1950 Lightning Guns Actor Steve Brandon / Durango Kid N/A
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1950 Raiders of Tomahawk Creek Actor Steve Blake / Durango Kid N/A
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1950 Across the Badlands Actor Steve Ransom / Durango Kid N/A
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1950 Streets of Ghost Town Actor Steve Woods / The Durango Kid N/A
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1950 Texas Dynamo Actor Steve Drake / Durango Kid N/A
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1950 Outcasts of Black Mesa Actor Steve Norman / Durango Kid N/A
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1950 Trail of the Rustlers Actor Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid N/A
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1949 Renegades of the Sage Actor Steve Duncan / Durango Kid N/A
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1949 Horsemen of the Sierras Actor Steve Saunders / Durango Kid N/A
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1949 Bandits of El Dorado Actor Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid N/A
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1949 South of Death Valley Actor Steve Downey aka The Durango Kid 58
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1949 The Blazing Trail Actor Steve Allen / The Durango Kid N/A
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1949 Laramie Actor Steve Holden / Durango Kid 58
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1949 Desert Vigilante Actor Steve Wood - The Durango Kid N/A
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1949 Challenge of the Range Actor Steve Roper / The Durango Kid 59
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1948 Quick on the Trigger Actor Sheriff Steve Warren / Durango Kid 59
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1948 El Dorado Pass Actor The Durango Kid N/A
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1948 Trail to Laredo Actor Steve Ellison aka The Durango Kid 59
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1948 Blazing Across the Pecos Actor The Durango Kid 58
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1948 Whirlwind Raiders Actor Steve Lanning / The Durango Kid 59
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1948 West of Sonora Actor Steve Rollins / The Durango Kid 59
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1948 Phantom Valley Actor Steve Collins/The Durango Kid N/A
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1948 Six-Gun Law Actor Steve Norris / The Durango Kid 58
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1947 Last Days of Boot Hill Actor Steve Waring / The Durango Kid N/A
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1947 Buckaroo from Powder River Actor Steve Lacey / The Durango Kid N/A
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1947 Riders of the Lone Star Actor Steve Mason / The Durango Kid 59
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1947 The Stranger From Ponca City Actor Steve Larkin / The Durango Kid 59
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1947 Prairie Raiders Actor Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid 58
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1947 Law of the Canyon Actor Steve Langtry / The Durango Kid N/A
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1947 West of Dodge City Actor Steve Ramsey / The Durango Kid N/A
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1947 The Lone Hand Texan Actor Steve Driscoll, The Durango Kid 58
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1947 South of the Chisholm Trail Actor Steve Haley / The Durango Kid N/A
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1946 The Fighting Frontiersman Actor Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid N/A
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1946 Terror Trail Actor Steve Haverley / The Durango Kid N/A
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1946 Landrush Actor Steve Harmon / Durango Kid N/A
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1946 Heading West Actor Steve Randall / The Durango Kid N/A
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1946 The Desert Horseman Actor Steve Godfrey / The Durango Kid N/A
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1946 Two-Fisted Stranger Actor Steve Gordon / The Durango Kid 58
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1946 Galloping Thunder Actor Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid 58
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1946 Gunning for Vengeance Actor Steve Landry / The Durango Kid 59
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1946 Roaring Rangers Actor Steve Randall / The Durango Kid 58
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1946 Frontier Gunlaw Actor Jim "The Durango Kid" Stewart N/A
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1945 Texas Panhandle Actor Steve Buckner / The Durango Kid 59
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1945 Lawless Empire Actor Steve Ranson / The Durango Kid N/A
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1945 Outlaws of the Rockies Actor Steve Williams / The Durango Kid 58
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1945 Blazing the Western Trail Actor Jeff Waring / The Durango Kid 58
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1945 Rustlers of the Badlands Actor Steve Lindsay / The Durango Kid N/A
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1945 Both Barrels Blazing Actor Kip Allen / The Durango Kid 59
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1945 The Return of the Durango Kid Actor Bill Blayden / The Durango Kid 58
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1945 Rough Ridin' Justice Actor Steve Holden N/A
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1945 Sagebrush Heroes Actor Steve Randall N/A
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1944 Saddle Leather Law Actor Steve Carlisle N/A
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1944 Cyclone Prairie Rangers Actor Steve Travis N/A
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1944 Cowboy from Lonesome River Actor Steve Randall N/A
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1944 Riding West Actor Steve Jordan N/A
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1944 Sundown Valley Actor Steve Denton N/A
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1944 Cowboy Canteen Actor Steve Bradley N/A
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1943 Cowboy in the Clouds Actor Steve Kendall N/A
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1943 Hail to the Rangers Actor Steve McKay N/A
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1943 Robin Hood of the Range Actor Steve Marlowe 59
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1943 Frontier Fury Actor Steve Langdon N/A
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1943 Law of the Northwest Actor Steve King N/A
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1943 The Fighting Buckaroo Actor Steve Harrison N/A
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1942 Pardon My Gun Actor Steve Randall N/A
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1942 Riding Through Nevada Actor Steve Lowrey N/A
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1942 Overland to Deadwood Actor Steve Prescott N/A
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1942 Bad Men of the Hills Actor Steve Carlton 59
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1942 Riders of the Northland Actor Steve Bowie N/A
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1942 Down Rio Grande Way Actor Steve Martin N/A
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1942 Lawless Plainsmen Actor Steve Rideen N/A
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1942 West of Tombstone Actor Marshal Steve Langdon N/A
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1941 Riders of the Badlands Actor Steve Langdon / Mac Collins 59
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1941 The Royal Mounted Patrol Actor Tom Jeffries N/A
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1941 Prairie Stranger Actor Steven Monroe N/A
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1941 Thunder Over the Prairie Actor Dr. Steven Monroe / The Medico N/A
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1941 The Medico of Painted Springs Actor Dr. Steven Monroe N/A
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1941 Outlaws of the Panhandle Actor Jim Endicott 59
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1941 The Pinto Kid Actor Jud Calvert N/A
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1940 Thundering Frontier Actor Jim Filmore N/A
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1940 West of Abilene Actor Tom Garfield N/A
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1940 The Durango Kid Actor Bill Lowry 59
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1940 Texas Stagecoach Actor Larry Kinkaid N/A
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1940 Blazing Six Shooters Actor Jeff Douglas N/A
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1940 Bullets for Rustlers Actor Steve Beaumont N/A
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1939 Two-Fisted Rangers Actor Thad Lawson 59
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1939 The Stranger from Texas Actor Tom Murdock posing as Tom Morgan N/A
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1939 Riders of Black River Actor Wade Patterson N/A
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1939 Outpost of the Mounties Actor Sergeant Neal Crawford N/A
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1939 The Man from Sundown Actor Larry Whalen N/A
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1939 Western Caravans Actor Sheriff Jim Carson N/A
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1939 Spoilers of the Range Actor Jeff Strong N/A
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1939 North of the Yukon Actor RCMP Sgt. Jim Cameron N/A
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1939 Texas Stampede Actor Tom Randall N/A
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1939 The Thundering West Actor Jim Dale aka Laramie Kid N/A
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1938 Rio Grande Actor Cliff Houston 59
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1938 West of the Santa Fe Actor Steve Lawlor N/A
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1938 Colorado Trail Actor Grant Bradley N/A
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1938 Law of the Plains Actor Chuck Sanders N/A
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1938 Start Cheering Actor Ted Crosley 59
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1938 Cattle Raiders Actor 58
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1937 Outlaws of the Prairie Actor Dart Collins 58
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1937 The Old Wyoming Trail Actor Bob Patterson N/A
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1937 Two-Fisted Sheriff Actor Dick Houston 58
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1937 Two Gun Law Actor Bob Larson N/A
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1936 Dodge City Trail Actor Steve Braddock 59
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1936 Stampede Actor Larry Carson N/A
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1936 The Cowboy Star Actor Spencer Yorke N/A
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1936 Along Came Love Actor John Patrick O'Ryan N/A
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1936 Secret Patrol Actor RCMP Cpl. Alan Craig N/A
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1936 The Mysterious Avenger Actor Ranny Maitland / Ranny Morgan N/A
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1935 So Red the Rose Actor George McGehee 58
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1935 Gallant Defender Actor Johnny Flagg N/A
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1935 Make a Million Actor Professor Reginald Q. Jones 59
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1935 What Price Crime Actor Allen Grey 58
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1935 One in a Million Actor Donald Cabot Jr. 59
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1935 One New York Night Actor George Sheridan N/A
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1935 A Shot in the Dark Actor Kenneth 'Ken' Harris 59
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1934 The Silver Streak Actor Tom Caldwell 59
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1934 Sons of Steel Actor Phillip Mason Chadburne 58
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1934 Undercover Men Actor Constable Robert Hunter 58
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1934 Gentlemen Are Born Actor Stephen Hornblow 59
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1934 Desirable Actor Russell 58
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1934 Call It Luck Actor Stan Russell 58
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1934 Green Eyes Actor Michael Tracy 58
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1934 This Man Is Mine Actor Jud McCrae 58
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1934 Three on a Honeymoon Actor Dick Charlton N/A
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1934 Stolen Sweets Actor Bill Smith 58
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1933 Murder on the Campus Actor Bill Bartlett 59
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1933 Mr. Skitch Actor Harvey Denby 59
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1933 The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi Actor Morley 58
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1933 The Return of Casey Jones Actor Jim Martin 58
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1933 Our Betters Actor Fleming Harvey 58
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1933 Jungle Bride Actor Gordon Wayne 58
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1932 The Mask of Fu Manchu Actor Terence Granville 58
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1932 Lady and Gent Actor Ted Streaver 59
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1932 Sky Bride Actor Jim Carmichael N/A
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1931 Touchdown! Actor Paul Gehring N/A
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1931 The Age for Love Actor Dudley Crome N/A
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1931 Silence Actor Arthur Lawrence 59
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1931 The Viking Actor Luke Oarum 59
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1931 Damaged Love Actor Jim Powell N/A
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1930 The Royal Family of Broadway Actor Perry 58
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1930 Fast and Loose Actor Henry Morgan 58
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1926 The Quarterback Actor Football Player (uncredited) 59
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