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  Charles Starrett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Starrett (March 28, 1903 - March 22, 1986) was an American actor best known for his starring role in the Durango Kid Columbia Pictures western series.
A graduate of Worcester Academy in 1922, Starrett went on to study at Dartmouth College.
Starrett died in Borrego Springs, California, six days short of his 83rd birthday.
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 Charles Starrett; shelby county ohio historical society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Charles Starrett was born in Ireland on December 23, 1774.
Charles and Nancy were the parents of three children, Elizabeth, James and Robert.
Starrett died at the age of 54 in Sidney on February 28, 1829.
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 Coming Attraction For 2006 Charles Starrett And Durango
Charles Starrett was born in Athol Mass., and attended Worcester Academy and Dartmouth College.
Charles Starrett quickly caught on as a western star.....Signed by Columbia Pictures to replace Tim McCoy, he turned out 131 action packed films from 1935 to 1952 and enjoyed one of the longest running and most successful careers of the B Western era!
In the 1940's Columbia Pictures introduced Starrett as the mysterious fl clad masked man, "The Durango Kid." Charlie on his white horse "Raider" galloped across the screen relentlessly pursuing outlaws in 64 films portraying one of the most exciting and popular B western heroes of all times.
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 Starrett Homepage
Charles Starrett had a colorful career in pictures which spanned from the late 1920s into the early 1960s.
Born in 1904 in Athol, Massachusetts, Charles was the youngest of nine children.
Charles Starrett held membership card number 10 of the organization, which now numbers over 98,000.
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 Who Owns The West? Mining Claims in America's West
Charles Starrett is one of 92,125 beneficiaries of a 132-year-old federal mining law that gives away precious metals, minerals, and even the title to the land itself for less than $10 an acre.
Charles Starrett gained title to an estimated 213 acres of lands previously owned by the public giving Charles Starrett more total land holdings (claims and patents) than 86.5% of all other mining interests.
Charles Starrett is one of 63,768 beneficiaries of a long-standing federal subsidy called "patenting" that allows mining interests to purchase public land for no more than $5 an acre.
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 Starrett Obituaries
At Rest Haven Hospital, Sidney, BC on 2/7/1968, Mr Charles Wilmer Starrett, Aged 70 yrs, born in Ontario, and a resident of Sidney, BC for the past 3 yrs, late residence, 2482 Rothesay Ave; formerly of Nanaimo and Penticton, BC.
Charles Wilmer Starrett of 2482 Rothesay Ave, Sidney & formerly of Nanaimo & Penticton died in Rest Haven Hospital on Feb 7 at the age of 70.
Mr Starrett who was born in Ontario has been a resident of Sidney for the past 3 yrs.
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 Who Owns The West? Mining Claims in America's West
Charles K Cole is one of 92,125 beneficiaries of a 132-year-old federal mining law that gives away precious metals, minerals, and even the title to the land itself for less than $10 an acre.
Charles K Cole gained title to an estimated 613 acres of lands previously owned by the public giving Charles K Cole more total land holdings (claims and patents) than 94.9% of all other mining interests.
Charles K Cole is one of 63,768 beneficiaries of a long-standing federal subsidy called "patenting" that allows mining interests to purchase public land for no more than $5 an acre.
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 Charles Starrett/Land Donation (Pg 2); shelby county ohio historical society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Starrett’s father wrote him off as a beneficiary, noting that he probably died in Kentucky.
This is the claim of a Starrett researcher of the same name but different branch of the family, Bill Starrett of Indianapolis and formerly of Sidney.
Starrett’s land was chosen for Sidney in 1819 after a short trial seat of justice at Hardin, mainly because the Great Miami River site was more centrally located in the county.
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 Charles Starrett - the Durango Kid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Click HERE for the filmography on Charles Starrett which includes the directors, leading ladies and sidekicks, as well as the films in which he portrayed The Durango Kid.
Altho the Dartmouth College educated Charles Starrett didn't set out to make his mark in screen history as the fl masked Durango Kid of '40s and '50s B-western fame, he became as synonymous with the character as Clayton Moore was with the Lone Ranger and William Boyd was to Hopalong Cassidy.
Starrett recalled, "I was freelancing doing independent pictures from which I had gotten some good training in the business.
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 Charles Starrett - Moviefone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
While on the Darmouth College football team, Charles Starrett was hired for an extra role in a 1926 film titled The Quarterback.
Charles Starrett had been making Westerns for Columbia Pictures since 1935 and was...
Charles Starrett - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Charles Starrett Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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 Charles Starrett : Oldies.com
When her boyfriend, ace reporter Bill Bartlett (Charles Starrett), investigates the murder of frat boy Mal Jennings, Lillian emerges as the chief...
Charles Starrett becomes a one-man army of revenge when his brother is murdered by cattle rustlers.
When tests prove that the boy was dead before being hung, Byron's roommate, Ken Harris (Charles Starrett), and Ken's detective father, Joseph Harris (Robert Warwick), join forces to investigate the death.
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 Charles Starrett at Brian's Drive-In Theater
Before becoming a B-western star, Charles Starrett played a Newfoundland fishing village resident who is left stranded on an Arctic ice floe with a romantic rival.
Cowboy favorite Charles Starrett tries a change of pace, playing an undercover FBI agent who poses as a prizefighter in order to get the goods on crooks swiping weapons from the government.
When a lady ranch owner runs into problems with a fl hat who has his beady eyes on both her and her land, Charles Starrett is called on to help her.
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 Charles Starrett - the Durango Kid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Above from L-to-R are Ethan Laidlaw, Starrett, Forbes Murray, Edward LeSaint, Edmund Cobb and Edward Peil in SPOILERS OF THE RANGE (Columbia, 1939).
A definite plus factor to the early Starrett's was the inclusion of the popular new group, the Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Hugh and Karl Farr and Len Slye --- soon to become Roy Rogers.).
Above, the Sons of the Pioneers at Columbia with Charles Starrett --- from L-to-R are: Karl Farr, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Starrett, Bob Nolan, Pat Brady, and Hugh Farr.
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 Profile on the Durango Kid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Charles Starrett had been making Westerns for Columbia Pictures since 1935 and was consistently listed among Billboard's top ten Western stars.
In this production, Starrett played a dual role: young Bill Lowry, a ranch owner who's father had been murdered; and the masked Pecos gun sharp known as THE DURANGO KID.
In 1945 the studio bowed to the wishes of the public and released "THE RETURN OF THE DURANGO KID." It was decided that Charles Starrett would continue in this role much the same as William Boyd had become HOPALONG CASSIDY.
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 Charles Starrett - the Durango Kid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Even though I was not a Starrett fan, he was such a regular guy that he instantly won you over.
Above, greetings and a wave from Charles Starrett and his wife Mary.
Below, Starrett, his wife Mary and Larry Imber is on the right.
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 Charles Starrett Filmography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Above from L-to-R are Starrett, Iris Meredith and Bob Nolan in SPOILERS OF THE RANGE (1939).
Starrett's sidekicks were: Smiley Burnette (54 films); Bob Nolan (25) (Nolan and Sons of the Pioneers were in more films but Nolan was nominal 2nd lead in this number, and not always as Bob Nolan); and Dub Taylor (14) (in 15 Starretts, but basically Ritter's sidekick in COWBOY CANTEEN).
Number of Starrett starrers where his character name was "Steve": 86.
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 Dodge City Trail | Cast & Crew | MTV Movies
As Starrett himself was no singer, the studio hired Donald Grayson to warble Lonesome River, Out in the Cow Country and Pancho's Widow, all by Ned Washington and Sam H. Stept.
The teacher is foreman Steve Braddock (Starrett), but training is interrupted by the news that the stagecoach has been held up by the Dawson gang and that Marian Phillips (Marion Weldon) is missing.
Saving the girl from her kidnappers, Steve discovers that her father, Kenyon (Russell Hicks) is in cahoots with the gang, Suspecting that the man may be flmailed by Dawson (Al Bridge), Steve infiltrates the gang by impersonating an outlaw.
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 Amazon.com: Blazing Across the Pecos: DVD: Charles Starrett,Patricia Barry,Paul Campbell,Charles C. Wilson,Thomas E. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Starrett played the masked crime-fighter (with an unmasked alter ego, of course) well over 50 times in the 1940s and 50s.
Starrett) and later in the 1950s (with Scott, Ford, and others) Columbia Pictures did justice to the Western movie genre.
There are many far superior Starrett westerns let's hope that Columbia makes a better choice next time.
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 Two Gun Law - Synopsis - Moviefone
Two Gun Law perpetuated the cinematic winning streak established early in 1937 by western star Charles Starrett and director Leon Barsha.
The film is highlighted by a climactic fistfight between Charles Starrett and Dick Curtis, the first of dozens of such on-screen bouts between these two western stalwarts.
Incidentally, at the time Two Gun Law was filmed, Starrett's co-star Peggy Stratford was performing double duty as leading lady in Charley Chase's comedy two-reelers.
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 Stampede - Westerns Classic Movies on DVD (1936) - Alpha Video : Oldies.com
Stampede was the first in a series of Westerns starring Charles Starrett (The Durango Kid) filmed at Columbia's Canadian studios in Victoria, British Columbia and was directed by serial veteran Ford Beebe (Buck Rogers, The Green Hornet).
Charles Starrett takes the lead role in STAMPEDE, a fl-and-white western from 1936 that tells a moving tale of murder and vengeance.
The brother of Larry Carson (Starrett) is murdered as he purchases some horses in an attempt to save his rundown farm.
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 VH1.com : Movies : Spoilers of the Range : Main
Spoilers of the Range looks so much like the Charles Starrett westerns that preceded and f...
Spoilers of the Range looks so much like the Charles Starrett westerns that preceded and followed it that only a close scrutiny would reveal the differences.
Hero Jeff Strong (Starrett) comes to the rescue of a group of victimized ranchers.
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 Charles Starrett Biography, Photos, News for Charles Starrett | TVGuide.com
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 eBay - charles starrett dvd, DVD, HD DVD Blu-ray, VHS items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Charles Starrett DVD In The Rough Tough West
Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden DVD West Of Tombstone
Charles Starrett Western DVD Outlaws of The Prairie
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 Showbiz Cowboys
Columbia Pictures signed him in 1935 to replace top cowboy star, Tim McCoy, who had quit.
Starrett leading lady in 18 films was Iris Meredith.
Starrett's last Western was released in 1952, also Starrett along with 17 other film actors, helped to found the Screen Actors Guild.
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 Movie Info for The Old Wyoming Trail on MSN Movies
No singer, Starrett left the vocalizing to his sidekick Donald Grayson and the popular Sons of the Pioneers.
En route to purchase a herd of cattle, Bob Patterson (Starrett) and his sidekick Sandy (Grayson) get in the way of a scheme to defraud the local ranchers of their possessions.
Like many of the Starrett Westerns, The Old Wyoming Trail was filmed at the Andy Jauregui Ranch at Placerita Canyon, California, Jauregui himself appearing as a member of the posse.
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 Charles Starrett Current Month TV Schedule
Starring Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Patricia Barry, Paul Campbell, Charles C Wilson, Thomas E Jackson, Chief Thundercloud, Jock Mahoney, Jack Ingram, Pat O'Malley.
Starring Smiley Burnette, Charles Starrett, Fred F Sears, Tommy Ivo, Elton Britt, Jay Silverheels.
Starring Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Cliff Edwards, Ilene Brewer, Betty Brewer.
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 Charles Starrett - Railroad - Return of Casey Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Charles Starrett - Railroad - Return of Casey Jones
Starrett's film career lasted from 1926 until 1953.
He is supported in this fine railroad film by Ruth Hall and George "Gabby" Hayes.
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 Murder on the Campus - Charles Starrett - Shirley Grey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Murder on the Campus - Charles Starrett - Shirley Grey
A well made who-done-it featuring Charles Starrett, Shirley Grey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ruth Hall and Dewey Bobinson.
Adopted from the novel "The Campanile Murders" a series of murders leave investigators unable to solve how they were committed.
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 Search for 'Charles Starrett Movies' in - TG Stores
Director: Vernon Keays Starring: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette,...
Director: Fred F. Sears Starring: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette,...
Director: Harry Hoyt, Albert Kelly Starring: Charles Starrett,...
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 Jock Mahoney at Brian's Drive-In Theater
Jock Mahoney worked as a stuntman and Charles Starrett's costar in Starrett's 'Durango Kid' series of films from 1947 until 1952.
This casting made Mahoney the twelfth series Tarzan and was the oldest actor ever first cast as Tarzan, at the age of 42.
The Hawk of Wild River (1952) with Charles Starrett and Clayton Moore
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 Iris Meredith - Cowboy and Serial Heroine
Above from L-to-R are Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith and Bob Nolan in SPOILERS OF THE RANGE (Columbia, 1939).
In the front row are Sons of the Pioneers member Bob Nolan (on the paint hoss), Iris Meredith and Charles Starrett in a lobby card from BLAZING SIX SHOOTERS (1940).
Her last films were a couple of sagebrush adventures for Monogram and PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation).
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