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Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986 [1]) was an American actor, best known for his starring role in the Durango Kid westerns. Starrett still holds the record for starring in the longest series of theatrical features: 131 westerns, all produced by Columbia Pictures .
After leaving Republic in June 1944, he became the sidekick to Charles Starrett at Columbia Pictures in the new Durango Kid series. Starrett and Burnette were paired in 56 films, from 1945 to 1952. When Starrett retired, Burnette was still under contract, so Columbia teamed him with Jock Mahoney for a new series of Westerns. A pilot film with ...
The Medico of Painted Springs (also known as Doctor's Alibi [1]) is a 1941 American Western film produced by Columbia Pictures.Based on the novel of the same name by James Lyon Rubel, the film stars Charles Starrett, Terry Walker, Ben Taggart, Wheeler Oakman, and the Simp-Phonies in a cameo appearance.
Riding West is a 1944 American Western film directed by William Berke and starring Charles Starrett. Plot. Steve Jordan (Charles Starrett) is hired by Alexander ...
Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (/ ˈ s t ær ɪ t /; [1] [2] October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974), known as Vincent Starrett, was a Canadian-born American writer, newspaperman, and bibliophile. Biography
The film stars Charles Starrett, Cliff Edwards, Eileen O'Hearn, Stanley Brown, Danny Mummert and David Sharpe. The film was released on July 30, 1941, by Columbia Pictures. [1] [2] [3] It is a sequel to The Medico of Painted Springs, released a month earlier. The third "Medico" film, Prairie Stranger, debuted in September. [4]
When Charles Starrett's contract ran out in the spring of 1952, [3] Columbia decided to replace him with Mahoney, opposite Starrett's sidekick Smiley Burnette. The first film was completed but never released; Columbia abandoned the series in June 1952, [4] bringing an end to its long history of B-Western production.
The Blazing Trail, known in the United Kingdom as The Forged Will, [2] is a 1949 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Charles Starrett. This was the thirty-eighth of 65 films in the Durango Kid series.