Charles Starrett (1903-1986), the 'educated cowboy' attended to Dartmouth College. While playing football for Dartmouth he was hired as an extra for a role in the The Quarterback (1926). That was all he needed to break into the movies. He played assorted roles for the next few years. Then in 1940 he became the Durango Kid, and went on to star in 64 movies as that alter-ego character. Starrett was one of busiest actors using the Iverson Movie Location Ranch in Chatsworth.
In Durango Kid movies, the main character was usually called "Steve" (the last name changed from movie to movie). The plot was this… "Steve" would change outfits and horses to become the "Durango Kid" (the hero behind the black mask). His horses were named "Bullet" (Steve) and "Raider" (Durango) (photo above).
Starrett was independently wealthy, so he ended his acting career when the Durango Kid series ceased production, and retired at age 48.
Charles Starrett and 'Durango Kid' Santa Susana locations filmography:
Across the Badlands (1950) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) (photo above) Columbia
Bad Men of the Hills (1942) - Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden - Columbia
Bandits of El Dorado (1949) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Blazing Across the Pecos (1948) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Blazing Six Shooters (1940) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Blazing the Western Trail (1945) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Blazing Trail, The (1949) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Bonanza Town (1951) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Both Barrels Blazing (1945) - Charles Starrett (Corriganville) (Iverson Ranch) (photo above) Columbia
Bullets for Rustlers (1940) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Challenge of the Range (1949) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette - Columbia
Cowboy in the Clouds (1943) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Cowboy Star, The (1936) - Charles Starrett (Brandeis Ranch) Columbia
Cyclone Fury (1951) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette - Columbia
Cyclone Prairie Rangers (1944) - Charles Starrett with Dub Taylor - Columbia
Desert Horseman, The (1946) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Desert Vigilante (1949) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Down Rio Grande Way (1942) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Fighting Buckaroo, The (1943) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Fighting Frontiersman, The (1946) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Frontier Outpost (1950) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (photo above) Columbia
Galloping Thunder (1946) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette - Columbia
Gunning for Vengeance (1946) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Hail to the Rangers (1943) - Charles Starrett Columbia
Hawk of Wild River, The (1952) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson) Columbia
Heading West (1946) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette - Columbia
Horsemen of the Sierras (1949) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Kid from Amarillo, The (1951) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Landrush (1946) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Laramie (1949) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch)(Corriganville) Columbia
Laramie Mountains (1952) - Charles Starrett (Corriganville) Columbia
Last Days of Boot Hill (1947) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (photo above) Columbia
Law of the Canyon (1947) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Lawless Empire (1945) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Lawless Plainsmen (1942) - Charles Starrett with Russell Hayden - Columbia
Lightning Guns (1950) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Lone Hand Texan, The (1947) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Corriganville) Columbia
Old Wyoming Trail, The (1937) - Charles Starrett (Brandeis Ranch) Columbia
Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Outlaws of the Rockies (1945) - Charles Starrett with Dub Taylor - Columbia
Overland to Deadwood (1942) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Pardon My Gun (1942) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Pecos River (1951) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Corriganville) Columbia
Phantom Valley (1948) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Pinto Kid, The (1941) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Prairie Raiders (1947) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Corriganville) Columbia
Prairie Roundup (1951) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Quick on the Trigger (1948) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) (photo above) Columbia
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek (1950) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Renegades of the Sage (1949) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Return of the Durango Kid, The (1945) - Charles Starrett (photo above) Columbia
Riders of the Badlands (1941) - Charles Starrett with Russell Hayden (Iverson Ranch) (photo above) Columbia
Riders of the Lone Star (1947) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette - Columbia
Riders of the Northland (1942) - Charles Starrett with Russell Hayden (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Riding Through Nevada (1942) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Roaring Rangers (1946) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) (photo above) Columbia
Rough Ridin' Justice (1945) - Charles Starrett with Dub Taylor - Columbia
Rough, Tough West, The (1952) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Rustlers of the Badlands (1945) - Charles Starrett with Tex Harding and Dub Taylor - Columbia
Saddle Leather Law (1944) - Charles Starrett with Dub Taylor - Columbia
Six-Gun Law (1948) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Smoky Canyon (1952) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Snake River Desperadoes (1951) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) (photo above) Columbia
South of Death Valley (1949) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Stranger from Ponca City, The (1947) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Streets of Ghost Town (1950) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Sundown Valley (1944) - Charles Starrett with Dub Taylor - Columbia
Terror Trail (1946) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Texas Dynamo (1950) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Texas Panhandle (1945) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Texas Stagecoach (1940) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Thundering West, The (1939) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Thunder Over the Prairie (1941) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Thundering Frontier (1940) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Trail of the Rustlers (1950) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Trail to Laredo (1948) - Charles Starrett with Jim Bannon - Columbia
Two Fisted Stranger (1946) - Charles Starrett/Smiley Burnette - Columbia
Two Gun Law (1937) - Charles Starrett (Iverson Ranch) (photo above) Columbia
West of Dodge City (1947) - Charles Starrett with Smiley Burnette (photo above) Columbia
West of Sonora (1948) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
West of Tombstone (1942) - Charles Starrett (Brandeis Ranch)(Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Western Caravans (1939) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
Whirlwind Raiders (1948) - Charles Starrett - Columbia
No comments:
Post a Comment