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Charles Farrell

Charles Farrell

Acting·1900–1990·47 films

Popular Hollywood leading man of late silents and early talkies. He is best remembered for his teaming with Janet Gaynor in 12 screen romances between 1927 and 1934. He retired from films in the early 1940s, but TV audiences of the 1950s would see him as Gale Storm's widower dad in the popular television series My Little Margie (1952).

Filmography

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)(uncredited)
The Freshman
The Freshman (1925)Student Bell Ringer at Frolic (uncredited)
7th Heaven
7th Heaven (1927)Chico
City Girl
City Girl (1930)Lem Tustine
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments (1923)Israelite Slave (uncredited)
Street Angel
Street Angel (1928)Gino
Lucky Star
Lucky Star (1929)Timothy Osborn
The River
The River (1929)Allen John Spender
Clash of the Wolves
Clash of the Wolves (1925)Dave Weston
Liliom
Liliom (1930)Liliom
Old Ironsides
Old Ironsides (1926)Boy
The Big Shakedown
The Big Shakedown (1934)Jimmy Morrell
Just Around the Corner
Just Around the Corner (1938)Jeff Hale
Sunny Side Up
Sunny Side Up (1929)Jack Cromwell
The Red Dance
The Red Dance (1928)Grand Duke Eugen
Wild Girl
Wild Girl (1932)Billy, the Stranger
Rosita
Rosita (1923)Undetermined Bit Role (uncredited)
Fazil
Fazil (1928)Prince Fazil
Tail Spin
Tail Spin (1939)Bud
Change of Heart
Change of Heart (1934)Chris Thring
The Man Who Came Back
The Man Who Came Back (1931)Stephen Randolph
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933)Adoniram 'Schlumpy' Schlump / Red Branahan
After Tomorrow
After Tomorrow (1932)Peter Piper
Delicious
Delicious (1931)Larry Beaumont
Three Women
Three Women (1924)Reveler at Monkey Bar
Body and Soul
Body and Soul (1931)Mal Andrews
Midnight Menace
Midnight Menace (1937)Briant Gaunt
Girl Without a Room
Girl Without a Room (1933)Tom Duncan
Happy Days
Happy Days (1929)Charles Farrell
Fighting Youth
Fighting Youth (1935)Larry Davis
The Deadly Game
The Deadly Game (1941)Barry Scott
Moonlight Sonata
Moonlight Sonata (1937)Eric Molander
The Rough Riders
The Rough Riders (1927)Stewart Van Brunt
Tess of the Storm Country
Tess of the Storm Country (1932)Frederick Garfield Jr.
Flight to Fame
Flight to Fame (1938)Capt. Robert Lawrence
Merely Mary Ann
Merely Mary Ann (1931)John Lonsdale
The First Year
The First Year (1932)Tommy Tucker
High Society Blues
High Society Blues (1930)Eddie Granger
The Princess and the Plumber
The Princess and the Plumber (1930)Charlie Peters / Albert Bowers
A Trip to Chinatown
A Trip to Chinatown (1926)Gayne Wilder
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage (1926)Joe Hoskins
The Flying Fool
The Flying Fool (1931)Ponder
Heartbreak
Heartbreak (1931)John Merrick
Sandy
Sandy (1926)Timmy
Forbidden Heaven
Forbidden Heaven (1935)Mr. Archer / Nibs
Song of Soho
Song of Soho (1930)Legionnaire