Charles Farrell

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Charles Farrell

Acting August 9, 1900

Walpole, Massachusetts, USA

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 fr…

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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

6.7 1923 Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

6.5 1923 Movie
The Freshman

The Freshman

7.0 1925 Movie
7th Heaven

7th Heaven

7.3 1927 Movie
City Girl

City Girl

7.5 1930 Movie
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

6.5 1923 Movie
Street Angel

Street Angel

7.1 1928 Movie
My Little Margie

My Little Margie

5.0 1952 TV Show
Lucky Star

Lucky Star

7.6 1929 Movie
The River

The River

7.1 1929 Movie
The Big Shakedown

The Big Shakedown

5.9 1934 Movie
Wild Girl

Wild Girl

6.2 1932 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1956
    The Charlie Farrell Show

    TV show

  2. 1952
    My Little Margie

    TV show Vern Albright

  3. 1941
    The Deadly Game

    Movie Barry Scott

  4. 1939
    Tail Spin

    Movie Bud

  5. 1938
    Just Around the Corner

    Movie Jeff Hale

  6. 1938
    Flight to Fame

    Movie Capt. Robert Lawrence

  7. 1937
    Midnight Menace

    Movie Briant Gaunt

  8. 1937
    Moonlight Sonata

    Movie Eric Molander

  9. 1935
    Fighting Youth

    Movie Larry Davis

  10. 1935
    Forbidden Heaven

    Movie Mr. Archer / Nibs

  11. 1935
    Hollywood Hobbies

    Movie Himself

  12. 1934
    Falling in Love

    Movie Howard Elliott

  13. 1934
    Change of Heart

    Movie Chris Thring

  14. 1934
    The Big Shakedown

    Movie Jimmy Morrell

  15. 1933
    Girl Without a Room

    Movie Tom Duncan

  16. 1933
    Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

    Movie Adoniram 'Schlumpy' Schlump / Red Branahan

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  1. 1932
    Tess of the Storm Country

    Movie Frederick Garfield Jr.

  2. 1932
    Wild Girl

    Movie Billy, the Stranger

  3. 1932
    The First Year

    Movie Tommy Tucker

  4. 1932
    After Tomorrow

    Movie Peter Piper

  5. 1931
    Delicious

    Movie Larry Beaumont

  6. 1931
    Heartbreak

    Movie John Merrick

  7. 1931
    Merely Mary Ann

    Movie John Lonsdale

  8. 1931
    The Flying Fool

    Movie Ponder

  9. 1931
    Body and Soul

    Movie Mal Andrews

  10. 1931
    The Man Who Came Back

    Movie Stephen Randolph

  11. 1930
    The Princess and the Plumber

    Movie Charlie Peters / Albert Bowers

  12. 1930
    Liliom

    Movie Liliom

  13. 1930
    High Society Blues

    Movie Eddie Granger

  14. 1930
    Song of Soho

    Movie Legionnaire

  15. 1930
    City Girl

    Movie Lem Tustine

  16. 1929
    Sunny Side Up

    Movie Jack Cromwell

  17. 1929
    The River

    Movie Allen John Spender

  18. 1929
    Happy Days

    Movie Charles Farrell

  19. 1929
    Lucky Star

    Movie Timothy Osborn

  20. 1928
    The Red Dance

    Movie Grand Duke Eugen

  21. 1928
    Fazil

    Movie Prince Fazil

  22. 1928
    Street Angel

    Movie Gino

  23. 1927
    The Rough Riders

    Movie Stewart Van Brunt

  24. 1927
    7th Heaven

    Movie Chico