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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

51

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-08-09

Day of Death

1990-05-06 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Walpole, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Charles David Farrell

Charlie Farrell

Charles Farrell

Biography

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).

Known For

Acting

The Ten Commandments

1923

The Ten Commandments

as

Israelite Slave (uncredited)

Falling in Love

1934

Falling in Love

as

Howard Elliott

Three Women

1924

Three Women

as

Reveler at Monkey Bar

A Trip to Chinatown

1926

A Trip to Chinatown

as

Gayne Wilder

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as

(uncredited)

Heartbreak

1931

Heartbreak

as

John Merrick

The Gosh-Darn Mortgage

1926

The Gosh-Darn Mortgage

as

Joe Hoskins

Midnight Menace

1937

Midnight Menace

as

Briant Gaunt

Change of Heart

1934

Change of Heart

as

Chris Thring

Street Angel

1928

Street Angel

as

Gino

Body and Soul

1931

Body and Soul

as

Mal Andrews

Sandy

1926

Sandy

as

Timmy

High Society Blues

1930

High Society Blues

as

Eddie Granger

Old Ironsides

1926

Old Ironsides

as

Boy

The River

1929

The River

as

Allen John Spender

Liliom

1930

Liliom

as

Liliom

The Man Who Came Back

1931

The Man Who Came Back

as

Stephen Randolph

After Tomorrow

1932

After Tomorrow

as

Peter Piper

Moonlight Sonata

1937

Moonlight Sonata

as

Eric Molander

Clash of the Wolves

1925

Clash of the Wolves

as

Dave Weston

7th Heaven

1927

7th Heaven

as

Chico

Fazil

1928

Fazil

as

Prince Fazil

The Red Dance

1928

The Red Dance

as

Grand Duke Eugen

Lucky Star

1929

Lucky Star

as

Timothy Osborn

Happy Days

1929

Happy Days

as

Himself

Sunny Side Up

1929

Sunny Side Up

as

Jack Cromwell

City Girl

1930

City Girl

as

Lem Tustine

Delicious

1931

Delicious

as

Larry Beaumont

Wild Girl

1932

Wild Girl

as

Billy, the Stranger

Tess of the Storm Country

1932

Tess of the Storm Country

as

Frederick Garfield Jr.

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

1933

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

as

Adoniram 'Schlumpy' Schlump / Red Branahan

Girl Without a Room

1933

Girl Without a Room

as

Tom Duncan

The Big Shakedown

1934

The Big Shakedown

as

Jimmy Morrell

Just Around the Corner

1938

Just Around the Corner

as

Jeff Hale

Tail Spin

1939

Tail Spin

as

Bud

Forbidden Heaven

1935

Forbidden Heaven

as

Mr. Archer / Nibs

The Rough Riders

1927

The Rough Riders

as

Stewart Van Brunt

Merely Mary Ann

1931

Merely Mary Ann

as

John Lonsdale

Wings of Youth

1925

Wings of Youth

as

Ted Spaulding

The First Year

1932

The First Year

as

Tommy Tucker

The Deadly Game

1941

The Deadly Game

as

Barry Scott

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

1923

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

as

Man in Nightclub (uncredited)

Song of Soho

1930

Song of Soho

as

Legionnaire

The Flying Fool

1931

The Flying Fool

as

Ponder

Fighting Youth

1935

Fighting Youth

as

Larry Davis

The Princess and the Plumber

1930

The Princess and the Plumber

as

Charlie Peters / Albert Bowers

The Freshman

1925

The Freshman

as

Student Bell Ringer at Frolic (uncredited)

Hollywood Hobbies

1935

Hollywood Hobbies

as

Himself

Flight to Fame

1938

Flight to Fame

as

Capt. Robert Lawrence

My Little Margie

My Little Margie

as

Vern Albright

Production

Crew

Directing