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Charles Farrell(1900-1990)

  • Actor
  • Soundtrack
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"Rough Riders, The" Charles Farrell 1927 Paramount **I.V.
My Little Margie: Vern's Butterflies
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Vern's Butterflies (1955)
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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).
BornAugust 9, 1900
DiedMay 6, 1990(89)
BornAugust 9, 1900
DiedMay 6, 1990(89)
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  • Awards
    • 9 wins total

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Known for

7th Heaven (1927)
7th Heaven
7.5
  • Chico
  • 1927
Mary Duncan, Charles Farrell, and Ivan Linow in The River (1928)
The River
7.2
  • Allen John Spender
  • 1928
Old Ironsides (1926)
Old Ironsides
6.9
  • The Commodore
  • 1926
Janet Gaynor in Street Angel (1928)
Street Angel
7.3
  • Gino
  • 1928

Credits

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Actor



  • The Charles Farrell Show (1956)
    The Charles Farrell Show
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Charlie Farrell
    • 1956
  • My Little Margie (1952)
    My Little Margie
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Vern Albright
    • Vern
    • 1952–1955
  • Charles Farrell, Frederick Giermann, June Lang, and John Miljan in The Deadly Game (1941)
    The Deadly Game
    6.9
    • Barry Scott
    • 1941
  • Constance Bennett, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, Alice Faye, and Nancy Kelly in Tail Spin (1939)
    Tail Spin
    6.0
    • Bud
    • 1939
  • Shirley Temple, Joan Davis, Amanda Duff, Charles Farrell, Bert Lahr, and Bill Robinson in Just Around the Corner (1938)
    Just Around the Corner
    6.4
    • Jeff Hale
    • 1938
  • Julie Bishop and Charles Farrell in Flight to Fame (1938)
    Flight to Fame
    5.7
    • Captain Robert Lawrence
    • 1938
  • Charles Farrell, Fritz Kortner, and Margaret Vyner in Bombs Over London (1937)
    Bombs Over London
    6.1
    • Briant Gaunt
    • 1937
  • Charles Farrell, Barbara Greene, and Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Moonlight Sonata (1937)
    Moonlight Sonata
    6.2
    • Eric Molander
    • 1937
  • The Flying Doctor (1936)
    The Flying Doctor
    • Sandy Nelson
    • 1936
  • Charles Farrell and June Martel in Fighting Youth (1935)
    Fighting Youth
    5.5
    • Larry Davis
    • 1935
  • Charles Farrell and Charlotte Henry in Forbidden Heaven (1935)
    Forbidden Heaven
    6.8
    • Mr. Archer
    • Nibs
    • 1935
  • Charles Farrell and Mary Lawson in Trouble Ahead (1934)
    Trouble Ahead
    • Howard Elliott
    • 1934
  • Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in Change of Heart (1934)
    Change of Heart
    6.0
    • Chris Thring
    • 1934
  • Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Charles Farrell, Glenda Farrell, and Allen Jenkins in The Big Shakedown (1934)
    The Big Shakedown
    6.2
    • Jimmy Morrell
    • 1934
  • Marguerite Churchill in Girl Without a Room (1933)
    Girl Without a Room
    6.1
    • Tom Duncan
    • 1933

Soundtrack



  • Betty Grable in Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
    Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • performer: "If I Had a Talking Picture of You"
    • 1974
  • My Little Margie (1952)
    My Little Margie
    7.7
    TV Series
    • performer: "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in High Society Blues (1930)
    High Society Blues
    7.5
    • performer: "I'm in the Market For You", "Just Like in a Storybook"
    • 1930
  • Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in Sunny Side Up (1929)
    Sunny Side Up
    6.5
    • performer: "IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU"
    • 1929
  • Happy Days (1929)
    Happy Days
    5.5
    • performer: "We'll Build a Little World of Our Own" (uncredited)
    • 1929

Videos16

The Big Shakedown
Trailer 2:01
The Big Shakedown
My Little Margie: Margie's Manproof Lipstick
Trailer 1:47
My Little Margie: Margie's Manproof Lipstick
My Little Margie: Margie's Manproof Lipstick
Trailer 1:47
My Little Margie: Margie's Manproof Lipstick
My Little Margie: Shipboard Story
Trailer 1:46
My Little Margie: Shipboard Story
My Little Margie: Vern's Winter Vacation
Trailer 2:15
My Little Margie: Vern's Winter Vacation
My Little Margie: En Garde
Trailer 1:55
My Little Margie: En Garde
My Little Margie: Margie's Mink
Trailer 1:48
My Little Margie: Margie's Mink

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Born
    • August 9, 1900
    • Onset Bay, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • May 6, 1990
    • Palm Springs, California, USA(cardiac arrest)
  • Spouse
    • Virginia ValliFebruary 14, 1931 - September 24, 1968 (her death)
  • Other works
    He acted in Pat Wallace and Guy Bolton's play, "The Sun Never Sets", at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, England with Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Todd Duncan, Adelaide Hall, Stewart Granger, Henry Oscar, Mackenzie Ward, Frank Cochrane, Shelagh Furley and Wally Patch in the cast. Basil Dean was the director.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 10 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    An explosion on the set of the film that made him a star, Old Ironsides (1926), left a technician dead, several bystanders injured and blew out Farrell's eardrums, leaving him partially deaf for the rest of his life, something he was fairly careful not to let on.
  • Quotes
    "Janet Gaynor and I were always receiving wedding-anniversary presents in the mail, care of the studio. The fans didn't even know what date our anniversary fell on, which is logical, since we were never married".

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