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Charles Farrell

Politician / Actor | * 08/09/1901 († 88, 05/06/1990) | Onset Bay, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
Charles David Farrell (August 9, 1900 – May 6, 1990) was an American film actor whose height was in the 1920s and 1930s and the Mayor of Palm Springs from 1947 to 1955. Farrell was known for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor in more than a dozen films, including 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Lucky Star. Later in life, he starred on TV in the 1950s sitcoms My Little Margie and played himself in The Charles Farrell Show. He was also among the early developers of Palm Springs. ()
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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).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

A dejected Parisian sewer worker feels his prayers have been answered when he falls in love with a street waif. ...

7th Heaven

NR

1927 | 3.7/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter. ...

Street Angel

NR

1928 | 3.6/5 | 1h 42min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Passion carried an innocent boy and a worldly woman beyond the barriers of conscience. ...

The River

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1929 | 3.6/5 | 1h 24min
Romance / Love, Drama
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An embellished account of the 1813 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Ironsides"--against the Barbary pirates then terrorizing American shipping, focusing on the crew and pas ...

Old Ironsides

NR

1926 | 3.0/5 | 1h 51min
History, Drama
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My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955. ...

My Little Margie

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1952 | 1.5/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Charles Farrell

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Charles Farrell as Actor(45)

as Self (archive footage)1965 Hollywood My Home Town
as himself1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up
as Bud1939 Tail Spin
as Jeff Hale1938 Just Around the Corner
as Capt. Robert Lawrence1938 Flight to Fame
as Eric Molander1937 Moonlight Sonata
as Briant Gaunt1937 Bombs Over London
as Mr. Archer / Nibs1935 Forbidden Heaven
as himself1935 Hollywood Hobbies
as Larry Davis1935 Fighting Youth
as Howard Elliott1934 Falling in Love
as Jimmy Morrell1934 The Big Shakedown
as Chris Thring1934 Change of Heart
as Tom Duncan1933 Girl without a Room
as Adoniram 'Schlumpy' Schlump / Red Branahan1933 Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Peter Piper1932 After Tomorrow
as Tommy Tucker1932 The First Year
as Frederick Garfield Jr.1932 Tess of the Storm Country
as Billy, the Stranger1932 Wild Girl
as Ponder1931 The Flying Fool
as Larry Beaumont1931 Delicious
as Mal Andrews1931 Body and Soul
as John Lonsdale1931 Merely Mary Ann
as Stephen Randolph1931 The Man Who Came Back
as Liliom1930 Liliom
as Charlie Peters / Albert Bowers1930 The Princess and the Plumber
as Lem Tustine1930 City Girl
as Eddie Granger1930 High Society Blues
as Legionnaire1930 Song of Soho
as Allen John Spender1929 The River
as Jack Cromwell1929 Sunny Side Up
as Timothy Osborn1929 Lucky Star
as himself1929 Happy Days
as Grand Duke Eugen1928 The Red Dance
as Gino1928 Street Angel
as Prince Fazil1928 Fazil
as Gayne Wilder1927 A Trip to Chinatown
as Stewart Van Brunt1927 The Rough Riders
as Chico1927 7th Heaven
as The Commodore1926 Old Ironsides
as Joe Hoskins1926 The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
as Timmy1926 Sandy
as Dave Weston1925 Clash of the Wolves
as Student Bell Ringer at Frolic (uncredited)1925 The Freshman
as Israelite Slave (uncredited)1923 The Ten Commandments

TV Shows/Series with Charles Farrell as Actor(1)

as Vern Albright1952 My Little Margie

Full Name: Charles Farrell
Born: Friday, 08/09 1901 (August) in Onset Bay, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 05/06 1990 (May) in Palm Springs (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Virginia Valli
Other names for Charles Farrell (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Charles David Farrell"
"Charlie Farrell"
"Charles Farrell (Schauspieler, 1901)"
Charles Farrell frequently works together with these people:
Janet Gaynor (13x, Actress)
William Fox (9x, Crew)
Sonya Levien (8x, Crew)
Harry Oliver (7x, Crew)
David Butler (7x, Crew)
Frank Borzage (6x, Crew)
H.H. Caldwell (6x, Crew)
Lew Borzage (6x, Crew)
Katherine Hilliker (6x, Crew)
Ernest Palmer (6x, Crew)
Sophie Wachner (5x, Crew)
Gertrude Hoffmann (2x, Actress)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:200840, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 12/26/2024