7.3
Movie
Acting
Charles Farrell
- Born
- Died
- (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Walpole, Massachusetts, USA
- Credits
- 52 titles
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).
Signature work
Known For
7.3
Movie
7.5
Movie
City Girl
7.1
Movie
Street Angel
7.6
Movie
Lucky Star
6.4
Movie
Old Ironsides
7.1
Movie
The River
6.8
Movie
Liliom
6.4
Movie
Clash of the Wolves
5.9
Movie
The Big Shakedown
7.1
Movie
Sunny Side Up
6.5
Movie
The Red Dance
5.8
Movie
Just Around the Corner
6.2
Movie
Wild Girl
5.5
Movie
Fazil
6.3
Movie
Tail Spin
4.5
Movie
Three Women
6.3
Movie
Change of Heart
4.3
Movie
The Man Who Came Back
Acting credits 52
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | The Charlie Farrell Show TV | (12 ep) |
| 1952 | My Little Margie TV | Vern Albright (126 ep) |
| 1941 | The Deadly Game Film | Barry Scott |
| 1939 | Tail Spin Film | Bud |
| 1938 | Just Around the Corner Film | Jeff Hale |
| 1938 | Flight to Fame Film | Capt. Robert Lawrence |
| 1937 | Midnight Menace Film | Briant Gaunt |
| 1937 | Moonlight Sonata Film | Eric Molander |
| 1935 | Fighting Youth Film | Larry Davis |
| 1935 | Forbidden Heaven Film | Mr. Archer / Nibs |
| 1935 | Hollywood Hobbies Film | Himself |
| 1934 | Falling in Love Film | Howard Elliott |
| 1934 | Change of Heart Film | Chris Thring |
| 1934 | The Big Shakedown Film | Jimmy Morrell |
| 1933 | Girl Without a Room Film | Tom Duncan |
| 1933 | Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men Film | Adoniram 'Schlumpy' Schlump / Red Branahan |
| 1932 | Tess of the Storm Country Film | Frederick Garfield Jr. |
| 1932 | Wild Girl Film | Billy, the Stranger |
| 1932 | The First Year Film | Tommy Tucker |
| 1932 | After Tomorrow Film | Peter Piper |
| 1931 | Delicious Film | Larry Beaumont |
| 1931 | Heartbreak Film | John Merrick |
| 1931 | Merely Mary Ann Film | John Lonsdale |
| 1931 | The Flying Fool Film | Ponder |
| 1931 | Body and Soul Film | Mal Andrews |
| 1931 | The Man Who Came Back Film | Stephen Randolph |
| 1930 | The Princess and the Plumber Film | Charlie Peters / Albert Bowers |
| 1930 | Liliom Film | Liliom |
| 1930 | High Society Blues Film | Eddie Granger |
| 1930 | Song of Soho Film | Legionnaire |
| 1930 | City Girl Film | Lem Tustine |
| 1929 | Sunny Side Up Film | Jack Cromwell |
| 1929 | The River Film | Allen John Spender |
| 1929 | Happy Days Film | Charles Farrell |
| 1929 | Lucky Star Film | Timothy Osborn |
| 1928 | The Red Dance Film | Grand Duke Eugen |
| 1928 | Fazil Film | Prince Fazil |
| 1928 | Street Angel Film | Gino |
| 1927 | The Rough Riders Film | Stewart Van Brunt |
| 1927 | 7th Heaven Film | Chico |
| 1926 | Old Ironsides Film | Boy |
| 1926 | A Trip to Chinatown Film | Gayne Wilder |
| 1926 | Sandy Film | Timmy |
| 1926 | The Gosh-Darn Mortgage Film | Joe Hoskins |
| 1925 | Clash of the Wolves Film | Dave Weston |
| 1925 | The Freshman Film | Student Bell Ringer at Frolic (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Wings of Youth Film | Ted Spaulding |
| 1924 | Three Women Film | Reveler at Monkey Bar |
| 1923 | The Ten Commandments Film | Israelite Slave (uncredited) |
| 1923 | A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate Film | Man in Nightclub (uncredited) |
| 1923 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame Film | (uncredited) |
| 1923 | Rosita Film | Undetermined Bit Role (uncredited) |