Charles Farrell

Actor

Charles Farrell

Born August 9, 1900 in Walpole, Massachusetts, USADied May 6, 199049 films

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).

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7th Heaven posterFirst watch7th Heaven19277.3as ChicoA leading role in one of the best-rated films of their career.In 1910s Paris, a sewer worker disillusioned with Christianity feels his prayers have been answered when he chances upon a street waif and they fall in love.View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
City Girl poster7.5City Girl1930Street Angel poster7.1Street Angel1928A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate poster6.7A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate1923The Freshman poster7.0The Freshman1925The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster6.5The Hunchback of Notre Dame1923The Ten Commandments poster6.5The Ten Commandments1923

Filmography

49 films as actor
  1. 1941The Deadly GameBarry Scott
  2. 1939Tail SpinBud
  3. 1938Just Around the CornerJeff Hale
  4. 1938Flight to FameCapt. Robert Lawrence
  5. 1937Midnight MenaceBriant Gaunt
  6. 1937Moonlight SonataEric Molander
  7. 1935Fighting YouthLarry Davis
  8. 1935Forbidden HeavenMr. Archer / Nibs
  9. 1934Falling in LoveHoward Elliott
  10. 1934Change of HeartChris Thring
  11. 1934The Big ShakedownJimmy Morrell
  12. 1933Girl Without a RoomTom Duncan
  13. 1933Aggie Appleby, Maker of MenAdoniram 'Schlumpy' Schlump / Red Branahan
  14. 1932Tess of the Storm CountryFrederick Garfield Jr.
  15. 1932Wild GirlBilly, the Stranger
  16. 1932The First YearTommy Tucker
  17. 1932After TomorrowPeter Piper
  18. 1931DeliciousLarry Beaumont
  19. 1931HeartbreakJohn Merrick
  20. 1931Merely Mary AnnJohn Lonsdale
  21. 1931The Flying FoolPonder
  22. 1931Body and SoulMal Andrews
  23. 1931The Man Who Came BackStephen Randolph
  24. 1930The Princess and the PlumberCharlie Peters / Albert Bowers
  25. 1930LiliomLiliom
  26. 1930High Society BluesEddie Granger
  27. 1930Song of SohoLegionnaire
  28. 1930City GirlLem Tustine
  29. 1929Sunny Side UpJack Cromwell
  30. 1929The RiverAllen John Spender
  31. 1929Happy DaysCharles Farrell
  32. 1929Lucky StarTimothy Osborn
  33. 1928The Red DanceGrand Duke Eugen
  34. 1928FazilPrince Fazil
  35. 1928Street AngelGino
  36. 1927The Rough RidersStewart Van Brunt
  37. 19277th HeavenChico
  38. 1926Old IronsidesBoy
  39. 1926A Trip to ChinatownGayne Wilder
  40. 1926SandyTimmy
  41. 1926The Gosh-Darn MortgageJoe Hoskins
  42. 1925Clash of the WolvesDave Weston
  43. 1925The FreshmanStudent Bell Ringer at Frolic (uncredited)
  44. 1925Wings of YouthTed Spaulding
  45. 1924Three WomenReveler at Monkey Bar
  46. 1923The Ten CommandmentsIsraelite Slave (uncredited)
  47. 1923A Woman of Paris: A Drama of FateMan in Nightclub (uncredited)
  48. 1923The Hunchback of Notre Dame(uncredited)
  49. 1923RositaUndetermined Bit Role (uncredited)