Charles Farrell
1901-1990
| Once a huge star in films of the late 1920s and early 1930s, and a frequent leading man of Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell has more or less been forgotten by modern movie fans. In fact, if he's remembered at all it's probably for his regular role in the 1952-1955 TV series My Little Margie, where he played Vernon Albright, the father of Gale Storm's Margie Albright. That alone qualifies him for legend status, but he also founded and managed the Palm Springs Racquet Club and served for seven years as mayor of that city. In the Margie series Charles Farrell was still an attractive middle-aged man, but the photo above, presumably from the early 1930s (?), reveals that the young Farrell was perhaps the Brad Pitt of his day. And wasn't Farrell doing nude scenes way back in the 1920s? |
Selected Films:
1927
Seventh Heaven
1928
The River
1929
Lucky Star
Sunny Side Up
1930
Happy Days
High Society Blues
Liliom
1931
The Man Who Came Back
Body and Soul
1932
Tess of the Storm Country
Wild Girl
1933
Girl Without a Room
1934
Change of Heart
1935
Fighting Youth
Forbidden Heaven
1937
Just Around the Corner
1941
The Deadly Game
(and many others)
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