Charles Farrell

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).

Known for

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The Deadly Game

1941 ⭐ 7.0

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Tail Spin

1939 ⭐ 6.3

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Flight to Fame

1938 ⭐ 7.5

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Midnight Menace

1937 ⭐ 7.4

Career timeline

1941

The Deadly Game Notable

Barry Scott · 1941

⭐ 7.0

1939

Tail Spin

Bud · 1939

⭐ 6.3

1938

Just Around the Corner

Jeff Hale · 1938

⭐ 5.8

Flight to Fame Notable

Capt. Robert Lawrence · 1938

⭐ 7.5

1937

Midnight Menace Notable

Briant Gaunt · 1937

⭐ 7.4

Moonlight Sonata Notable

Eric Molander · 1937

⭐ 7.0

1935

Fighting Youth Notable

Larry Davis · 1935

⭐ 7.7

Forbidden Heaven Notable

Mr. Archer / Nibs · 1935

⭐ 8.0

1934

Change of Heart

Chris Thring · 1934

⭐ 6.3

The Big Shakedown

Jimmy Morrell · 1934

⭐ 5.9

1933

Girl Without a Room

Tom Duncan · 1933

⭐ 6.5

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men Notable

Adoniram 'Schlumpy' Schlump / · 1933

⭐ 7.8

1932

Tess of the Storm Country Notable

Frederick Garfield Jr. · 1932

⭐ 7.0

Wild Girl

Billy, the Stranger · 1932

⭐ 6.2

The First Year Notable

Tommy Tucker · 1932

⭐ 10.0

1931

Delicious

Larry Beaumont · 1931

⭐ 6.5

Heartbreak Notable

John Merrick · 1931

⭐ 10.0

Merely Mary Ann Notable

John Lonsdale · 1931

⭐ 9.0

1930

The Princess and the Plumber Notable

Charlie Peters / Albert Bowers · 1930

⭐ 10.0

Liliom

Liliom · 1930

⭐ 6.8

High Society Blues Notable

Eddie Granger · 1930

⭐ 8.0

1929

Sunny Side Up Notable

Jack Cromwell · 1929

⭐ 7.1

The River Notable

Allen John Spender · 1929

⭐ 7.1

Happy Days

Charles Farrell · 1929

⭐ 6.3

1928

The Red Dance

Grand Duke Eugen · 1928

⭐ 6.5

Fazil

Prince Fazil · 1928

⭐ 5.5

Street Angel Notable

Gino · 1928

⭐ 7.0

1927

The Rough Riders Notable

Stewart Van Brunt · 1927

⭐ 7.0

7th Heaven Notable

Chico · 1927

⭐ 7.4

1926

Old Ironsides

Boy · 1926

⭐ 6.4

A Trip to Chinatown Notable

Gayne Wilder · 1926

⭐ 10.0

Sandy Notable

Timmy · 1926

⭐ 10.0

1925

Clash of the Wolves

Dave Weston · 1925

⭐ 6.4

The Freshman

Student Bell Ringer at Frolic · 1925

⭐ 7.0

1924

Three Women

Reveler at Monkey Bar · 1924

⭐ 4.3

1923

The Ten Commandments

Israelite Slave (uncredited) · 1923

⭐ 6.6

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

Man in Nightclub (uncredited) · 1923

⭐ 6.8

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

(uncredited) · 1923

⭐ 6.6

Frequently appears with

June Lang

Christine Reisner

John Miljan

Henri Franck

Bernadene Hayes

Mona Brandt

Alice Faye

Trixie Lee

Constance Bennett

Gerry Lester

Nancy Kelly

Lois Allen

Joan Davis

Babe Dugan

Full filmography

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The Deadly Game

1941 ⭐ 7.0

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Tail Spin

1939 ⭐ 6.3

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Just Around the Corner

1938 ⭐ 5.8

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Flight to Fame

1938 ⭐ 7.5

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Midnight Menace

1937 ⭐ 7.4

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Moonlight Sonata

1937 ⭐ 7.0

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Fighting Youth

1935 ⭐ 7.7

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Forbidden Heaven

1935 ⭐ 8.0

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Change of Heart

1934 ⭐ 6.3

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The Big Shakedown

1934 ⭐ 5.9

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Girl Without a Room

1933 ⭐ 6.5

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Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

1933 ⭐ 7.8

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Tess of the Storm Country

1932 ⭐ 7.0

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Wild Girl

1932 ⭐ 6.2

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The First Year

1932 ⭐ 10.0

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After Tomorrow

1932 ⭐ 6.2

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Delicious

1931 ⭐ 6.5

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Heartbreak

1931 ⭐ 10.0

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Merely Mary Ann

1931 ⭐ 9.0

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The Flying Fool

1931 ⭐ 10.0