Charles David Farrell Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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 1940's, but TV audiences of the 1950's would see him as Gale Storm's widower dad in the popular television series My Little Margie (1952).
Success came too soon for me. I hadn't had the experience to go with the star status I suddenly acquired, which is one reason talking pictures frightened me.
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"Janet Gaynor and I were always receiving wedding-anniversary presents in the mail, care of the studio. The fans didn't even know what date our anniversary fell on, which is logical, since we were never married".
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Upon his death, his remains were interred at Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, USA. His location plot was Section 10-3, Lot F.
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One of the first male American stars to appear in a nude scene in a major motion picture, in Frank Borzage's partially lost masterpiece The River (1928).
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Television allowed Farrel to stage a successful comeback, which culminated in The Charles Farrell Show (1956) (1956-1960). After the show's cancellation, Farrell retired to the desert.
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Served as the mayor of Palm Springs, California, from 1947 to 1955.
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When his career began to decline in the 1940s, Farrel became a land developer in Palm Springs, California.
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An explosion on the set of the film that made him a star, Old Ironsides (1926), left a technician dead, several bystanders injured and blew out Farrell's eardrums, leaving him partially deaf for the rest of his life, something he was fairly careful not to let on.
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He was one the early founders of Palm Springs.
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Owner and proprietor of Charlie Farrell's Racquet Club in Palm Springs, California.
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Buried at Welwood Murray Cemetery, Palm Springs, CA
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Not to be confused with the Irish-born character actor in UK films Charles Farrell.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Charles Farrell Show
1956
TV Series
Charlie Farrell
My Little Margie
1952-1955
TV Series
Vern Albright
The Deadly Game
1941
Barry Scott
Tail Spin
1939
Bud
Just Around the Corner
1938
Jeff Hale
Flight to Fame
1938
Capt. Robert Lawrence
Bombs Over London
1937
Briant Gaunt
Moonlight Sonata
1937
Eric Molander
The Flying Doctor
1936
Sandy Nelson
Fighting Youth
1935
Larry Davis
Forbidden Heaven
1935
Mr. Archer / Nibs
Trouble Ahead
1934
Howard Elliott
Change of Heart
1934
Chris Thring
The Big Shakedown
1934
Jimmy Morrell
Girl Without a Room
1933
Tom Duncan
Aggie Appleby Maker of Men
1933
Adoniram 'Schlumpy' Schlump / Red Branahan
Tess of the Storm Country
1932
Frederick Garfield Jr
Wild Girl
1932
Billy - the Stranger
The First Year
1932
Tommy Tucker
After Tomorrow
1932
Peter Piper
Delicious
1931
Larry Beaumont
Heartbreak
1931
John Merrick
Merely Mary Ann
1931
John Lonsdale
Body and Soul
1931
Mal Andrews
The Man Who Came Back
1931
Stephen Randolph
Princess and the Plumber
1930
Charlie Peters / Albert Bowers
Liliom
1930
Liliom
High Society Blues
1930
Eddie Granger
City Girl
1930
Lem Tustine
Sunnyside Up
1929
Jack Cromwell
Happy Days
1929
Charles Farrell
Lucky Star
1929
Timothy Osborn
The River
1928
Allen John Spender
The Red Dance
1928
Grand Duke Eugen
Fazil
1928
Prince Fazil
Street Angel
1928
Gino
The Rough Riders
1927
Stewart Van Brunt
7th Heaven
1927
Chico
Old Ironsides
1926
The Commodore
A Trip to Chinatown
1926
Gayne Wilder
Sandy
1926
Timmy
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
1926
Short
Joe Hoskins
Clash of the Wolves
1925
Dave Weston
The Freshman
1925
Student Bell Ringer at Frolic (uncredited)
The Love Hour
1925
Kid Lewis
Wings of Youth
1925
Ted Spaulding
The Golden Bed
1925
Minor Role (uncredited)
Three Women
1924
College Boy (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments
1923
Israelite Slave (uncredited)
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923
Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
Rosita
1923
Undetermined Bit Role (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923/I
uncredited
The Cheat
1923
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
My Little Margie
1952
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Sunnyside Up
1929
performer: "IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU"
Happy Days
1929
performer: "We'll Build a Little World of Our Own" - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Merv Griffin Show
1967
TV Series
Himself
Navy Log
1957
TV Series
Himself / Host
The Charles Farrell Show
1956
TV Series
Himself
The Bob Hope Show
1953
TV Series
Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 7
1936
Documentary short
Himself
Hollywood Hobbies
1935
Documentary short
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Biography
1994-2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies
1996
TV Movie documentary
Liliom (clip from 1930 film of 'Liliom')
The Celluloid Heroes
1995
TV Movie
Himself
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
$500,000
