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name: "Charles Farrell"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 August 1900"
died: "6 May 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T21:24:00.740599+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Charles Farrell

Actor. Born 9 August 1900 in Walpole, Massachusetts, USA. Died 6 May 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 August 1900, Walpole, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 6 May 1990
- **Also known as:** Charles David Farrell, Charlie Farrell
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Farrell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064346, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268190/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1231648

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*7th Heaven*](https://film.one/film/7th-heaven.md) (86)

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## Biography

Charles Farrell (1900–1990) was an American actor who appeared in silent films and early talkies. Born in Walpole, Massachusetts, he attended Boston University and began his career as an extra in the early 1920s. He gained his first substantial role as Chico in the 1927 Fox production *7th Heaven*.

Farrell was frequently paired with Janet Gaynor. The pair starred together in more than a dozen romantic films between 1927 and 1934, including *Street Angel* (1928), *Lucky Star* (1929) and *Change of Heart* (1934). He also appeared in *City Girl* (1930) and other features before his film work declined in the early 1940s.

In the 1950s Farrell returned to acting on television as Gale Storm’s father in the sitcom *My Little Margie* (1952–1955). He later served as mayor of Palm Springs, California, from 1948 to 1953.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *7th Heaven* (1927), Fi1m 86, as Chico — [page](https://film.one/film/7th-heaven.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Charlie Farrell Show* (1956), series, Actor
- *My Little Margie* (1952), series, as Vern Albright
- *The Deadly Game* (1941), as Barry Scott
- *Tail Spin* (1939), as Bud
- *Just Around the Corner* (1938), as Jeff Hale
- *Flight to Fame* (1938), as Capt. Robert Lawrence
- *Midnight Menace* (1937), as Briant Gaunt
- *Moonlight Sonata* (1937), as Eric Molander
- *Fighting Youth* (1935), as Larry Davis
- *Forbidden Heaven* (1935), as Mr. Archer / Nibs
- *Falling in Love* (1934), as Howard Elliott
- *Change of Heart* (1934), as Chris Thring
- *The Big Shakedown* (1934), as Jimmy Morrell
- *Girl Without a Room* (1933), as Tom Duncan
- *Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men* (1933), as Adoniram 'Schlumpy' Schlump / Red Branahan
- *Tess of the Storm Country* (1932), as Frederick Garfield Jr.
- *Wild Girl* (1932), as Billy, the Stranger
- *The First Year* (1932), as Tommy Tucker
- *After Tomorrow* (1932), as Peter Piper
- *Delicious* (1931), as Larry Beaumont
- *Heartbreak* (1931), as John Merrick
- *Merely Mary Ann* (1931), as John Lonsdale
- *The Flying Fool* (1931), as Ponder
- *Body and Soul* (1931), as Mal Andrews
- *The Man Who Came Back* (1931), as Stephen Randolph
- *The Princess and the Plumber* (1930), as Charlie Peters / Albert Bowers
- *Liliom* (1930), as Liliom
- *High Society Blues* (1930), as Eddie Granger
- *Song of Soho* (1930), as Legionnaire
- *City Girl* (1930), as Lem Tustine
- *Sunny Side Up* (1929), as Jack Cromwell
- *The River* (1929), as Allen John Spender
- *Happy Days* (1929), as Charles Farrell
- *Lucky Star* (1929), as Timothy Osborn
- *The Red Dance* (1928), as Grand Duke Eugen
- *Fazil* (1928), as Prince Fazil
- *Street Angel* (1928), as Gino
- *The Rough Riders* (1927), as Stewart Van Brunt
- *7th Heaven* (1927), as Chico — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/7th-heaven.md)
- *Old Ironsides* (1926), as Boy
- *A Trip to Chinatown* (1926), as Gayne Wilder
- *Sandy* (1926), as Timmy
- *The Gosh-Darn Mortgage* (1926), as Joe Hoskins
- *Clash of the Wolves* (1925), as Dave Weston
- *The Freshman* (1925), as Student Bell Ringer at Frolic (uncredited)
- *Wings of Youth* (1925), as Ted Spaulding
- *Three Women* (1924), as Reveler at Monkey Bar
- *The Ten Commandments* (1923), as Israelite Slave (uncredited)
- *A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate* (1923), as Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1923), as (uncredited)
- *Rosita* (1923), as Undetermined Bit Role (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![American actors Charles Farrell (left), Gil Stratton (center) and Gale Storm (right) (1953)](https://film.one/media/person/1224070/gallery-23144d227919.jpg) American actors Charles Farrell (left), Gil Stratton (center) and Gale Storm (right) (1953) — Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Charles_Farrell%2C_Gil_Stratton_and_Gale_Storm_1953.jpg/1280px-Charles_Farrell%2C_Gil_Stratton_and_Gale_Storm_1953.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Still from the American drama film Fazil (1928). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors](https://film.one/media/person/1224070/gallery-ae47254c6b98.jpg) Still from the American drama film Fazil (1928). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Fazil_%28SAYRE_14059%29.jpg/1280px-Fazil_%28SAYRE_14059%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lobby card for the American romantic drama film 7th Heaven (1927).](https://film.one/media/person/1224070/gallery-f96a903f1213.jpg) Lobby card for the American romantic drama film 7th Heaven (1927). — Fox Film Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/7th_Heaven_lobby_card.jpg/1280px-7th_Heaven_lobby_card.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lobby card for the American romantic drama film 7th Heaven (1927).](https://film.one/media/person/1224070/gallery-a510f942d548.jpg) Lobby card for the American romantic drama film 7th Heaven (1927). — Fox Film Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/7th_Heaven_lobby_card_3.jpg/1280px-7th_Heaven_lobby_card_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Charles Farrell](https://film.one/media/person/1224070/gallery-345517b34c67.jpg) Charles Farrell — Image via TMDB
- ![Charles Farrell](https://film.one/media/person/1224070/gallery-547dadd2e6fd.jpg) Charles Farrell — Image via TMDB
- ![1928 publicity photo of Doleres Del Rio, Ivan Linow and Charles Farrell in The Red Dance (1928)](https://film.one/media/person/1224070/gallery-abf7d9dffbcd.jpg) 1928 publicity photo of Doleres Del Rio, Ivan Linow and Charles Farrell in The Red Dance (1928) — Fox Film, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Doleres_Del_Rio%2C_Ivan_Linow_and_Charles_Farrell_in_The_Red_Dance.jpg/1280px-Doleres_Del_Rio%2C_Ivan_Linow_and_Charles_Farrell_in_The_Red_Dance.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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