Charles Farrell

Charles David Farrell was an American film actor whose height was in the 1920s and 1930s and the Mayor of Palm Springs from 1947 to 1955. Farrell was known for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor in more than a dozen films, including 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Lucky Star. Later in life, he starred on TV in the 1950s sitcoms My Little Margie and played himself in The Charles Farrell Show. He was also among the early developers of Palm Springs.

9 August 1900

Born on the same birth day (9 August): David A. Huffman • Ime Udoka • James Freeman Gilbert • Kay Stenshjemmet • Linda Keen • Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo • Matt Morris (baseball) • Mikaël Silvestre • Otto Rehhagel • Prince Augustus William of Prussia • Robbie Middleby • Tyson Gay • Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva • Vincent Hanna

Born in the same month (August 1900): Cecil Howard Green • Charley Paddock • Frances Adaskin • Gilbert Ryle • Helen Morgan (singer) • Hellmuth Walter • Holling C. Holling • Ida Browne • Jack Tworkov • Lisy Fischer • Margaret Utinsky • Otto Nothling • Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother • Vivienne de Watteville