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): Adewale Ogunleye • Audrey Tautou • Bob Cousy • Chamique Holdsclaw • Eino Kaila • Enzo Biagi • Evelina Haverfield • Filippo Inzaghi • Francesco Barozzi • Frank Martínez (artist) • George Armstrong (footballer) • Giles Cooper (playwright) • James Freeman Gilbert • Jason Frasor • Juanes • Patricia McKissack • Prince Augustus William of Prussia • Robbie Middleby • Stefano Okaka • Tam Dalyell • The Mighty Hannibal • Thomas Lennon • Tyson Gay

Born in the same month (August 1900): Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt • Dorothy Burr Thompson • Ernie Pyle • Ernst Krenek • Hellmuth Walter • Holling C. Holling • Ida Browne • Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie • Malvina Reynolds • Otto Nothling • Rudolf Schottlaender • Ruth Bonner • Ruth Norman