- One of the seventeen founders of the Screen Actors Guild.
- His horse was named Raider, although during the run of the Durango Kid series there were actually more than 30 horses used.
- In 1938 he returned to his college football and vaudeville roots to star with Jimmy Durante in the campus musical comedy feature Start Cheering (1938).
- Was a guest at the 1980 Memphis Film Festival.
- Graduate of Worcester Academy, alma mater of legendary composer Cole Porter and 1960s icon Abbie Hoffman.
- During his last visit to Worcester Academy in the mid-1980s, spoke to students who included future screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy.
- Made an appearance at the 1984 North Carolina Film Festival.
- Whenever Starrett came to Worcester, Massachusetts, he would often pay a visit to his birthplace, Athol, Massachusetts, where his father owned a factory that was the chief employer in town. He would often make public appearances in the small town (population 11,554 in 1950).
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