Dan Duryea
Known for Acting · 100 credits
- Born
- 1907-01-23
- Died
- 1968-06-07
- Place of birth
- White Plains, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dan Duryea (January 23, 1907, in White Plains, New York – June 7, 1968, in Hollywood, California) was an American actor of film, stage and television. Duryea graduated from Cornell University in 1928. While at Cornell, Duryea was elected into the Sphinx Head Society. He made his name on Broadway in the play Dead End, followed by The Little Foxes, in which he played the dishonest and not particularly bright weakling Leo Hubbard. He moved to Hollywood in 1940 to appear in the film version in the same role. He established himself in films playing similar secondary roles as the foil, usually as a weak or annoyingly immature character, in movies such as The Pride of the Yankees. As his career progressed throughout the 1940s he began to carve a niche as a violent, yet sexy, bad guy in a number of film noirs. In so doing he established a significant female following and, over time, something of a cult status. His work in this era included Scarlet Street, The Woman in the Window, Criss Cross, Black Angel and Too Late for Tears. From the 1950s, Duryea was more often seen in Westerns, most notably his charismatic villain in Winchester '73 (1950). Other memorable work in the latter part of his career included Thunder Bay (1953), The Burglar (1957), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), and the primetime soap opera Peyton Place. He also appeared in one of the first Twilight Zone episodes in 1959 as a drunken former gunfighter in "Mr. Denton on Doomsday," written by Rod Serling. He guest starred on NBC's anthology series The Barbara Stanwyck Show. In 1963, Duryea appeared as Dr. Ben Lorrigan in the episode "Why Am I Grown So Cold" on the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour. Duryea was far removed from many of the characters he played in the course of his career. He was married for thirty-five years to his wife, Helen, who preceded him in death on January 21, 1967. The couple had two sons: Peter, who worked for a time as an actor, and Richard. Dan Duryea died of cancer at the age of sixty-one. His remains are interred in Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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Known For
TV Shows (36)
Bonanza
1959
as Marshal Gerald Eskith
Wagon Train
1957
as Amos / Cliff Grundy / Samuel Bleymier
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Raymond Brown
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Al Denton
Climax!
1954
as Dr. Dennis Sullivan
Burke's Law
1963
as Hop Sing Kelly / Sam Atherton
Naked City
1958
as Clyde Royd
Daniel Boone
1964
as Simon Perigore
The Virginian
1962
as Ben Crayton
Rawhide
1959
as Jardin / Abner Cannon / Brother William
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Kirk Joiner / Henry Jacob Hanley
Combat!
1962
as Barton / Bernie Wallace
Route 66
1960
Suspicion
1957
as Eddie Schumaker / McDillard
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Theodore Florian
Studio 57
1954
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Lt. Boyd Manners
Laramie
1959
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
December Bride
1954
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Muff Potter
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Howard Boyd
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Riverboat
1959
as Captain Brad Turner
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Joe Kohler
The Loner
1965
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Pierre
Going My Way
1962
as Harold Harrison
China Smith
1952
The Monroes
1966
Pursuit
1958
as Matt Shaw
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as China Smith / Federal Agent Sam Ireland / Pete Richards
Cimarron City
1958
General Electric Theater
1953
as Brad Lawson / Barnaby Hooke
Star Stage
1955
as Jason
The New Adventures of China Smith
1954
as China Smith
Movies (64)
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
as Standish
Scarlet Street
1945
as Johnny Prince
Winchester '73
1950
as Waco Johnnie Dean
Sahara
1943
as Jimmy Doyle
The Valley of Decision
1945
as William Scott Jr.
Ball of Fire
1941
as Duke Pastrami
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Hank Hanneman
Night Passage
1957
as Whitey Harbin
The Woman in the Window
1944
as Heidt / Tim, the Doorman
The Little Foxes
1941
as Leo Hubbard
Along Came Jones
1945
as Monte Jarrad
Five Golden Dragons
1967
as Dragon #1
Criss Cross
1949
as Slim Dundee
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
as John Jacob Masters
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954
as Whitey Kincade
Stranger on the Run
1967
as O.E. Hotchkiss
Taggart
1965
as Jason
Silver Lode
1954
as Fred McCarty
Black Angel
1946
as Martin Blair
Incident at Phantom Hill
1966
as Joe Barlow
Ministry of Fear
1944
as Cost/Travers the Tailor
Main Street After Dark
1945
as Posey Dibson
Another Part of the Forest
1948
as Oscar Hubbard
Lady on a Train
1945
as Arnold Waring
That Other Woman
1942
as Ralph Cobb
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949
as Johnny Evans
Black Bart
1948
as Charles E. Boles / Black Bart
Battle Hymn
1957
as Sgt. Herman
None But the Lonely Heart
1944
as Lew Tate
One Way Street
1950
as John Wheeler
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Too Late for Tears
1949
as Danny Fuller
River Lady
1948
as Beauvais
Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Jack Stilham
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
as Al Jennings
Thunder Bay
1953
as Johnny Gambi
The Bamboo Saucer
1968
as Hank Peters
He Rides Tall
1964
as Bart Thorne
The Hills Run Red
1966
as Col. Winny Getz
This Is My Love
1954
as Murray Myer
Chicago Calling
1951
as Bill Cannon
Storm Fear
1955
as Fred
Sky Commando
1953
as Col. Ed 'E.D.' Wyatt
Gundown at Sandoval
1959
as Dan Trask
The Bounty Killer
1965
as Willie Duggan
Foxfire
1955
as Hugh Slater
Six Black Horses
1962
as Frank Jesse
Platinum High School
1960
as Maj. Redfern Kelly
World for Ransom
1954
as Mike Callahan / Corrigan
36 Hours
1953
as Major Bill Rogers
The Marauders
1955
as Avery
Rails Into Laramie
1954
as Jim Shanessy
The Great Flamarion
1945
as Al Wallace
The Underworld Story
1950
as Mike Reese
Larceny
1948
as Silky Randall
The Burglar
1957
as Nat Harbin
Do You Know This Voice?
1964
as John Hopta
Winchester '73
1967
as Bart McAdam
White Tie and Tails
1946
as Charles Dumont
Man from Frisco
1944
as Jim Benson
Kathy O'
1958
as Harry Johnson
Screen Actors
1950
as Self (uncredited)
Manhandled
1949
as Karl Benson
Walk a Tightrope
1963
as Carl Lutcher
About Dan Duryea
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dan Duryea (January 23, 1907, in White Plains, New York – June 7, 1968, in Hollywood, California) was an American actor of film, stage and television. Duryea graduated from Cornell University in 1928. While at Cornell, Duryea was elected into the Sphinx Head Society. He made his name on Broadway in the play Dead End, followed by The Little Foxes, in which he played the dishonest and not particularly bright weakling Leo Hubbard. He moved to Hollywood in 1940 to appear in the film version in the same role.… With 100 credits spanning from 1941 to 1987, Dan Duryea has appeared in 64 films and 36 TV shows.
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- The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) — as Standish
- Scarlet Street (1945) — as Johnny Prince
- Winchester '73 (1950) — as Waco Johnnie Dean
- Sahara (1943) — as Jimmy Doyle
- The Valley of Decision (1945) — as William Scott Jr.
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