Alan Curtis
Known for Acting · 44 credits
- Born
- 1909-07-24
- Died
- 1953-02-02
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Alan Curtis (July 24, 1909 - February 2, 1953) was an American film actor appearing in over 50 films.
Born Harry Ueberroth in Chicago, Illinois, he began his career as a model before becoming an actor, appearing in local newspaper ads. His looks did not go unnoticed in Hollywood. He began appearing in films in the late 1930s (including a Technicolor appearance in the Alice Faye-Don Ameche film Hollywood Cavalcade and a memorable role in High Sierra (1941). He is probably best known as one of the romantic leads in Abbott and Costello's first hit movie Buck Privates.
His chance for leading-man stardom came when he replaced the unwilling John Garfield in the 1943 production Flesh and Fantasy. Curtis played a ruthless killer opposite Gloria Jean. Unfortunately for both actors, the studio removed their performances from the final film. The footage was later expanded into a B-picture melodrama Destiny. The film failed to establish Curtis as a major-name star, but it did typecast him in hardbitten roles, like the man framed for murder in Phantom Lady (1944) and the detective Philo Vance.
He starred in over two dozen movies and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known For
Movies (44)
High Sierra
1941
as Babe
Gung Ho!
1943
as John Harbison
Hitler's Madman
1943
as Karel Vavra
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
as Mark Foster
Buck Privates
1941
as Bob Martin
Yellow Jack
1938
as Brinkerhof
Phantom Lady
1944
as Scott Henderson
Flight to Nowhere
1946
as Hobe Carrington
Mannequin
1938
as Eddie Miller
Destiny
1944
as Cliff Banks
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Mr. Crawford
Inside Job
1946
as Edward "Eddie" Norton
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Nicky Hayden
Follow the Boys
1944
as Alan Curtis (uncredited)
The Duke of West Point
1938
as Strong
Two Tickets to London
1943
as First Mate Dan Driscoll
The Shopworn Angel
1938
as 'Thin Lips'
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939
as Jose "Rocks" Rivera
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Dennis Madden
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Tom Brand
Philo Vance's Gamble
1947
as Philo Vance
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936
as Wedding Attendant with Telegram
Crazy House
1943
as Alan Curtis
Four Sons
1940
as Karl Bern
The Woman I Love
1937
as (uncredited)
The Witness Chair
1936
as Reporter in Coutroom
The Pirates of Capri
1949
as Commodore Van Diel
Walking on Air
1936
as Fred Randolph
Renegade Girl
1946
as Fred Raymond
New Wine
1941
as Franz Schubert
See My Lawyer
1945
as Charlie Rodman
Philo Vance's Secret Mission
1947
as Philo Vance
We Go Fast
1941
as Bob Brandon
Apache Chief
1949
as Young Eagle
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
as Emmett Dalton
Remember Pearl Harbor
1942
as Bruce Gordon
Without Orders
1936
as Co-Pilot
City of Violence
1951
as Paolo Giacomo
Frisco Sal
1945
as Rio Jordan aka John Warren
The Enchanted Valley
1948
as Johnny Nelson
Shady Lady
1945
as Marty Martin
One Live Ghost
1936
as Alan
Smartest Girl in Town
1936
as Male Model who Escorts Cookie
About Alan Curtis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alan Curtis (July 24, 1909 - February 2, 1953) was an American film actor appearing in over 50 films. Born Harry Ueberroth in Chicago, Illinois, he began his career as a model before becoming an actor, appearing in local newspaper ads. His looks did not go unnoticed in Hollywood. He began appearing in films in the late 1930s (including a Technicolor appearance in the Alice Faye-Don Ameche film Hollywood Cavalcade and a memorable role in High Sierra (1941). He is probably best known as one of the romantic… With 44 credits spanning from 1936 to 1951, Alan Curtis has appeared in 44 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alan Curtis Movies
- High Sierra (1941) — as Babe
- Gung Ho! (1943) — as John Harbison
- Hitler's Madman (1943) — as Karel Vavra
- The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) — as Mark Foster
- Buck Privates (1941) — as Bob Martin
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