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Dan Duryea
Actor

Dan Duryea

23 Jan 1907Born
7 Jun 1968Died
61Age at death
98Credits

Biography

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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.

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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

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 98 credits.

  1. 1968The Bamboo SaucerFilm: Hank Peters
  2. 1967Stranger on the RunFilm: O.E. Hotchkiss
  3. 1967Five Golden DragonsFilm: Dragon #1
  4. 1967Winchester '73Film: Bart McAdam
  5. 1966The Hills Run RedFilm: Col. Winny Getz
  6. 1966The MonroesSeries (1 episode)
  7. 1966Incident at Phantom HillFilm: Joe Barlow
  8. 1965The Flight of the PhoenixFilm: Standish
  9. 1965The LonerSeries (1 episode)
  10. 1965The Bounty KillerFilm: Willie Duggan
  11. 1965TaggartFilm: Jason
  12. 1964Do You Know This Voice?Film: John Hopta
  13. 1964Daniel BooneSeries: Simon Perigore (1 episode)
  14. 1964He Rides TallFilm: Bart Thorne
  15. 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries: Lt. Boyd Manners (1 episode)
  16. 1963Burke's LawSeries: Hop Sing Kelly, Sam Atherton (1 episode)
  17. 1963Walk a TightropeFilm: Carl Lutcher
  18. 1962Going My WaySeries: Harold Harrison (1 episode)
  19. 1962Combat!Series: Barton, Bernie Wallace (1 episode)
  20. 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries: Raymond Brown (1 episode)
  21. 1962The VirginianSeries: Ben Crayton (1 episode)
  22. 1962Six Black HorsesFilm: Frank Jesse
  23. 1960Route 66Series (2 episodes)
  24. 1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowSeries: Pierre (1 episode)
  25. 1960Platinum High SchoolFilm: Maj. Redfern Kelly
  26. 1959Adventures in ParadiseSeries: Theodore Florian (1 episode)
  27. 1959The Twilight ZoneSeries: Al Denton (1 episode)
  28. 1959LaramieSeries (1 episode)
  29. 1959RiverboatSeries: Captain Brad Turner (2 episodes)
  30. 1959BonanzaSeries: Marshal Gerald Eskith (1 episode)
  31. 1959RawhideSeries: Jardin, Abner Cannon, Brother William (1 episode)
  32. 1959Gundown at SandovalFilm: Dan Trask
  33. 1958PursuitSeries: Matt Shaw (1 episode)
  34. 1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries (1 episode)
  35. 1958Naked CitySeries: Clyde Royd (1 episode)
  36. 1958Cimarron CitySeries (1 episode)
  37. 1958Kathy O'Film: Harry Johnson
  38. 1958Shirley Temple's StorybookSeries: Muff Potter (1 episode)
  39. 1957SuspicionSeries: Eddie Schumaker / McDillard (1 episode)
  40. 1957Wagon TrainSeries: Amos, Cliff Grundy, Samuel Bleymier (1 episode)
  41. 1957Slaughter on 10th AvenueFilm: John Jacob Masters
  42. 1957Night PassageFilm: Whitey Harbin
  43. 1957The BurglarFilm: Nat Harbin
  44. 1957Battle HymnFilm: Sgt. Herman
  45. 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries: Kirk Joiner, Henry Jacob Hanley (1 episode)
  46. 1955Storm FearFilm: Fred
  47. 1955The 20th Century Fox HourSeries (1 episode)
  48. 1955The MaraudersFilm: Avery
  49. 1955Star StageSeries: Jason (1 episode)
  50. 1955FoxfireFilm: Hugh Slater
  51. 1954This Is My LoveFilm: Murray Myer
  52. 1954Climax!Series: Dr. Dennis Sullivan (1 episode)
  53. 1954December BrideSeries (1 episode)
  54. 1954Studio 57Series (1 episode)
  55. 1954Silver LodeFilm: Fred McCarty
  56. 1954Rails Into LaramieFilm: Jim Shanessy
  57. 1954Ride Clear of DiabloFilm: Whitey Kincade
  58. 1954World for RansomFilm: Mike Callahan / Corrigan
  59. 1954The New Adventures of China SmithSeries: China Smith (1 episode)
  60. 195336 HoursFilm: Major Bill Rogers
  61. 1953Sky CommandoFilm: Col. Ed 'E.D.' Wyatt
  62. 1953Thunder BayFilm: Johnny Gambi
  63. 1953General Electric TheaterSeries: Brad Lawson, Barnaby Hooke (1 episode)
  64. 1952Cavalcade of AmericaSeries: Joe Kohler (1 episode)
  65. 1952China SmithSeries (52 episodes)
  66. 1951Chicago CallingFilm: Bill Cannon
  67. 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries: China Smith, Federal Agent Sam Ireland, Pete Richards (1 episode)
  68. 1951Al Jennings of OklahomaFilm: Al Jennings
  69. 1950Lux Video TheatreSeries: Howard Boyd (1 episode)
  70. 1950The Underworld StoryFilm: Mike Reese
  71. 1950Winchester '73Film: Waco Johnnie Dean
  72. 1950One Way StreetFilm: John Wheeler
  73. 1949ManhandledFilm: Karl Benson
  74. 1949Too Late for TearsFilm: Danny Fuller
  75. 1949Johnny Stool PigeonFilm: Johnny Evans
  76. 1949Criss CrossFilm: Slim Dundee
  77. 1948LarcenyFilm: Silky Randall
  78. 1948River LadyFilm: Beauvais
  79. 1948Another Part of the ForestFilm: Oscar Hubbard
  80. 1948Black BartFilm: Charles E. Boles / Black Bart

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