Howard Duff
Born
November 24, 1913
Died
July 8, 1990 (76 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Howard Green Duff (November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990) was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio.
Duff was born in Charleston, Washington, now a part of Bremerton. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932 where he began acting in school plays only after he was cut from the basketball team. His first film role was as an inmate in Brute Force. His other movies include The Naked City (1948), All My Sons (1948), Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949), Panic in the City (1968), In Search of America (1971), A Wedding (1978) and No Way Out (1987).
He appeared in a number of films with his first wife, actress/director Ida Lupino. One of Duff's later performances was as Dustin Hoffman's attorney in the Academy Award-winning Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
On radio, Duff played Dashiell Hammett's private eye Sam Spade from 1946–1950, starring in The Adventures of Sam Spade on three different networks - ABC, CBS and NBC. In 1951 Steve Dunne took over the role of Sam Spade. Duff also appeared in an episode of Climax! entitled Escape From Fear in 1955.
On television, Duff appeared with his then wife Ida Lupino in the CBS comedy Mr. Adams and Eve from January 1957 through September 1958, in which they played husband and wife film stars named Howard Adams and Eve Drake. He played the young Samuel Langhorne Clemens, in his early life in the West as a satirical and crusading journalist, in the TV series Bonanza ("Enter Mark Twain," season 1, episode 5, 1959). In 1960 he played the male main character in The Twilight Zone episode "A World of Difference" as Arthur Curtis/Jerry Raigan. From October 1960 through April 1961, Duff played Willie Dante, owner of the San Francisco nightclub, Dante's Inferno, in the NBC adventure/drama series Dante. In 1964, Duff guest starred as Harold Baker on the episode "Prodigy" of NBC's medical drama about psychiatry The Eleventh Hour, starring Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy. In 1990, he guest starred on an episode of The Golden Girls (episode: The Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding Present).
From September 1966 through January 1969, Duff portrayed Detective Sergeant Sam Stone in the ABC police drama Felony Squad with costar Dennis Cole. In the 1980s, he appeared on dramas such as NBC's Flamingo Road and Knots Landing, and Dallas, both on CBS.
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)
2004

Too Much Sun
O.M.
1990

Settle the Score
Cy Whately
1989

War and Remembrance
(1 episode)
1988

No Way Out
Senator William 'Billy' Duvall
1987

Roses Are for the Rich
Denton
1987

Monster in the Closet
Father Martin Finnegan
1986

Love on the Run
Lionel Rockland
1985

The Golden Girls
Mangiacavallo · (1 episode)
1985

Murder, She Wrote
Ralph Earl / Stephen Earl · (1 episode)
1984

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
(2 episodes)
1983

This Girl for Hire
Wolfe Macready
1983

The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
Col. Samuel Isaacs
1982

St. Elsewhere
(1 episode)
1982

Hotel
(2 episodes)
1982

Lily for President?
General
1982

East of Eden
Jules Edwards · (3 episodes)
1981

Flamingo Road
(37 episodes)
1981

Magnum, P.I.
(2 episodes)
1980

Flamingo Road
Sheriff Titus Semple
1980

Double Negative
Lester Harlen
1980

The Dream Merchants
Charles Slade · (3 episodes)
1980

Valentine Magic on Love Island
A.J. Morgan
1980

Knots Landing
Paul Galveston · (10 episodes)
1979
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
Herman Rusk
1979

Kramer vs. Kramer
John Shaunessy
1979

Battered
Bill Thompson
1978

A Wedding
Dr. Jules Meecham
1978

Ski Lift to Death
Ben Forbes
1978

Actor
Winfield Sheehan
1978

Fantasy Island
Douglas Shane · (1 episode)
1978

In the Glitter Palace
Raymond Dawson Travers
1977

The Late Show
Harry Regan
1977

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
(2 episodes)
1977

Charlie's Angels
Harrigan · (1 episode)
1976

Matt Helm
Dan Mallory · (1 episode)
1975

Ellery Queen
(1 episode)
1975

Switch
Ira Larkin · (1 episode)
1975
Medical Story
(1 episode)
1975

The Rockford Files
Edward J. Marks · (1 episode)
1974

Tight as a Drum
Hollister
1974

Police Story
(6 episodes)
1973

Snatched
Duncan Wood
1973

The Heist
Lieutenant Nicholson
1972

Kung Fu
Noah Fleck · (1 episode)
1972

Kung Fu
Mr. Jenkins · (1 episode)
1972

The Streets of San Francisco
(1 episode)
1972

Search
(1 episode)
1972

A Little Game
Dunlap
1971

In Search of America
Ray Chandler
1971

Alias Smith and Jones
(1 episode)
1971

The Immortal
(1 episode)
1970

The D.A.: Murder One
Lynn D. Compton
1969

Panic in the City
Dave Pomeroy
1968

The Mod Squad
(1 episode)
1968

Mannix
(1 episode)
1967

Judd for the Defense
(1 episode)
1967

Felony Squad
Det. Sgt. Sam Stone · (73 episodes)
1966

Batman
Det. Sgt. Sam Stone · (1 episode)
1966

Batman
Cabala · (2 episodes)
1966

I Spy
Sean · (1 episode)
1965

The Rogues
G. Carter Huntington · (1 episode)
1964

Calhoun
Sid Rayner
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(1 episode)
1963

Mr. Novak
Joe Stillman · (1 episode)
1963

Burke's Law
Lou Cole · (1 episode)
1963

Burke's Law
Charlie January · (1 episode)
1963

Arrest and Trial
(1 episode)
1963

War Gods of Babylon
Sardanapolo
1962

Combat!
Col. Hobey Jabko · (1 episode)
1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Peter Harding · (1 episode)
1962

The Virginian
Ed Frazer · (1 episode)
1962

Sam Benedict
(1 episode)
1962

Boys' Night Out
Doug Jackson
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · (1 episode)
1961

The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961

Bus Stop
(1 episode)
1961

Dante
Willie Dante · (26 episodes)
1960

The Twilight Zone
(0 episode)
1959

The Twilight Zone
Arthur Curtis / Gerry Reagan · (1 episode)
1959

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Howard Duff · (1 episode)
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
1957

Sierra Stranger
Jess Collins
1957

Mr. Adams and Eve
(65 episodes)
1957

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1956

While the City Sleeps
Lt. Burt Kaufman
1956

The Broken Star
Thornton W. Wills
1956

Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum
1956

Flame of the Islands
Doug Duryea
1955

Women's Prison
Dr. Crane
1955

The Yellow Mountain
Pete Menlo
1954

Climax!
(1 episode)
1954

Climax!
Dr. John C. Clark · (1 episode)
1954

Studio 57
(1 episode)
1954

Private Hell 36
Police Sgt. Jack Farnham
1954
The Whistler
(1 episode)
1954

Tanganyika
Dan Harder
1954

Jennifer
Jim Hollis
1953

Spaceways
Dr. Stephen Mitchell
1953

Roar of the Crowd
Johnny Tracy
1953

The Ford Television Theatre
Johnny Abel · (1 episode)
1952

Models Inc.
Lennie Stone
1952

Steel Town
Jim Denko
1952

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Terence Kerrigan · (1 episode)
1951

The Lady from Texas
Dan Mason
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Jim · (1 episode)
1950

Shakedown
Jack Early
1950

Spy Hunt
Steve Quain
1950

Woman in Hiding
Keith Ramsey
1950

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Sam Bass
1949

Illegal Entry
Bert Powers
1949

Red Canyon
Lin Sloane
1949

Johnny Stool Pigeon
George Morton
1949

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948

All My Sons
George Deever
1948

The Naked City
Frank Niles
1948

Brute Force
Robert 'Soldier' Becker
1947

Know Your Enemy: Japan
Narrator
1945