Dan Duryea
Born
January 23, 1907
Died
June 7, 1968 (61 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
White Plains, New York, USA
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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. 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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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
The Bamboo Saucer
Hank Peters
1968
Stranger on the Run
O.E. Hotchkiss
1967
Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #1
1967
Winchester '73
Bart McAdam
1967
The Hills Run Red
Col. Winny Getz
1966
The Monroes
(1 episode)
1966
Incident at Phantom Hill
Joe Barlow
1966
The Flight of the Phoenix
Standish
1965
The Loner
(1 episode)
1965
The Bounty Killer
Willie Duggan
1965
Taggart
Jason
1965
Do You Know This Voice?
John Hopta
1964
Daniel Boone
Simon Perigore · (1 episode)
1964
He Rides Tall
Bart Thorne
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Lt. Boyd Manners · (1 episode)
1963
Burke's Law
Hop Sing Kelly · (1 episode)
1963
Burke's Law
Sam Atherton · (1 episode)
1963
Walk a Tightrope
Carl Lutcher
1963
Going My Way
(1 episode)
1962
Combat!
Barton · (1 episode)
1962
Combat!
Bernie Wallace · (1 episode)
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Raymond Brown · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Ben Crayton · (1 episode)
1962
Six Black Horses
Frank Jesse
1962
Route 66
(2 episodes)
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Pierre · (1 episode)
1960
Platinum High School
Maj. Redfern Kelly
1960
Adventures in Paradise
Theodore Florian · (1 episode)
1959
The Twilight Zone
Al Denton · (1 episode)
1959
Laramie
(1 episode)
1959
Riverboat
Captain Brad Turner · (2 episodes)
1959
Bonanza
Marshal Gerald Eskith · (1 episode)
1959
Rawhide
Jardin · (1 episode)
1959
Rawhide
Abner Cannon · (1 episode)
1959
Rawhide
Brother William · (1 episode)
1959
Gundown at Sandoval
1959
Pursuit
Matt Shaw · (1 episode)
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1 episode)
1958
Naked City
Clyde Royd · (1 episode)
1958
Cimarron City
(1 episode)
1958
Kathy O'
Harry Johnson
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Muff Potter · (1 episode)
1958
Suspicion
Eddie Schumaker / McDillard · (1 episode)
1957
Wagon Train
Amos · (1 episode)
1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
John Jacob Masters
1957
Night Passage
Whitey Harbin
1957
The Burglar
Nat Harbin
1957
Battle Hymn
Sgt. Herman
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Kirk Joiner · (1 episode)
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Henry Jacob Hanley · (1 episode)
1956
Storm Fear
Fred
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
(1 episode)
1955
The Marauders
Avery
1955
Star Stage
Jason · (1 episode)
1955
Foxfire
Hugh Slater
1955
This Is My Love
Murray Myer
1954
Climax!
Dr. Dennis Sullivan · (1 episode)
1954
December Bride
(1 episode)
1954
Studio 57
(1 episode)
1954
Silver Lode
Fred McCarty
1954
Rails Into Laramie
Jim Shanessy
1954
Ride Clear of Diablo
Whitey Kincade
1954
World for Ransom
Mike Callahan / Corrigan
1954
The New Adventures of China Smith
China Smith · (1 episode)
1954
36 Hours
Major Bill Rogers
1953
Sky Commando
Col. Ed 'E.D.' Wyatt
1953
Thunder Bay
Johnny Gambi
1953
General Electric Theater
Brad Lawson · (1 episode)
1953
General Electric Theater
Barnaby Hooke · (1 episode)
1953
Cavalcade of America
Joe Kohler · (1 episode)
1952
China Smith
(52 episodes)
1952
Chicago Calling
Bill Cannon
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(1 episode)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
China Smith · (1 episode)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Federal Agent Sam Ireland · (1 episode)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Pete Richards · (1 episode)
1951
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Al Jennings
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Howard Boyd · (1 episode)
1950
The Underworld Story
Mike Reese
1950
Winchester '73
Waco Johnnie Dean
1950
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
1950
One Way Street
John Wheeler
1950
Manhandled
Karl Benson
1949
Too Late for Tears
Danny Fuller
1949
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Johnny Evans
1949
Criss Cross
Slim Dundee
1949
Larceny
Silky Randall
1948
River Lady
Beauvais
1948
Another Part of the Forest
Oscar Hubbard
1948
Black Bart
Charles E. Boles / Black Bart
1948
White Tie and Tails
Charles Dumont
1946
Black Angel
Martin Blair
1946
Scarlet Street
Johnny Prince
1945
Lady on a Train
Arnold Waring
1945
Along Came Jones
Monte Jarrad
1945
The Valley of Decision
William Scott Jr.
1945
The Great Flamarion
Al Wallace
1945
Main Street After Dark
Posey Dibson
1945
The Woman in the Window
Heidt / Tim, the Doorman
1944
None But the Lonely Heart
Lew Tate
1944
Mrs. Parkington
Jack Stilham
1944
Man from Frisco
Jim Benson
1944
Ministry of Fear
Cost aka Travers the tailor
1944
Sahara
Jimmy Doyle
1943
That Other Woman
Ralph Cobb
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
Hank Hanneman
1942
Ball of Fire
Duke Pastrami
1941
The Little Foxes
Leo Hubbard
1941