Dan Duryea
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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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Acted in
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988
as Self (archive footage)
The Bamboo Saucer
1968
as Hank Peters
Stranger on the Run
1967
as O.E. Hotchkiss
Five Golden Dragons
1967
as Dragon #1
Winchester '73
1967
as Bart McAdam
The Hills Run Red
1966
as Col. Winny Getz
The Monroes
1966
Incident at Phantom Hill
1966
as Joe Barlow
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
as Standish
The Loner
1965
The Bounty Killer
1965
as Willie Duggan
Taggart
1965
as Jason
Do You Know This Voice?
1964
as John Hopta
Daniel Boone
1964
as Simon Perigore
He Rides Tall
1964
as Bart Thorne
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Lt. Boyd Manners
Burke's Law
1963
as Hop Sing Kelly
Burke's Law
1963
as Sam Atherton
Walk a Tightrope
1963
as Carl Lutcher
Going My Way
1962
Combat!
1962
as Barton
Combat!
1962
as Bernie Wallace
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Raymond Brown
The Virginian
1962
as Ben Crayton
Six Black Horses
1962
as Frank Jesse
Route 66
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Pierre
Platinum High School
1960
as Maj. Redfern Kelly
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Theodore Florian
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Al Denton
Laramie
1959
Riverboat
1959
as Captain Brad Turner
Rawhide
1959
as Jardin
Rawhide
1959
as Abner Cannon
Rawhide
1959
as Brother William
Gundown at Sandoval
1959
Pursuit
1958
as Matt Shaw
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Naked City
1958
as Clyde Royd
Cimarron City
1958
Kathy O'
1958
as Harry Johnson
Suspicion
1957
as Eddie Schumaker / McDillard
Wagon Train
1957
as Amos
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
as John Jacob Masters
Night Passage
1957
as Whitey Harbin
The Burglar
1957
as Nat Harbin
Battle Hymn
1957
as Sgt. Herman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Kirk Joiner
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Henry Jacob Hanley
Storm Fear
1955
as Fred
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Marauders
1955
as Avery
Star Stage
1955
as Jason
Foxfire
1955
as Hugh Slater
This Is My Love
1954
as Murray Myer
Climax!
1954
as Dr. Dennis Sullivan
December Bride
1954
Studio 57
1954
Silver Lode
1954
as Fred McCarty
Rails Into Laramie
1954
as Jim Shanessy
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954
as Whitey Kincade
World for Ransom
1954
as Mike Callahan / Corrigan
The New Adventures of China Smith
1954
as China Smith
36 Hours
1953
as Major Bill Rogers
Sky Commando
1953
as Col. Ed 'E.D.' Wyatt
Thunder Bay
1953
as Johnny Gambi
General Electric Theater
1953
as Brad Lawson
General Electric Theater
1953
as Barnaby Hooke
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Joe Kohler
China Smith
1952
Chicago Calling
1951
as Bill Cannon
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as China Smith
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Federal Agent Sam Ireland
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Pete Richards
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
as Al Jennings
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Howard Boyd
The Underworld Story
1950
as Mike Reese
Winchester '73
1950
as Waco Johnnie Dean
Screen Actors
1950
as Self (uncredited)
One Way Street
1950
as John Wheeler
Manhandled
1949
as Karl Benson
Too Late for Tears
1949
as Danny Fuller
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949
as Johnny Evans
Criss Cross
1949
as Slim Dundee
Larceny
1948
as Silky Randall
River Lady
1948
as Beauvais
Another Part of the Forest
1948
as Oscar Hubbard
Black Bart
1948
as Charles E. Boles / Black Bart
White Tie and Tails
1946
as Charles Dumont
Black Angel
1946
as Martin Blair
Scarlet Street
1945
as Johnny Prince
Lady on a Train
1945
as Arnold Waring
Along Came Jones
1945
as Monte Jarrad
The Valley of Decision
1945
as William Scott Jr.
The Great Flamarion
1945
as Al Wallace
Main Street After Dark
1945
as Posey Dibson
The Woman in the Window
1944
as Heidt / Tim, the Doorman
None But the Lonely Heart
1944
as Lew Tate
Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Jack Stilham
Man from Frisco
1944
as Jim Benson
Ministry of Fear
1944
as Cost aka Travers the tailor
Sahara
1943
as Jimmy Doyle
That Other Woman
1942
as Ralph Cobb
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Hank Hanneman
Ball of Fire
1941
as Duke Pastrami
The Little Foxes
1941
as Leo Hubbard