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Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 23, 1907
Died Jun 07, 1968 (61)
Birthplace White Plains, New York, USA
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Aug 02, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 S ... ociety. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Duryea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

The Bamboo Saucer

The Bamboo Saucer

1968

as Hank Peters

Winchester '73

Winchester '73

1967

as Bart McAdam

Stranger on the Run

Stranger on the Run

1967

as O.E. Hotchkiss

Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons

1967

as Dragon #1

Incident at Phantom Hill

Incident at Phantom Hill

1966

as Joe Barlow

The Hills Run Red

The Hills Run Red

1966

as Col. Winny Getz

The Bounty Killer

The Bounty Killer

1965

as Willie Duggan

Taggart

Taggart

1965

as Jason

The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965

as Standish

Walk a Tightrope

Walk a Tightrope

1964

as Carl Lutcher

Do You Know This Voice?

Do You Know This Voice?

1964

as John Hopta

He Rides Tall

He Rides Tall

1964

as Bart Thorne

Six Black Horses

Six Black Horses

1962

as Frank Jesse

Platinum High School

Platinum High School

1960

as Maj. Redfern Kelly

Kathy O'

Kathy O'

1958

as Harry Johnson

The Burglar

The Burglar

1957

as Nat Harbin

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

1957

as John Jacob Masters

Battle Hymn

Battle Hymn

1957

as Sgt. Herman

Night Passage

Night Passage

1957

as Whitey Harbin

The Marauders

The Marauders

1955

as Avery

Foxfire

Foxfire

1955

as Hugh Slater

Storm Fear

Storm Fear

1955

as Fred

World for Ransom

World for Ransom

1954

as Mike Callahan / Corrigan

This Is My Love

This Is My Love

1954

as Murray Myer

Silver Lode

Silver Lode

1954

as Fred McCarty

Ride Clear of Diablo

Ride Clear of Diablo

1954

as Whitey Kincade

Rails Into Laramie

Rails Into Laramie

1954

as Jim Shanessy

Sky Commando

Sky Commando

1953

as Col. Ed 'E.D.' Wyatt

36 Hours

36 Hours

1953

as Major Bill Rogers

Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay

1953

as Johnny Gambi

Chicago Calling

Chicago Calling

1951

as Bill Cannon

Al Jennings of Oklahoma

Al Jennings of Oklahoma

1951

as Al Jennings

The Underworld Story

The Underworld Story

1950

as Mike Reese

One Way Street

One Way Street

1950

as John Wheeler

Winchester '73

Winchester '73

1950

as Waco Johnnie Dean

Too Late for Tears

Too Late for Tears

1949

as Danny Fuller

Manhandled

Manhandled

1949

as Karl Benson

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Johnny Stool Pigeon

1949

as Johnny Evans

Criss Cross

Criss Cross

1949

as Slim Dundee

Black Bart

Black Bart

1948

as Charles E. Boles / Black Bart

River Lady

River Lady

1948

as Beauvais

Another Part of the Forest

Another Part of the Forest

1948

as Oscar Hubbard

Larceny

Larceny

1948

as Silky Randall

White Tie and Tails

White Tie and Tails

1946

as Charles Dumont

Black Angel

Black Angel

1946

as Martin Blair

Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945

as Johnny Prince

The Great Flamarion

The Great Flamarion

1945

as Al Wallace

Along Came Jones

Along Came Jones

1945

as Monte Jarrad

Main Street After Dark

Main Street After Dark

1945

as Posey Dibson

Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train

1945

as Arnold Waring

The Valley of Decision

The Valley of Decision

1945

as William Scott Jr.

Man from Frisco

Man from Frisco

1944

as Jim Benson

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

1944

as Heidt / Tim, the Doorman

Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear

1944

as Cost aka Travers the tailor

None But the Lonely Heart

None But the Lonely Heart

1944

as Lew Tate

Mrs. Parkington

Mrs. Parkington

1944

as Jack Stilham

Sahara

Sahara

1943

as Jimmy Doyle

That Other Woman

That Other Woman

1942

as Ralph Cobb

The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

1942

as Hank Hanneman

The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes

1941

as Leo Hubbard

Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire

1941

as Duke Pastrami

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Television Credits

Riverboat

as Captain Brad Turner

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 13, 1959

Burke's Law

as Hop Sing Kelly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Lt. Boyd Manners

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1963

Naked City

as Clyde Royd

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Combat!

as Barton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1962

General Electric Theater

as Brad Lawson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

The Twilight Zone

as Al Denton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Rawhide

as Jardin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Daniel Boone

as Simon Perigore

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

The Virginian

as Ben Crayton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Lux Video Theatre

as Howard Boyd

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Climax!

as Dr. Dennis Sullivan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

Adventures in Paradise

as Theodore Florian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1959

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Kirk Joiner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Cavalcade of America

as Joe Kohler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Pierre

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1960

The New Adventures of China Smith

as China Smith

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1954

Rawhide

as Abner Cannon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Rawhide

as Brother William

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Combat!

as Bernie Wallace

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1962

General Electric Theater

as Barnaby Hooke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as China Smith

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Federal Agent Sam Ireland

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Pete Richards

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Henry Jacob Hanley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Burke's Law

as Sam Atherton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Pursuit

as Matt Shaw

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 22, 1958

Star Stage

as Jason

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1955

Wagon Train

as Amos

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1957

Suspicion

as Eddie Schumaker / McDillard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1957

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Raymond Brown

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

Bonanza

as Marshal Gerald Eskith

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Muff Potter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1958

China Smith

Episodes: 52

First Aired: Jan 01, 1952

Route 66

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

December Bride

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1954

The Monroes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1966

Going My Way

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1962

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1958

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

The Loner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1955

Laramie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1959

Cimarron City

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1958

Studio 57

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1954

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