Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea

​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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Duryea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1907-01-23
Place of Birth: White Plains, New York, USA
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Movies List of Dan Duryea

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Foxfire

1955 Movie
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Black Angel

1946 Movie
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Lady on a Train

1945 Movie
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Ministry of Fear

1944 Movie
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Criss Cross

1949 Movie
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Night Passage

1957 Movie
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Larceny

1948 Movie
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The Bamboo Saucer

1968 Movie
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Too Late for Tears

1949 Movie
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The Burglar

1957 Movie
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Silver Lode

1954 Movie
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The Underworld Story

1950 Movie
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The Great Flamarion

1945 Movie
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World for Ransom

1954 Movie
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One Way Street

1950 Movie
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Winchester '73

1950 Movie
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Manhandled

1949 Movie
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Chicago Calling

1951 Movie
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Thunder Bay

1953 Movie
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36 Hours

1953 Movie
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The Little Foxes

1941 Movie
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Six Black Horses

1962 Movie
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Scarlet Street

1945 Movie
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Sahara

1943 Movie
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Mrs. Parkington

1944 Movie
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Johnny Stool Pigeon

1949 Movie
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Along Came Jones

1945 Movie
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Battle Hymn

1957 Movie
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Storm Fear

1955 Movie
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Five Golden Dragons

1967 Movie
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The Hills Run Red

1966 Movie
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Sky Commando

1953 Movie
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White Tie and Tails

1946 Movie
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River Lady

1948 Movie
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Taggart

1965 Movie
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Platinum High School

1960 Movie
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Ride Clear of Diablo

1954 Movie
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Black Bart

1948 Movie
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The Marauders

1955 Movie
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This Is My Love

1954 Movie
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Man from Frisco

1944 Movie
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He Rides Tall

1964 Movie
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Rails Into Laramie

1954 Movie
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Stranger on the Run

1967 Movie
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Kathy O'

1958 Movie
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The Bounty Killer

1965 Movie
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Walk a Tightrope

1963 Movie
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That Other Woman

1942 Movie
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Winchester '73

1967 Movie
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Ball of Fire

1941 Movie
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Gundown at Sandoval

1959 Movie
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Screen Actors

1950 Movie