Dick Curtis
Born: 1902-05-11 in Newport, Kentucky, USA
Died: 1952-01-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dick Curtis (May 11, 1902 – January 3, 1952) was an American actor who made over 230 film and television appearances during his career. Curtis was born Richard Dye in Newport, Kentucky. Standing at 6' 3", Curtis appeared in films stretching from Charles Starrett to The Three Stooges. In most of his films, he played villains or heavies. He made television appearances on The Lone Ranger and The Range Rider. He appeared in California Gold Rush, Spook Town, The Gene Autry Show, and many others. Though his forte was in villainous roles, Curtis had a genuine comedic touch. As such, modern audiences will recognize Curtis for his roles in such Three Stooges films as Yes, We Have No Bonanza, You Nazty Spy!, and The Three Troubledoers. With the help of his friend and actor Russell Hayden, Curtis helped develop Pioneertown, a western movie set location in Southern California that was used for many television and film westerns.
Filmography
1952
- Rose of Cimarron as Clem Dawley
- My Six Convicts as Guard
1951
- The Red Badge of Courage as Veteran (uncredited)
- Lorna Doone as Carth
- Rawhide as Hawley (uncredited)
- The Texas Rangers
- Whirlwind as Lon Kramer
- Don't Throw That Knife as Mr. Wycoff
- The Tooth Will Out as Shemp's Last Patient (uncredited)
- Government Agents vs Phantom Legion as Regan
- Roar of the Iron Horse as Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman
- Three Arabian Nuts as Hassan
1950
- The Gunfighter as Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
- The Outriders as Outrider at Dance (uncredited)
- The Vanishing Westerner as Bartender
- Rock Island Trail as Barton - Railroad Agitator
- Covered Wagon Raid as Henchman Grif
1949
- Navajo Trail Raiders as Henchman Brad
1947
- Bride and Gloom as Joe Keeler
- Wyoming as Ed Lassiter
1946
- Abilene Town as 'Cap' Ryker
- Song of Arizona as Henchman Bart
- Get Along, Little Zombie
- Santa Fe Uprising as Henchman Luke Case
- Lost City of the Jungle as Henchman Johnson
- Traffic in Crime as Jake Schultz
- California Gold Rush as Chopin - the Harmonica Killer
- The Three Troubledoers as Badlands Blackie
- Wild Beauty as John Andrews
- Lawless Breed as Bartley Mellon / Captain Isaac Mellon
1945
- Scarlet Street as Detective (uncredited)
- Pistol Packin' Nitwits as Rawhide Pete
- Scared Stiff as Bus Driver (Uncredited)
- Wagon Wheels Westward as Henchman Tuttle
- Snooper Service
- Off Again, On Again as Louie Derringer
1944
- Mystery of the Riverboat as Craig Cassard [Ch. 1]
- Waterfront as Drunken Sailor (uncredited)
- Lady in the Death House as Willis Millen
- Spook Town as Sam Benson
- Crash Goes the Hash as Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn
1943
- Batman as Agent Croft of Section 50
- The Phantom as Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)
- Salute to the Marines as Cpl. Mosley
- Higher Than a Kite as Gen. Bommel (uncredited)
- I Can Hardly Wait as Patient (uncredited)
- Riders of the Northwest Mounted as Victor Renaud
- Cowboy in the Clouds as Roy Madison
1942
- Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die as Frank McLowery
- City of Silent Men as Ed Muller
- Shut My Big Mouth as Henchman
- Vengeance of the West as Jeff Gorman
- Two Yanks in Trinidad as Sea Captain
- Jackass Mail as Jim Swade
- Pardon My Gun as Clint Hayes
- Men of San Quentin as Butch Mason
1941
- Honky Tonk as Tough Man on Train (uncredited)
- Billy the Kid as Kirby Claxton
- So Ends Our Night as Gestapo Stormtrooper (uncredited)
- Mystery Ship as Van Brock
- The Roundup as Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis)
- Sea Raiders as Mate on the 'Astoria'
- I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island as Jules
- Stick to Your Guns as Nevada Teale
- Arizona Cyclone as Quirt Crenshaw
- Across the Sierras as Mitch Carew
1940
- Boom Town as Hiring Boss (uncredited)
- The Son of Monte Cristo as Guard (Uncredited)
- Wyoming as Corky - Henchman
- You Nazty Spy! as Mr. Ohnay (uncredited)
- Three Men from Texas as Gardner
- Men Without Souls as Duke
- Terry and the Pirates as Master Fang
- Blondie on a Budget as Tony - Mechanic (uncredited)
- Ragtime Cowboy Joe as Bo Gilman
- Mandrake the Magician as Dorgan - Thug (Chs. 6-8)
- Pioneers of the Frontier as Matt Brawley
- Bullets for Rustlers as Strang
- Texas Stagecoach as Shoshone Larsen
- Blazing Six Shooters as Lash Bender
- Rockin' Thru the Rockies as Indian Chief (uncredited)
1939
- Let Us Live as Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
- The Man They Could Not Hang as Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Joe (uncredited)
- Yes, We Have No Bonanza as Maxey
- The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Heavy (uncredited)
- Blind Alley as Trooper with Joe
- My Son Is Guilty as Monk
- Homicide Bureau as Radio Broadcaster (voice)
- Flying G-Men as Korman
- North of Shanghai as Creighton
- Outpost of the Mounties as Wade Beaumont
- The Awful Goof as Joe Mark
- Behind Prison Gates as Capt. Simmons
- Mandrake the Magician as Dorgan
- Outside These Walls as Flint
- Taming of the West as Rawhide
- The Thundering West as Wolf Munro
- Riders of Black River as Blaize Carewe
- Overland with Kit Carson as Drake
- Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise as Clipper - Swindler in Back Seat (uncredited)
- The Stranger from Texas as Bat Stringer
- Western Caravans as Mort Kohler
- Glove Slingers as Madigan - Kid Benson's Trainer (uncredited)
- We Want Our Mummy as Jackson (uncredited)
- Two-Fisted Rangers as Dirk Hogan
- Spoilers of the Range as Lobo Savage
1938
- You Can't Take It with You as Strongarm Man (uncredited)
- Blondie as Daily Gazette Reporter (uncredited)
- City Streets as Madden (uncredited)
- Rawhide as Henchman Butch
- South of Arizona as Ed Martin
- West of Cheyenne as Link Murdock
- Women in Prison as Mac
- Adventure in Sahara as Karnoldi
- Smashing the Spy Ring as Williams (uncredited)
- Time Out for Trouble as Louie Derringer
- Flat Foot Stooges as Mr. Reardon
- Law of the Plains as Jim Fletcher
- Call of the Rockies as Matt Stark
- Juvenile Court as Detective Capturing Dutch Adams (uncredited)
- The Lady Objects as Jail Guard
- Crashing Through Danger as Foreman
- Cattle Raiders
- Rio Grande as Ed Barker
- The Main Event as Sawyer
- West of the Santa Fe as Matt Taylor
- Colorado Trail as Henchman Slash Driscoll
1937
- Motor Madness
- One Man Justice as Henchman Hank Skinner
- Guns in the Dark as Brace Stevens
- The Shadow as Carlos
- Murder in Greenwich Village as Campbell Security Guard
- The Game That Kills as Whitey
- Boothill Brigade as Bull Berke
- Life Begins with Love as Radical (uncredited)
- Bar-Z Bad Men as Brent - Ranch Foreman
- Valley of Terror as Henchman Buck
- Trail of Vengeance as Cartwright
- A Lawman Is Born as Lefty Drogan
- The Frame-Up as Slim (uncredited)
- Blake of Scotland Yard as Nicky
- The Gambling Terror as Dirk
- The Singing Buckaroo as Henchman Odie
- Outlaws of the Prairie as Dragg
- Two Gun Law as Len Edwards
- Moonlight on the Range as Hank - Henchman
- The Old Wyoming Trail as Ed Slade
1936
- The Traitor as Morgan
- Ghost Patrol as Henchman Charlie
- Phantom Patrol as Henchman Josef
- Wildcat Trooper as Henri
- The Lion's Den as Henchman Slim Burtis
- Burning Gold as Swede
- Wild Horse Round-Up as Bill
1935
- Northern Frontier as Henchman Pete (uncredited)
- Western Frontier as Pioneer Settler
- The Arizonian as Saloon Patron
- Racing Luck as 'Dynamite'
- The Nitwits as Cop on Stakeout
- Code of the Mounted as Henchman Snakey
- Mutiny Ahead as Stevens (as Richard Dye)
- Skybound as Master of Ceremonies
- Trails of the Wild as Henchman Roper
1933
- King Kong as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
- The Druggist's Dilemma as Man in Crowd
1932
- The Famous Ferguson Case as O'Toole (uncredited)
1930
- Up the River as New Inmate (uncredited)
- Shooting Straight as Butch
1926
- Tell It to the Marines as Marine in Barracks