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