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