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