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