Dick Curtis

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.

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King Kong (1933)

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Adventurous filmmaker, Carl Denham, sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Merian C. Cooper  •  Ernest B. Schoedsack
CAST:  Fay Wray  •  Robert Armstrong  •  Bruce Cabot  •  Noble Johnson

Adventurous filmmaker, Carl Denham, sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Merian C. Cooper  •  Ernest B. Schoedsack
CAST:  Fay Wray  •  Robert Armstrong  •  Bruce Cabot  •  Noble Johnson

The Gunfighter (1950)

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Helen Westcott  •  Millard Mitchell  •  Jean Parker

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Helen Westcott  •  Millard Mitchell  •  Jean Parker

You Nazty Spy! (1940)

In this satire of the Nazis the stooges are paperhangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the king, they decide to make Moe the new ruler as he'll be stupid enough to follow their orders. Moe becomes Dictator, Curly is a Field ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jules White
CAST:  Curly Howard  •  Larry Fine  •  Moe Howard  •  Don Beddoe

In this satire of the Nazis the stooges are paperhangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the king, they decide to make Moe the new ruler as he'll be stupid enough to follow their orders. Moe becomes Dictator, Curly is a Field ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jules White
CAST:  Curly Howard  •  Larry Fine  •  Moe Howard  •  Don Beddoe

Blondie (1938)

Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank R. Strayer
CAST:  Arthur Lake  •  Penny Singleton  •  Larry Simms  •  Gene Lockhart

Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank R. Strayer
CAST:  Arthur Lake  •  Penny Singleton  •  Larry Simms  •  Gene Lockhart

My Six Convicts (1952)

A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Fregonese
CAST:  Millard Mitchell  •  Gilbert Roland  •  John Beal  •  Marshall Thompson

A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Fregonese
CAST:  Millard Mitchell  •  Gilbert Roland  •  John Beal  •  Marshall Thompson

Boom Town (1940)

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  Spencer Tracy  •  Claudette Colbert  •  Hedy Lamarr

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  Spencer Tracy  •  Claudette Colbert  •  Hedy Lamarr

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942)

Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Kent Taylor  •  Edgar Buchanan  •  Frances Gifford

Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Kent Taylor  •  Edgar Buchanan  •  Frances Gifford

Waterfront (1944)

A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone robs him of his code book, and he must get it back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Sekely
CAST:  John Carradine  •  J. Carrol Naish  •  Maris Wrixon  •  Edwin Maxwell

A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone robs him of his code book, and he must get it back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Sekely
CAST:  John Carradine  •  J. Carrol Naish  •  Maris Wrixon  •  Edwin Maxwell

The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Grindé
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Lorna Gray  •  Robert Wilcox  •  Roger Pryor

Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Grindé
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Lorna Gray  •  Robert Wilcox  •  Roger Pryor

Life Begins with Love (1937)

A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He disguises himself and gets a job as a laborer at a day-care center. He finds himself attracted to the owner, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray McCarey
CAST:  Jean Parker  •  Douglass Montgomery  •  Edith Fellows  •  Leona Maricle

A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He disguises himself and gets a job as a laborer at a day-care center. He finds himself attracted to the owner, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray McCarey
CAST:  Jean Parker  •  Douglass Montgomery  •  Edith Fellows  •  Leona Maricle

Murder in Greenwich Village (1937)

A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pursuit of an alibi, she inadvertently implicates a struggling advertisement photographer. Now they must keep up the appearance of being engaged as a bumbling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert S. Rogell
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Fay Wray  •  Raymond Walburn  •  Wyn Cahoon

A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pursuit of an alibi, she inadvertently implicates a struggling advertisement photographer. Now they must keep up the appearance of being engaged as a bumbling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert S. Rogell
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Fay Wray  •  Raymond Walburn  •  Wyn Cahoon

The Lady Objects (1938)

A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Gloria Stuart  •  Lanny Ross  •  Joan Marsh  •  Roy Benson

A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Gloria Stuart  •  Lanny Ross  •  Joan Marsh  •  Roy Benson

Women in Prison (1938)

The superintendent of a women's prison is pressured to pardon a member of a criminal gang. When she refuses, her daughter is framed on a manslaughter charge and sent to prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lambert Hillyer
CAST:  Wyn Cahoon  •  Scott Kolk  •  Arthur Loft  •  Mayo Methot

The superintendent of a women's prison is pressured to pardon a member of a criminal gang. When she refuses, her daughter is framed on a manslaughter charge and sent to prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lambert Hillyer
CAST:  Wyn Cahoon  •  Scott Kolk  •  Arthur Loft  •  Mayo Methot

The Arizonian (1935)

Clay Tallant comes to Silver City, Arizona in the 1880s and encounters wide-spread lawlessness and disorder, unscrupulous politicians, outlaws galore and brow-beaten citizens. He accepts the position of town marshal and, with his brother and a reformed outlaw , Tex ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Margot Grahame  •  Preston Foster  •  Louis Calhern

Clay Tallant comes to Silver City, Arizona in the 1880s and encounters wide-spread lawlessness and disorder, unscrupulous politicians, outlaws galore and brow-beaten citizens. He accepts the position of town marshal and, with his brother and a reformed outlaw , Tex ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Margot Grahame  •  Preston Foster  •  Louis Calhern

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941)

A ship's officer is sentenced to Devil's Island for murder after a fatal brawl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Sally Eilers  •  Donald Woods  •  Eduardo Ciannelli  •  Victor Kilian

A ship's officer is sentenced to Devil's Island for murder after a fatal brawl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Sally Eilers  •  Donald Woods  •  Eduardo Ciannelli  •  Victor Kilian

Mystery Ship (1941)

FBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and saboteurs that the US government is deporting to foreign countries aboard a ship. The deportees attempt to take over the ship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Paul Kelly  •  Lola Lane  •  Larry Parks  •  Trevor Bardette

FBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and saboteurs that the US government is deporting to foreign countries aboard a ship. The deportees attempt to take over the ship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Paul Kelly  •  Lola Lane  •  Larry Parks  •  Trevor Bardette

Arizona Cyclone (1941)

Crenshaw and Randolph are competing freight haulers and Randolph's lead man Tom Baxter has given him an advantage....  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph H. Lewis
CAST:  Johnny Mack Brown  •  Fuzzy Knight  •  Kathryn Adams  •  Herbert Rawlinson

Crenshaw and Randolph are competing freight haulers and Randolph's lead man Tom Baxter has given him an advantage....  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph H. Lewis
CAST:  Johnny Mack Brown  •  Fuzzy Knight  •  Kathryn Adams  •  Herbert Rawlinson

Wild Beauty (1946)

In this western, a Native American boy and his horse Wild Beauty make friends with a gentle doctor who helps the boy save his beloved steed from the cruel industrialist who has been slaughtering horses and using their hides for making shoes. Read more at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wallace Fox
CAST:  Don Porter  •  Lois Collier  •  Jacqueline deWit  •  Robert Wilcox

In this western, a Native American boy and his horse Wild Beauty make friends with a gentle doctor who helps the boy save his beloved steed from the cruel industrialist who has been slaughtering horses and using their hides for making shoes. Read more at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wallace Fox
CAST:  Don Porter  •  Lois Collier  •  Jacqueline deWit  •  Robert Wilcox

The Game That Kills (1937)

Ferguson is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who discovers that his chosen profession is nothing more than a racket, a plaything for game-fixing racketeers. When his brother is killed in a highly suspicious accident, Ferguson and team trainer Holland join forces ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. Ross Lederman
CAST:  Charles Quigley  •  Rita Hayworth  •  John Gallaudet  •  J. Farrell MacDonald

Ferguson is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who discovers that his chosen profession is nothing more than a racket, a plaything for game-fixing racketeers. When his brother is killed in a highly suspicious accident, Ferguson and team trainer Holland join forces ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. Ross Lederman
CAST:  Charles Quigley  •  Rita Hayworth  •  John Gallaudet  •  J. Farrell MacDonald

Let Us Live (1939)

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Brahm
CAST:  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Henry Fonda  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Alan Baxter

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Brahm
CAST:  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Henry Fonda  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Alan Baxter
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