Dick Curtis


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Actor

Tall, hulking character actor Dick Curtis spent years at Columbia Pictures menacing everyone from cowboy star Charles Starrett to the slapstick team of The Three Stooges. Curtis, unlike many movie villains, showed a genuine flair for comedy--especially physical comedy--in his many appearances in the studio's two-reelers and could do a double-take, a pratfall, take a pie in the face, a finger-poke to the eyes or a crowbar on the top of the head with the best of them. Although much of his career w...

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Date of Birth: May 11, 1902

Date of Death: Jan 3, 1952


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Actor (122 Known Credits)


Rose of Cimarron

Clem Dawley

Whirlwind

Lon Kramer

Roar of the Iron Horse

Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman

The Gunfighter

Crowd Extra (uncredited)

Covered Wagon Raid

Henchman Grif

Rock Island Trail

Barton - Railroad Agitator

Navajo Trail Raiders

Henchman Brad

Wyoming

Ed Lassiter

Bride and Gloom

Joe Keeler

Abilene Town

'Cap' Ryker

The Three Troubledoers

Badlands Blackie

Song of Arizona

Henchman Bart

Lost City of the Jungle

Henchman Johnson

Santa Fe Uprising

Henchman Luke Case

Wild Beauty

John Andrews

Lawless Breed

Bartley Mellon / Captain Isaac Mellon

Traffic in Crime

Jake Schultz

California Gold Rush

Chopin - the Harmonica Killer

Scarlet Street

Detective (uncredited)

Off Again, on Again

Louie Derringer

Wagon Wheels Westward

Henchman Tuttle

Crash Goes the Hash

Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn

The Mystery of the Riverboat

Craig Cassard [Ch. 1]

Spook Town

Sam Benson

I Can Hardly Wait

Patient (uncredited)

Jackass Mail

Jim Swade

Men of San Quentin

Butch Mason

Pardon My Gun

Clint Hayes

Stick to Your Guns

'Nevada' Teale

Honky Tonk

Tough Man on Train

Billy the Kid

Kirby Claxton

So Ends Our Night

Gestapo Stormtrooper (uncredited)

Across the Sierras

Mitch Carew

Sea Raiders

Mate on the 'Astoria'

Arizona Cyclone

Quirt Crenshaw

The Roundup

Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis)

Blondie on a Budget

Tony - Mechanic

Boom Town

Hiring Boss (uncredited)

Wyoming

Corky - Henchman

Texas Stagecoach

Shoshone Larsen

The Man They Could Not Hang

Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney

Blind Alley

Trooper with Joe

Let Us Live

Convict on Death Row

We Want Our Mummy

Jackson (uncredited)

Behind Prison Gates

Capt. Simmons

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Joe (uncredited)

Homicide Bureau

Radio Broadcaster (voice)

Glove Slingers

Madigan - Kid Benson's Trainer (uncredited)

Western Caravans

Mort Kohler

Blondie

Daily Gazette Reporter

You Can't Take It with You

Strongarm Man (uncredited)

Flat Foot Stooges

Mr. Reardon

Rawhide

Henchman Butch

Juvenile Court

Detective Capturing Dutch Adams

The Lady Objects

Jail Guard

City Streets

Madden - County Welfare Officer (uncredited)

Rio Grande

Ed Barker

The Shadow

Carlos

The Gambling Terror

Dirk - Brett's Henchman

Bar-Z Bad Men

Brent - Ranch Foreman

Guns in the Dark

Brace Stevens

A Lawman Is Born

Lefty Drogan

Boothill Brigade

Bull Berke

Valley of Terror

Henchman Buck

The Singing Buckaroo

Henchman Odie

Two Gun Law

Len Edwards

Murder in Greenwich Village

Campbell Security Guard

Life Begins with Love

Radical (uncredited)

Ghost Patrol

Henchman Charlie

Phantom Patrol

Henchman Josef

The Lion's Den

Henchman Slim Burtis

The Nitwits

Cop on Stakeout

The Arizonian

Saloon Patron

Mutiny Ahead

Stevens (as Richard Dye)

Code of the Mounted

Henchman Snakey

Western Frontier

Pioneer Settler

Racing Luck

'Dynamite'

Northern Frontier

Henchman Pete

Skybound

Master of Ceremonies

Trails of the Wild

Henchman Roper

King Kong

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

The Famous Ferguson Case

O'Toole (uncredited)

Tell It to the Marines

Marine in Barracks

Clem Dawley
Hassan
Mr. Wycoff
Whirlwind (1951)
Lon Kramer
Lorna Doone (1951)
Carth
Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Henchman Grif
Barton - Railroad Agitator
Bartender
Henchman Brad
Wyoming (1947)
Ed Lassiter
Joe Keeler
Abilene Town (1946)
'Cap' Ryker
Badlands Blackie
Henchman Bart
Henchman Johnson
Henchman Luke Case
Wild Beauty (1946)
John Andrews
Lawless Breed (1946)
Bartley Mellon / Captain Isaac Mellon
Jake Schultz
Chopin - the Harmonica Killer
Detective (uncredited)
Louie Derringer
Rawhide Pete
Henchman Tuttle
Willis Millen
Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn
Craig Cassard [Ch. 1]
Spook Town (1944)
Sam Benson
Cpl. Mosley
Patient (uncredited)
Victor Renaud
Roy Madison
Jackass Mail (1942)
Jim Swade
Butch Mason
Pardon My Gun (1942)
Clint Hayes
Henchman
Jeff Gorman
'Nevada' Teale
Honky Tonk (1941)
Tough Man on Train
Billy the Kid (1941)
Kirby Claxton
Gestapo Stormtrooper (uncredited)
Mitch Carew
Sea Raiders (1941)
Mate on the 'Astoria'
Quirt Crenshaw
The Roundup (1941)
Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis)
Tony - Mechanic
Gardner
Boom Town (1940)
Hiring Boss (uncredited)
Duke
Wyoming (1940)
Corky - Henchman
Bo Gilman
Strang
Shoshone Larsen
Matt Brawley
Master Fang
Lash Bender
Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney
Blind Alley (1939)
Trooper with Joe
Let Us Live (1939)
Convict on Death Row
Jackson (uncredited)
Capt. Simmons
Joe (uncredited)
Radio Broadcaster (voice)
Dorgan
Madigan - Kid Benson's Trainer (uncredited)
Wade Beaumont
Bat Stringer
Lobo Savage
Mort Kohler
Monk
Blondie (1938)
Daily Gazette Reporter
Strongarm Man (uncredited)
Mr. Reardon
Mac
Rawhide (1938)
Henchman Butch
Karnoldi
Detective Capturing Dutch Adams
Jail Guard
Foreman
City Streets (1938)
Madden - County Welfare Officer (uncredited)
Matt Taylor
Rio Grande (1938)
Ed Barker
The Shadow (1937)
Carlos
Dirk - Brett's Henchman
Bar-Z Bad Men (1937)
Brent - Ranch Foreman
Brace Stevens
Lefty Drogan
Bull Berke
Henchman Buck
Henchman Odie
Ed Slade
Two Gun Law (1937)
Len Edwards
Campbell Security Guard
Radical (uncredited)
Ghost Patrol (1936)
Henchman Charlie
Henri
Henchman Josef
Henchman Slim Burtis
Burning Gold (1936)
Swede
The Nitwits (1935)
Cop on Stakeout
The Arizonian (1935)
Saloon Patron
Mutiny Ahead (1935)
Stevens (as Richard Dye)
Henchman Snakey
Pioneer Settler
Racing Luck (1935)
'Dynamite'
Henchman Pete
Skybound (1935)
Master of Ceremonies
Henchman Roper
King Kong (1933)
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Man in Crowd
O'Toole (uncredited)
Butch
Marine in Barracks

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