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Dick Curtis

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedMay 11, 1902 (Died at 50)
Zodiac Sign♉Taurus
Place of BirthNewport, Kentucky, USA
Career Span1926 – 1952
Known Credits166 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 0.7

Dick Curtis

Also known as:Richard Curtis
Total Works

166

166 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

King Kong
7.6
King Kong
1933•movie
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
7.5
as Strongarm Man (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
7.6
Scarlet Street
1945•movie
as Detective (uncredited)
The Gunfighter
7.4
The Gunfighter
1950•movie
as Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 166 titles featuring Dick Curtis

King Kong
7.6
King Kong
1933•movie

as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You
7.5

as Strongarm Man (uncredited)

Scarlet Street
7.6
Scarlet Street
1945•movie

as Detective (uncredited)

The Gunfighter
7.4
The Gunfighter
1950•movie

as Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)

Batman
6.2
Batman
1943•movie

as Agent Croft of Section 50

The Red Badge of Courage
6.4

as Veteran (uncredited)

Rawhide
6.7
Rawhide
1951•movie

as Hawley (uncredited)

Boom Town
7.0
Boom Town
1940•movie

as Hiring Boss (uncredited)

The Man They Could Not Hang
6.6

as Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney

Up the River
5.7
Up the River
1930•movie

as New Inmate (uncredited)

You Nazty Spy!
7.3
You Nazty Spy!
1940•movie

as Mr. Ohnay (uncredited)

Abilene Town
5.4
Abilene Town
1946•movie

as 'Cap' Ryker

Billy the Kid
5.3
Billy the Kid
1941•movie

as Kirby Claxton

Tell It to the Marines
6.5

as Marine in Barracks

Honky Tonk
6.3
Honky Tonk
1941•movie

as Tough Man on Train (uncredited)

Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
6.8

as Clipper - Swindler in Back Seat (uncredited)

Rockin' Thru the Rockies
6.3

as Indian Chief (uncredited)

Blind Alley
6.0
Blind Alley
1939•movie

as Trooper with Joe

We Want Our Mummy
6.6
We Want Our Mummy
1939•movie

as Jackson (uncredited)

Flat Foot Stooges
6.3
Flat Foot Stooges
1938•movie

as Mr. Reardon

Yes, We Have No Bonanza
6.6

as Maxey

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
6.6

as Heavy (uncredited)

The Outriders
7.2
The Outriders
1950•movie

as Outrider at Dance (uncredited)

Lady in the Death House
5.7

as Willis Millen

Crash Goes the Hash
6.9

as Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn

Let Us Live
6.8
Let Us Live
1939•movie

as Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

The Son of Monte Cristo
6.2

as Guard (Uncredited)

So Ends Our Night
6.3
So Ends Our Night
1941•movie

as Gestapo Stormtrooper (uncredited)

Higher Than a Kite
6.2
Higher Than a Kite
1943•movie

as Gen. Bommel (uncredited)

Adventure in Sahara
5.8

as Karnoldi

Blondie
7.0
Blondie
1938•movie

as Daily Gazette Reporter (uncredited)

The Amazing Mr. Williams
6.0

as Joe (uncredited)

The Phantom
6.6
The Phantom
1943•movie

as Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)

Ghost Patrol
4.8
Ghost Patrol
1936•movie

as Henchman Charlie

The Nitwits
6.7
The Nitwits
1935•movie

as Cop on Stakeout

The Lady Objects
5.7
The Lady Objects
1938•movie

as Jail Guard

Blondie on a Budget
6.2

as Tony - Mechanic (uncredited)

My Six Convicts
6.5
My Six Convicts
1952•movie

as Guard

Waterfront
4.9
Waterfront
1944•movie

as Drunken Sailor (uncredited)

I Can Hardly Wait
6.8
I Can Hardly Wait
1943•movie

as Patient (uncredited)

The Texas Rangers
6.1
The Texas Rangers
1951•movie
Lorna Doone
4.7
Lorna Doone
1951•movie

as Carth

Rose of Cimarron
5.6
Rose of Cimarron
1952•movie

as Clem Dawley

Song of Arizona
4.6
Song of Arizona
1946•movie

as Henchman Bart

Murder in Greenwich Village
5.8

as Campbell Security Guard

Blake of Scotland Yard
4.1

as Nicky

Rawhide
7.4
Rawhide
1938•movie

as Henchman Butch

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
6.1

as Frank McLowery

The Famous Ferguson Case
6.6

as O'Toole (uncredited)

Three Men from Texas
6.6

as Gardner

The Three Troubledoers
5.8

as Badlands Blackie

Rock Island Trail
6.3
Rock Island Trail
1950•movie

as Barton - Railroad Agitator

Scared Stiff
4.7
Scared Stiff
1945•movie

as Bus Driver (Uncredited)

Don't Throw That Knife
6.0

as Mr. Wycoff

Three Arabian Nuts
7.8
Three Arabian Nuts
1951•movie

as Hassan

Lost City of the Jungle
6.5

as Henchman Johnson

Bar-Z Bad Men
4.4
Bar-Z Bad Men
1937•movie

as Brent - Ranch Foreman

Boothill Brigade
5.8
Boothill Brigade
1937•movie

as Bull Berke

Mandrake the Magician
5.9

as Dorgan

Wyoming
6.7
Wyoming
1940•movie

as Corky - Henchman

Salute to the Marines
7.2

as Cpl. Mosley

Wyoming
6.4
Wyoming
1947•movie

as Ed Lassiter

Time Out for Trouble
4.2

as Louie Derringer

The Tooth Will Out
6.6
The Tooth Will Out
1951•movie

as Shemp's Last Patient (uncredited)

Two Yanks in Trinidad
4.0

as Sea Captain

A Lawman Is Born
4.5
A Lawman Is Born
1937•movie

as Lefty Drogan

The Game That Kills
6.2

as Whitey

Shooting Straight
6.2
Shooting Straight
1930•movie

as Butch

My Son Is Guilty
7.5
My Son Is Guilty
1939•movie

as Monk

Traffic in Crime
6.0
Traffic in Crime
1946•movie

as Jake Schultz

Riders of the Northwest Mounted
7.5

as Victor Renaud

Two-Fisted Rangers
4.3
Two-Fisted Rangers
1939•movie

as Dirk Hogan

Stick to Your Guns
5.7
Stick to Your Guns
1941•movie

as Nevada Teale

Men Without Souls
6.7
Men Without Souls
1940•movie

as Duke

The Shadow
7.0
The Shadow
1937•movie

as Carlos

Code of the Mounted
5.7

as Henchman Snakey

Wildcat Trooper
6.0
Wildcat Trooper
1936•movie

as Henri

Phantom Patrol
6.3
Phantom Patrol
1936•movie

as Henchman Josef

Guns in the Dark
7.0
Guns in the Dark
1937•movie

as Brace Stevens

The Gambling Terror
6.0

as Dirk

Crashing Through Danger
4.7

as Foreman

Homicide Bureau
6.7
Homicide Bureau
1939•movie

as Radio Broadcaster (voice)

Glove Slingers
5.7
Glove Slingers
1939•movie

as Madigan - Kid Benson's Trainer (uncredited)

Bride and Gloom
7.0
Bride and Gloom
1947•movie

as Joe Keeler

Off Again, On Again
7.3

as Louie Derringer

Smashing the Spy Ring
6.7

as Williams (uncredited)

Rio Grande
4.7
Rio Grande
1938•movie

as Ed Barker

Valley of Terror
6.3
Valley of Terror
1937•movie

as Henchman Buck

Shut My Big Mouth
8.3
Shut My Big Mouth
1942•movie

as Henchman

Covered Wagon Raid
7.2
Covered Wagon Raid
1950•movie

as Henchman Grif

Across the Sierras
4.5
Across the Sierras
1941•movie

as Mitch Carew

Juvenile Court
6.0
Juvenile Court
1938•movie

as Detective Capturing Dutch Adams (uncredited)

Life Begins with Love
6.7

as Radical (uncredited)

Cattle Raiders
5.3
Cattle Raiders
1938•movie
Flying G-Men
8.0
Flying G-Men
1939•movie

as Korman

Outside These Walls
8.8

as Flint

Jackass Mail
7.5
Jackass Mail
1942•movie

as Jim Swade

Women in Prison
8.0
Women in Prison
1938•movie

as Mac

Whirlwind
6.0
Whirlwind
1951•movie

as Lon Kramer

Overland with Kit Carson
5.2

as Drake

Racing Luck
8.0
Racing Luck
1935•movie

as 'Dynamite'

Arizona Cyclone
7.0
Arizona Cyclone
1941•movie

as Quirt Crenshaw

City Streets
6.0
City Streets
1938•movie

as Madden (uncredited)

Burning Gold
6.5
Burning Gold
1936•movie

as Swede

The Singing Buckaroo
4.8

as Henchman Odie

Outlaws of the Prairie
4.0

as Dragg

Sea Raiders
6.5
Sea Raiders
1941•movie

as Mate on the 'Astoria'

Terry and the Pirates
5.8

as Master Fang

Roar of the Iron Horse
8.0

as Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman

California Gold Rush
7.5

as Chopin - the Harmonica Killer

Wagon Wheels Westward
7.5

as Henchman Tuttle

The Roundup
9.0
The Roundup
1941•movie

as Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis)

The Vanishing Westerner
5.5

as Bartender

Mystery of the Riverboat
6.5

as Craig Cassard [Ch. 1]

Mutiny Ahead
6.5
Mutiny Ahead
1935•movie

as Stevens (as Richard Dye)

The Frame-Up
6.5
The Frame-Up
1937•movie

as Slim (uncredited)

One Man Justice
6.5
One Man Justice
1937•movie

as Henchman Hank Skinner

North of Shanghai
8.0
North of Shanghai
1939•movie

as Creighton

Wild Horse Round-Up
10.0

as Bill

Trail of Vengeance
9.0
Trail of Vengeance
1937•movie

as Cartwright

The Awful Goof
7.0
The Awful Goof
1939•movie

as Joe Mark

The Traitor
8.0
The Traitor
1936•movie

as Morgan

Behind Prison Gates
10.0

as Capt. Simmons

Men of San Quentin
9.0
Men of San Quentin
1942•movie

as Butch Mason

Western Frontier
9.0
Western Frontier
1935•movie

as Pioneer Settler

Northern Frontier
8.0
Northern Frontier
1935•movie

as Henchman Pete (uncredited)

Ragtime Cowboy Joe
9.0
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
1940•movie

as Bo Gilman

Bullets for Rustlers
7.0

as Strang

Texas Stagecoach
9.0
Texas Stagecoach
1940•movie

as Shoshone Larsen

Western Caravans
7.0
Western Caravans
1939•movie

as Mort Kohler

Mystery Ship
8.0
Mystery Ship
1941•movie

as Van Brock

The Lion's Den
8.0
The Lion's Den
1936•movie

as Henchman Slim Burtis

Snooper Service
8.0
Snooper Service
1945•movie
Lawless Breed
9.0
Lawless Breed
1946•movie

as Bartley Mellon / Captain Isaac Mellon

Trails of the Wild
8.0
Trails of the Wild
1935•movie

as Henchman Roper

The Old Wyoming Trail
7.0

as Ed Slade

Two Gun Law
10.0
Two Gun Law
1937•movie

as Len Edwards

West of the Santa Fe
7.0

as Matt Taylor

The Stranger from Texas
8.0

as Bat Stringer

Outpost of the Mounties
10.0

as Wade Beaumont

Spoilers of the Range
8.0

as Lobo Savage

The Arizonian
8.0
The Arizonian
1935•movie

as Saloon Patron

Vengeance of the West
7.0

as Jeff Gorman

Blazing Six Shooters
8.0

as Lash Bender

Santa Fe Uprising
7.0
Santa Fe Uprising
1946•movie

as Henchman Luke Case

Cowboy in the Clouds
7.0

as Roy Madison

Pioneers of the Frontier
9.0

as Matt Brawley

Spook Town
7.0
Spook Town
1944•movie

as Sam Benson

Wild Beauty
8.0
Wild Beauty
1946•movie

as John Andrews

Pardon My Gun
10.0
Pardon My Gun
1942•movie

as Clint Hayes

Navajo Trail Raiders
8.0

as Henchman Brad

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
7.0
Colorado Trail
8.0
Colorado Trail
1938•movie

as Henchman Slash Driscoll

Mandrake the Magician
5.0

as Dorgan - Thug (Chs. 6-8)

Riders of Black River
10.0

as Blaize Carewe

Moonlight on the Range
8.0

as Hank - Henchman

Taming of the West
10.0
Taming of the West
1939•movie

as Rawhide

The Main Event
8.0
The Main Event
1938•movie

as Sawyer

The Thundering West
8.0

as Wolf Munro

Law of the Plains
8.0
Law of the Plains
1938•movie

as Jim Fletcher

Motor Madness
10.0
Motor Madness
1937•movie
South of Arizona
7.0
South of Arizona
1938•movie

as Ed Martin

West of Cheyenne
7.0
West of Cheyenne
1938•movie

as Link Murdock

Call of the Rockies
10.0

as Matt Stark