Dan Duryea
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Dan Duryea (January 23, 1907, in White Plains, New York – June 7, 1968, in Hollywood, California) was an American actor of film, stage and television. Duryea graduated from Cornell University in 1928. While at Cornell, Duryea was elected into the Sphinx Head Society. He made his name on Broadway in the play Dead End, followed by The Little Foxes, in which he played the dishonest and not particularly bright weakling Leo Hubbard. He moved to Hollywood in 1940 to appear in the film version in the same role. He established himself in films playing similar secondary roles as the foil, usually as a weak or annoyingly immature character, in movies such as The Pride of the Yankees. As his career progressed throughout the 1940s he began to carve a niche as a violent, yet sexy, bad guy in a number of film noirs. In so doing he established a significant female following and, over time, something of a cult status. His work in this era included Scarlet Street, The Woman in the Window, Criss Cross, Black Angel and Too Late for Tears. From the 1950s, Duryea was more often seen in Westerns, most notably his charismatic villain in Winchester '73 (1950). Other memorable work in the latter part of his career included Thunder Bay (1953), The Burglar (1957), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), and the primetime soap opera Peyton Place. He also appeared in one of the first Twilight Zone episodes in 1959 as a drunken former gunfighter in "Mr. Denton on Doomsday," written by Rod Serling. He guest starred on NBC's anthology series The Barbara Stanwyck Show. In 1963, Duryea appeared as Dr. Ben Lorrigan in the episode "Why Am I Grown So Cold" on the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour. Duryea was far removed from many of the characters he played in the course of his career. He was married for thirty-five years to his wife, Helen, who preceded him in death on January 21, 1967. The couple had two sons: Peter, who worked for a time as an actor, and Richard. Dan Duryea died of cancer at the age of sixty-one. His remains are interred in Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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Known for
Bonanza
Marshal Gerald Eskith
The Twilight Zone
Al Denton
Wagon Train
Amos
Wagon Train
Cliff Grundy
The Virginian
Ben Crayton
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Raymond Brown
Combat!
Barton
Combat!
Bernie Wallace
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Kirk Joiner
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Henry Jacob Hanley
Daniel Boone
Simon Perigore
Climax!
Dr. Dennis Sullivan
Rawhide
Jardin
Rawhide
Abner Cannon
Rawhide
Brother William
Route 66
Burke's Law
Hop Sing Kelly
Burke's Law
Sam Atherton
Naked City
Clyde Royd
Laramie
Adventures in Paradise
Theodore Florian
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Lt. Boyd Manners
December Bride
The Little Foxes
Leo Hubbard
Studio 57
The 20th Century Fox Hour
None But the Lonely Heart
Lew Tate
Riverboat
Captain Brad Turner
Ride Clear of Diablo
Whitey Kincade
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Bounty Killer
Willie Duggan
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Pierre
Along Came Jones
Monte Jarrad
World for Ransom
Mike Callahan / Corrigan
Kathy O'
Harry Johnson
Suspicion
Eddie Schumaker / McDillard
Chicago Calling
Bill Cannon
Another Part of the Forest
Oscar Hubbard
Sahara
Jimmy Doyle
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Muff Potter
Going My Way
The Marauders
Avery
Gundown at Sandoval
Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #1
Black Angel
Martin Blair
Lux Video Theatre
Howard Boyd
Cavalcade of America
Joe Kohler
The Monroes
Battle Hymn
Sgt. Herman
The Loner
Stranger on the Run
O.E. Hotchkiss
Ministry of Fear
Cost/Travers the Tailor
The Bamboo Saucer
Hank Peters
The Burglar
Nat Harbin
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Al Jennings
Larceny
Silky Randall
Thunder Bay
Johnny Gambi
Do You Know This Voice?
John Hopta
China Smith
Silver Lode
Fred McCarty
The Flight of the Phoenix
Standish
Black Bart
Charles E. Boles / Black Bart
One Way Street
John Wheeler
Foxfire
Hugh Slater
Cimarron City
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Ball of Fire
Duke Pastrami
The Valley of Decision
William Scott Jr.
Six Black Horses
Frank Jesse
The Underworld Story
Mike Reese
This Is My Love
Murray Myer
Winchester '73
Waco Johnnie Dean
Mrs. Parkington
Jack Stilham
The Great Flamarion
Al Wallace
The Woman in the Window
Heidt / Tim, the Doorman
Scarlet Street
Johnny Prince
Incident at Phantom Hill
Joe Barlow
General Electric Theater
Brad Lawson
General Electric Theater
Barnaby Hooke
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
China Smith
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Federal Agent Sam Ireland
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Pete Richards
Night Passage
Whitey Harbin
The Pride of the Yankees
Hank Hanneman
He Rides Tall
Bart Thorne
Criss Cross
Slim Dundee
36 Hours
Major Bill Rogers
Star Stage
Jason
Winchester '73
Bart McAdam
Pursuit
Matt Shaw
Lady on a Train
Arnold Waring
Sky Commando
Col. Ed 'E.D.' Wyatt
Rails Into Laramie
Jim Shanessy
Taggart
Jason
Manhandled
Karl Benson
The Hills Run Red
Col. Winny Getz
That Other Woman
Ralph Cobb
Too Late for Tears
Danny Fuller
Main Street After Dark
Posey Dibson
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Johnny Evans
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
John Jacob Masters
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
Platinum High School
Maj. Redfern Kelly
White Tie and Tails
Charles Dumont
Storm Fear
Fred
The New Adventures of China Smith
China Smith
River Lady
Beauvais
Man from Frisco
Jim Benson
Walk a Tightrope
Carl Lutcher