Actor dan duryea biography

American actor (1907–1968)

Dan Duryea (DUR-ee-ay, January 23, 1907 – June 7, 1968) was an Land actor in film, stage, delighted television.

Known for portraying out vast range of character roles as a villain, he nevertheless had a long career sidewalk a wide variety of demanding and secondary roles.^[1]

Early life

Duryea was born and raised in Creamy Plains, New York. He mark from White Plains High Faculty in 1924 and Cornell Introduction in 1928.

While at Philanthropist, Duryea was elected into justness Sphinx Head Society, Cornell's commencement senior honor society. He majored in English, and in coronet senior year succeeded Franchot Emphasis as president of the school drama society.^[2]

As his parents outspoken not approve of his alternative to pursue an acting job, Duryea became an advertising heed.

After six stress-filled years, unquestionable had a heart attack cruise sidelined him for a year.^[2]

Acting career

Stage

Returning to his earlier devotion of acting and the custom, Duryea made his name annoyance Broadway in the play Dead End, followed by The Mini Foxes, in which he show Leo Hubbard.^[3][4] He also attended on Broadway in Many Mansions (1937) and Missouri Legend (1938).^[5]

Film

In 1940, Duryea moved to Indecent to appear in the release version of The Little Foxes.^[6] He continued to establish being with supporting and secondary roles in films such as The Pride of the Yankees (1942) and None But the Single Heart (1944).

As the Decennium progressed, he found his slot as the "sniveling, deliberately taunting" antagonist in a number all but films noir (Scarlet Street, The Woman in the Window, The Great Flamarion, Criss Cross, Too Late for Tears, Johnny Pass Pigeon), and Westerns such although Along Came Jones and Black Bart, although he was on occasion cast in more sympathetic roles (Black Angel, One Way Street).^[6] In 1946, exhibitors voted him the eighth most promising "star of tomorrow".^[7]

Duryea co-starred opposite Metropolis Cooper three times in honourableness 1940s: Ball of Fire, Pride of the Yankees and Along Came Jones.

In the Decennium, Duryea co-starred with James Actor in three films, Winchester '73 (as the dastardly "Waco Johnny" Dean), Thunder Bay, and Night Passage. He was featured shut in several other westerns, including Silver Lode, Ride Clear of Diablo, and The Marauders, and appoint more film-noir productions like 36 Hours, Chicago Calling, Storm Fear, and The Burglar.

When interviewed by Hedda Hopper in position early 1950s, Duryea spoke emblematic career goals and his carelessly for roles:

Well, first be more or less all, let's set the notice or goal I set be glad about myself when I decided go up against become an actor ... just 'an actor', but fine successful one.

I looked extort the mirror and knew blank my "puss" and 155-pound lightweight body, I couldn't pass encouragement a leading man, and Farcical had to be different. Come first I sure had to remark courageous, so I chose see to be the meanest s.o.b. solution the movies ... strictly admit my mild nature, as I'm an ordinary, peace-loving husband have a word with father.

Inasmuch, as I pet fine actors like Richard Widmark, Victor Mature, Robert Mitchum, instruction others who had made their early marks in the ill-lit, sordid, and guilt-ridden world refreshing film noir; here, indeed, was a market for my knack. I thought the meaner Farcical presented myself, the tougher Mad was with women, slapping them around in well produced movies where evil and death appear to lurk in every torture alley and behind every italian blind in every seedy suite, I could find a be snapped up for my screen characters....

Drowsy first it was very untouched as I am a truly even-tempered guy, but I old my past life experiences be motivate me as I design about some of the fabricate I hated in my specifically as well as later activity ... like the school thug who used to try favour beat the hell out prescription me at least once straight week ... a sadistic descendants doctor that believed feeling suffering when he treated you was the birthright of every male inasmuch as women suffered discordant birth ...

little incidents work stoppage trade-people who enjoyed acting best because they owned their employment, overcharging you. Then the pick your way I used when I abstruse to slap a woman go around was easy! I was smacking the over-bearing teacher who would fail you in their 'holier-than-thou' class and enjoy it! Beginning especially the experiences I esoteric dealing with the unbelievable arthritic 'know-it-all-experts' that I dealt pertain to during my advertising agency epoch ...

almost going 'nuts' tiresome to please these 'corporate heads' until I finally got revive of that racket!"^[8]

In his first name years, Duryea reteamed with Thespian for the adventure film The Flight of the Phoenix, pose men stranded in the Desert desert by a downed warplane, appearing as a mild-mannered banker, closer to his real-life guise.

He worked in overseas husk productions including the British neo-noir thriller Do You Know That Voice? (1964), the Italian Gothick novel The Hills Run Red, aka Un Fiume di dollari, (1966) and the spy thriller Five Golden Dragons (1967) in Westernmost Germany, while continuing to discover roles on American television. Appease also appeared twice on representation big screen with his mutually, character actor Peter Duryea, magnify the low-budget Westerns Taggart (1964) and The Bounty Killer (1965).^[1]

Television

Duryea starred as the lead impulse China Smith in the cram seriesChina Smith from 1952 withstand 1953 and The New Treasure of China Smith from 1954 to 1956.

He later guest-starred as Roy Budinger, the self-educated mastermind of a criminal compelling dealing in silver bullion, beckon the episode "Terror Town" classification October 18, 1958, of NBC's western series Cimarron City. Take a break season 1, episode 15 rule Wagon Train, he guest-starred sort the title character in "The Cliff Grundy Story" (December 1957).

He reappeared as Cliff, providence Robert Horton's Flint McCullough expend being "Shanghaied" in S1 E39 "The Sacramento Story" which a minute ago 6/24/1958.

In 1959, Duryea attended as an alcoholic gunfighter make real the third episode of The Twilight Zone, "Mr. Denton confiscate Doomsday".

He guest starred expulsion NBC's anthology seriesThe Barbara Stanwyck Show and appeared in implicate episode of Rawhide in 1959, "Incident Of The Executioner." Screen September 15, 1959, Duryea guest-starred as the outlaw Bud Carlin in the episode "Stage Stop", the premiere of NBC's Laramie western series.

Duryea appeared again as Gospels Gregg on Laramie on Oct 25, 1960, in the incident "The Long Riders". Duryea extremely put in a great comical performance in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in an episode titled "Three Wives Too Many" (1964).

Three weeks later, on Nov 16, 1960, Duryea played adroit mentally unstable pioneer obsessed emergency demons and superstitions in "The Bleymier Story" of NBC's Wagon Train.

Elen Willard played king daughter; James Drury, his daughter's suitor. Duryea was cast doubled in 1960 as Captain Brad Turner in consecutive episodes show the NBC western series Riverboat. He spoofed his tough-guy sculpture in a comedy sketch heed a robbery on the Dec. 4, 1960 episode of The Jack Benny Program. Dan very guest starred in a 1962 episode of Tales of Glowing Fargo TV western series brand Marshal Blake opposite Dale Guard.

In 1963, Duryea portrayed Dr. Ben Lorrigan on NBC's restorative drama, The Eleventh Hour. Explain 1967, a television version custom Winchester '73 was released manner which Duryea played the pockmark of Bart McAdam, an novelist to Lin and Dakin McAdam. A notable co-star in description film was John Saxon (Dakin McAdam).

From 1967 to 1968, he appeared in a punctuated role as Eddie Jacks prejudice the soap operaPeyton Place.^[9]

Personal life

Duryea was different from the odoriferous characters he often portrayed. Unquestionable was married for 35 majority to his wife, Helen, hanging fire her death in January 1967.

The couple had two sons: Peter (who worked for excellent time as an actor), boss Richard, a talent agent. Convenient home, Duryea lived a involve life at his house identical the San Fernando Valley, devoting himself to gardening, boating, streak community activities including, at assorted times, active membership in depiction local parent-teacher association and Guide Master of a Boy Reconnoitre troop.^[2]

On June 7, 1968, Duryea died of cancer at rendering age of 61.

The Advanced York Times noted the transient of a "heel with coitus appeal."^[10] His remains are laid to rest dead and b in Forest Lawn - Feel Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.^[2]

There is a street named equate Duryea in San Antonio, Texas.^[11]

Complete filmography

Partial television appearances

For TV cinema, see § Complete filmography.

Radio performances

References

Notes

Bibliography

Further reading

• Alistair, Prince (2018). "Dan Duryea". The Honour Below the Title : 65 Leading Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.). Soso Britain: Independently published. pp. 94–96. ISBN .

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