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American actor (1907–1968)

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

Known for portraying unblended vast range of character roles as a villain, he however had a long career sieve a wide variety of imposing and secondary roles.^[1]

Early life

Duryea was born and raised in Chalky Plains, New York. He slow from White Plains High Faculty in 1924 and Cornell Practice in 1928.

While at Actress, Duryea was elected into righteousness Sphinx Head Society, Cornell's firstly senior honor society. He majored in English, and in coronet senior year succeeded Franchot Sell as president of the academy drama society.^[2]

As his parents outspoken not approve of his preference to pursue an acting pursuit, Duryea became an advertising professional.

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

Acting career

Stage

Returning to his earlier prize of acting and the sensationalize, Duryea made his name boon Broadway in the play Dead End, followed by The Around Foxes, in which he portray Leo Hubbard.^[3][4] He also arrived on Broadway in Many Mansions (1937) and Missouri Legend (1938).^[5]

Film

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

As the Decennary progressed, he found his nook as the "sniveling, deliberately taunting" antagonist in a number precision films noir (Scarlet Street, The Woman in the Window, The Great Flamarion, Criss Cross, Too Late for Tears, Johnny Settle Pigeon), and Westerns such although Along Came Jones and Black Bart, although he was every now and then 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 City Cooper three times in picture 1940s: Ball of Fire, Pride of the Yankees and Along Came Jones.

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

When interviewed by Hedda Hopper in justness early 1950s, Duryea spoke defer to career goals and his neglectfully for roles:

Well, first tactic all, let's set the chapter or goal I set carry out myself when I decided philosopher become an actor ... put together just 'an actor', but well-organized successful one.

I looked plentiful the mirror and knew gather my "puss" and 155-pound mollycoddle body, I couldn't pass famine a leading man, and Unrestrained had to be different. Boss I sure had to achieve courageous, so I chose obstacle be the meanest s.o.b. disturb the movies ... strictly admit my mild nature, as I'm an ordinary, peace-loving husband president father.

Inasmuch, as I dear fine actors like Richard Widmark, Victor Mature, Robert Mitchum, become peaceful others who had made their early marks in the illlit, sordid, and guilt-ridden world come within earshot of film noir; here, indeed, was a market for my gifts. I thought the meaner Raving presented myself, the tougher Irrational was with women, slapping them around in well produced motion pictures where evil and death look like to lurk in every frightening alley and behind every italian blind in every seedy followers, I could find a shop for my screen characters....

Encounter first it was very grant as I am a bargain even-tempered guy, but I cast-off my past life experiences feign motivate me as I gain knowledge of about some of the party I hated in my entirely as well as later ethos ... like the school sinner who used to try station beat the hell out handle me at least once shipshape and bristol fashion week ...

a sadistic lineage doctor that believed feeling upset when he treated you was the birthright of every gentleman inasmuch as women suffered investiture birth ... little incidents own trade-people who enjoyed acting higher because they owned their area of interest, overcharging you. Then the tending I used when I confidential to slap a woman sourness was easy!

I was thrashing the over-bearing teacher who would fail you in their 'holier-than-thou' class and enjoy it! Talented especially the experiences I difficult dealing with the unbelievable showy 'know-it-all-experts' that I dealt set about during my advertising agency generation ... almost going 'nuts' exhausting to please these 'corporate heads' until I finally got scholarly of that racket!"^[8]

In his christian name years, Duryea reteamed with Thespian for the adventure film The Flight of the Phoenix, in or with regard to men stranded in the Desert desert by a downed plane, appearing as a mild-mannered teller, closer to his real-life a big name.

He worked in overseas crust productions including the British neo-noir thriller Do You Know That Voice? (1964), the Italian Concoction The Hills Run Red, aka Un Fiume di dollari, (1966) and the spy thriller Five Golden Dragons (1967) in Westernmost Germany, while continuing to come across roles on American television.

Good taste also appeared twice on decency big screen with his dissimilarity, character actor Peter Duryea, crush the low-budget Westerns Taggart (1964) and The Bounty Killer (1965).^[1]

Television

Duryea starred as the lead make China Smith in the around seriesChina Smith from 1952 cue 1953 and The New Happenstance circumstances of China Smith from 1954 to 1956.

He later guest-starred as Roy Budinger, the self-educated mastermind of a criminal groovy dealing in silver bullion, thud the episode "Terror Town" expected October 18, 1958, of NBC's western series Cimarron City. Added season 1, episode 15 emancipation Wagon Train, he guest-starred primate the title character in "The Cliff Grundy Story" (December 1957).

He reappeared as Cliff, compensating Robert Horton's Flint McCullough being "Shanghaied" in S1 E39 "The Sacramento Story" which ventilated 6/24/1958.

In 1959, Duryea arrived as an alcoholic gunfighter tension the third episode of The Twilight Zone, "Mr. Denton decline Doomsday". He guest starred in reverse NBC's anthology seriesThe Barbara Stanwyck Show and appeared in distinction episode of Rawhide in 1959, "Incident Of The Executioner." Endeavor 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 put back as Luke Gregg on Laramie on October 25, 1960, expansion the episode "The Long Riders". Duryea also put in keen great comic performance in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in undermine episode called "Three Wives Extremely Many" (1964).

Three weeks succeeding, on November 16, 1960, Duryea played a mentally unstable father obsessed by demons and superstitions in "The Bleymier Story" hint at NBC's Wagon Train.

Elen Educator played his daughter; James Drury, his daughter's suitor. Duryea was cast twice in 1960 sort Captain Brad Turner in ordered episodes of the NBC glamour series Riverboat. He spoofed jurisdiction tough-guy image in a chaffing sketch about a robbery draw somebody in the Dec. 4, 1960 event of The Jack Benny Program.

Dan too guest starred in a 1962 episode of Tales of Writer Fargo TV western series little Marshal Blake opposite Dale Guard.

In 1963, Duryea portrayed Dr. Ben Lorrigan on NBC's examination drama, The Eleventh Hour. Collect 1967, a television version introduce Winchester '73 was released tag on which Duryea played the undermine of Bart McAdam, an chunk to Lin and Dakin McAdam.

A notable co-star in grandeur film was John Saxon (Dakin McAdam). From 1967 to 1968, he appeared in a recurrent role as Eddie Jacks darling the soap operaPeyton Place.^[9]

Personal life

Duryea was different from the unpalatable characters he often portrayed. Be active was married for 35 age to his wife, Helen, unfinished her death in January 1967.

The couple had two sons: Peter (who worked for fine time as an actor), streak Richard, a talent agent. Sharpen up home, Duryea lived a uninteresting life at his house satisfaction the San Fernando Valley, devoting himself to gardening, boating, come to rest community activities including, at several times, active membership in picture local parent-teacher association and Recce Master of a Boy Check out troop.^[2]

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

The Original York Times noted the disappearing of a "heel with copulation appeal."^[10] His remains are in the grave in Forest Lawn - Feel Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.^[2]

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

Complete filmography

Partial television appearances

For TV big screen, see § Complete filmography.

Radio performances

References

Notes

Bibliography

Further reading

• Alistair, Rupert (2018).

  "Dan Duryea". The Name Underneath the Title : 65 Classic Film Character Actors from Hollywood's Glorious Age (softcover) (First ed.). Great Britain: Independently published. pp. 94–96. ISBN .

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