Dick Curtis
Acting
Born May 11, 1902, Newport, Kentucky, USA
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.
Filmography
- 1952My Six Convicts — Guard
- 1952Rose of Cimarron — Clem Dawley
- 1951Don't Throw That Knife — Mr. Wycoff
- 1951Government Agents vs Phantom Legion — Regan
- 1951Lorna Doone — Carth
- 1951Rawhide — Hawley (uncredited)
- 1951Roar of the Iron Horse — Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman
- 1951The Red Badge of Courage — Veteran (uncredited)
- 1951The Texas Rangers
- 1951The Tooth Will Out — Shemp's Last Patient (uncredited)
- 1951Three Arabian Nuts — Hassan
- 1951Whirlwind — Lon Kramer
- 1950Covered Wagon Raid — Henchman Grif
- 1950Rock Island Trail — Barton - Railroad Agitator
- 1950The Gunfighter — Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
- 1950The Outriders — Outrider at Dance (uncredited)
- 1950The Vanishing Westerner — Bartender
- 1949Navajo Trail Raiders — Henchman Brad
- 1947Bride and Gloom — Joe Keeler
- 1947Wyoming — Ed Lassiter
- 1946Abilene Town — 'Cap' Ryker
- 1946California Gold Rush — Chopin - the Harmonica Killer
- 1946Get Along, Little Zombie
- 1946Lawless Breed — Bartley Mellon / Captain Isaac Mellon
- 1946Lost City of the Jungle — Henchman Johnson
- 1946Santa Fe Uprising — Henchman Luke Case
- 1946Song of Arizona — Henchman Bart
- 1946The Three Troubledoers — Badlands Blackie
- 1946Traffic in Crime — Jake Schultz
- 1946Wild Beauty — John Andrews
- 1945Off Again, On Again — Louie Derringer
- 1945Pistol Packin' Nitwits — Rawhide Pete
- 1945Scared Stiff — Bus Driver (Uncredited)
- 1945Scarlet Street — Detective (uncredited)
- 1945Snooper Service
- 1945Wagon Wheels Westward — Henchman Tuttle
- 1944Crash Goes the Hash — Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn
- 1944Lady in the Death House — Willis Millen
- 1944Mystery of the Riverboat — Craig Cassard [Ch. 1]
- 1944Spook Town — Sam Benson
- 1944Waterfront — Drunken Sailor (uncredited)
- 1943Batman — Agent Croft of Section 50
- 1943Cowboy in the Clouds — Roy Madison
- 1943Higher Than a Kite — Gen. Bommel (uncredited)
- 1943I Can Hardly Wait — Patient (uncredited)
- 1943Riders of the Northwest Mounted — Victor Renaud
- 1943Salute to the Marines — Cpl. Mosley
- 1943The Phantom — Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)
- 1942City of Silent Men — Ed Muller
- 1942Jackass Mail — Jim Swade
- 1942Men of San Quentin — Butch Mason
- 1942Pardon My Gun — Clint Hayes
- 1942Shut My Big Mouth — Henchman
- 1942Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die — Frank McLowery
- 1942Two Yanks in Trinidad — Sea Captain
- 1942Vengeance of the West — Jeff Gorman
- 1941Across the Sierras — Mitch Carew
- 1941Arizona Cyclone — Quirt Crenshaw
- 1941Billy the Kid — Kirby Claxton
- 1941Honky Tonk — Tough Man on Train (uncredited)
- 1941I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island — Jules
- 1941Mystery Ship — Van Brock
- 1941Sea Raiders — Mate on the 'Astoria'
- 1941So Ends Our Night — Gestapo Stormtrooper (uncredited)
- 1941Stick to Your Guns — Nevada Teale
- 1941The Roundup — Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis)
- 1940Blazing Six Shooters — Lash Bender
- 1940Blondie on a Budget — Tony - Mechanic (uncredited)
- 1940Boom Town — Hiring Boss (uncredited)
- 1940Bullets for Rustlers — Strang
- 1940Mandrake the Magician — Dorgan - Thug (Chs. 6-8)
- 1940Men Without Souls — Duke
- 1940Pioneers of the Frontier — Matt Brawley
- 1940Ragtime Cowboy Joe — Bo Gilman
- 1940Rockin' Thru the Rockies — Indian Chief (uncredited)
- 1940Terry and the Pirates — Master Fang
- 1940Texas Stagecoach — Shoshone Larsen
- 1940The Son of Monte Cristo — Guard (Uncredited)
- 1940Three Men from Texas — Gardner
- 1940Wyoming — Corky - Henchman
- 1940You Nazty Spy! — Mr. Ohnay (uncredited)
- 1939Behind Prison Gates — Capt. Simmons
- 1939Blind Alley — Trooper with Joe
- 1939Flying G-Men — Korman
- 1939Glove Slingers — Madigan - Kid Benson's Trainer (uncredited)
- 1939Homicide Bureau — Radio Broadcaster (voice)
- 1939Let Us Live — Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
- 1939Mandrake the Magician — Dorgan
- 1939My Son Is Guilty — Monk
- 1939North of Shanghai — Creighton
- 1939Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise — Clipper - Swindler in Back Seat (uncredited)
- 1939Outpost of the Mounties — Wade Beaumont
- 1939Outside These Walls — Flint
- 1939Overland with Kit Carson — Drake
- 1939Riders of Black River — Blaize Carewe
- 1939Spoilers of the Range — Lobo Savage
- 1939Taming of the West — Rawhide
- 1939The Amazing Mr. Williams — Joe (uncredited)
- 1939The Awful Goof — Joe Mark
- 1939The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt — Heavy (uncredited)
- 1939The Man They Could Not Hang — Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney
- 1939The Stranger from Texas — Bat Stringer
- 1939The Thundering West — Wolf Munro
- 1939Two-Fisted Rangers — Dirk Hogan
- 1939We Want Our Mummy — Jackson (uncredited)
- 1939Western Caravans — Mort Kohler
- 1939Yes, We Have No Bonanza — Maxey
- 1938Adventure in Sahara — Karnoldi
- 1938Blondie — Daily Gazette Reporter (uncredited)
- 1938Call of the Rockies — Matt Stark
- 1938Cattle Raiders
- 1938City Streets — Madden (uncredited)
- 1938Colorado Trail — Henchman Slash Driscoll
- 1938Crashing Through Danger — Foreman
- 1938Flat Foot Stooges — Mr. Reardon
- 1938Juvenile Court — Detective Capturing Dutch Adams (uncredited)
- 1938Law of the Plains — Jim Fletcher
- 1938Rawhide — Henchman Butch
- 1938Rio Grande — Ed Barker
- 1938Smashing the Spy Ring — Williams (uncredited)
- 1938South of Arizona — Ed Martin
- 1938The Lady Objects — Jail Guard
- 1938The Main Event — Sawyer
- 1938Time Out for Trouble — Louie Derringer
- 1938West of Cheyenne — Link Murdock
- 1938West of the Santa Fe — Matt Taylor
- 1938Women in Prison — Mac
- 1938You Can't Take It with You — Strongarm Man (uncredited)
- 1937A Lawman Is Born — Lefty Drogan
- 1937Bar-Z Bad Men — Brent - Ranch Foreman
- 1937Blake of Scotland Yard — Nicky
- 1937Boothill Brigade — Bull Berke
- 1937Guns in the Dark — Brace Stevens
- 1937Life Begins with Love — Radical (uncredited)
- 1937Moonlight on the Range — Hank - Henchman
- 1937Motor Madness
- 1937Murder in Greenwich Village — Campbell Security Guard
- 1937One Man Justice — Henchman Hank Skinner
- 1937Outlaws of the Prairie — Dragg
- 1937The Frame-Up — Slim (uncredited)
- 1937The Gambling Terror — Dirk
- 1937The Game That Kills — Whitey
- 1937The Old Wyoming Trail — Ed Slade
- 1937The Shadow — Carlos
- 1937The Singing Buckaroo — Henchman Odie
- 1937Trail of Vengeance — Cartwright
- 1937Two Gun Law — Len Edwards
- 1937Valley of Terror — Henchman Buck
- 1936Burning Gold — Swede
- 1936Ghost Patrol — Henchman Charlie
- 1936Phantom Patrol — Henchman Josef
- 1936The Lion's Den — Henchman Slim Burtis
- 1936The Traitor — Morgan
- 1936Wild Horse Round-Up — Bill
- 1936Wildcat Trooper — Henri
- 1935Code of the Mounted — Henchman Snakey
- 1935Mutiny Ahead — Stevens (as Richard Dye)
- 1935Northern Frontier — Henchman Pete (uncredited)
- 1935Racing Luck — 'Dynamite'
- 1935Skybound — Master of Ceremonies
- 1935The Arizonian — Saloon Patron
- 1935The Nitwits — Cop on Stakeout
- 1935Trails of the Wild — Henchman Roper
- 1935Western Frontier — Pioneer Settler
- 1933King Kong — Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
- 1933The Druggist's Dilemma — Man in Crowd
- 1932The Famous Ferguson Case — O'Toole (uncredited)
- 1930Shooting Straight — Butch
- 1930Up the River — New Inmate (uncredited)
- 1926Tell It to the Marines — Marine in Barracks