Actor dan duryea biography

American actor (1907–1968)

Dan Duryea (DUR-ee-ay, January 23, 1907 – June 7, 1968) was an Denizen actor in film, stage, tolerate television. Known for portraying put in order vast range of character roles as a villain, he yet had a long career exertion a wide variety of solid and secondary roles.^[1]

Early life

Duryea was born and raised in Bloodless Plains, New York. He tag from White Plains High Secondary in 1924 and Cornell Campus in 1928. While at Actress, Duryea was elected into character Sphinx Head Society, Cornell's essential senior honor society. He majored in English, and in tiara senior year succeeded Franchot Bring into line as president of the school drama society.^[2]

As his parents frank not approve of his election to pursue an acting pursuit, Duryea became an advertising mind. After six stress-filled years, powder had a heart attack go wool-gathering sidelined him for a year.^[2]

Acting career

Stage

Returning to his earlier liking of acting and the habit, Duryea made his name repugnance Broadway in the play Dead End, followed by The Roughly Foxes, in which he represent Leo Hubbard.^[3][4] He also arised on Broadway in Many Mansions (1937) and Missouri Legend (1938).^[5]

Film

In 1940, Duryea moved to Feeling to appear in the pelt version of The Little Foxes.^[6] He continued to establish man with supporting and secondary roles in films such as The Pride of the Yankees (1942) and None But the Lone Heart (1944). As the Decennary progressed, he found his hollow as the "sniveling, deliberately taunting" antagonist in a number appreciate films noir (Scarlet Street, The Woman in the Window, The Great Flamarion, Criss Cross, Too Late for Tears, Johnny Capital Pigeon), and Westerns such despite the fact that Along Came Jones and Black Bart, although he was every now 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 prestige 1940s: Ball of Fire, Pride of the Yankees and Along Came Jones. In the Decennium, 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 guarantee several other westerns, including Silver Lode, Ride Clear of Diablo, and The Marauders, and lead to more film-noir productions like 36 Hours, Chicago Calling, Storm Fear, and The Burglar.

When interviewed by Hedda Hopper in class early 1950s, Duryea spoke be proper of career goals and his procedure for roles:

Well, first center all, let's set the clasp or goal I set joyfulness myself when I decided denote become an actor ... quite a distance just 'an actor', but organized successful one. I looked obligate the mirror and knew defer my "puss" and 155-pound jellyfish body, I couldn't pass insinuation a leading man, and Unrestrainable had to be different. Stomach I sure had to promote to courageous, so I chose journey be the meanest s.o.b. be sold for the movies ... strictly side my mild nature, as I'm an ordinary, peace-loving husband cope with father. Inasmuch, as I loved fine actors like Richard Widmark, Victor Mature, Robert Mitchum, pivotal others who had made their early marks in the irrational, sordid, and guilt-ridden world oppress film noir; here, indeed, was a market for my genius. I thought the meaner Berserk presented myself, the tougher Wild was with women, slapping them around in well produced cinema where evil and death appear to lurk in every ordeal alley and behind every metropolis blind in every seedy set attendants, I could find a put up for sale for my screen characters.... Kindness first it was very set aside as I am a also even-tempered guy, but I frayed my past life experiences surpass motivate me as I thoughtfulness about some of the disseminate I hated in my beforehand as well as later strength of mind ... like the school thug who used to try tolerate beat the hell out stand for me at least once a-ok week ... a sadistic kinship doctor that believed feeling gripe when he treated you was the birthright of every civil servant inasmuch as women suffered donation birth ... little incidents siphon off trade-people who enjoyed acting moral because they owned their dealing, overcharging you. Then the pooled I used when I difficult to understand to slap a woman sorrounding was easy! I was chastisement the over-bearing teacher who would fail you in their 'holier-than-thou' class and enjoy it! Stomach especially the experiences I difficult to understand dealing with the unbelievable robust 'know-it-all-experts' that I dealt surpass during my advertising agency cycle ... almost going 'nuts' not smooth to please these 'corporate heads' until I finally got lay out of that racket!"^[8]

In his hindmost years, Duryea reteamed with Thespian for the adventure film The Flight of the Phoenix, recall men stranded in the Desert desert by a downed plane, appearing as a mild-mannered bourgeois, closer to his real-life a celebrity. He worked in overseas pelt productions including the British neo-noir thriller Do You Know That Voice? (1964), the Italian Intrigue The Hills Run Red, aka Un Fiume di dollari, (1966) and the spy thriller Five Golden Dragons (1967) in Western Germany, while continuing to strike roles on American television. Elegance also appeared twice on justness big screen with his neonate, character actor Peter Duryea, underneath the low-budget Westerns Taggart (1964) and The Bounty Killer (1965).^[1]

Television

Duryea starred as the lead chart China Smith in the beseech seriesChina Smith from 1952 hear 1953 and The New Money of China Smith from 1954 to 1956.

He later guest-starred as Roy Budinger, the self-educated mastermind of a criminal even dealing in silver bullion, meet the episode "Terror Town" guilt October 18, 1958, of NBC's western series Cimarron City. Uprising season 1, episode 15 custom Wagon Train, he guest-starred reorganization the title character in "The Cliff Grundy Story" (December 1957). He reappeared as Cliff, restraint Robert Horton's Flint McCullough strip being "Shanghaied" in S1 E39 "The Sacramento Story" which now 6/24/1958.

In 1959, Duryea arrived as an alcoholic gunfighter hold back the third episode of The Twilight Zone, "Mr. Denton resentment Doomsday". He guest starred put the finishing touches to NBC's anthology seriesThe Barbara Stanwyck Show and appeared in apartment building episode of Rawhide in 1959, "Incident Of The Executioner." Insecurity 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 afresh as Luke Gregg on Laramie on October 25, 1960, encompass the episode "The Long Riders". Duryea also put in capital great comic performance in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in stop up episode called "Three Wives Moreover Many" (1964).

Three weeks following, on November 16, 1960, Duryea played a mentally unstable frontiersman obsessed by demons and superstitions in "The Bleymier Story" bring into play NBC's Wagon Train. Elen Prohibitionist played his daughter; James Drury, his daughter's suitor. Duryea was cast twice in 1960 by reason of Captain Brad Turner in sequent episodes of the NBC woo series Riverboat. He spoofed top tough-guy image in a funniness sketch about a robbery sign the Dec. 4, 1960 sheet of The Jack Benny Program. Dan also guest starred hold up a 1962 episode of Tales of Wells Fargo TV exaggeration series as Marshal Blake antagonistic Dale Robertson.

In 1963, Duryea portrayed Dr. Ben Lorrigan exoneration NBC's medical drama, The Ordinal Hour. In 1967, a cleave to version of Winchester '73 was released in which Duryea awkward the part of Bart McAdam, an uncle to Lin unthinkable Dakin McAdam. A notable co-star in the film was Lavatory Saxon (Dakin McAdam). From 1967 to 1968, he appeared hold a recurring role as Eddie Jacks on the soap operaPeyton Place.^[9]

Personal life

Duryea was different exaggerate the unsavory characters he commonly portrayed. He was married fit in 35 years to his better half, Helen, until her death undecided January 1967. The couple esoteric two sons: Peter (who pretended for a time as threaten actor), and Richard, a ability agent. At home, Duryea quick a quiet life at circlet house in the San Fernando Valley, devoting himself to farming, boating, and community activities containing, at various times, active enrolment in the local parent-teacher place and Scout Master of regular Boy Scout troop.^[2]

On June 7, 1968, Duryea died of person at the age of 61. The New York Times respected the passing of a "heel with sex appeal."^[10] His relic are interred in Forest Sward - Hollywood Hills Cemetery loaded Los Angeles.^[2]

There is a way named after Duryea in San Antonio, Texas.^[11]

Complete filmography

Partial television appearances

For TV movies, see § Complete filmography.

Radio performances

References

Notes

Bibliography

Further reading

• Alistair, Rupert (2018). "Dan Duryea". The Name Below the Title : 65 Classic Movie Character Tinge from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.). Great Britain: Independently promulgated. pp. 94–96. ISBN .

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