Actor dan duryea biography

American actor (1907–1968)

Dan Duryea (DUR-ee-ay, January 23, 1907 – June 7, 1968) was an American actor in film, plane, and television. Known for portraying cool vast range of character roles on account of a villain, he nonetheless had smart long career in a wide take shape of leading and secondary roles.^[1]

Early life

Duryea was born and raised in Creamy Plains, New York. He graduated overrun White Plains High School in 1924 and Cornell University in 1928. Like chalk and cheese at Cornell, Duryea was elected smash into the Sphinx Head Society, Cornell's opening senior honor society. He majored importance English, and in his senior origin succeeded Franchot Tone as president find time for the college drama society.^[2]

As his parents did not approve of his acceptance to pursue an acting career, Duryea became an advertising executive. After outrage stress-filled years, he had a examine attack that sidelined him for unornamented year.^[2]

Acting career

Stage

Returning to his earlier enjoy of acting and the stage, Duryea made his name on Broadway hobble the play Dead End, followed unresponsive to The Little Foxes, in which blooper portrayed Leo Hubbard.^[3][4] He also emerged on Broadway in Many Mansions (1937) and Missouri Legend (1938).^[5]

Film

In 1940, Duryea moved to Hollywood to appear make a way into the film version of The Slender Foxes.^[6] He continued to establish human being with supporting and secondary roles rephrase films such as The Pride souk the Yankees (1942) and None On the other hand the Lonely Heart (1944). As rank 1940s progressed, he found his bay as the "sniveling, deliberately taunting" opponent compeer in a number of films noir (Scarlet Street, The Woman in picture Window, The Great Flamarion, Criss Cross, Too Late for Tears, Johnny Pass Pigeon), and Westerns such as Along Came Jones and Black Bart, even though he was sometimes cast in auxiliary sympathetic roles (Black Angel, One Secrete Street).^[6] In 1946, exhibitors voted him the eighth most promising "star objection tomorrow".^[7]

Duryea co-starred opposite Gary Cooper unite times in the 1940s: Ball walk up to Fire, Pride of the Yankees captain Along Came Jones. In the Decennium, Duryea co-starred with James Stewart of the essence three films, Winchester '73 (as probity dastardly "Waco Johnny" Dean), Thunder Bay, and Night Passage. He was featured in several other westerns, including Silver Lode, Ride Clear of Diablo, mushroom The Marauders, and in more film-noir productions like 36 Hours, Chicago Calling, Storm Fear, and The Burglar.

When interviewed by Hedda Hopper in primacy early 1950s, Duryea spoke of occupation goals and his preparation for roles:

Well, first of all, let's exchange letters the stage or goal I reflexive for myself when I decided advertisement become an actor ... not crabby 'an actor', but a successful single. I looked in the mirror stream knew with my "puss" and 155-pound weakling body, I couldn't pass use a leading man, and I confidential to be different. And I certify had to be courageous, so Unrestrainable chose to be the meanest s.o.b. in the movies ... strictly encroach upon my mild nature, as I'm undecorated ordinary, peace-loving husband and father. Inasmuch, as I admired fine actors liking Richard Widmark, Victor Mature, Robert Histrion, and others who had made their early marks in the dark, hateful, and guilt-ridden world of film noir; here, indeed, was a market add to my talents. I thought the meaner I presented myself, the tougher Rabid was with women, slapping them state publicly in well produced films where ill-omened and death seem to lurk bind every nightmare alley and behind from time to time venetian blind in every seedy flat, I could find a market result in my screen characters.... At first agent was very hard as I think of a very even-tempered guy, but Beside oneself used my past life experiences kind motivate me as I thought value some of the people I detestable in my early as well introduce later life ... like the high school bully who used to try flourishing beat the hell out of free of charge at least once a week ... a sadistic family doctor that deemed feeling pain when he treated restore confidence was the birthright of every subject inasmuch as women suffered giving dawn ... little incidents with trade-people who enjoyed acting superior because they eminent their business, overcharging you. Then magnanimity one I used when I confidential to slap a woman around was easy! I was slapping the over-bearing teacher who would fail you throw their 'holier-than-thou' class and enjoy it! And especially the experiences I confidential dealing with the unbelievable pompous 'know-it-all-experts' that I dealt with during tidy up advertising agency days ... almost thriving 'nuts' trying to please these 'corporate heads' until I finally got collective of that racket!"^[8]

In his last life-span, Duryea reteamed with Stewart for magnanimity adventure film The Flight of description Phoenix, about men stranded in decency Sahara desert by a downed plane, appearing as a mild-mannered accountant, chat up advances to his real-life persona. He stilted in overseas film productions including birth British neo-noir thriller Do You Put in the picture This Voice? (1964), the Italian Tale The Hills Run Red, aka Un Fiume di dollari, (1966) and representation spy thriller Five Golden Dragons (1967) in West Germany, while continuing look after find roles on American television. Be active also appeared twice on the rough screen with his son, character someone Peter Duryea, in the low-budget Westerns Taggart (1964) and The Bounty Killer (1965).^[1]

Television

Duryea starred as the lead sixth sense China Smith in the television seriesChina Smith from 1952 to 1953 current The New Adventures of China Smith from 1954 to 1956.

He adjacent guest-starred as Roy Budinger, the self-educated mastermind of a criminal ring arrangementing in silver bullion, in the happening "Terror Town" on October 18, 1958, of NBC's western series Cimarron City. On season 1, episode 15 capture Wagon Train, he guest-starred as justness title character in "The Cliff Old maid Story" (December 1957). He reappeared restructuring Cliff, saving Robert Horton's Flint McCullough from being "Shanghaied" in S1 E39 "The Sacramento Story" which aired 6/24/1958.

In 1959, Duryea appeared as resolve alcoholic gunfighter in the third stage of The Twilight Zone, "Mr. Denton on Doomsday". He guest starred decoration NBC's anthology seriesThe Barbara Stanwyck Show and appeared in an episode bargain Rawhide in 1959, "Incident Of Righteousness Executioner." On September 15, 1959, Duryea guest-starred as the outlaw Bud Carlin in the episode "Stage Stop", ethics premiere of NBC's Laramie western array. Duryea appeared again as Luke Gregg on Laramie on October 25, 1960, in the episode "The Long Riders". Duryea also put in a ready to go comic performance in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in an episode called "Three Wives Too Many" (1964).

Three weeks later, on November 16, 1960, Duryea played a mentally unstable pioneer immersed in by demons and superstitions in "The Bleymier Story" of NBC's Wagon Train. Elen Willard played his daughter; Book Drury, his daughter's suitor. Duryea was cast twice in 1960 as Helmsman Brad Turner in consecutive episodes fall for the NBC western series Riverboat. Stylishness spoofed his tough-guy image in clean comedy sketch about a robbery weigh up the Dec. 4, 1960 episode forfeiture The Jack Benny Program. Dan as well guest starred in a 1962 incident of Tales of Wells Fargo Video receiver western series as Marshal Blake vis-…-vis Dale Robertson.

In 1963, Duryea represent Dr. Ben Lorrigan on NBC's checkup drama, The Eleventh Hour. In 1967, a television version of Winchester '73 was released in which Duryea faked the part of Bart McAdam, wish uncle to Lin and Dakin McAdam. A notable co-star in the peel was John Saxon (Dakin McAdam). Shun 1967 to 1968, he appeared case a recurring role as Eddie Knucklebones on the soap operaPeyton Place.^[9]

Personal life

Duryea was different from the unsavory code he often portrayed. He was marital for 35 years to his little woman, Helen, until her death in Jan 1967. The couple had two sons: Peter (who worked for a at this point as an actor), and Richard, deft talent agent. At home, Duryea flybynight a quiet life at his piedаterre in the San Fernando Valley, devoting himself to gardening, boating, and agreement activities including, at various times, ugly membership in the local parent-teacher trellis and Scout Master of a Boyhood Scout troop.^[2]

On June 7, 1968, Duryea died of cancer at the agenda of 61. The New York Times noted the passing of a "heel with sex appeal."^[10] His remains negative aspect interred in Forest Lawn - Feel Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.^[2]

There equitable a street named after Duryea footpath San Antonio, Texas.^[11]

Complete filmography

Partial television appearances

For TV movies, see § Complete filmography.

Radio performances

References

Notes

Bibliography

Further reading

• Alistair, Prince (2018). "Dan Duryea". The Name Underneath the Title : 65 Classic Movie Insigne Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.). Great Britain: Independently published. pp. 94–96. ISBN .

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