Alan Curtis (actor)
Alan Curtis (born July 24, 1909 in Chicago , Illinois as Harry David Bertram Ueberroth , † February 2, 1953 in New York ) was an American actor .
Life
The actor first worked as a model for men's fashion before making his debut as an actor in 1936, initially with very small roles. The tall, dark-haired Curtis was initially under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . After his credible representation of the no-good husband of Joan Crawford in Mannequin he seemed to have a successful career. Most of the subsequent films, however, no longer matched the quality of his first success and Curtis was quickly reduced to supporting roles in B-films, where he embodied both romantic and villainous characters. One of his most famous films today is Decision in the Sierra , in which he starred alongside Humphrey Bogartplayed a gangster. His best film appearances include the 1944 film Destiny , which was originally intended as an episode for the film Flesh and the Fantasy , but has been removed. At the side of Gloria Jean , Curtis played a corrupt police officer who experienced a moral purification through the encounter with a blind girl. In the same year he starred in Robert Siodmak's film noir Witness Wanted, an innocent engineer sentenced to death for the murder of his wife.
Curtis took on his last role in 1951 in the German film production Shadow over Naples , directed by Hans Wolff . Dissatisfied with his career, he then withdrew from the film business. On January 28, 1953, 43-year-old Curtis had routine kidney surgery and suddenly suffered cardiac arrest. He was able to be resuscitated and his condition appeared to be improving, but only five days later he died of another cardiac arrest. Alan Curtis was married a total of four times (all marriages were divorced), including from 1937 to 1940 to Priscilla Lawson and from 1941 to 1942 to Ilona Massey .
Filmography (selection)
- 1936: winter set
- 1936: Swing Time
- 1938: Mannequin
- 1938: Second-hand angel (The Shopworn Angel)
- 1939: Good Girls Go to Paris
- 1939: Sergeant Madden
- 1939: Back then in Hollywood (Hollywood Calvacade)
- 1941: Buck Privates
- 1941: The Unfinished (New Wine)
- 1941: Decision in the Sierra (High Sierra)
- 1943: Hitler's Madman
- 1943: Operation Thunderbolt ('Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders)
- 1944: The Invisible Man's Revenge (The Invisible Man's Revenge)
- 1944: Follow the Boys (as himself)
- 1944: Witness wanted (Phantom Lady)
- 1944: Destiny
- 1945: The Naughty Nineties
- 1949: Eagle Eye, the Brave Sioux (Apache Chief)
- 1949: The Pirates of Capri (I pirati di Capri)
- 1951: Shadows over Naples
Web links
- Alan Curtis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Alan Curtis | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved March 22, 2019 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Curtis, Alan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ueberroth, Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1953 |
| Place of death | New York , USA |