Dan Duryea

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Dan Duryea (born January 23, 1907 in White Plains , New York , † June 7, 1968 in Los Angeles ) was an American actor who made a name for himself especially through his vicious roles in film noirs .

Life

Dan Duryea worked in advertising for a few years and began his acting career on Broadway in 1935 . One of his most successful roles there, that of the weakling Leo Hubbard in The Little Foxes , took him to Hollywood in 1940 , where he appeared in the film version The Little Foxes a year later .

“Duryea was a specialist in scowling and evil grins. Together with his apparently uncouth style of playing, this made him one of the leading villains on the screen, ”wrote the rororo film dictionary. He shot Ministry of Fear (1944), Dangerous Encounters (1944) and Street of Temptation (1945) with director Fritz Lang , where he appeared alongside Edward G. Robinson and Ray Milland . This was followed by other film noirs such as Roy William Neill's Forgotten Hour (1946) and Robert Siodmak's Daring Alibi (1940) as well as westerns such as Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 (1950).

In the 1950s and 1960s, Duryea was increasingly involved in television series, including Bonanza and The People of Shiloh Ranch . However, he continued to appear as a film actor, including as a nervous aircraft passenger in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) alongside James Stewart .

Dan Duryea died of cancer in 1968 at the age of 61. He was married to his wife Helen for 35 years, with whom he had two sons. In 1960 he had received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television career (6145 Hollywood Blvd.).

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  1. ↑ rororo film dictionary. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1978, Volume 4, ISBN 3-499-16233-4 , p. 939.
personal data
SURNAME Duryea, Dan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH White Plains (New York)
DATE OF DEATH 7th June 1968
Place of death Hollywood