Dick Curtis
Date of birth: 1902-05-11
Place of birth: Newport, Kentucky, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Richard Curtis
Biography
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.
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The Man They Could Not Hang
1939-08-17
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unj
North of Shanghai
1939-01-24
In this newspaper drama, a female reporter and a newsreel cameraman are both assigned to cover the S
Get Along, Little Zombie
1946-05-09
There's a monster running around loose in the house Hugh is showing to two prospective clients.
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
1951-07-04
Two federal agents battle a gang that hijacks trucks carrying materials vital for the security of th
Wild Horse Round-Up
1936-11-20
Doan is trying to get control of the valley by having his night riders drive the ranchers out. Jack
Two-Fisted Rangers
1939-12-13
Thad Lawson arrives in Oak Valley to avenge the murder of his brother, the local sheriff. He learns
Trail of Vengeance
1937-03-28
There is a range war between the ranchers led by Tilden and the outlaw gang of Link Carson. Wanted o
Blake of Scotland Yard
1937-01-30
Sir James Blake has retired from Scotland Yard so that he can assist his niece Hope and her friend J
Waterfront
1944-06-10
A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone robs
Flying G-Men
1939-01-28
Four flying G-Men protect America against enemy spies; one of the four assumes the identity of The B
The Awful Goof
1939-12-20
A girl keeps meeting Charley the wrong moments, including losing her dress in his car, and later he
Lady in the Death House
1944-03-15
As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her f
Stick to Your Guns
1941-09-17
Buck Peters arranges for Hoppy, California, Johnny and other cowboys to go to the aid of friends who
The Traitor
1936-08-29
To prevent a lynching, Ranger Tim lets two outlaws go saying he will get them later. This gets him k
Outside These Walls
1939-05-04
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After se
Jackass Mail
1942-07-01
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
The Phantom
1943-12-24
Two expeditions are trying to reach the Lost City of Zoloz -- one headed by Professor Davidson, a sc
Women in Prison
1938-03-02
The superintendent of a women's prison is pressured to pardon a member of a criminal gang. When she
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
1939-05-19
Set in a western town, the stooges are working as waiters in a saloon with the three girls they hope
Flat Foot Stooges
1938-12-05
The stooges are firemen at a station that still uses horses to pull the engines. A salesman who want
Crash Goes the Hash
1944-02-04
Its suspected that a society matron, Mrs. Van Bustle, will marry the exotic Prince Shaam. To get the
The Three Troubledoers
1946-04-26
Set in the old west, the stooges become marshals in a town with a high death rate for lawmen. The bo
Three Arabian Nuts
1951-01-04
The stooges are delivering some Arabian antiques, which include a magic lamp complete with genie. Th
Don't Throw That Knife
1951-05-03
The stooges become census takers and wind up in the apartment of a lady whose husband is both jealou
Rawhide
1938-04-08
Saunders with his Cattlemen's Protective Agency is running roughshod over the ranchers. Lawyer Larry
Whirlwind
1951-04-16
A singing postal inspector (Gene Autry) and his partner (Smiley Burnette) save a woman's (Gail Davis
Men Without Souls
1940-05-20
A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of reveng
The Texas Rangers
1951-06-03
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorio
The Shadow
1937-12-22
Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father's deat
Code of the Mounted
1935-06-07
A thug robs and kills a fur trapper. He is caught and locked up by the Mounties, but is soon broken
You Nazty Spy!
1940-01-19
In this satire of the Nazis the Stooges are wallpaper hangers in the country of Moronica. When evil
Higher Than a Kite
1943-07-30
The stooges are auto mechanics working for the R.A.F. in England. After wrecking an officers car the
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
1939-10-06
Once again, the Stooges are three hapless tramps. After nearly destroying a farmer's (Richard Fiske)
Rockin' Thru the Rockies
1940-03-08
The stooges are frontier guides leading a minstrel show west. When hostile Indians run the horses ru
Behind Prison Gates
1939-07-28
An agent for the state attorney general poses as a convict to learn about bank loot.
Ghost Patrol
1936-08-02
A Professor has an invention that will bring down planes causing them to crash and Dawson is forcing
Lost City of the Jungle
1946-04-23
A movie serial in 13 chapters, and Lionel Atwill's final film: Following the end of WWII, war-monge
Wildcat Trooper
1936-07-01
A Royal Canadian Mountie is assigned to bring in a criminal called "The Raven." The problem is that
Phantom Patrol
1936-09-29
A deranged killer escapes into the Canadian woods. He tries to fool the locals by pretending he is a
Lorna Doone
1951-05-31
An English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.
Bar-Z Bad Men
1937-04-21
Jim Waters arrives at Ed Parks' ranch to find Parks' cattle herd mysteriously increased. Hamp Harvey
Guns in the Dark
1937-05-13
When Johnny and Mendez argue, the lights go out, and in the ensuing gunfight Johnny thinks he killed
A Lawman Is Born
1937-06-21
An outlaw falsely accused of murder realizes the only way to clear himself is to become a lawman.
Boothill Brigade
1937-08-02
Rancher Reynolds has fired his men and hired killers and is now using a crooked land deal to put the
The Gambling Terror
1937-02-15
Brett runs a protection racket for an unknown boss. When Jeff Hayes arrives and opens a gambling den
Mandrake the Magician
1939-05-06
Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.
Overland with Kit Carson
1939-07-21
When Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westward expansion of the United States, the governme
The Game That Kills
1937-09-21
Ferguson is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who discovers that his chosen profession is nothing mor
Crashing Through Danger
1938-09-14
Three electrical linemen work through the hazardous conditions of the Depression Era. Sparks fly, an
Shooting Straight
1930-07-20
A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942-06-13
Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
Tell It to the Marines
1926-12-23
U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, i
Men of San Quentin
1942-05-15
A corrupt official at San Quentin tries to frame an innocent guard for several murders within the pr
Racing Luck
1935-11-19
Racehorse-owner Dan Morgan is ruled off the track and out of racing when his horse is doped by a riv
Western Frontier
1935-08-07
Ken and his sister are separated while young when the Indians attack their wagon train. Ken, now gro
Blondie
1938-11-30
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion i
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939-11-22
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secret
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939-01-27
Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.
Homicide Bureau
1939-01-05
After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police C
The Nitwits
1935-06-07
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932-04-19
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following e
Northern Frontier
1935-02-01
A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.
Let Us Live
1939-03-29
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentence
Blind Alley
1939-05-11
A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.
Glove Slingers
1939-11-24
A fighter trains for the big bout, and discovers that his opponent is his girlfriend's brother.
Bride and Gloom
1947-03-27
In this Columbia All-Star Comedy (production number 8439), Shemp Howard finds himself in a love nest
Off Again, On Again
1945-02-16
Good samaritan Shemp rescues a girl from an accident, and a newspaper photographer snaps a picture o
Arizona Cyclone
1941-11-14
Crenshaw and Randolph are competing freight haulers and Randolph's lead man Tom Baxter has given him
Skybound
1935-09-22
Captain John Kent is a pilot in charge of the border patrol. Two crooks who head up a smuggling oper
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
1940-09-19
Universal's Ragtime Cowboy Joe is a modern western with a dash of music, not unlike the standard far
Bullets for Rustlers
1940-03-05
Steve Beaumont, an operative for the Cattleman's Protective Association, is assigned the difficult t
Texas Stagecoach
1940-05-23
The Kinkaids and the Harpers both run stage lines and are friendly competitors. Appleby is after the
Western Caravans
1939-06-14
A caravan of settlers is arriving and the ranchers intend to keep them out. It looks like a range wa
Adventure in Sahara
1938-11-15
Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppress
Mystery Ship
1941-09-03
FBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and saboteurs
The Lion's Den
1936-07-07
Merwin hires Barton to fight Welsh, but when Barton arrives in town, Welsh mistakes him for the hire
Scarlet Street
1945-12-25
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kit
You Can't Take It with You
1938-09-01
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony K
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938-12-29
G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders.
The Lady Objects
1938-10-12
A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her
Rawhide
1951-03-25
At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are h
Blondie on a Budget
1940-02-29
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old gi
Snooper Service
1945-02-03
Harry and El, private sleuths, are hired to follow a beautiful showgirl.
Lawless Breed
1946-08-16
Government agents Ted Everett and Tumbleweed are sent to Spearville, Texas, where the law agencies h
City Streets
1938-07-01
When her mother dies, wheel-chair bound Winnie Brady is taken in by shopkeeper and neighbor "Uncle"
Burning Gold
1936-05-22
Jim Thornton is an independent wildcat driller in Califonia who hits a gusher and overnight riches,
My Son Is Guilty
1939-12-28
Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.
The Gunfighter
1950-05-26
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
Wyoming
1940-09-13
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nic
Trails of the Wild
1935-07-31
An agent tracking down a man who disappeared in the mysterious "Ghost Mountain" area discovers disco
The Singing Buckaroo
1937-01-15
Barbara Evans has $25,000 and Gifford is after it. When his henchman fail to get it he refuses to pa
Three Men from Texas
1940-11-15
Hoppy and new sidekick California Carlson head to California to help out Lucky Jenkins.
Boom Town
1940-08-30
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both lov
Rio Grande
1938-12-08
No relation to the 1950 John Ford classic of the same name, Rio Grande is yet another rubber-stamp C
Two Gun Law
1937-04-06
Hero Bob Larson takes on an impressive triumvirate of villains.
The Old Wyoming Trail
1937-11-08
In an effort to compete with Republic's popular songfest Westerns, fours music numbers -- including
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937-12-01
Charles Starrett plays two-fisted frontiersman Dart Collins in this slick Columbia "B" western. Coll
Valley of Terror
1937-01-20
A cowboy is arrested for rustling cattle. A lynch mob is formed by his buddy to try and arrange an e
Rose of Cimarron
1952-01-28
A white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents.
West of the Santa Fe
1938-10-02
US marshal Lawlor (Starrett) takes on a gang of cattle rustlers headed by Taylor (Dick Curtis). His
Abilene Town
1946-01-11
Marshall Dan Mitchell, who is the law in Abilene, has the job of keeping peace between two groups. F
The Stranger from Texas
1939-12-02
Things get under way when US marshal Tom (Starrett) finds himself in the midst of a range war. The v
Spoilers of the Range
1939-04-26
Hero Jeff Strong (Starrett) comes to the rescue of a group of victimized ranchers. The villains are
Outpost of the Mounties
1939-09-12
In this adventure, a courageous Canadian Mountie must bring peace an embattled miner and an unscrupu
The Red Badge of Courage
1951-09-27
Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
1945-04-04
Harry and his pal protect a pretty saloonkeeper from a gang of thugs.
The Arizonian
1935-06-27
Clay Tallant comes to Silver City, Arizona in the 1880s and encounters wide-spread lawlessness and d
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940-12-05
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil Gen
Sea Raiders
1941-10-13
A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
Terry and the Pirates
1940-04-12
Dr. Herbert Lee, an archaeologist seeking to decipher ancient Mara inscriptions, is aided by his son
The Druggist's Dilemma
1933-05-22
Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough star as a couple of wacky soda jerks. They do a high wire act while
Salute to the Marines
1943-09-02
It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese inva
Rock Island Trail
1950-05-18
A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.
Traffic in Crime
1946-06-28
Police Chief Jim Murphy, in a crime-ridden city, deputizes newspaper-reporter Sam Wire, to work as a
Vengeance of the West
1942-08-16
Anita Morell arrives by stagecoach in a small California town to find her father murdered and his pr
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943-02-15
Fur thieves, who murder trappers when they refuse to give up their pelts at a low price, occupy the
Shut My Big Mouth
1942-02-19
A shy horticulturist becomes involved with a local criminal in the old west.
Covered Wagon Raid
1950-06-30
Under the leadership of a cutthroat named Grif, a band of outlaws has systematically been robbing an
Across the Sierras
1941-02-13
Elliott is hunted by Curtis who has spent six years behind bars because of his testimony. After knoc
Roar of the Iron Horse
1951-05-31
Columbia Pictures elevated stunt man Jock O'Mahoney to stardom in this 15 chapter western serial abo
Juvenile Court
1938-09-10
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death
Blazing Six Shooters
1940-04-10
The story revolves around a valuable silver deposit, located between two ranches. Villain Lash Bende
Wagon Wheels Westward
1945-12-21
In this western, Red Ryder leads a wagon train of homesteaders into a ghost town and discovers that
California Gold Rush
1946-02-04
California Gold Rush is set in 1849. Ryder heads to Sutter's Mill, where he must contend with claim-
Santa Fe Uprising
1946-11-15
The Duchess, the aunt of Red Ryder, comes to town to protect her property. Crawford, a town big-shot
Cowboy in the Clouds
1943-12-23
A rancher who becomes a pilot staunchly defends the newly formed Civil Air Patrol from the cattle ba
The Roundup
1941-04-03
A woman's believed-dead cowhand beau shows up on her wedding day to cause trouble.
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940-02-14
Wild Bill Saunders discovers that his uncle Mort has been murdered by an unscrupulous ranch foreman,
Spook Town
1944-06-03
Dry Gulch Trading Post owner Kurt Fabian advances money on mortgages to the local settlers to financ
Song of Arizona
1946-03-08
Roy Rogers rides to the rescue when a bank robber's orphaned son (Tommy Cook), who is living at a ra
Wild Beauty
1946-08-08
In this western, a Native American boy and his horse Wild Beauty make friends with a gentle doctor w
Wyoming
1947-07-28
Small ranchers battle against a land baron trying to take their spreads.
Pardon My Gun
1942-12-01
In this western, a rancher is ambushed, killed, and robbed, but for some reason the killers through
The Vanishing Westerner
1950-03-31
Posing as wanted men, Chris and Waldorf get hired by Sanderson. He sends them to kill the Sheriff bu
Billy the Kid
1941-05-30
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and
Navajo Trail Raiders
1949-10-15
Outlaw gangs are plundering the freight lines that bring supplies into Yellow Creek. The only thing
I Can Hardly Wait
1943-08-13
The stooges are defense workers who have trouble getting to sleep when Curly gets a toothache. Moe a
We Want Our Mummy
1939-02-24
The stooges go to Egypt in search of the mummy of king Rootin-Tootin for which a museum will pay a $
Honky Tonk
1941-10-01
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944-10-24
A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over
So Ends Our Night
1941-02-27
An anti-Nazi refugee on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler
Murder in Greenwich Village
1937-11-03
A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pu
Life Begins with Love
1937-10-06
A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, whi
Mutiny Ahead
1935-03-01
A wealthy playboy winds up getting himself involved with mobsters and a search for buried treasure.
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
1941-08-04
A ship's officer is sentenced to Devil's Island for murder after a fatal brawl.
Colorado Trail
1938-09-08
In this western a traveling gun ends up in a small town and rescues an important rancher. Out of gra
Mandrake the Magician
1940-01-01
Feature version of the American serial film, produced for export only, never exhibited in the USA, a
Time Out for Trouble
1938-03-17
Charley Chase is engaged to be married and while in a department store, shopping for his fiancée, sa
City of Silent Men
1942-10-12
The plot revolves around a group of ex-convicts who try to start life anew by relocating in a small
Batman
1943-07-16
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's
Riders of Black River
1939-09-23
Former Texas Ranger Wade Patterson (Starrett) returns to his home town, only to find that the territ
King Kong
1933-03-15
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has
My Six Convicts
1952-03-20
A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the tr
Up the River
1930-10-10
Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business
Moonlight on the Range
1937-06-10
Tom "Killer" Dane kills Jeff's friend, who then pursues him. Jeff and Dane are look-alike half broth
Taming of the West
1939-12-07
When the marshal of the lawless town of Prairie Port is shot while trying to break up a saloon brawl
The Main Event
1938-06-22
FBI agent Mac Richards takes his girlfriend, Helen Phillips, to a world championship boxing match on
Scared Stiff
1945-06-22
A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
The Outriders
1950-03-01
Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They
Cattle Raiders
1938-02-12
Tom Reynolds returns to find he is wanted for murder, his gun having been found at the scene. Tom su
The Thundering West
1939-01-12
Outlaws Dale and Tucson quit Wolf's gang. Just as the two are about to rob the stage, Wolf and his g
Law of the Plains
1938-05-12
Rancher William Norton refuses to sell his cattle for half price, so saloon owner and gang leader Ji
The Frame-Up
1937-05-02
A detective investigates a racing scam.
The Tooth Will Out
1951-10-04
The stooges graduate from dental school and go out west to open a practice. Everything goes well unt
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942-03-26
The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy),
Motor Madness
1937-04-05
After winning a qualifying trial for a big speed-boat race in Santa Monica, California, Joe Dunn is
South of Arizona
1938-07-28
Kenyon has the newly arriving Ranger shot and his man Martin assume the Ranger's identity. Clay find
West of Cheyenne
1938-06-30
Brad Buckner has just bought a ranch. Murdock keeps his rustled cattle on the ranch and sends his me
Call of the Rockies
1938-04-12
Unable to pay her notes, Ann Bradford, owner of the Circle C, decides to auction off a half-interest
One Man Justice
1937-07-01
Larry Clarke rides into the town of Mesa, Arizona, from Texas, where he has just sold his ranch. Sev