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Birthday: May 11, 1902
Place of Birth: Newport, Kentucky, USA

Dick Curtis

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Off Again, On Again Louie Derringer 1945
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion Regan 1951
Stick to Your Guns Nevada Teale 1941
Boothill Brigade Bull Berke 1937
Men of San Quentin Butch Mason 1942
Bride and Gloom Joe Keeler 1947
Western Caravans Mort Kohler 1939
West of the Santa Fe Matt Taylor 1938
Spoilers of the Range Lobo Savage 1939
Blazing Six Shooters Lash Bender 1940
Time Out for Trouble Louie Derringer 1938
Riders of Black River Blaize Carewe 1939
The Taming of the West Rawhide 1939
Flat Foot Stooges Mr. Reardon 1938
Yes, We Have No Bonanza Maxey 1939
The Gambling Terror Dirk 1937
Texas Stagecoach Shoshone Larsen 1940
Bullets for Rustlers Strang 1940
Lawless Breed Bartley Mellon / Captain Isaac Mellon 1946
Ragtime Cowboy Joe Bo Gilman 1940
Rio Grande Ed Barker 1938
The Old Wyoming Trail Ed Slade 1937
The Stranger from Texas Bat Stringer 1939
Pioneers of the Frontier Matt Brawley 1940
We Want Our Mummy Jackson (uncredited) 1939
I Can Hardly Wait Patient (uncredited) 1943
Moonlight on the Range Hank - Henchman 1937
Get Along, Little Zombie 1946
The Awful Goof Joe Mark 1939
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise Clipper - Swindler in Back Seat (uncredited) 1939
The Three Troubledoers Badlands Blackie 1946
Don't Throw That Knife Mr. Wycoff 1951
The Shadow Carlos 1937
Guns in the Dark Brace Stevens 1937
A Lawman Is Born Lefty Drogan 1937
Outlaws of the Prairie Dragg 1937
Pistol Packin' Nitwits Rawhide Pete 1945
The Druggist's Dilemma Man in Crowd 1933
Riders of the Northwest Mounted Victor Renaud 1943
Vengeance of the West Jeff Gorman 1942
Across the Sierras Mitch Carew 1941
Spook Town Sam Benson 1944
City of Silent Men Ed Muller 1942
Two-Fisted Rangers Dirk Hogan 1939
Higher Than a Kite Gen. Bommel (uncredited) 1943
You Nazty Spy! Mr. Ohnay (uncredited) 1940
Jackass Mail Jim Swade 1942
Crash Goes the Hash Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn 1944
Rawhide Henchman Butch 1938
Whirlwind Lon Kramer 1951
Behind Prison Gates Capt. Simmons 1939
Bar-Z Bad Men Brent - Ranch Foreman 1937
Arizona Cyclone Quirt Crenshaw 1941
Adventure in Sahara Karnoldi 1938
Burning Gold Swede 1936
California Gold Rush Chopin - the Harmonica Killer 1946
Covered Wagon Raid Henchman Grif 1950
Wild Beauty John Andrews 1946
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island Jules 1941
Colorado Trail Henchman Slash Driscoll 1938
Three Arabian Nuts Hassan 1951
Ghost Patrol Henchman Charlie 1936
Glove Slingers Madigan - Kid Benson's Trainer (uncredited) 1939
Terry and the Pirates Master Fang 1940
Traffic in Crime Jake Schultz 1946
Wagon Wheels Westward Henchman Tuttle 1945
Santa Fe Uprising Henchman Luke Case 1946
Cowboy in the Clouds Roy Madison 1943
Song of Arizona Henchman Bart 1946
Navajo Trail Raiders Henchman Brad 1949
Mutiny Ahead Stevens (as Richard Dye) 1935
The Main Event Sawyer 1938
Wild Horse Round-Up Bill 1936
The Traitor Morgan 1936
Men Without Souls Duke 1940
Code of the Mounted Henchman Snakey 1935
Crashing Through Danger Foreman 1938
Rose of Cimarron Clem Dawley 1952
The Lion's Den Henchman Slim Burtis 1936
The Singing Buckaroo Henchman Odie 1937
Two Gun Law Len Edwards 1937
Outpost of the Mounties Wade Beaumont 1939
Rockin' Thru the Rockies Indian Chief (uncredited) 1940
Lost City of the Jungle Henchman Johnson 1946
Phantom Patrol Henchman Josef 1936
Mandrake the Magician Dorgan 1939
Racing Luck 'Dynamite' 1935
My Son is Guilty Monk 1939
Three Men from Texas Gardner 1940
The Vanishing Westerner Bartender 1950
Mandrake the Magician Dorgan - Thug (Chs. 6-8) 1940
North of Shanghai Creighton 1939
The Man They Could Not Hang Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney 1939
Women in Prison Mac 1938
Overland with Kit Carson Drake 1939
Shooting Straight Butch 1930
Abilene Town 'Cap' Ryker 1946
Salute to the Marines Cpl. Mosley 1943
The Roundup Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis) 1941
Trail of Vengeance Cartwright 1937
Outside These Walls Flint 1939
The Phantom Tartar Chieftain (uncredited) 1943
Lady in the Death House Willis Millen 1944
Wildcat Trooper Henri 1936
Tell It to the Marines Marine in Barracks 1926
Wyoming Ed Lassiter 1947
Batman Agent Croft of Section 50 1943
Waterfront Drunken Sailor (uncredited) 1944
Lorna Doone Carth 1951
City Streets Madden (uncredited) 1938
Roar of the Iron Horse Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman 1951
Pardon My Gun Clint Hayes 1942
Flying G-Men Korman 1939
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die Frank McLowery 1942
Smashing the Spy Ring Williams (uncredited) 1938
Mystery Ship Van Brock 1941
Trails of the Wild Henchman Roper 1935
The Game That Kills Whitey 1937
The Nitwits Cop on Stakeout 1935
Billy the Kid Kirby Claxton 1941
Mystery of the Riverboat Craig Cassard [Ch. 1] 1944
Life Begins with Love Radical (uncredited) 1937
Up the River New Inmate (uncredited) 1930
Scared Stiff Bus Driver (Uncredited) 1945
The Amazing Mr. Williams Joe (uncredited) 1939
Northern Frontier Henchman Pete (uncredited) 1935
Blake of Scotland Yard Nicky 1937
Blind Alley Trooper with Joe 1939
Scarlet Street Detective (uncredited) 1945
Blondie on a Budget Tony - Mechanic (uncredited) 1940
The Arizonian Saloon Patron 1935
Western Frontier Pioneer Settler 1935
King Kong Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) 1933
Wyoming Corky - Henchman 1940
Blondie Daily Gazette Reporter (uncredited) 1938
Homicide Bureau Radio Broadcaster (voice) 1939
Skybound Master of Ceremonies 1935
Shut My Big Mouth Henchman 1942
Murder in Greenwich Village Campbell Security Guard 1937
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt Heavy 1939
The Famous Ferguson Case O'Toole (uncredited) 1932
Sea Raiders Mate on the 'Astoria' 1941
The Gunfighter Crowd Extra (uncredited) 1950
Juvenile Court Detective Capturing Dutch Adams (uncredited) 1938
The Texas Rangers 1951
Rock Island Trail Barton - Railroad Agitator 1950
Valley of Terror Henchman Buck 1937
The Lady Objects Jail Guard 1938
Honky Tonk Tough Man on Train 1941
My Six Convicts Guard 1952
Boom Town Hiring Boss (uncredited) 1940
The Son of Monte Cristo Guard (Uncredited) 1940
So Ends Our Night Gestapo Stormtrooper (uncredited) 1941
Let Us Live Death Row Inmate (uncredited) 1939
You Can't Take It with You Strongarm Man (uncredited) 1938
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