American actor (1902–1952)
Dick Curtis
Born Richard Dye
(1902-05-11 ) May 11, 1902Died January 3, 1952(1952-01-03) (aged 49) Resting place Holy Cross Cemetery , Culver City, California Years active 1919–1952 Spouse
Ruth Sullivan
(
m. 1925)
Children John (1929-2004)
Richard Dye (May 11, 1902 – January 3, 1952), known professionally as Dick Curtis , was an American actor who made over 230 film and television appearances during his career.
Early years
Curtis was born in Newport, Kentucky , the son of Frank Dye and Elizabeth Faulkner Dye.[ 1]
Career
After having limited work in Hollywood, Curtis acted on stage in New York and toured in a variety of productions from 1926 to 1930.[ 2]
Standing at 6' 3" (190.5 cm), 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 The Range Rider California Gold Rush Spook Town The Gene Autry Show
Curtis appeared in such Three Stooges films as Yes, We Have No Bonanza You Nazty Spy! The Three Troubledoers
Pioneertown
With the help of his friend and actor Russell Hayden ,[ 3] Pioneertown , a western movie set location in Southern California that was used for many television and film westerns. The project was done in partnership with Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers.[ 1]
Personal life
Curtis was married to silent-film actress Ruth Sullivan, who survived him.[ 1]
Death
Curtis died at age 49 of pneumonia brought on by lung cancer . Curtis's final appearance with the Stooges was as Shemp Howard 's dental patient in The Tooth Will Out [ 4]
He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California .[ 1]
Selected filmography
Tell It to the Marines Shooting Straight Up the River The Silver Horde Secret Service Hell's House Girl Crazy The Famous Ferguson Case King Kong King Kelly of the U.S.A. A Successful Failure The Silver Streak Romance in Manhattan Clive of India Northern Frontier Mutiny Ahead Wilderness Mail The Miracle Rider The Nitwits Code of the Mounted The Arizonian Trails of the Wild Western Frontier Condemned to Live Skybound Western Courage Racing Luck Just My Luck (1935) - Henchman (uncredited)Federal Agent Crashing Through Danger Burning Gold Go-Get-'Em, Haines Wildcat Trooper The Lion's Den The Crooked Trail Ghost Patrol The Traitor Phantom Patrol Daniel Boone Wild Horse Round-Up Valley of Terror The Singing Buckaroo Blake of Scotland Yard The Gambling Terror Headline Crasher (1937) - Joe (uncredited)Trail of Vengeance Motor Madness Two Gun Law Bar-Z Bad Men The Frame-Up Guns in the Dark A Lawman Is Born One Man Justice Boothill Brigade The Game That Kills Moonlight on the Range Life Begins with Love Counsel for Crime Murder in Greenwich Village The Old Wyoming Trail Outlaws of the Prairie Paid to Dance The Shadow Little Miss Roughneck Penitentiary Cattle Raiders Who Killed Gail Preston? Women in Prison (1938) - MacRawhide Call of the Rockies Law of the Plains The Lone Wolf in Paris Reformatory The Main Event Squadron of Honor West of Cheyenne City Streets South of Arizona You Can't Take It with You The Colorado Trail Juvenile Court West of the Santa Fe The Spider's Web The Lady Objects Adventure in Sahara Blondie Rio Grande Flat Foot Stooges The Little Adventuress Smashing the Spy Ring Homicide Bureau The Thundering West North of Shanghai The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt Flying G-Men My Son Is a Criminal We Want Our Mummy Let Us Live Romance of the Redwoods Blind Alley Spoilers of the Range Outside These Walls Mandrake the Magician Yes, We Have No Bonanza Missing Daughters Western Caravans Overland with Kit Carson Behind Prison Gates The Man They Could Not Hang Riders of Black River Outpost of the Mounties Those High Grey Walls Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise The Taming of the West Scandal Sheet The Amazing Mr. Williams The Stranger from Texas Two-Fisted Rangers My Son Is Guilty You Nazty Spy! Pioneers of the Frontier Blondie on a Budget Bullets for Rustlers Rockin' Thru the Rockies Blazing Six Shooters Terry and the Pirates Men Without Souls Texas Stagecoach Boom Town Wyoming Ragtime Cowboy Joe Three Men from Texas The Son of Monte Cristo So Ends Our Night Across the Sierras The Round Up Billy the Kid I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island Mystery Ship Stick to Your Guns Honky Tonk Sea Raiders Arizona Cyclone Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring Shut My Big Mouth Two Yanks in Trinidad Men of San Quentin Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die Jackass Mail Vengeance of the West City of Silent Men Pardon My Gun You Can't Beat the Law Riders of the Northwest Mounted Batman Higher Than a Kite Salute to the Marines The Cross of Lorraine Jack London Cowboy in the Clouds The Phantom Crash Goes the Hash Lady in the Death House Hey, Rookie Gambler's Choice The Black Parachute Spook Town Waterfront Mystery of the River Boat High Powered The Master Key The Great John L. Blonde from Brooklyn Scared Stiff Wagon Wheels Westward Scarlet Street The Bandit of Sherwood Forest Abilene Town The Scarlet Horseman California Gold Rush Song of Arizona Lost City of the Jungle The Three Troubledoers Traffic in Crime Wild Beauty Lawless Breed Santa Fe Uprising Renegade Girl Wyoming Navajo Trail Raiders The Outriders Cargo to Capetown Wabash Avenue The Vanishing Westerner Rock Island Trail The Gunfighter Covered Wagon Raid The Sun Sets at Dawn The Jackpot Three Arabian Nuts Inside Straight Rawhide Whirlwind Don't Throw That Knife Roar of the Iron Horse - Rail-Blazer of the Apache TrailLorna Doone The Texas Rangers Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion The Red Badge of Courage The Tooth Will Out Chicago Calling Rose of Cimarron My Six Convicts Bronco Buster
References
Further reading
"Historic Pioneertown California | Historic Pioneertown" . pioneertownsun.com .
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