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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dan Duryea (January 23, 1907, in White Plains, New York – June 7, 1968, in Hollywood, California) was an American actor of film, stage and television. Duryea graduated from Cornell University in 1928. While at Cornell, Duryea was elected into the Sphinx Head Society. He made his name on Broadway in the play Dead End, followed by The Little Foxes, in which he played the dishonest and not particularly bright weakling Leo Hubbard. He moved to Hollywood in 1940 to appear in the film version in the same role. He established himself in films playing similar secondary roles as the foil, usually as a weak or annoyingly immature character, in movies such as The Pride of the Yankees. As his career progressed throughout the 1940s he began to carve a niche as a violent, yet sexy, bad guy in a number of film noirs. In so doing he established a significant...
Known for
BonanzaSeries • 1959
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries • 1962
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
The VirginianSeries • 1962
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
Combat!Series • 1962
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
Climax!Series • 1954
Naked CitySeries • 1958
Daniel BooneSeries • 1964
RawhideSeries • 1959
Route 66Series • 1960
Burke's LawSeries • 1963
Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries • 1963
LaramieSeries • 1959
Adventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959
December BrideSeries • 1954
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955
Studio 57Series • 1954
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries • 1958
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowSeries • 1960
Shirley Temple's StorybookSeries • 1958
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries • 1952
RiverboatSeries • 1959