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