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Dick Curtis

Born 1902-05-11

Died 1952-01-03

📍 Newport, Kentucky, USA

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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.

Filmography 166

My Six Convicts

Rose of Cimarron

The Tooth Will Out

as Shemp's Last Patient (uncredited)

The Red Badge of Courage

as Veteran (uncredited)

Government Agents vs Phantom Legion

The Texas Rangers

Roar of the Iron Horse

as Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman

Don't Throw That Knife

as Hawley (uncredited)

Three Arabian Nuts

Covered Wagon Raid

as Henchman Grif

as Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)

Rock Island Trail

as Barton - Railroad Agitator

The Vanishing Westerner

as Outrider at Dance (uncredited)

Navajo Trail Raiders

as Henchman Brad

Bride and Gloom

Santa Fe Uprising

as Henchman Luke Case

as Bartley Mellon / Captain Isaac Mellon

as John Andrews

Traffic in Crime

as Jake Schultz

Get Along, Little Zombie

The Three Troubledoers

as Badlands Blackie

Lost City of the Jungle

as Henchman Johnson

Song of Arizona

as Henchman Bart

California Gold Rush

as Chopin - the Harmonica Killer

as Detective (uncredited)

Wagon Wheels Westward

as Henchman Tuttle

as Bus Driver (Uncredited)

Off Again, On Again

as Louie Derringer

Snooper Service

Mystery of the Riverboat

as Craig Cassard [Ch. 1]

as Drunken Sailor (uncredited)

Lady in the Death House

as Willis Millen

Crash Goes the Hash

as Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn

as Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)

Cowboy in the Clouds

Salute to the Marines

I Can Hardly Wait

as Patient (uncredited)

Higher Than a Kite

as Gen. Bommel (uncredited)

as Agent Croft of Section 50

Riders of the Northwest Mounted

as Victor Renaud

Vengeance of the West

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

as Frank McLowery

Men of San Quentin

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Shut My Big Mouth

Arizona Cyclone

as Quirt Crenshaw

as Mate on the 'Astoria'

as Tough Man on Train (uncredited)

Stick to Your Guns

as Nevada Teale

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island

as Kirby Claxton

as Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis)

So Ends Our Night

as Gestapo Stormtrooper (uncredited)

Across the Sierras

The Son of Monte Cristo

as Guard (Uncredited)

Three Men from Texas

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

as Corky - Henchman

as Hiring Boss (uncredited)

Texas Stagecoach

as Shoshone Larsen

Men Without Souls

Terry and the Pirates

Blazing Six Shooters

Rockin' Thru the Rockies

as Indian Chief (uncredited)

Bullets for Rustlers

Blondie on a Budget

as Tony - Mechanic (uncredited)

Pioneers of the Frontier

as Matt Brawley

as Mr. Ohnay (uncredited)

Mandrake the Magician

as Dorgan - Thug (Chs. 6-8)

My Son Is Guilty

Two-Fisted Rangers

Taming of the West

The Stranger from Texas

as Bat Stringer

as Madigan - Kid Benson's Trainer (uncredited)

The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Joe (uncredited)

Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise

as Clipper - Swindler in Back Seat (uncredited)

Riders of Black River

as Blaize Carewe

Outpost of the Mounties

as Wade Beaumont

The Man They Could Not Hang

as Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney

Behind Prison Gates

as Capt. Simmons

Overland with Kit Carson

Western Caravans

Yes, We Have No Bonanza

as Trooper with Joe

Mandrake the Magician

Outside These Walls

Spoilers of the Range

as Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

We Want Our Mummy

as Jackson (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

as Heavy (uncredited)

North of Shanghai

The Thundering West

Homicide Bureau

as Radio Broadcaster (voice)

Smashing the Spy Ring

as Williams (uncredited)

Flat Foot Stooges

as Daily Gazette Reporter (uncredited)

Adventure in Sahara

The Lady Objects

West of the Santa Fe

Crashing Through Danger

as Detective Capturing Dutch Adams (uncredited)

as Henchman Slash Driscoll

You Can't Take It with You

as Strongarm Man (uncredited)

South of Arizona

as Madden (uncredited)

West of Cheyenne

as Link Murdock

Law of the Plains

as Jim Fletcher

Call of the Rockies

as Henchman Butch

Time Out for Trouble

as Louie Derringer

Women in Prison

Outlaws of the Prairie

The Old Wyoming Trail

Murder in Greenwich Village

as Campbell Security Guard

Life Begins with Love

as Radical (uncredited)

The Game That Kills

Boothill Brigade

One Man Justice

as Henchman Hank Skinner

A Lawman Is Born

as Lefty Drogan

Moonlight on the Range

as Hank - Henchman

Guns in the Dark

as Brace Stevens

as Slim (uncredited)

as Brent - Ranch Foreman

Trail of Vengeance

The Gambling Terror

Blake of Scotland Yard

Valley of Terror

as Henchman Buck

The Singing Buckaroo

as Henchman Odie

Wild Horse Round-Up

as Henchman Josef

as Henchman Charlie

as Henchman Slim Burtis

Wildcat Trooper

Western Frontier

as Pioneer Settler

Trails of the Wild

as Henchman Roper

as Saloon Patron

Code of the Mounted

as Henchman Snakey

as Cop on Stakeout

as Stevens (as Richard Dye)

Northern Frontier

as Henchman Pete (uncredited)

as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

The Famous Ferguson Case

as O'Toole (uncredited)

as New Inmate (uncredited)

Shooting Straight

Tell It to the Marines

as Marine in Barracks