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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 24, 1909
Died
February 2, 1953
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Alan Curtis
0.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alan Curtis (July 24, 1909 - February 2, 1953) was an American film actor appearing in over 50 films. Born Harry Ueberroth in Chicago, Illinois, he began his career as a model before becoming an actor, appearing in local newspaper ads. His looks did not go unnoticed in Hollywood. He began appearing in films in the late 1930s (including a Technicolor appearance in the Alice Faye-Don Ameche film Hollywood Cavalcade and a memorable role in High Sierra (1941). He is probably best known as one of the romantic leads in Abbott and Costello's first hit movie Buck Privates. His chance for leading-man stardom came when he replaced the unwilling John Garfield in the 1943 production Flesh and Fantasy. Curtis played a ruthless killer opposite Gloria Jean. Unfortunately for both actors, the studio removed their performances from the final film. The footage was later expanded into a B-picture melodrama Destiny. The film failed to establish Curtis as a major-name star, but it did typecast him in hardbitten roles, like the man framed for murder in Phantom Lady (1944) and the detective Philo Vance. He starred in over two dozen movies and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Alan Curtis was married three times; his wives included actresses Priscilla Lawson and Ilona Massey. He died from complications during an operation in New York City, New York, he was 43. He is buried in the Ueberroth family plot in Evanston, Illinois. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Curtis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Paolo Giacomo
City of Violence
1951
6.4
Commodore Van Diel
The Pirates of Capri
1949
3.7
Young Eagle
Apache Chief
1949
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Johnny Nelson
The Enchanted Valley
1948
5.0
Philo Vance
Philo Vance's Secret Mission
1947
5.7
Philo Vance
Philo Vance's Gamble
1947
3.7
Fred Raymond
Renegade Girl
1946
4.7
Hobe Carrington
Flight to Nowhere
1946
5.6
Edward "Eddie" Norton
Inside Job
1946
3.0
Emmett Dalton
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
Credits
City of Violence
as Paolo Giacomo
1951
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The Pirates of Capri
as Commodore Van Diel
1949
6.4
Apache Chief
as Young Eagle
1949
3.7
The Enchanted Valley
as Johnny Nelson
1948
0.0
Philo Vance's Secret Mission
as Philo Vance
1947
5.0
Philo Vance's Gamble
as Philo Vance
1947
5.7
Renegade Girl
as Fred Raymond
1946
3.7
Flight to Nowhere
as Hobe Carrington
1946
4.7
Inside Job
as Edward "Eddie" Norton
1946
5.6
The Daltons Ride Again
as Emmett Dalton
1945
3.0
Shady Lady
as Marty Martin
1945
5.8
The Naughty Nineties
as Mr. Crawford
1945
6.6
See My Lawyer
as Charlie Rodman
1945
6.0
Frisco Sal
as Rio Jordan aka John Warren
1945
3.7
Destiny
as Cliff Banks
1944
4.6
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Mark Foster
1944
5.6
Follow the Boys
as Alan Curtis (uncredited)
1944
5.3
Phantom Lady
as Scott Henderson
1944
7.0
Gung Ho!
as John Harbison
1943
5.4
Crazy House
as Alan Curtis
1943
5.0
Two Tickets to London
as First Mate Dan Driscoll
1943
6.0
Hitler's Madman
as Karel Vavra
1943
5.3
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
1942
6.0
Remember Pearl Harbor
as Bruce Gordon
1942
6.0
We Go Fast
as Bob Brandon
1941
6.2
New Wine
as Franz Schubert
1941
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Buck Privates
as Bob Martin
1941
6.7
High Sierra
as Babe
1941
7.0
Four Sons
as Karl Bern
1940
7.0
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Nicky Hayden
1939
5.3
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Tom Brand
1939
7.0
Sergeant Madden
as Dennis Madden
1939
6.0
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
as Jose "Rocks" Rivera
1939
5.0
The Duke of West Point
as Strong
1938
4.0
The Shopworn Angel
as 'Thin Lips'
1938
6.7
Yellow Jack
as Brinkerhof
1938
5.6
Mannequin
as Eddie Miller
1938
5.9
The Woman I Love
as (uncredited)
1937
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Smartest Girl in Town
as Male Model who Escorts Cookie
1936
5.5
One Live Ghost
as Alan
1936
5.0
Without Orders
as Co-Pilot
1936
6.0
Don't Turn 'em Loose
as Wedding Attendant with Telegram
1936
4.0
Walking on Air
as Fred Randolph
1936
5.8
The Witness Chair
as Reporter in Coutroom
1936
6.2