Dick Curtis
Tall, hulking character actor Dick Curtis spent years at Columbia Pictures menacing everyone from cowboy star Charles Starrett to the slapstick team of The Three Stooges. Curtis, unlike many movie villains, showed a genuine flair for comedy--especially physical comedy--in his many appearances in the studio's two-reelers and could do a double-take, a pratfall, take a pie in the face, a finger-poke to the eyes or a crowbar on the top of the head with the best of them. Although much of his career was spent at Columbia, where he specialized in western villains, he can also be seen as one of the crewmen who set out to rescue Fay Wray from the clutches of the giant ape in the original King Kong (1933). He died in Hollywood of pneumonia in 1952.
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- Born:
- May 11, 1902
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 154
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Tell It to the Marines 1926-12-23
- Latest Project:
- Movie What Waits Below 1984-11-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | What Waits Below | Lemurian | 1984-11-19 |
| Movie | Motel Hell | Guy Robaire / TV Preacher | 1980-08-14 |
| Movie | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Bud Barton | 1971-05-26 |
| Series | The Ray Stevens Show | 1970-06-20 | |
| Series | Cattanooga Cats | 1969-09-13 | |
| Movie | Rose of Cimarron | Clem Dawley | 1952-01-28 |
| Movie | My Six Convicts | Guard | 1952-03-20 |
| Movie | Don't Throw That Knife | Mr. Wycoff | 1951-05-03 |
| Movie | Whirlwind | Lon Kramer | 1951-04-16 |
| Movie | Rawhide | Hawley (uncredited) | 1951-03-25 |
| Movie | Three Arabian Nuts | Hassan | 1951-01-04 |
| Movie | Lorna Doone | Carth | 1951-05-31 |
| Movie | Government Agents vs Phantom Legion | Regan | 1951-07-04 |
| Movie | The Tooth Will Out | Shemp’s Last Patient (uncredited) | 1951-10-04 |
| Movie | The Red Badge of Courage | Veteran (uncredited) | 1951-09-27 |
| Movie | Roar of the Iron Horse | Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman | 1951-05-31 |
| Movie | The Texas Rangers | 1951-06-03 | |
| Movie | The Outriders | Outrider at Dance (uncredited) | 1950-03-01 |
| Movie | The Vanishing Westerner | Bartender | 1950-03-31 |
| Movie | Covered Wagon Raid | Henchman Grif | 1950-06-30 |
| Movie | Rock Island Trail | Barton - Railroad Agitator | 1950-05-18 |
| Movie | The Gunfighter | Crowd Extra (uncredited) | 1950-06-23 |
| Movie | Navajo Trail Raiders | Henchman Brad | 1949-10-15 |
| Movie | Bride and Gloom | Joe Keeler | 1947-03-27 |
| Movie | Wyoming | Ed Lassiter | 1947-07-28 |
| Movie | Song of Arizona | Henchman Bart | 1946-03-08 |
| Movie | California Gold Rush | Chopin - the Harmonica Killer | 1946-02-04 |
| Movie | Abilene Town | 'Cap' Ryker | 1946-01-11 |
| Movie | Lost City of the Jungle | Henchman Johnson | 1946-04-23 |
| Movie | Wild Beauty | John Andrews | 1946-08-08 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Uprising | Henchman Luke Case | 1946-11-15 |
| Movie | The Three Troubledoers | Badlands Blackie | 1946-04-26 |
| Movie | Lawless Breed | Bartley Mellon / Captain Isaac Mellon | 1946-08-16 |
| Movie | Traffic in Crime | Jake Schultz | 1946-06-28 |
| Movie | Off Again, On Again | Louie Derringer | 1945-02-16 |
| Movie | Pistol Packin' Nitwits | Rawhide Pete | 1945-04-04 |
| Movie | Scared Stiff | Bus Driver (Uncredited) | 1945-06-22 |
| Movie | Scarlet Street | Detective (uncredited) | 1945-12-25 |
| Movie | Wagon Wheels Westward | Henchman Tuttle | 1945-12-21 |
| Movie | Crash Goes the Hash | Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn | 1944-02-04 |
| Movie | Lady in the Death House | Willis Millen | 1944-03-15 |
| Movie | Spook Town | Sam Benson | 1944-06-03 |
| Movie | Waterfront | Drunken Sailor (uncredited) | 1944-06-10 |
| Movie | Mystery of the Riverboat | Craig Cassard [Ch. 1] | 1944-10-24 |
| Movie | Batman | Agent Croft of Section 50 | 1943-07-16 |
| Movie | Riders of the Northwest Mounted | Victor Renaud | 1943-02-15 |
| Movie | Higher Than a Kite | Gen. Bommel (uncredited) | 1943-07-30 |
| Movie | Cowboy in the Clouds | Roy Madison | 1943-12-23 |
| Movie | The Phantom | Tartar Chieftain (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
| Movie | I Can Hardly Wait | Patient (uncredited) | 1943-08-13 |
| Movie | Salute to the Marines | Cpl. Mosley | 1943-09-02 |
| Movie | Men of San Quentin | Butch Mason | 1942-05-15 |
| Movie | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Frank McLowery | 1942-06-13 |
| Movie | Shut My Big Mouth | Henchman | 1942-02-19 |
| Movie | Jackass Mail | Jim Swade | 1942-07-01 |
| Movie | City of Silent Men | Ed Muller | 1942-10-12 |
| Movie | Pardon My Gun | Clint Hayes | 1942-12-01 |
| Movie | Vengeance of the West | Jeff Gorman | 1942-08-16 |
| Movie | The Roundup | Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis) | 1941-04-03 |
| Movie | So Ends Our Night | Gestapo Stormtrooper (uncredited) | 1941-02-27 |
| Movie | Across the Sierras | Mitch Carew | 1941-02-13 |
| Movie | Mystery Ship | Van Brock | 1941-09-03 |
| Movie | Billy the Kid | Kirby Claxton | 1941-05-30 |
| Movie | Sea Raiders | Mate on the 'Astoria' | 1941-10-13 |
| Movie | Arizona Cyclone | Quirt Crenshaw | 1941-11-14 |
| Movie | Honky Tonk | Tough Man on Train | 1941-10-01 |
| Movie | Stick to Your Guns | Nevada Teale | 1941-09-17 |
| Movie | Rockin' Thru the Rockies | Indian Chief (uncredited) | 1940-03-08 |
| Movie | Blazing Six Shooters | Lash Bender | 1940-04-10 |
| Movie | You Nazty Spy! | Mr. Ohnay (uncredited) | 1940-01-19 |
| Movie | Terry and the Pirates | Master Fang | 1940-04-12 |
| Movie | Pioneers of the Frontier | Matt Brawley | 1940-02-14 |
| Movie | Blondie on a Budget | Tony - Mechanic (uncredited) | 1940-02-29 |
| Movie | Bullets for Rustlers | Strang | 1940-03-05 |
| Movie | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Bo Gilman | 1940-09-19 |
| Movie | Men Without Souls | Duke | 1940-05-20 |
| Movie | Wyoming | Corky - Henchman | 1940-09-13 |
| Movie | The Son of Monte Cristo | Guard (Uncredited) | 1940-12-05 |
| Movie | Boom Town | Hiring Boss (uncredited) | 1940-08-30 |
| Movie | Texas Stagecoach | Shoshone Larsen | 1940-05-23 |
| Movie | Outside These Walls | Flint | 1939-05-04 |
| Movie | Mandrake the Magician | Dorgan | 1939-05-06 |
| Movie | Yes, We Have No Bonanza | Maxey | 1939-05-19 |
| Movie | Spoilers of the Range | Lobo Savage | 1939-04-26 |
| Movie | Blind Alley | Trooper with Joe | 1939-05-11 |
| Movie | North of Shanghai | Creighton | 1939-01-24 |
| Movie | Homicide Bureau | Radio Broadcaster (voice) | 1939-01-05 |
| Movie | Western Caravans | Mort Kohler | 1939-06-14 |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Heavy (uncredited) | 1939-01-27 |
| Movie | We Want Our Mummy | Jackson (uncredited) | 1939-02-24 |
| Movie | Let Us Live | Death Row Inmate (uncredited) | 1939-03-29 |
| Movie | Overland with Kit Carson | Drake | 1939-07-21 |
| Movie | Glove Slingers | Madigan - Kid Benson's Trainer (uncredited) | 1939-11-24 |
| Movie | Two-Fisted Rangers | Dirk Hogan | 1939-12-13 |
| Movie | The Awful Goof | Joe Mark | 1939-12-20 |
| Movie | My Son Is Guilty | Monk | 1939-12-28 |
| Movie | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Joe (uncredited) | 1939-11-22 |
| Movie | The Stranger from Texas | Bat Stringer | 1939-12-02 |
| Movie | Behind Prison Gates | Capt. Simmons | 1939-07-28 |
| Movie | Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise | Clipper - Swindler in Back Seat (uncredited) | 1939-10-06 |
| Movie | The Man They Could Not Hang | Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney | 1939-08-17 |
| Movie | Outpost of the Mounties | Wade Beaumont | 1939-09-12 |
| Movie | You Can't Take It with You | Strongarm Man (uncredited) | 1938-09-01 |
| Movie | City Streets | Madden (uncredited) | 1938-07-01 |
| Movie | The Main Event | Sawyer | 1938-06-22 |
| Movie | Women in Prison | Mac | 1938-03-02 |
| Movie | Juvenile Court | Detective Capturing Dutch Adams (uncredited) | 1938-09-10 |
| Movie | Time Out for Trouble | Louie Derringer | 1938-03-17 |
| Movie | Rawhide | Henchman Butch | 1938-04-08 |
| Movie | Rio Grande | Ed Barker | 1938-12-08 |
| Movie | Crashing Through Danger | Foreman | 1938-09-14 |
| Movie | Flat Foot Stooges | Mr. Reardon | 1938-12-05 |
| Movie | Smashing the Spy Ring | Williams (uncredited) | 1938-12-29 |
| Movie | West of the Santa Fe | Matt Taylor | 1938-10-02 |
| Movie | The Lady Objects | Jail Guard | 1938-10-12 |
| Movie | Adventure in Sahara | Karnoldi | 1938-11-15 |
| Movie | Trail of Vengeance | Cartwright | 1937-03-28 |
| Movie | Two Gun Law | Len Edwards | 1937-04-06 |
| Movie | The Gambling Terror | Dirk | 1937-02-15 |
| Movie | The Singing Buckaroo | Henchman Odie | 1937-01-15 |
| Movie | Bar-Z Bad Men | Brent - Ranch Foreman | 1937-04-21 |
| Movie | Valley of Terror | Henchman Buck | 1937-01-20 |
| Movie | Blake of Scotland Yard | Nicky | 1937-01-30 |
| Movie | Boothill Brigade | Bull Berke | 1937-08-02 |
| Movie | The Old Wyoming Trail | Ed Slade | 1937-11-08 |
| Movie | Outlaws of the Prairie | Dragg | 1937-12-01 |
| Movie | The Shadow | Carlos | 1937-12-22 |
| Movie | Guns in the Dark | Brace Stevens | 1937-05-13 |
| Movie | Murder in Greenwich Village | Campbell Security Guard | 1937-11-03 |
| Movie | The Game That Kills | Whitey | 1937-09-21 |
| Movie | A Lawman Is Born | Lefty Drogan | 1937-06-21 |
| Movie | Wildcat Trooper | Henri | 1936-07-01 |
| Movie | Burning Gold | Swede | 1936-05-22 |
| Movie | The Lion's Den | Henchman Slim Burtis | 1936-07-07 |
| Movie | Wild Horse Round-Up | Bill | 1936-11-20 |
| Movie | Ghost Patrol | Henchman Charlie | 1936-08-02 |
| Movie | Phantom Patrol | Henchman Josef | 1936-09-29 |
| Movie | Code of the Mounted | Henchman Snakey | 1935-06-07 |
| Movie | Clive of India | Hoodlum on Dock | 1935-01-25 |
| Movie | The Nitwits | Cop on Stakeout | 1935-06-07 |
| Movie | Northern Frontier | Henchman Pete (uncredited) | 1935-02-01 |
| Movie | Mutiny Ahead | Stevens (as Richard Dye) | 1935-03-01 |
| Movie | Racing Luck | 'Dynamite' | 1935-11-19 |
| Movie | Skybound | Master of Ceremonies | 1935-09-22 |
| Movie | Western Frontier | Pioneer Settler | 1935-08-07 |
| Movie | Trails of the Wild | Henchman Roper | 1935-07-31 |
| Movie | The Arizonian | Saloon Patron | 1935-06-27 |
| Series | The Three Stooges | Unknown | 1934-05-05 |
| Movie | King Kong | Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) | 1933-03-15 |
| Movie | The Druggist's Dilemma | Man in Crowd | 1933-05-22 |
| Movie | The Famous Ferguson Case | O'Toole (uncredited) | 1932-04-19 |
| Movie | Up the River | New Inmate (uncredited) | 1930-10-10 |
| Movie | Shooting Straight | Butch | 1930-07-20 |
| Movie | Tell It to the Marines | Marine in Barracks | 1926-12-23 |