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