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:
- 150
- 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 | 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 | Roar of the Iron Horse | Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman | 1951-05-31 |
| Movie | The Texas Rangers | 1951-06-03 | |
| Movie | The Vanishing Westerner | Bartender | 1950-03-31 |
| Movie | Rock Island Trail | Barton - Railroad Agitator | 1950-05-18 |
| Movie | The Gunfighter | Crowd Extra (uncredited) | 1950-06-23 |
| Movie | Covered Wagon Raid | Henchman Grif | 1950-06-30 |
| 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 | Traffic in Crime | Jake Schultz | 1946-06-28 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Uprising | Henchman Luke Case | 1946-11-15 |
| Movie | Lawless Breed | Bartley Mellon / Captain Isaac Mellon | 1946-08-16 |
| Movie | Wild Beauty | John Andrews | 1946-08-08 |
| Movie | The Three Troubledoers | Badlands Blackie | 1946-04-26 |
| Movie | Off Again, On Again | Louie Derringer | 1945-02-16 |
| Movie | Scared Stiff | Bus Driver (Uncredited) | 1945-06-22 |
| Movie | Pistol Packin' Nitwits | Rawhide Pete | 1945-04-04 |
| 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 | Arizona Cyclone | Quirt Crenshaw | 1941-11-14 |
| Movie | Honky Tonk | Tough Man on Train | 1941-10-01 |
| Movie | Sea Raiders | Mate on the 'Astoria' | 1941-10-13 |
| 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 | Bullets for Rustlers | Strang | 1940-03-05 |
| 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 | 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 | Two Gun Law | Len Edwards | 1937-04-06 |
| Movie | Bar-Z Bad Men | Brent - Ranch Foreman | 1937-04-21 |
| Movie | Trail of Vengeance | Cartwright | 1937-03-28 |
| Movie | Valley of Terror | Henchman Buck | 1937-01-20 |
| Movie | Guns in the Dark | Brace Stevens | 1937-05-13 |
| Movie | Blake of Scotland Yard | Nicky | 1937-01-30 |
| Movie | The Gambling Terror | Dirk | 1937-02-15 |
| Movie | The Singing Buckaroo | Henchman Odie | 1937-01-15 |
| Movie | The Shadow | Carlos | 1937-12-22 |
| Movie | A Lawman Is Born | Lefty Drogan | 1937-06-21 |
| Movie | Outlaws of the Prairie | Dragg | 1937-12-01 |
| Movie | The Old Wyoming Trail | Ed Slade | 1937-11-08 |
| Movie | Boothill Brigade | Bull Berke | 1937-08-02 |
| Movie | The Game That Kills | Whitey | 1937-09-21 |
| Movie | Murder in Greenwich Village | Campbell Security Guard | 1937-11-03 |
| 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 | Phantom Patrol | Henchman Josef | 1936-09-29 |
| Movie | Wild Horse Round-Up | Bill | 1936-11-20 |
| Movie | Ghost Patrol | Henchman Charlie | 1936-08-02 |
| Movie | Code of the Mounted | Henchman Snakey | 1935-06-07 |
| Movie | Mutiny Ahead | Stevens (as Richard Dye) | 1935-03-01 |
| Movie | Northern Frontier | Henchman Pete (uncredited) | 1935-02-01 |
| Movie | The Nitwits | Cop on Stakeout | 1935-06-07 |
| Movie | Skybound | Master of Ceremonies | 1935-09-22 |
| Movie | The Arizonian | Saloon Patron | 1935-06-27 |
| Movie | Racing Luck | 'Dynamite' | 1935-11-19 |
| Movie | Western Frontier | Pioneer Settler | 1935-08-07 |
| Movie | Trails of the Wild | Henchman Roper | 1935-07-31 |
| 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 | Shooting Straight | Butch | 1930-07-20 |
| Movie | Up the River | New Inmate (uncredited) | 1930-10-10 |
| Movie | Tell It to the Marines | Marine in Barracks | 1926-12-23 |