Dick Curtis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 11, 1902, Newport, Kentucky, USA
- Died
- January 3, 1952
- Movies
- 170
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1952 | My Six Convicts | Guard |
| 1952 | Rose of Cimarron | Clem Dawley |
| 1951 | The Tooth Will Out | Shemp's Last Patient (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Red Badge of Courage | Veteran (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Government Agents vs Phantom Legion | Regan |
| 1951 | The Texas Rangers | |
| 1951 | Lorna Doone | Carth |
| 1951 | Roar of the Iron Horse | Campo - The Baron's Chief Gunman |
| 1951 | Don't Throw That Knife | Mr. Wycoff |
| 1951 | Whirlwind | Lon Kramer |
| 1951 | Rawhide | Hawley (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Three Arabian Nuts | Hassan |
| 1950 | Covered Wagon Raid | Henchman Grif |
| 1950 | The Gunfighter | Townsman at Funeral (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Rock Island Trail | Barton - Railroad Agitator |
| 1950 | The Vanishing Westerner | Bartender |
| 1950 | The Outriders | Outrider at Dance (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Navajo Trail Raiders | Henchman Brad |
| 1947 | Wyoming | Ed Lassiter |
| 1947 | Bride and Gloom | Joe Keeler |
| 1946 | Santa Fe Uprising | Henchman Luke Case |
| 1946 | Lawless Breed | Bartley Mellon / Captain Isaac Mellon |
| 1946 | Wild Beauty | John Andrews |
| 1946 | Traffic in Crime | Jake Schultz |
| 1946 | Get Along, Little Zombie | |
| 1946 | The Three Troubledoers | Badlands Blackie |
| 1946 | Lost City of the Jungle | Henchman Johnson |
| 1946 | Song of Arizona | Henchman Bart |
| 1946 | California Gold Rush | Chopin - the Harmonica Killer |
| 1946 | Abilene Town | 'Cap' Ryker |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Wagon Wheels Westward | Henchman Tuttle |
| 1945 | Scared Stiff | Bus Driver (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | Pistol Packin' Nitwits | Rawhide Pete |
| 1945 | Off Again, On Again | Louie Derringer |
| 1945 | Snooper Service | |
| 1944 | Mystery of the Riverboat | Craig Cassard [Ch. 1] |
| 1944 | Waterfront | Drunken Sailor (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Spook Town | Sam Benson |
| 1944 | Lady in the Death House | Willis Millen |
| 1944 | Crash Goes the Hash | Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn |
| 1943 | The Phantom | Tartar Chieftain (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Cowboy in the Clouds | Roy Madison |
| 1943 | Salute to the Marines | Cpl. Mosley |
| 1943 | I Can Hardly Wait | Patient (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Higher Than a Kite | Gen. Bommel (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Batman | Agent Croft of Section 50 |
| 1943 | Riders of the Northwest Mounted | Victor Renaud |
| 1942 | Pardon My Gun | Clint Hayes |
| 1942 | City of Silent Men | Ed Muller |
| 1942 | Vengeance of the West | Jeff Gorman |
| 1942 | Jackass Mail | Jim Swade |
| 1942 | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Frank McLowery |
| 1942 | Men of San Quentin | Butch Mason |
| 1942 | Two Yanks in Trinidad | Sea Captain |
| 1942 | Shut My Big Mouth | Henchman |
| 1941 | Arizona Cyclone | Quirt Crenshaw |
| 1941 | Sea Raiders | Mate on the 'Astoria' |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk | Tough Man on Train (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Stick to Your Guns | Nevada Teale |
| 1941 | Mystery Ship | Van Brock |
| 1941 | I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island | Jules |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid | Kirby Claxton |
| 1941 | The Roundup | Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis) |
| 1941 | So Ends Our Night | Gestapo Stormtrooper (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Across the Sierras | Mitch Carew |
| 1940 | The Son of Monte Cristo | Guard (Uncredited) |
| 1940 | Three Men from Texas | Gardner |
| 1940 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Bo Gilman |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Corky - Henchman |
| 1940 | Boom Town | Hiring Boss (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Texas Stagecoach | Shoshone Larsen |
| 1940 | Men Without Souls | Duke |
| 1940 | Terry and the Pirates | Master Fang |
| 1940 | Blazing Six Shooters | Lash Bender |
| 1940 | Rockin' Thru the Rockies | Indian Chief (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Bullets for Rustlers | Strang |
| 1940 | Blondie on a Budget | Tony - Mechanic (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Pioneers of the Frontier | Matt Brawley |
| 1940 | You Nazty Spy! | Mr. Ohnay (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Mandrake the Magician | Dorgan - Thug (Chs. 6-8) |
| 1939 | My Son Is Guilty | Monk |
| 1939 | The Awful Goof | Joe Mark |
| 1939 | Two-Fisted Rangers | Dirk Hogan |
| 1939 | Taming of the West | Rawhide |
| 1939 | The Stranger from Texas | Bat Stringer |
| 1939 | Glove Slingers | Madigan - Kid Benson's Trainer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Joe (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise | Clipper - Swindler in Back Seat (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Riders of Black River | Blaize Carewe |
| 1939 | Outpost of the Mounties | Wade Beaumont |
| 1939 | The Man They Could Not Hang | Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney |
| 1939 | Behind Prison Gates | Capt. Simmons |
| 1939 | Overland with Kit Carson | Drake |
| 1939 | Western Caravans | Mort Kohler |
| 1939 | Yes, We Have No Bonanza | Maxey |
| 1939 | Blind Alley | Trooper with Joe |
| 1939 | Mandrake the Magician | Dorgan |
| 1939 | Outside These Walls | Flint |
| 1939 | Spoilers of the Range | Lobo Savage |
| 1939 | Let Us Live | Death Row Inmate (uncredited) |
| 1939 | We Want Our Mummy | Jackson (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Flying G-Men | Korman |
| 1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Heavy (uncredited) |
| 1939 | North of Shanghai | Creighton |
| 1939 | The Thundering West | Wolf Munro |
| 1939 | Homicide Bureau | Radio Broadcaster (voice) |
| 1938 | Smashing the Spy Ring | Williams (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Rio Grande | Ed Barker |
| 1938 | Flat Foot Stooges | Mr. Reardon |
| 1938 | Blondie | Daily Gazette Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Adventure in Sahara | Karnoldi |
| 1938 | The Lady Objects | Jail Guard |
| 1938 | West of the Santa Fe | Matt Taylor |
| 1938 | Crashing Through Danger | Foreman |
| 1938 | Juvenile Court | Detective Capturing Dutch Adams (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Colorado Trail | Henchman Slash Driscoll |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Strongarm Man (uncredited) |
| 1938 | South of Arizona | Ed Martin |
| 1938 | City Streets | Madden (uncredited) |
| 1938 | West of Cheyenne | Link Murdock |
| 1938 | The Main Event | Sawyer |
| 1938 | Law of the Plains | Jim Fletcher |
| 1938 | Call of the Rockies | Matt Stark |
| 1938 | Rawhide | Henchman Butch |
| 1938 | Time Out for Trouble | Louie Derringer |
| 1938 | Women in Prison | Mac |
| 1938 | Cattle Raiders | |
| 1937 | The Shadow | Carlos |
| 1937 | Outlaws of the Prairie | Dragg |
| 1937 | The Old Wyoming Trail | Ed Slade |
| 1937 | Murder in Greenwich Village | Campbell Security Guard |
| 1937 | Life Begins with Love | Radical (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Game That Kills | Whitey |
| 1937 | Boothill Brigade | Bull Berke |
| 1937 | One Man Justice | Henchman Hank Skinner |
| 1937 | A Lawman Is Born | Lefty Drogan |
| 1937 | Moonlight on the Range | Hank - Henchman |
| 1937 | Guns in the Dark | Brace Stevens |
| 1937 | The Frame-Up | Slim (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Bar-Z Bad Men | Brent - Ranch Foreman |
| 1937 | Two Gun Law | Len Edwards |
| 1937 | Motor Madness | |
| 1937 | Trail of Vengeance | Cartwright |
| 1937 | The Gambling Terror | Dirk |
| 1937 | Blake of Scotland Yard | Nicky |
| 1937 | Valley of Terror | Henchman Buck |
| 1937 | The Singing Buckaroo | Henchman Odie |
| 1936 | Wild Horse Round-Up | Bill |
| 1936 | Phantom Patrol | Henchman Josef |
| 1936 | The Traitor | Morgan |
| 1936 | Ghost Patrol | Henchman Charlie |
| 1936 | The Lion's Den | Henchman Slim Burtis |
| 1936 | Wildcat Trooper | Henri |
| 1936 | Burning Gold | Swede |
| 1935 | Racing Luck | 'Dynamite' |
| 1935 | Skybound | Master of Ceremonies |
| 1935 | Western Frontier | Pioneer Settler |
| 1935 | Trails of the Wild | Henchman Roper |
| 1935 | The Arizonian | Saloon Patron |
| 1935 | Code of the Mounted | Henchman Snakey |
| 1935 | The Nitwits | Cop on Stakeout |
| 1935 | Mutiny Ahead | Stevens (as Richard Dye) |
| 1935 | Northern Frontier | Henchman Pete (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Druggist's Dilemma | Man in Crowd |
| 1933 | King Kong | Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case | O'Toole (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Up the River | New Inmate (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Shooting Straight | Butch |
| 1926 | Tell It to the Marines | Marine in Barracks |
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