Alan Curtis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 24, 1909
- Died
- February 2, 1953 (aged 43)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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Filmography
City of Violence
Movie · as Paolo Giacomo
Apache Chief
Movie · as Young Eagle
The Pirates of Capri
Movie · as Commodore Van Diel
The Enchanted Valley
Movie · as Johnny Nelson
Philo Vance's Secret Mission
Movie · as Philo Vance
Philo Vance's Gamble
Movie · as Philo Vance
Inside Job
Movie · as Edward "Eddie" Norton
Renegade Girl
Movie · as Fred Raymond
Flight to Nowhere
Movie · as Hobe Carrington
The Naughty Nineties
Movie · as Mr. Crawford
Shady Lady
Movie · as Marty Martin
Frisco Sal
Movie · as Rio Jordan aka John Warren
The Daltons Ride Again
Movie · as Emmett Dalton
See My Lawyer
Movie · as Charlie Rodman
Follow the Boys
Movie · as Alan Curtis (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Movie · as Mark Foster
Phantom Lady
Movie · as Scott Henderson
Destiny
Movie · as Cliff Banks
Gung Ho!
Movie · as John Harbison
Hitler's Madman
Movie · as Karel Vavra
Two Tickets to London
Movie · as First Mate Dan Driscoll
Crazy House
Movie · as Alan Curtis
Remember Pearl Harbor
Movie · as Bruce Gordon
Breakdowns of 1942
Movie · as Self
High Sierra
Movie · as Babe
Buck Privates
Movie · as Bob Martin
We Go Fast
Movie · as Bob Brandon
New Wine
Movie · as Franz Schubert
Four Sons
Movie · as Karl Bern
Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie · as Nicky Hayden
Good Girls Go to Paris
Movie · as Tom Brand
Sergeant Madden
Movie · as Dennis Madden
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Movie · as Jose "Rocks" Rivera
Mannequin
Movie · as Eddie Miller
The Duke of West Point
Movie · as Cadet Strong
The Shopworn Angel
Movie · as 'Thin Lips'
Yellow Jack
Movie · as Brinkerhof
The Woman I Love
Movie · as (uncredited)
Walking on Air
Movie · as Fred Randolph
Without Orders
Movie · as Co-Pilot
One Live Ghost
Movie · as Alan
Smartest Girl in Town
Movie · as Model who Escorts Cookie (uncredited)
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Movie · as Wedding Attendant with Telegram
The Witness Chair
Movie · as Reporter in Coutroom