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Alan Curtis
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Alan Curtis
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-07-24,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Follow the Boys

5.2

Follow the Boys
1944-05-05

5.6

Inside Job
1946-06-14

6.1

Mannequin
1938-01-21

The Naughty Nineties

6.7

The Naughty Nineties
1945-06-20

7

High Sierra
1941-01-23

The Invisible Man's Revenge

5.6

The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944-06-09

6.6

Buck Privates
1941-01-31

7

Phantom Lady
1944-01-28

4.6

Destiny
1944-12-22

5.3

Gung Ho!
1943-12-20

Philo Vance's Secret Mission

0

Philo Vance's Secret Mission
1947-08-30

Philo Vance's Gamble

5.7

Philo Vance's Gamble
1947-04-12

Hollywood Cavalcade

5.1

Hollywood Cavalcade
1939-10-13

Hitler's Madman

5.6

Hitler's Madman
1943-06-10

4.2

Renegade Girl
1946-12-25

7

Four Sons
1940-06-14

Good Girls Go to Paris

7.1

Good Girls Go to Paris
1939-06-20

5.8

Shady Lady
1945-09-07

The Duke of West Point

3.8

The Duke of West Point
1938-12-29

Sergeant Madden

6

Sergeant Madden
1939-03-24

Flight to Nowhere

4.7

Flight to Nowhere
1946-09-30

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

5

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939-01-13

6.2

We Go Fast
1941-09-19

Two Tickets to London

6

Two Tickets to London
1943-06-14

Remember Pearl Harbor

6

Remember Pearl Harbor
1942-01-02

5.8

Walking on Air
1936-09-11

6

Without Orders
1936-10-22

4

Frisco Sal
1945-02-22

5

One Live Ghost
1936-11-07

5

Apache Chief
1949-11-04

Smartest Girl in Town

5.5

Smartest Girl in Town
1936-11-27

The Shopworn Angel

7.1

The Shopworn Angel
1938-07-15

Don't Turn 'em Loose

4.8

Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936-09-18

The Pirates of Capri

6.4

The Pirates of Capri
1949-12-25

The Witness Chair

6.2

The Witness Chair
1936-04-23

The Daltons Ride Again

3

The Daltons Ride Again
1945-11-23

0

New Wine
1941-09-10

5.6

Yellow Jack
1938-05-19

6

See My Lawyer
1945-03-09

5

Crazy House
1943-10-08

The Enchanted Valley

0

The Enchanted Valley
1948-03-24

City of Violence

0

City of Violence
1951-03-23

Breakdowns of 1942

6

Breakdowns of 1942
1942-12-31

The Morecambe & Wise Show

0

The Morecambe & Wise Show
1968-09-02