1909-07-24 Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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Amore e sangue | Paolo Giacomo | 1951-04-05 |
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Apache Chief | Young Eagle | 1949-11-04 |
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The Pirates of Capri | Commodore Van Diel | 1949-12-25 |
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The Enchanted Valley | Johnny Nelson | 1948-03-24 |
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Philo Vance's Gamble | Philo Vance | 1947-04-12 |
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Philo Vance's Secret Mission | Philo Vance | 1947-08-30 |
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Inside Job | Edward "Eddie" Norton | 1946-06-14 |
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Flight to Nowhere | Hobe Carrington | 1946-09-30 |
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Renegade Girl | Fred Raymond | 1946-12-25 |
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Shady Lady | Marty Martin | 1945-09-07 |
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The Naughty Nineties | Mr. Crawford | 1945-06-20 |
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See My Lawyer | Charlie Rodman | 1945-03-09 |
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The Daltons Ride Again | Emmett Dalton | 1945-11-23 |
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Frisco Sal | Rio Jordan aka John Warren | 1945-02-22 |
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Follow the Boys | Alan Curtis (uncredited) | 1944-05-05 |
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Destiny | Cliff Banks | 1944-12-22 |
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Phantom Lady | Scott Henderson | 1944-01-28 |
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The Invisible Man's Revenge | Mark Foster | 1944-06-09 |
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Hitler's Madman | Karel Vavra | 1943-06-10 |
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Gung Ho! | John Harbison | 1943-12-20 |
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Two Tickets to London | First Mate Dan Driscoll | 1943-06-14 |
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Crazy House | Alan Curtis | 1943-10-08 |
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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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Remember Pearl Harbor | Bruce Gordon | 1942-01-02 |
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New Wine | Franz Schubert | 1941-09-10 |
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We Go Fast | Bob Brandon | 1941-09-19 |
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High Sierra | Babe | 1941-01-23 |
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Buck Privates | Bob Martin | 1941-01-31 |
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Four Sons | Karl Bern | 1940-06-14 |
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Good Girls Go to Paris | Tom Brand | 1939-06-20 |
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Hollywood Cavalcade | Nicky Hayden | 1939-10-13 |
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Burn 'Em Up O'Connor | Jose "Rocks" Rivera | 1939-01-13 |
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Sergeant Madden | Dennis Madden | 1939-03-24 |
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The Shopworn Angel | 'Thin Lips' | 1938-07-15 |
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The Duke of West Point | Strong | 1938-12-29 |
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Yellow Jack | Brinkerhof | 1938-05-19 |
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Mannequin | Eddie Miller | 1938-01-21 |
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Smartest Girl in Town | Male Model who Escorts Cookie | 1936-11-27 |
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Without Orders | Co-Pilot | 1936-10-22 |
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Walking on Air | Fred Randolph | 1936-09-11 |
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One Live Ghost | Alan | 1936-11-07 |
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The Witness Chair | Reporter in Coutroom | 1936-04-23 |
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Don't Turn 'em Loose | Wedding Attendant with Telegram | 1936-09-18 |
