Dan Duryea
Dan Duryea ( born January 23, 1907 in White Plains, New York, † June 7, 1968 in Los Angeles ) was an American actor who especially made a name for himself in film noirs.
Life
Dan Duryea worked a few years in the advertising industry and began his acting career in 1935 on Broadway. One of his most successful roles there, the weakling Leo Hubbard in The Little Foxes, led him in 1940 to Hollywood, where he appeared a year later in the film version of The Little Foxes.
" Duryea was a specialist in dark eyes and an evil grin. Together with his seemingly uncouth way of playing this made him one of the leading villains of the screen. " ( Rororo Filmlexikon ) He turned with director Fritz Lang Ministry of Fear (1944 ), Dangerous Encounter ( 1944) and Scarlet Street (1945 ), where he appeared opposite Edward G. Robinson and Ray Milland. There were other film noirs like Forgotten hour and Robert Siodmak's daring alibi and Western as Anthony Mann's Winchester '73.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Duryea appeared increasingly in television series, including Bonanza and The Men from Shiloh Ranch.
He was 35 years married to his wife Helen, with whom he had two sons. Dan Duryea died in 1968 at the age of 61 years to cancer.