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Alan Curtis
Actor
Born July 24, 1909Died February 2, 1953 (43 years)
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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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 1949 | The Pirates of Capri · as Commodore Van Diel |
| 1949 | Apache Chief · as Young Eagle |
| 1947 | Philo Vance's Secret Mission · as Philo Vance |
| 1947 | Philo Vance's Gamble · as Philo Vance |
| 1946 | Renegade Girl · as Fred Raymond |
| 1946 | Flight to Nowhere · as Hobe Carrington |
| 1946 | Inside Job · as Edward "eddie" Norton |
| 1945 | The Daltons Ride Again · as Emmett Dalton |
| 1945 | The Naughty Nineties · as Mr. Crawford |
| 1945 | See My Lawyer · as Charlie Rodman |
| 1944 | Destiny · as Cliff Banks |
| 1944 | The Invisible Man's Revenge · as Mark Foster |
| 1944 | Follow the Boys · as Alan Curtis (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady · as Scott Henderson |
| 1943 | 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders · as John Harbison |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London · as First Mate Dan Driscoll |
| 1943 | Hitler's Madman · as Karel Vavra |
| 1942 | Remember Pearl Harbor · as Bruce Gordon |
| 1941 | We Go Fast · as Bob Brandon |
| 1941 | New Wine · as Franz Schubert |
| 1941 | Blood and Sand · as Undetermined Role |
| 1941 | Buck Privates · as Bob Martin |
| 1941 | Come Live with Me · as Bit Part |
| 1941 | High Sierra · as Babe |
| 1940 | Four Sons · as Karl Bern |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade · as Nicky Hayden |
| 1939 | Good Girls Go to Paris · as Tom Brand |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty · as Brinkerhof (edited From 'yellow Jack') |
| 1939 | Sergeant Madden · as Dennis Madden |
| 1939 | Burn 'Em Up O'Connor · as Jose "rocks" Rivera |
| 1938 | The Duke of West Point · as Strong |
| 1938 | The Shopworn Angel · as 'thin Lips' |
| 1938 | Yellow Jack · as Brinkerhof |
| 1937 | Mannequin · as Eddie Miller |
| 1937 | The Firefly · as French Soldier |
| 1937 | Bad Guy · as Prison Switchboard Operator |
| 1937 | Between Two Women · as Interne |
| 1937 | The Woman I Love · as Cast |
| 1937 | China Passage · as Ship's Officer |
| 1937 | Don't Tell the Wife · as Second Stockbroker At Shaw & Allen |
| 1937 | Sea Devils · as Radio Operator, Yacht Mona |
| 1936 | Winterset · as Sailor |
| 1936 | Smartest Girl in Town · as Male Model Who Escorts Cookie |
| 1936 | Without Orders · as Co-Pilot |
| 1936 | Swing Time · as Undetermined Secondary Role |
| 1936 | Don't Turn 'em Loose · as Wedding Attendant With Telegram |
| 1936 | Walking on Air · as Fred Randolph |
| 1936 | The Last Outlaw · as Convertible Driver |
| 1936 | Undersea Kingdom · as Guardsman |
| 1936 | The Witness Chair · as Reporter In Coutroom |