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Howard Duff
Actor, Director, Producer
Born November 24, 1913Died July 8, 1990 (76 years)
Howard Green Duff (November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990) was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio.
Duff was born in Charleston, Washington, now a part of Bremerton. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932 where he began acting in school plays only after he was cut from the basketball team. His first film role was as an inmate in Brute Force. His other movies include The Naked City (1948), All My Sons (1948), Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949), Panic in the City (1968), In Search of America (1971), A Wedding (1978) and No Way Out (1987).
He appeared in a number of films with his first wife, actress/director Ida Lupino. One of Duff's later performances was as Dustin Hoffman's attorney in the Academy Award-winning Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
On radio, Duff played Dashiell Hammett's private eye Sam Spade from 1946–1950, starring in The Adventures of Sam Spade on three different networks - ABC, CBS and NBC. In 1951 Steve Dunne took over the role of Sam Spade. Duff also appeared in an episode of Climax! entitled Escape From Fear in 1955.
On television, Duff appeared with his then wife Ida Lupino in the CBS comedy Mr. Adams and Eve from January 1957 through September 1958, in which they played husband and wife film stars named Howard Adams and Eve Drake. He played the young Samuel Langhorne Clemens, in his early life in the West as a satirical and crusading journalist, in the TV series Bonanza ("Enter Mark Twain," season 1, episode 5, 1959). In 1960 he played the male main character in The Twilight Zone episode "A World of Difference" as Arthur Curtis/Jerry Raigan. From October 1960 through April 1961, Duff played Willie Dante, owner of the San Francisco nightclub, Dante's Inferno, in the NBC adventure/drama series Dante. In 1964, Duff guest starred as Harold Baker on the episode "Prodigy" of NBC's medical drama about psychiatry The Eleventh Hour, starring Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy. In 1990, he guest starred on an episode of The Golden Girls (episode: The Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding Present).
From September 1966 through January 1969, Duff portrayed Detective Sergeant Sam Stone in the ABC police drama Felony Squad with costar Dennis Cole. In the 1980s, he appeared on dramas such as NBC's Flamingo Road and Knots Landing, and Dallas, both on CBS.
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Duff was born in Charleston, Washington, now a part of Bremerton. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932 where he began acting in school plays only after he was cut from the basketball team. His first film role was as an inmate in Brute Force. His other movies include The Naked City (1948), All My Sons (1948), Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949), Panic in the City (1968), In Search of America (1971), A Wedding (1978) and No Way Out (1987).
He appeared in a number of films with his first wife, actress/director Ida Lupino. One of Duff's later performances was as Dustin Hoffman's attorney in the Academy Award-winning Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
On radio, Duff played Dashiell Hammett's private eye Sam Spade from 1946–1950, starring in The Adventures of Sam Spade on three different networks - ABC, CBS and NBC. In 1951 Steve Dunne took over the role of Sam Spade. Duff also appeared in an episode of Climax! entitled Escape From Fear in 1955.
On television, Duff appeared with his then wife Ida Lupino in the CBS comedy Mr. Adams and Eve from January 1957 through September 1958, in which they played husband and wife film stars named Howard Adams and Eve Drake. He played the young Samuel Langhorne Clemens, in his early life in the West as a satirical and crusading journalist, in the TV series Bonanza ("Enter Mark Twain," season 1, episode 5, 1959). In 1960 he played the male main character in The Twilight Zone episode "A World of Difference" as Arthur Curtis/Jerry Raigan. From October 1960 through April 1961, Duff played Willie Dante, owner of the San Francisco nightclub, Dante's Inferno, in the NBC adventure/drama series Dante. In 1964, Duff guest starred as Harold Baker on the episode "Prodigy" of NBC's medical drama about psychiatry The Eleventh Hour, starring Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy. In 1990, he guest starred on an episode of The Golden Girls (episode: The Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding Present).
From September 1966 through January 1969, Duff portrayed Detective Sergeant Sam Stone in the ABC police drama Felony Squad with costar Dennis Cole. In the 1980s, he appeared on dramas such as NBC's Flamingo Road and Knots Landing, and Dallas, both on CBS.
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Filmography
| 2017 | The Green Fog · as Father Finnegan |
| 2003 | Los Angeles Plays Itself · as Dave Pomeroy In Panic In The City (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special · as Cast |
| 1993 | The Knots Landing Block Party · as Paul Galveston |
| 1990 | Too Much Sun · as O.m. |
| 1989 | Settle the Score · as Cy Whately |
| 1989 | Island Son (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Midnight Caller (TV Series) · as Montgomery Carson |
| 1987 | No Way Out · as Senator William 'billy' Duvall |
| 1987 | Werewolf (TV Series) · as Will 'big Daddy' Fraser |
| 1985 | Love on the Run · as Lionel Rockland |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls (TV Series) · as Mangiacavallo |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Ralph Earl / Stephen Earl |
| 1983 | Monster in the Closet · as Father Martin Finnegan |
| 1983 | This Girl for Hire · as Wolfe Macready |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) |
| 1982 | The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch · as Col. Samuel Isaacs |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) · as Det. Travis |
| 1981 | East of Eden (TV Series) · as Jules Edwards |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Oh, God! Book II · as Dr. Benjamin Charles Whitley |
| 1980 | Double Negative · as Lester Harlen |
| 1980 | The Dream Merchants (TV Series) · as Charles Slade |
| 1980 | Flamingo Road (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Valentine Magic on Love Island · as A.j. Morgan |
| 1979 | Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Paul Galveston |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer · as John Shaunessy |
| 1978 | A Wedding · as Dr. Jules Meecham |
| 1978 | Battered · as Bill Thompson |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Sen. Henry Harrison O'dell |
| 1978 | Ski Lift to Death · as Ben Forbes |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Wild Man Moran |
| 1977 | The Late Show · as Harry Regan |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Glen Leciter |
| 1977 | In the Glitter Palace · as Raymond Dawson Travers |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Douglas Shane |
| 1976 | The Quest (1976) (TV Series) · as Mathew Deshant |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Harrigan |
| 1976 | Lanigan's Rabbi (TV Series) · as Cyrus Hollister |
| 1975 | Medical Story (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Matt Helm (TV Series) · as Dan Mallory |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Switch (TV Series) · as Ira Larkin |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Edward J. Marks |
| 1973 | Shaft (TV Series) · as Tom Oliver |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Snatched · as Duncan Wood |
| 1973 | Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) · as Hollister |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Search (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) |
| 1971 | A Little Game · as Dunlap |
| 1971 | In Search of America · as Ray Chandler |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Arthur Porter (segment "there Aren't Any More Macbanes") |
| 1969 | The Immortal (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series) · as Henry Speiser |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) · as Matt Mckinnon |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Charles Prescott |
| 1968 | Panic in the City · as Dave Pomeroy |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Wally Cook |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Felony Squad (TV Series) · as Det. Sgt. Sam Stone |
| 1966 | Batman (TV Series) · as Cabala |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Sean |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as G. Carter Huntington |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak (TV Series) · as Joe Stillman |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Charlie January |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) |
| 1962 | War Gods of Babylon · as Sardanapolo |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Harold Baker |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Col. Hobey Jabko |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Peter Harding |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Ed Frazer |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Boys' Night Out · as Doug Jackson |
| 1961 | Bus Stop (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Dante (TV Series) · as Willie Dante |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Simon |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Arthur Curtis / Gerry Reagan |
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| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Joe Kane |
| 1957 | Sierra Stranger · as Jess Collins |
| 1957 | Mr. Adams and Eve (TV Series) |
| 1956 | While the City Sleeps · as Lt. Burt Kaufman |
| 1956 | The Broken Star · as Thornton W. Wills |
| 1956 | Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado · as Tom "blackjack" Ketchum |
| 1955 | Flame of the Islands · as Doug Duryea |
| 1955 | Crossroads (1955) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | Science Fiction Theatre (TV Series) · as Dr. Tom Mathews |
| 1955 | Women's Prison · as Dr. Crane |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story (TV Series) · as Henry Pell |
| 1954 | The Yellow Mountain · as Pete Menlo |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Dr. John C. Clark |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Private Hell 36 · as Police Sgt. Jack Farnham |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as Ernie Madden |
| 1954 | Tanganyika · as Dan Harder |
| 1953 | Jennifer · as Jim Hollis |
| 1953 | Spaceways · as Dr. Stephen Mitchell |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Johnny Abel |
| 1952 | Models Inc. · as Lennie Stone |
| 1952 | Steel Town · as Jim Denko |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Terence Kerrigan |
| 1951 | The Lady from Texas · as Dan Mason |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Jim |
| 1950 | Shakedown · as Jack Early |
| 1950 | Spy Hunt · as Steve Quain |
| 1950 | Woman in Hiding · as Keith Ramsey |
| 1949 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass · as Sam Bass |
| 1949 | Illegal Entry · as Bert Powers |
| 1949 | Red Canyon · as Lin Sloane |
| 1949 | Johnny Stool Pigeon · as George Morton |
| 1949 | The Life of Riley · as Voice Of Sam Spade On Radio Show |
| 1948 | All My Sons · as George Deever |
| 1948 | The Naked City · as Frank Niles |
| 1947 | Brute Force · as Robert 'soldier' Becker |
| 1945 | Know Your Enemy - Japan · as Narrator |