Howard Green Duff (November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990) was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Character:Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)
Release Date:28/07/2004
Too Much Sun
Character:O.M.
Release Date:25/01/1991
Settle the Score
Character:Cy Whately
Release Date:30/10/1989
No Way Out
Character:Senator William 'Billy' Duvall
Release Date:14/08/1987
Roses Are for the Rich
Character:Denton
Release Date:17/05/1987
Monster in the Closet
Character:Father Martin Finnegan
Release Date:15/05/1986
Love on the Run
Character:Lionel Rockland
Release Date:21/10/1985
This Girl for Hire
Character:Wolfe Macready
Release Date:11/01/1983
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
Character:Col. Samuel Isaacs
Release Date:31/10/1982
Lily for President?
Character:General
Release Date:20/05/1982
Flamingo Road
Character:Sheriff Titus Semple
Release Date:12/05/1980
Double Negative
Character:Lester Harlen
Release Date:12/05/1980
Valentine Magic on Love Island
Character:A.J. Morgan
Release Date:15/02/1980
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
Character:Herman Rusk
Release Date:26/12/1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
Character:John Shaunessy
Release Date:07/12/1979
Battered
Character:Bill Thompson
Release Date:26/09/1978
A Wedding
Character:Dr. Jules Meecham
Release Date:29/08/1978
Ski Lift to Death
Character:Ben Forbes
Release Date:03/03/1978
Actor
Character:Winfield Sheehan
Release Date:21/02/1978
A Little Game
Character:Dunlap
Release Date:23/07/1977
In the Glitter Palace
Character:Raymond Dawson Travers
Release Date:27/02/1977
The Late Show
Character:Harry Regan
Release Date:10/02/1977
Tight as a Drum
Character:Hollister
Release Date:11/02/1974
Snatched
Character:Duncan Wood
Release Date:31/01/1973
The Heist
Character:Lieutenant Nicholson
Release Date:29/11/1972
In Search of America
Character:Ray Chandler
Release Date:23/03/1971
The D.A.: Murder One
Character:Lynn D. Compton
Release Date:08/12/1969
Panic in the City
Character:Dave Pomeroy
Release Date:01/10/1968
Calhoun
Character:Sid Rayner
Release Date:08/07/1964
War Gods of Babylon
Character:Sardanapolo
Release Date:24/11/1962
Boys' Night Out
Character:Doug Jackson
Release Date:21/06/1962
Sierra Stranger
Character:Jess Collins
Release Date:01/05/1957
While the City Sleeps
Character:Lt. Burt Kaufman
Release Date:19/04/1956
The Broken Star
Character:Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed
Release Date:01/04/1956
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
Character:Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum
Release Date:01/04/1956
Flame of the Islands
Character:Doug Duryea
Release Date:04/12/1955
Women's Prison
Character:Dr. Crane
Release Date:01/02/1955
The Yellow Mountain
Character:Pete Menlo
Release Date:16/11/1954
Private Hell 36
Character:Police Sgt. Jack Farnham
Release Date:03/09/1954
Tanganyika
Character:Dan Harder
Release Date:03/07/1954
Jennifer
Character:Jim Hollis
Release Date:25/10/1953
Spaceways
Character:Dr. Stephen Mitchell
Release Date:07/08/1953
Roar of the Crowd
Character:Johnny Tracy
Release Date:31/05/1953
Models Inc.
Character:Lennie Stone
Release Date:19/05/1952
Steel Town
Character:Jim Denko
Release Date:09/05/1952
The Lady from Texas
Character:Dan Mason
Release Date:01/09/1951
Shakedown
Character:Jack Early
Release Date:01/09/1950
Spy Hunt
Character:Steve Quain
Release Date:08/06/1950
Woman in Hiding
Character:Keith Ramsey
Release Date:06/01/1950
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Character:Sam Bass
Release Date:20/09/1949
Illegal Entry
Character:Bert Powers
Release Date:01/06/1949
Red Canyon
Character:Lin Sloane
Release Date:27/04/1949
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Character:George Morton
Release Date:20/04/1949
All My Sons
Character:George Deever
Release Date:01/05/1948
The Naked City
Character:Frank Niles
Release Date:04/03/1948
Brute Force
Character:Robert 'Soldier' Becker
Release Date:16/07/1947
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Character:Narrator
Release Date:09/08/1945
Television Appearances
The World of Hammer
Character:Self (archive footage)
War and Remembrance
Character:
Roses Are for the Rich
Character:Denton
The Golden Girls
Character:Mangiacavallo
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Ralph Earl / Stephen Earl
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Character:
St. Elsewhere
Character:Herbie
Hotel
Character:
East of Eden
Character:Jules Edwards
Flamingo Road
Character:Titus Semple
Magnum, P.I.
Character:Captain Thomas Sullivan Magnum I
The Dream Merchants
Character:Charles Slade
Knots Landing
Character:Paul Galveston
$weepstake$
Character:
Fantasy Island
Character:Douglas Shane
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Character:
Charlie's Angels
Character:Harrigan
Matt Helm
Character:Dan Mallory
Ellery Queen
Character:
Switch
Character:Ira Larkin
Medical Story
Character:
The Rockford Files
Character:Edward J. Marks
Police Story
Character:
Kung Fu
Character:Noah Fleck
Kung Fu
Character:Mr. Jenkins
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:
Search
Character:
Alias Smith and Jones
Character:
The Immortal
Character:
The Mod Squad
Character:
Mannix
Character:
Judd for the Defense
Character:
Felony Squad
Character:Det. Sgt. Sam Stone
Batman
Character:Det. Sgt. Sam Stone
Batman
Character:Cabala
I Spy
Character:Sean
The Rogues
Character:G. Carter Huntington
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:
Mr. Novak
Character:Joe Stillman
Burke's Law
Character:Lou Cole
Burke's Law
Character:Charlie January
Arrest and Trial
Character:
Combat!
Character:Col. Hobey Jabko
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Peter Harding
The Virginian
Character:Ed Frazer
Sam Benedict
Character:
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Bus Stop
Character:
Dante
Character:Willie Dante
The Twilight Zone
Character:
The Twilight Zone
Character:Arthur Curtis / Gerry Reagan
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Character:Howard Duff
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character:Self
Mr. Adams and Eve
Character:
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
Climax!
Character:
Climax!
Character:Dr. John C. Clark
Studio 57
Character:
The Whistler
Character:
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Johnny Abel
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Terence Kerrigan
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Jim
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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