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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 (Movies)
City of Violence
Character:Paolo Giacomo
Release Date:23/03/1951
The Pirates of Capri
Character:Commodore Van Diel
Release Date:25/12/1949
Apache Chief
Character:Young Eagle
Release Date:04/11/1949
The Enchanted Valley
Character:Johnny Nelson
Release Date:24/03/1948
Philo Vance's Secret Mission
Character:Philo Vance
Release Date:30/08/1947
Philo Vance's Gamble
Character:Philo Vance
Release Date:12/04/1947
Renegade Girl
Character:Fred Raymond
Release Date:25/12/1946
Flight to Nowhere
Character:Hobe Carrington
Release Date:30/09/1946
Inside Job
Character:Edward "Eddie" Norton
Release Date:14/06/1946
The Daltons Ride Again
Character:Emmett Dalton
Release Date:23/11/1945
Shady Lady
Character:Marty Martin
Release Date:07/09/1945
The Naughty Nineties
Character:Mr. Crawford
Release Date:20/06/1945
See My Lawyer
Character:Charlie Rodman
Release Date:09/03/1945
Frisco Sal
Character:Rio Jordan aka John Warren
Release Date:22/02/1945
Destiny
Character:Cliff Banks
Release Date:22/12/1944
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Character:Mark Foster
Release Date:09/06/1944
Follow the Boys
Character:Alan Curtis (uncredited)
Release Date:05/05/1944
Phantom Lady
Character:Scott Henderson
Release Date:28/01/1944
Gung Ho!
Character:John Harbison
Release Date:20/12/1943
Crazy House
Character:Alan Curtis
Release Date:08/10/1943
Two Tickets to London
Character:First Mate Dan Driscoll
Release Date:14/06/1943
Hitler's Madman
Character:Karel Vavra
Release Date:10/06/1943
Breakdowns of 1942
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1942
Remember Pearl Harbor
Character:Bruce Gordon
Release Date:02/01/1942
We Go Fast
Character:Bob Brandon
Release Date:19/09/1941
New Wine
Character:Franz Schubert
Release Date:10/09/1941
Buck Privates
Character:Bob Martin
Release Date:31/01/1941
High Sierra
Character:Babe
Release Date:23/01/1941
Four Sons
Character:Karl Bern
Release Date:14/06/1940
Hollywood Cavalcade
Character:Nicky Hayden
Release Date:13/10/1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
Character:Tom Brand
Release Date:20/06/1939
Sergeant Madden
Character:Dennis Madden
Release Date:24/03/1939
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Character:Jose "Rocks" Rivera
Release Date:13/01/1939
The Duke of West Point
Character:Strong
Release Date:29/12/1938
The Shopworn Angel
Character:'Thin Lips'
Release Date:15/07/1938
Yellow Jack
Character:Brinkerhof
Release Date:19/05/1938
Mannequin
Character:Eddie Miller
Release Date:21/01/1938
The Woman I Love
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:15/04/1937
Smartest Girl in Town
Character:Male Model who Escorts Cookie
Release Date:27/11/1936
One Live Ghost
Character:Alan
Release Date:07/11/1936
Without Orders
Character:Co-Pilot
Release Date:22/10/1936
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Character:Wedding Attendant with Telegram
Release Date:18/09/1936
Walking on Air
Character:Fred Randolph
Release Date:11/09/1936
The Witness Chair
Character:Reporter in Coutroom
Release Date:23/04/1936
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