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HOLLYWOOD, June 7 (AP) --- Dan Duryea, famed for his movie and television portrayals of the heel with sex appeal, died today. He was 61 years old. Mr. Duryea, who had undergone surgery for a malignancy several months ago, was pronounced dead at his hilltop home. He had collapsed in his bathroom.
Dan Duryea was an American actor, best known for playing an antagonist for most of his career. Dan had a long association with theater, too. He had several film noirs and westerns under his belt and had appeared in character roles in the later years of his career.
Feb 5, 2018 · How a Good Man Excelled at Playing the Bad Guy. Posted on 02.05.18 by John Farr. Never a big star but a welcome fixture in westerns and film noirs over three decades, Dan Duryea specialized in playing the heel. In those kinds of parts, no one could touch him.
Dan Duryea (January 23, 1907, in White Plains, New York – June 7, 1968, in Hollywood, California) was an American actor of film, stage and television. Duryea graduated from Cornell University in 1928. While at Cornell, Duryea was elected into the Sphinx Head Society.
One of the best known and most effective movie villains of the postwar years, actor Dan Duryea specialized in truly unpleasant figures who lacked even a shred of moral decency in such popular screen efforts as "Ball of Fire" (1941), "Along Came Jones" (1945), "Winchester '73" (1950) and classic noir like "Criss Cross" (1949).
Actor Born Jan. 23, 1907 in White Plains, NY. Died June 7, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA. D an Duryea was a veteran character actor whose sneering, cold-blooded villainy set the style for Hollywood bad...
Dan Duryea was an American movie, stage and television actor who became very popular in the 1940's and 1950's, making his mark particularly as a screen villain. During his 28 year movie career, he made more than 60 films and 75 television shows, playing unsavory characters in most of them. Biography.
