Dan Duryea Bio
Duryea was born in upstate New York IN 1907. He caught the acting bug early and was in the high school drama club. While at Cornell University, he decided to go into advertising. This work contributed to Duryea having a heart attack in his 20s. Fortunately for all, he returned to acting. Duryea went from summer stock to Broadway and then to Hollywood. He made his film debut in The Little Foxes (1941) with Bette Davis as his co-star.
He took a path less traveled by specializing in being the person you love to hate. iMDB.com states “His sniveling, deliberately taunting demeanor and snarling flat, nasal tones set the actor apart from other similar slimeballs of the 1940s and 1950s.” Duryea’s motto was stated to be “Once a scoundrel, always a scoundrel.” Good bad roles continued until the post-war years when Duryea began to get b parts in b movies. However, many of his roles were memorable as the bad guy that got what was coming in the end. He was a fine actor.
In his personal life, he was the opposite of the characters he played. He was devoted to his wife and family and was once a scoutmaster. Duryea died early in 1968 at the age of 61.
Reviewed Movie with Dan Duryea
- Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949) Classic Movie Review 286
Pretty soon every nerve in their body is screaming and they’re tearing off their clothes and they’re tearing at their The post Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949) Classic Movie Review 286 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
- Scarlet Street (1945) Classic Movie Review 285
Listen, any girl that waits two hours in the rain for a guy is gonna give him a dirty look The post Scarlet Street (1945) Classic Movie Review 285 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
- Manhandled (1949) Classic Movie Review 284
I’ve never known a congenital wise-guy yet that didn’t outsmart himself. – Manhandled (1949) Today on Classic Movie Review, we The post Manhandled (1949) Classic Movie Review 284 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
- The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) Classic Movie Review 274
That’s precisely what is wrong – he has remembered everything and learned nothing! Today on Classic Movie Review, we are The post The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) Classic Movie Review 274 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
- Too Late for Tears (1949) AKA Killer Bait (1955) Classic Movie Review 263
Don’t ever change, Tiger. I don’t think I’d like you with a heart. Continuing our #Noirvember celebration, today on Classic The post Too Late for Tears (1949) AKA Killer Bait (1955) Classic Movie Review 263 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
- Winchester ’73 (1950) Conversation with Rick Barlow
Awful lot of law for a little cowtown Today, Rick Barlow and I are having a conversation about the great The post Winchester ’73 (1950) Conversation with Rick Barlow appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
- Black Angel (1946) Classic Movie Review 223
Why… because I had a wife who needed killing and you had a husband who took care of it? Hello The post Black Angel (1946) Classic Movie Review 223 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
- Sahara (1943) Classic Movie Review 25
Well, you don’t feed her enough. It’s like a dame. You don’t feed ’em they won’t do nothin.’ Sahara (1943) The post Sahara (1943) Classic Movie Review 25 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
Dan Duryea on iMDB
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