Howard Duff

Howard Duff

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Duff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​
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    Place of birth
    Charleston, Washington, U.S.
    Birthday
    11/24/1913
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Johnny Stool Pigeon
6.6
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6
Spaceways
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5.3
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Models Inc.
5
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The Lady from Texas
0
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5.667
The Broken Star
The Broken Star
6.4
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6.5
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War Gods of Babylon
7
Panic in the City
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4.5
Snatched
Snatched
6.7
Spy Hunt
Spy Hunt
6.4
Roar of the Crowd
Roar of the Crowd
0
Tight as a Drum
Tight as a Drum
0
The Naked City
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7.2
Jennifer
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5.6
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
5.5
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5
Flame of the Islands
Flame of the Islands
3.5
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Know Your Enemy: Japan
5.7
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The D.A.: Murder One
0
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The Heist
8
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6.152
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6.414
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5.2
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A Little Game
6.7
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Tanganyika
10
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Steel Town
6
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The Yellow Mountain
5
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Valentine Magic on Love Island
0
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
0
Flamingo Road
Flamingo Road
0
Boys' Night Out
Boys' Night Out
5.9
While the City Sleeps
While the City Sleeps
6.996
A Wedding
A Wedding
6.5
Love on the Run
Love on the Run
0
Settle the Score
Settle the Score
0
Double Negative
Double Negative
3.5
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1
No Way Out
No Way Out
6.9
Kramer vs. Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer
7.556
All My Sons
All My Sons
5.978
Roses Are for the Rich
Roses Are for the Rich
6
Lily for President?
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0
Women's Prison
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5.5
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Monster in the Closet
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In Search of America
0
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Ski Lift to Death
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Battered
0
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Calhoun
0
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This Girl For Hire
4.2
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The Late Show
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Actor
0
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
7.761
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