Dick Curtis

born: 11 May 1902 Newport, Kentucky, United States of America

died: 03 January 1952 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America (respiratory failure/brain tumor/lung cancer, age 49)

Tall American actor. He performed in over 240 stage plays, films, and TV programs usually as a villain including B-Westerns and "The 3 Stooges". While working on "King Kong" (1933) as a sailor in the crew, he broke his ankle and while in the hospital recovering for 2 weeks, he had an appendectomy. The newspapers reported that he had died! In the late 1940's, he and several partners developed the movie location site called "Pioneertown", a permanent site for making western films and TV shows. Dick was the first president of the corporation (1947-49). He is buried in Culver City, California's Holy Cross Cemetery.

Real name: Richard Dudley Dye Height: 6'3"

Films listed on this page: all films with Charley Chase.

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▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS

1938	Time Out For Trouble Louie Derringer
1939	The Awful Goof Joe Mark

DEATH CERTIFICATE / MISCELLANEOUS (click any image to enlarge)

Acknowledgements: https://www.b-westerns.com/villainy.htm (Old Corral: Chuck Anderson's complete bio with sources) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Curtis (Wikipedia bio w sources) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS2B-67HF-C?view=index&action=view (1942 Feb 14 LA WWII: Ht. 6'2½": wt 225) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CSW2-SB2M (1952 Jan 3 LA Death Cert: COD resp. failure, brain tumor, lung cancer) JIm Jarvis (bio notes and research) Jesse Brisson (screenshots: Time Out For Trouble, The Awful Goof) This page was last updated on: 14 May 2024