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​
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1913-11-24
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Also Known As: Howard Green Duff

Movies List of Howard Duff

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No Way Out

1987 Movie
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The Naked City

1948 Movie
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The Heist

1972 Movie
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Actor

1978 Movie
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Kramer vs. Kramer

1979 Movie
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Women's Prison

1955 Movie
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Brute Force

1947 Movie
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Boys' Night Out

1962 Movie
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Private Hell 36

1954 Movie
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The Late Show

1977 Movie
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While the City Sleeps

1956 Movie
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Woman in Hiding

1950 Movie
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Illegal Entry

1949 Movie
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All My Sons

1948 Movie
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A Wedding

1978 Movie
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Jennifer

1953 Movie
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Monster in the Closet

1986 Movie
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Johnny Stool Pigeon

1949 Movie
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Too Much Sun

1990 Movie
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Shakedown

1950 Movie
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Lily for President?

1982 Movie
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In Search of America

1971 Movie
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Spaceways

1953 Movie
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Models Inc.

1952 Movie
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The Lady from Texas

1951 Movie
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Red Canyon

1949 Movie
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Flame of the Islands

1955 Movie
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The Yellow Mountain

1954 Movie
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A Little Game

1971 Movie
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Tanganyika

1954 Movie
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Sierra Stranger

1957 Movie
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The Broken Star

1956 Movie
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War Gods of Babylon

1962 Movie
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Panic in the City

1968 Movie
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Tight as a Drum

1974 Movie
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Steel Town

1952 Movie
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Love on the Run

1985 Movie
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The D.A.: Murder One

1969 Movie
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Settle the Score

1989 Movie
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Flamingo Road

1980 Movie
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Double Negative

1980 Movie
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Snatched

1973 Movie
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Ski Lift to Death

1978 Movie
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In the Glitter Palace

1977 Movie
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Spy Hunt

1950 Movie
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Calhoun

1964 Movie
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This Girl For Hire

1983 Movie
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Roar of the Crowd

1953 Movie
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Battered

1978 Movie