Alan Curtis
Known For
Acting
Born
1909-07-24 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
1953-02-02
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alan Curtis (July 24, 1909 - February 2, 1953) was an American film actor appearing in over 50 films. Born Harry Ueberroth in Chicago, Illinois, he began his career as a model before becoming an actor, appearing in local newspaper ads. His looks did not go unnoticed in Hollywood. He began appearing in films in the late 1930s (including a Technicolor appearance in the Alice Faye-Don Ameche film Hollywood Cavalcade and a memorable role in High Sierra (1941). He is probably best known as one of the romantic leads in Abbott and Costello's first hit movie Buck Privates. His chance for leading-man stardom came when he replaced the unwilling John Garfield in the 1943 production Flesh and Fantasy. Curtis played a ruthless killer opposite Gloria Jean. Unfortunately for both actors, the studio removed their performances from the final film. The footage was later expanded into a B-picture melodrama Destiny. The film failed to establish Curtis as a major-name star, but it did typecast him in hardbitten roles, like the man framed for murder in Phantom Lady (1944) and the detective Philo Vance. He starred in over two dozen movies and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Alan Curtis was married three times; his wives included actresses Priscilla Lawson and Ilona Massey. He died from complications during an operation in New York City, New York, he was 43. He is buried in the Ueberroth family plot in Evanston, Illinois. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Curtis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Buck Privates
as Bob Martin
Shady Lady
as Marty Martin
Renegade Girl
as Fred Raymond
Destiny
as Cliff Banks
See My Lawyer
as Charlie Rodman
High Sierra
as Babe
Phantom Lady
as Scott Henderson
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Mark Foster
Gung Ho!
as John Harbison
Hitler's Madman
as Karel Vavra
Crazy House
as Alan Curtis
The Naughty Nineties
as Mr. Crawford
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Tom Brand
The Witness Chair
as Reporter in Coutroom
Mannequin
as Eddie Miller
We Go Fast
as Bob Brandon
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Nicky Hayden
Yellow Jack
as Brinkerhof
The Shopworn Angel
as 'Thin Lips'