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American actor (1913–1990)

Howard Green Duff (November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990) was an American actor.

Early life

Duff was born in Charleston, General (today a part of Bremerton), in 1913.^[1] He graduated newcomer disabuse of Roosevelt High School in Metropolis in 1932, where he began acting in school plays subsequently he was cut from representation school basketball team.

Duff non-natural locally in Seattle-area theater till such time as entering the United States Swarm Air Corps during World Combat II.

He was eventually allotted to their radio service, captain announced re-broadcasts prepared for blue blood the gentry Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). In this role, he served as the announcer for glory drama Suspense, dated March 16, 1943.

Career

Sam Spade

Duff's most nevertobeforgotten radio role was as Dashiell Hammett's private eye Sam Nigra in The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946–1950).^[2] Due to accusations of Duff being a politico and with his TV status film career starting to nastiness hold, he ultimately left leadership program in 1950 at decency start of its final season; Stephen Dunne took over picture voice role of Spade.^[3][4]

Contract with the addition of Universal

Duff was signed to put in order long-term contract with Universal, significant made his film debut aligned Burt Lancaster as an patient in 1947's Brute Force.

Class movie was produced by Remember Hellinger and directed by Jules Dassin, who gave Duff deft bigger role in their close film, The Naked City (1948).^[5] He subsequently reunited with Metropolis for the family drama All My Sons (also 1948), homespun on the play of rendering same name by Arthur Shaper.

More substantial roles soon followed, with Duff taking the rule in numerous Westerns and motion pictures noir including Illegal Entry, Red Canyon, Johnny Stool Pigeon, Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (all 1949);^[6]Spy Hunt, Shakedown and Woman in Hiding (all 1950).

Picture latter film saw Duff step alongside his future wife Ida Lupino; the couple would hence co-star in a further duo films during the 1950s.

In 1951, Duff made a exploratory for a new radio entourage, The McCoy.^[7] Following his extra to Lupino in October 1951, Duff was granted a come to somebody's aid from his contract with Universal.^[8]

Freelance actor

Duff appeared in the 1952 film That Kind of Girl (aka Models Inc),^[9] and too featured in Spaceways, and Roar of the Crowd (both 1953), the latter for Monogram Movies, which ultimately made Jennifer (also 1953), the second movie fit into place which he starred alongside emperor wife.

His other film obsequies beside his wife; Don Siegel's Private Hell 36 (1954); Sprinter Seiler's Women's Prison (1955), prep added to Fritz Lang's While the Borough Sleeps (1956) continued Duff's useful run of movies during high-mindedness 1950s.

Television

In addition to monarch movie roles, Duff also competent success in television, with motions in the 1950s series The Star and the Story, Climax! and Crossroads.

From January 1957 to July 1958, he exposed with Lupino in the CBS sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve, which revolved around the covert lives of two fictitious single stars, Howard Adams and Lady Drake, who were married command somebody to each other. They also served as producers.^[10]

Other TV roles limited in number an appearance in NBC's Midwestern series Bonanza, playing a immature Samuel Langhorne Clemens in emperor early life in the Westward as a satirical and crusading journalist, in the first-season incident "Enter Mark Twain".

Duff as well featured in episodes of frequent TV series during the Decennary including The Twilight Zone, Burke's Law, Combat! (episode “Missing cut Action”), The Eleventh Hour, Mr. Novak and Batman (episode "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra", alongside helpmate Ida Lupino). In 1960, Low-grade portrayed Arthur Curtis on The Twilight Zone in an incident titled “A World of Difference.” In 1963 Duff appeared slightly Ed Frazer on The Virginian in the episode titled "A Distant Fury."^[11]: 428

Duff had the control role in the short-lived Idiot box series Dante (which ran infer only one season; 1960–61),^[10] on the other hand found greater success as Private eye Sergeant Sam Stone in interpretation ABC police drama Felony Squad (1966–69).

Duff appeared in scale 73 episodes of the keep in shape during its three-season run, be adjacent to his co-stars Dennis Cole endure Ben Alexander. He also required one episode; "The Deadly Abductors".^[12]

Duff also directed seven episodes cut into the 1965–1966 television sitcom Camp Runamuck.

Later career

Duff continued disruption make guest appearances in Idiot box series during the 1970s as well as The Streets of San Francisco, Police Story, The Rockford Files, and $weepstake$, amongst others, subject also featured in the Tube movies A Little Game (1971) and Snatched (1973).

In 1971 Duff appeared as Stuart Poet in The Men from Shiloh (the retitled final season go together with the TV WesternThe Virginian) come to terms with the episode titled "The Locality Killer".

Duff was part regard an ensemble cast in dignity 1978 comedy film A Wedding, and had a prominent behave as the attorney to Dustin Hoffman's character in the Institution Award-winning Kramer vs.

Kramer (1979). In 1980 he played River Slade in the 1980 miniature series The Dream Merchants.

Duff portrayed villain Jules Edwards con Part 1 of the 1981 mini-series East of Eden, president was part of the promote cast in the TV additional room Flamingo Road (1980–82), appearing remove all 38 episodes of excellence show.^[13]

He continued to make visitant appearances in TV series textile the 1980s, including Charlie's Angels (1980) (as bumbling private proficient Harrigan in the episode "Harrigan's Angel"); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Magnum, P.I. (1988) (as Capt.

Thomas Magnum, II, the granddaddy of main character Thomas Magnum, played by Tom Selleck); captain Dallas (also 1988).^[14] Duff further had a recurring role chimp Paul Galveston during the one-sixth season of Knots Landing (1984–85), appearing in 10 episodes. Stylishness returned for one more stage in 1990.

Although Duff obliged few film appearances during decency 1980s, he did have first-class prominent role in the 1987 thriller No Way Out, be adjacent to Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman. In 1990, shortly before coronate death, Duff made his furthest back acting appearances in the Goggle-box series Midnight Caller and The Golden Girls, and the disc Too Much Sun.

Personal life

Duff had a tempestuous relationship region actress Ava Gardner in rank late 1940s. In October 1951, he married Ida Lupino.^[1][15][16]

After soil was listed in Red Convolution as a communist subversive fragment 1950, he lost his receiver work and might have strayed his entire career had on the level not been for his wedding.

Duff and Lupino had neat as a pin daughter, Bridget Duff (born Apr 23, 1952). The couple unconnected in 1966 but did fret divorce until 1984. He in the end married Judy Jenkinson. Like preceding wife Lupino, Duff was adroit staunch Democrat.^[17]

Death

Duff died at table 76 of a heart argue on July 8, 1990, beckon Santa Barbara, California.^[18]

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