Howard Duff
Acting
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.
Known for
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tvThe World of Hammer
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieSettle the Score
1989
Cy Whately
tvWar and Remembrance
1988
William Tuttle
movieNo Way Out
1987
Senator William 'Billy' Duvall
movieMonster in the Closet
1986
Father Martin Finnegan
movieLove on the Run
1985
Lionel Rockland
tvThe Golden Girls
1985
Mangiacavallo
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Ralph Earl / Stephen Earl
movieThis Girl for Hire
1983
Wolfe Macready
movieThe Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
1982
Col. Samuel Isaacs
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982
Herbie
tvHotel
1982
Byron Comstock / Adam Korsak
movieLily for President?
1982
General
tvEast of Eden
1981
Jules Edwards
tvFlamingo Road
1981
Titus Semple
tvMagnum, P.I.
1980
Captain Thomas Sullivan Magnum I
movieFlamingo Road
1980
Sheriff Titus Semple
movieDouble Negative
1980
Lester Harlen
tvThe Dream Merchants
1980
Charles Slade
movieValentine Magic on Love Island
1980
A.J. Morgan
tvKnots Landing
1979
Paul Galveston
movieKramer vs. Kramer
1979
John Shaunessy
movieBattered
1978
Bill Thompson
movieA Wedding
1978
Dr. Jules Meecham
movieSki Lift to Death
1978
Ben Forbes
movieActor
1978
Winfield Sheehan
tvFantasy Island
1978
Douglas Shane
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Glen Leciter
movieA Little Game
1977
Dunlap
movieIn the Glitter Palace
1977
Raymond Dawson Travers
movieThe Late Show
1977
Harry Regan
tvCharlie's Angels
1976
Harrigan
tvMatt Helm
1975
Dan Mallory
tvSwitch
1975
Ira Larkin
tvMedical Story
1975
Roger Graham
tvThe Rockford Files
1974
Edward J. Marks
movieTight as a Drum
1974
Hollister
tvFaraday and Company
1973
Clark Sanford
tvPolice Story
1973
Sergeant Al Butler
movieSnatched
1973
Duncan Wood
movieThe Heist
1972
Lieutenant Nicholson
tvKung Fu
1972
Noah Fleck / Mr. Jenkins
movieIn Search of America
1971
Ray Chandler
movieThe D.A.: Murder One
1969
Lynn D. Compton
moviePanic in the City
1968
Dave Pomeroy
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Wally Cook
tvFelony Squad
1966
Det. Sgt. Sam Stone
tvBatman
1966
Det. Sgt. Sam Stone / Cabala
tvI Spy
1965
Sean
tvThe Rogues
1964
G. Carter Huntington
movieCalhoun
1964
Sid Rayner
tvMr. Novak
1963
Joe Stillman
tvBurke's Law
1963
Lou Cole / Charlie January
movieWar Gods of Babylon
1962
Sardanapolo
tvCombat!
1962
Col. Hobey Jabko
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Peter Harding
tvThe Virginian
1962
Ed Frazer
movieBoys' Night Out
1962
Doug Jackson
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self - Co-Host / Self
tvDante
1960
Willie Dante
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Arthur Curtis / Gerry Reagan
tvThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
Howard Duff
movieSierra Stranger
1957
Jess Collins
movieWhile the City Sleeps
1956
Lt. Burt Kaufman
movieThe Broken Star
1956
Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed
movieBlackjack Ketchum Desperado
1956
Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum
movieFlame of the Islands
1955
Doug Duryea
movieWomen's Prison
1955
Dr. Crane
movieThe Yellow Mountain
1954
Pete Menlo
tvClimax!
1954
Dr. John C. Clark
moviePrivate Hell 36
1954
Police Sgt. Jack Farnham
movieTanganyika
1954
Dan Harder
movieJennifer
1953
Jim Hollis
movieSpaceways
1953
Dr. Stephen Mitchell
movieRoar of the Crowd
1953
Johnny Tracy
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
Johnny Abel
movieModels Inc.
1952
Lennie Stone
movieSteel Town
1952
Jim Denko
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Terence Kerrigan
movieThe Lady from Texas
1951
Dan Mason
movieShakedown
1950
Jack Early
movieSpy Hunt
1950
Steve Quain
movieWoman in Hiding
1950
Keith Ramsey
movieIllegal Entry
1949
Bert Powers
movieRed Canyon
1949
Lin Sloane
movieJohnny Stool Pigeon
1949
George Morton
movieAll My Sons
1948
George Deever
movieThe Naked City
1948
Frank Niles
movieBrute Force
1947
Robert 'Soldier' Becker
movieKnow Your Enemy: Japan
1945
Narrator
Directing2
tvFelony Squad
1966
Director
tvCamp Runamuck
1965
Director
