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Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea

Actor · Died June 7, 1968, aged 61 · White Plains, New York, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dan Duryea (January 23, 1907, in White Plains, New York – June 7, 1968, in Hollywood, California) was an American actor of film, stage and television. Duryea graduated from Cornell University in 1928. While at Cornell, Duryea was elected into the Sphinx Head Society. He made his name on Broadway in the play Dead End, followed by The Little Foxes, in which he played the dishonest and not particularly bright weakling Leo Hubbard. He moved to Hollywood in 1940 to appear in the film version in the same role. He established himself in films playing similar secondary roles as the foil, usually as a weak or annoyingly immature character, in movies such as The Pride of the Yankees. As his career progressed throughout the 1940s he began to carve a niche as a violent, yet sexy, bad guy in a number of film noirs. In so doing he established a significant female following and, over time, something of a cult status. His work in this era included Scarlet Street, The Woman in the Window, Criss Cross, Black Angel and Too Late for Tears. From the 1950s, Duryea was more often seen in Westerns, most notably his charismatic villain in Winchester '73 (1950). Other memorable work in the latter part of his career included Thunder Bay (1953), The Burglar (1957), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), and the primetime soap opera Peyton Place. He also appeared in one of the first Twilight Zone episodes in 1959 as a drunken former gunfighter in "Mr. Denton on Doomsday," written by Rod Serling. He guest starred on NBC's anthology series The Barbara Stanwyck Show. In 1963, Duryea appeared as Dr. Ben Lorrigan in the episode "Why Am I Grown So Cold" on the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour. Duryea was far removed from many of the characters he played in the course of his career. He was married for thirty-five years to his wife, Helen, who preceded him in death on January 21, 1967. The couple had two sons: Peter, who worked for a time as an actor, and Richard. Dan Duryea died of cancer at the age of sixty-one. His remains are interred in Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Duryea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 23, 1907
Died
June 7, 1968 (aged 61)
From
White Plains, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
50 on MovieCove · 98 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 5% in 30 days

What are Dan Duryea's films like?

Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
41%
Bonds
24%
Power
12%
Self
9%
Survival
8%
Society
5%
Family bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 41 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 11 · Dark 20

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 17 · Stylized 22 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 21 · Intense 17

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 31 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 33 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 27 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 18 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 13 · Affecting 16 · Heavy 12

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 35 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

35 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 13 of 35 analyzed roles.

Shadow
13 of 35
Trickster
5 of 35
Threshold guardian
5 of 35
Ally
4 of 35
Hero
3 of 35
Mentor
3 of 35
Shapeshifter
1 of 35
Herald
1 of 35
Show the 35 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
36
Melancholic
21
Thrilling
9
Romantic
6
Hopeful
7
Other
26

How their films linger

Bittersweet15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 11 with a twist

  • Happy17
  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic7
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dan Duryea's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 50 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dan Duryea's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

98 credits, 50 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Bamboo Saucer(1968)

    as Hank Peters

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Stranger on the Run(1967)

    as O.E. Hotchkiss

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Five Golden Dragons(1967)

    as Dragon #1

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Winchester '73(1967)

    as Bart McAdam

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Hills Run Red(1966)

    as Col. Winny Getz

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Monroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Incident at Phantom Hill(1966)

    as Joe Barlow

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Flight of the Phoenix(1965)

    as Standish

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Loner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Bounty Killer(1965)

    as Willie Duggan

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Taggart(1964)

    as Jason

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Do You Know This Voice? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as John Hopta

  • Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Simon Perigore

  • He Rides Tall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Bart Thorne

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Lt. Boyd Manners

  • Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Hop Sing Kelly · as Sam Atherton

  • Walk a Tightrope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Carl Lutcher

  • Going My Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Harold Harrison

  • Combat!(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Barton · as Bernie Wallace

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Raymond Brown

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Ben Crayton

  • Six Black Horses(1962)

    as Frank Jesse

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Route 66(1960)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Pierre

  • Platinum High School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Maj. Redfern Kelly

  • Adventures in Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Theodore Florian

  • The Twilight Zone(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Al Denton

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Laramie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Riverboat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 2 episodes · as Captain Brad Turner

  • Bonanza(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Marshal Gerald Eskith

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Abner Cannon · as Brother William · as Jardin

  • Gundown at Sandoval (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Dan Trask

  • Pursuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Matt Shaw

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Naked City(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Clyde Royd

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Cimarron City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Kathy O' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Harry Johnson

  • Shirley Temple's Storybook(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Muff Potter

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Suspicion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Eddie Schumaker / McDillard

  • Wagon Train(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Amos · as Cliff Grundy · as Samuel Bleymier

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Slaughter on 10th Avenue(1957)

    as John Jacob Masters

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Night Passage(1957)

    as Whitey Harbin

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Burglar(1957)

    as Nat Harbin

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Battle Hymn(1957)

    as Sgt. Herman

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Henry Jacob Hanley · as Kirk Joiner

  • Storm Fear(1955)

    as Fred

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Marauders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Avery

  • Star Stage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Jason

  • Foxfire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Hugh Slater

  • This Is My Love(1954)

    as Murray Myer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Climax! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Dennis Sullivan

  • December Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Studio 57 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Silver Lode(1954)

    as Fred McCarty

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Rails Into Laramie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Jim Shanessy

  • Ride Clear of Diablo(1954)

    as Whitey Kincade

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • World for Ransom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Mike Callahan / Corrigan

  • The New Adventures of China Smith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as China Smith

  • 36 Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Major Bill Rogers

  • Sky Commando (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Col. Ed 'E.D.' Wyatt

  • Thunder Bay(1953)

    as Johnny Gambi

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as Barnaby Hooke · as Brad Lawson

  • Cavalcade of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Show 1 episode · as Joe Kohler

  • China Smith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Show 52 episodes · Actor

  • Chicago Calling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Bill Cannon

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as China Smith · as Federal Agent Sam Ireland · as Pete Richards

  • Al Jennings of Oklahoma(1951)

    as Al Jennings

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Lux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Howard Boyd

  • The Underworld Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Mike Reese

  • Winchester '73(1950)

    as Waco Johnnie Dean

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • One Way Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as John Wheeler

  • Manhandled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Karl Benson

  • Too Late for Tears(1949)

    as Danny Fuller

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Johnny Stool Pigeon(1949)

    as Johnny Evans

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Criss Cross(1949)

    as Slim Dundee

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Larceny(1948)

    as Silky Randall

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • River Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Beauvais

  • Another Part of the Forest(1948)

    as Oscar Hubbard

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Black Bart(1948)

    as Charles E. Boles / Black Bart

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • White Tie and Tails (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Charles Dumont

  • Black Angel(1946)

    as Martin Blair

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Scarlet Street(1945)

    as Johnny Prince

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Lady on a Train(1945)

    as Arnold Waring

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Along Came Jones(1945)

    as Monte Jarrad

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Valley of Decision(1945)

    as William Scott Jr.

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Great Flamarion(1945)

    as Al Wallace

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Main Street After Dark(1945)

    as Posey Dibson

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Woman in the Window(1944)

    as Heidt / Tim, the Doorman

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • None But the Lonely Heart(1944)

    as Lew Tate

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Mrs. Parkington(1944)

    as Jack Stilham

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Man from Frisco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Jim Benson

  • Ministry of Fear(1944)

    as Cost/Travers the Tailor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Sahara(1943)

    as Jimmy Doyle

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • That Other Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Ralph Cobb

  • The Pride of the Yankees(1942)

    as Hank Hanneman

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Ball of Fire(1941)

    as Duke Pastrami

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Little Foxes(1941)

    as Leo Hubbard

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 98 titles from 1941 to 1968.

Biggest box office

Stranger on the Run (1967)

$1M worldwide

Highest rated

Scarlet Street (1945)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Taggart (1964)

Film career

Top draw in 14 MovieCove titles.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting98 of 98: 98 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score68th

By decade

1940s26 · acting1950s47 · acting1960s25 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 12% of 26 roles
414651

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Dan Duryea's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 42; across their 41 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Midcredits score across 50 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up20
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

25 of their 50 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser25
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

This Is My Love (1954)

71st percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Scarlet Street (1945)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 41 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Dan Duryea's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles33–50 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 5 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 4 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Dan Duryea work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dan Duryea's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aaron Rosenberg shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles