Howard Duff

ActorArtDirector Nov 24 (died age 76) 1945–2004 (59 year career)

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Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

Kramer vs. Kramer

John Shaunessy

Film

No Way Out

Senator William 'Billy' Duvall

Film

The Naked City

Frank Niles

Film

Brute Force

Robert 'Soldier' Becker

Film

While the City Sleeps

Lt. Burt Kaufman

Film

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)

Film

The Late Show

Harry Regan

Film

A Wedding

Dr. Jules Meecham

Filmography

Acting (116)

Movies (57)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)

Too Much Sun

as O.M.

Settle the Score

as Cy Whately

No Way Out

as Senator William 'Billy' Duvall

6.9

Roses Are for the Rich

1987

as Denton

6.0

Monster in the Closet

1986

as Father Martin Finnegan

Love on the Run

as Lionel Rockland

This Girl for Hire

as Wolfe Macready

Lily for President?

as General

The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch

1982

as Col. Samuel Isaacs

1.0

Double Negative

1980

as Lester Harlen

2.8

Valentine Magic on Love Island

1980

as A.J. Morgan

1.0

Flamingo Road

1980

as Sheriff Titus Semple

Kramer vs. Kramer

1979

as John Shaunessy

7.6

Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

1979

as Herman Rusk

Battered

1978

as Bill Thompson

A Wedding

1978

as Dr. Jules Meecham

6.2

Actor

1978

as Winfield Sheehan

Ski Lift to Death

1978

as Ben Forbes

A Little Game

as Dunlap

The Late Show

as Harry Regan

In the Glitter Palace

1977

as Raymond Dawson Travers

2.7

Tight as a Drum

1974

as Hollister

Snatched

1973

as Duncan Wood

5.2

The Heist

1972

as Lieutenant Nicholson

In Search of America

as Ray Chandler

The D.A.: Murder One

as Lynn D. Compton

Panic in the City

as Dave Pomeroy

Calhoun

as Sid Rayner

Boys' Night Out

as Doug Jackson

War Gods of Babylon

as Sardanapolo

Sierra Stranger

as Jess Collins

The Broken Star

as Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed

6.4

While the City Sleeps

1956

as Lt. Burt Kaufman

6.9

Blackjack Ketchum Desperado

1956

as Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum

Women's Prison

as Dr. Crane

Flame of the Islands

as Doug Duryea

Tanganyika

as Dan Harder

The Yellow Mountain

as Pete Menlo

Private Hell 36

as Police Sgt. Jack Farnham

6.2

Spaceways

1953

as Dr. Stephen Mitchell

Jennifer

as Jim Hollis

Roar of the Crowd

as Johnny Tracy

Models Inc.

as Lennie Stone

Steel Town

as Jim Denko

The Lady from Texas

as Dan Mason

Shakedown

as Jack Early

Spy Hunt

as Steve Quain

Woman in Hiding

as Keith Ramsey

Red Canyon

as Lin Sloane

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

as Sam Bass

Johnny Stool Pigeon

as George Morton

Illegal Entry

as Bert Powers

The Naked City

as Frank Niles

All My Sons

as George Deever

Brute Force

as Robert 'Soldier' Becker

7.3

Know Your Enemy: Japan

1945

as Narrator

5.9

Television (59)

The World of Hammer

1994

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

War and Remembrance

1988

7.8

Roses Are for the Rich

1987

as Denton

The Golden Girls

1985

as Mangiacavallo

7.6

Murder, She Wrote

1984

as Ralph Earl / Stephen Earl

7.5

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

St. Elsewhere

as Herbie

Hotel

East of Eden

as Jules Edwards

Flamingo Road

as Titus Semple

Magnum, P.I.

as Captain Thomas Sullivan Magnum I

The Dream Merchants

as Charles Slade

Knots Landing

as Paul Galveston

$weepstake$

Fantasy Island

as Douglas Shane

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Charlie's Angels

as Harrigan

Ellery Queen

Switch

as Ira Larkin

Medical Story

Matt Helm

as Dan Mallory

The Rockford Files

as Edward J. Marks

Police Story

The Streets of San Francisco

Kung Fu

as Noah Fleck

Alias Smith and Jones

The Immortal

The Name of the Game

as Wally Cook

The Mod Squad

Mannix

Judd for the Defense

Batman

as Det. Sgt. Sam Stone

7.3

Felony Squad

1966

as Det. Sgt. Sam Stone

I Spy

as Sean

The Rogues

as G. Carter Huntington

7.2

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Burke's Law

as Lou Cole

Arrest and Trial

Mr. Novak

as Joe Stillman

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Peter Harding

The Virginian

as Ed Frazer

Combat!

as Col. Hobey Jabko

Sam Benedict

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Bus Stop

Dante

as Willie Dante

The Twilight Zone

as Arthur Curtis / Gerry Reagan

8.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

as Howard Duff

8.6

Mr. Adams and Eve

1957

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

Climax!

Studio 57

The Whistler

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

as Johnny Abel

7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Terence Kerrigan

Lux Video Theatre

as Jim

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (3)

Movies (1)

Night of the Juggler

1980

Props

6.5

Television (2)

Felony Squad

Director

Camp Runamuck

Director