Acting
Howard Duff
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.
Filmography
The World of Hammer
Series · 1994
Too Much Sun
Film · 1991
Settle the Score
Film · 1989
War and Remembrance
Series · 1988
No Way Out
Film · 1987
Roses Are for the Rich
Film · 1987
Roses Are for the Rich
Series · 1987
Monster in the Closet
Film · 1986
Love on the Run
Film · 1985
The Golden Girls
Series · 1985
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
This Girl for Hire
Film · 1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Series · 1983
Lily for President?
Film · 1982
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
Film · 1982
St. Elsewhere
Series · 1982
Hotel
Series · 1982
Hotel
Series · 1982
Flamingo Road
Series · 1981
East of Eden
Series · 1981
Flamingo Road
Film · 1980
Double Negative
Film · 1980
Valentine Magic on Love Island
Film · 1980
Magnum, P.I.
Series · 1980
The Dream Merchants
Series · 1980
Kramer vs. Kramer
Film · 1979
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
Film · 1979
Knots Landing
Series · 1979
$weepstake$
Series · 1979
Actor
Film · 1978
A Wedding
Film · 1978
Ski Lift to Death
Film · 1978
Battered
Film · 1978
Fantasy Island
Series · 1978
The Late Show
Film · 1977
A Little Game
Film · 1977
In the Glitter Palace
Film · 1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Series · 1977
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
Charlie's Angels
Series · 1976
Switch
Series · 1975
Ellery Queen
Series · 1975
Matt Helm
Series · 1975
Medical Story
Series · 1975
Tight as a Drum
Film · 1974
The Rockford Files
Series · 1974
Snatched
Film · 1973
Police Story
Series · 1973
Police Story
Series · 1973
Faraday and Company
Series · 1973
The Heist
Film · 1972
Kung Fu
Series · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
Search
Series · 1972
Kung Fu
Series · 1972
In Search of America
Film · 1971
Alias Smith and Jones
Series · 1971
The Immortal
Series · 1970
The D.A.: Murder One
Film · 1969
Panic in the City
Film · 1968
The Mod Squad
Series · 1968
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
Mannix
Series · 1967
Judd, for the Defense
Series · 1967
Batman
Series · 1966
Felony Squad
Series · 1966
Batman
Series · 1966
I Spy
Series · 1965
Calhoun
Film · 1964
The Rogues
Series · 1964
Burke's Law
Series · 1963
Arrest and Trial
Series · 1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Series · 1963
Mr. Novak
Series · 1963
Burke's Law
Series · 1963
Boys' Night Out
Film · 1962
War Gods of Babylon
Film · 1962
Combat!
Series · 1962
Sam Benedict
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Series · 1962
Bus Stop
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Dante
Series · 1960
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1959
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1959
The George Burns Show
Series · 1958
Sierra Stranger
Film · 1957
Mr. Adams and Eve
Series · 1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Series · 1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Series · 1957
While the City Sleeps
Film · 1956
The Broken Star
Film · 1956
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
Film · 1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Series · 1956
Women's Prison
Film · 1955
Flame of the Islands
Film · 1955
Crossroads
Series · 1955
Private Hell 36
Film · 1954
The Yellow Mountain
Film · 1954
Tanganyika
Film · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
The Whistler
Series · 1954
Studio 57
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Jennifer
Film · 1953
Spaceways
Film · 1953
Roar of the Crowd
Film · 1953
Models Inc.
Film · 1952
Steel Town
Film · 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Series · 1952
The Lady from Texas
Film · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Woman in Hiding
Film · 1950
Shakedown
Film · 1950
Spy Hunt
Film · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Illegal Entry
Film · 1949
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Film · 1949
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Film · 1949
Red Canyon
Film · 1949
The Naked City
Film · 1948
All My Sons
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Brute Force
Film · 1947
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Film · 1945