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Howard Duff

Actor

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Birth Place

Bremerton, Washington, USA

Born

November 24, 1913

Died

July 09, 1990

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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Tough supporting player and leading man who starred in a number of "B" pictures from the late 1940s through the late 50s. In later year Duff played a variety of character roles, including an enjoyably nasty turn in the 1980s on the Southern-fried primetime TV soap, "Flamingo Road." Married to actress-director Ida Lupino from 1951 to 1973....

Filmography

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Too Much Sun (1990)

Settle the Score (1989)

Monster in the Closet (1987)

No Way Out (1987)

Love On The Run (1985)

This Girl For Hire (1983)

Photos & Videos

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Women's Prison (1955) -- (Movie Clip) She Is Not A Criminal

Boys' Night Out (1962) -- (Movie Clip) We Should Have Gone Bowling

Family & Companions

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Ida Lupino

Wife

Actor, director. Married in 1951; divorced in 1973.

Biography

Tough supporting player and leading man who starred in a number of "B" pictures from the late 1940s through the late 50s. In later year Duff played a variety of character roles, including an enjoyably nasty turn in the 1980s on the Southern-fried primetime TV soap, "Flamingo Road." Married to actress-director Ida Lupino from 1951 to 1973.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Too Much Sun (1990)

Settle the Score (1989)

Monster in the Closet (1987)

No Way Out (1987)

Love On The Run (1985)

This Girl For Hire (1983)

The Wild Women Of Chastity Gulch (1982)

Double Negative (1981)

Valentine Magic on Love Island (1980)

Oh God! Book II (1980)

Flamingo Road (1980)

Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)

A Wedding (1978)

Dr Jules Meecham

Ski Lift To Death (1978)

Battered (1978)

In the Glitter Palace (1977)

Raymond Travers

The Late Show (1977)

Snatched (1973)

The Heist (1972)

A Little Game (1971)

In Search of America (1971)

Panic in the City (1968)

Boys' Night Out (1962)

Sierra Stranger (1957)

The Broken Star (1956)

Deputy Marshal Frank Smead

Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado (1956)

Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum

While the City Sleeps (1956)

Lt. Bert Kaufman

Flame of the Islands (1956)

Women's Prison (1955)

Dr. "Doc" Clark

Private Hell 36 (1954)

Tanganyika (1954)

Dan Harder [McCracken]

The Yellow Mountain (1954)

Jennifer (1953)

Spaceways (1953)

Dr. Stephen Mitchell

The Roar of the Crowd (1953)

Models Inc. (1952)

Steel Town (1952)

The Lady from Texas (1951)

Spy Hunt (1950)

Shakedown (1950)

Red Canyon (1949)

Lin Slone [previously known as Lin Cordt]

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)

Illegal Entry (1949)

Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)

George Morton [also known as Mike Doyle]

Woman in Hiding (1949)

The Naked City (1948)

All My Sons (1948)

Brute Force (1947)

Cast (Special)

The Ed Begley, Jr. Show (1989)

Lily For President (1982)

Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's All-Star Look at TV's Prime Time Wars (1980)

The Teenage Idol (1958)

Howard Adams (Guest)

Producer (Special)

The Teenage Idol (1958)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

War and Remembrance (1988)

Roses Are For the Rich (1987)

John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" (1981)

The Dream Merchants (1980)

Life Events

1947

Screen acting debut in "Brute Force"

Photo Collections

Woman in Hiding - Movie Posters

Woman in Hiding - Movie Posters

While the City Sleeps - Pressbook

Here is the original campaign book (pressbook) for While the City Sleeps (1956). Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.

Boys' Night Out - Publicity Stills

Here are a few Publicity Stills featuring the cast of Boys' Night Out (1962). Publicity stills were specially-posed photos, usually taken off the set, for purposes of publicity or reference for promotional artwork.

Woman in Hiding - Lobby Card Set

Here is a set of lobby cards from Woman in Hiding (1949), starring Ida Lupino and Stephen McNally.

Videos

Women's Prison (1955) -- (Movie Clip) She Is Not A Criminal Doc Crane and superintendent Van Zandt (famously turbulent married couple Howard Duff and Ida Lupino) tangle over a new inmate (Jan Sterling as Helene Jensen), who gets scolded by Saunders (Mae Clarke) and supported by Brenda (Jan Sterling), on her first night inside, in Women’s Prison, 1955.

Boys' Night Out (1962) -- (Movie Clip) We Should Have Gone Bowling Four New York commuters, single Fred (James Garner) and married George, Doug and Howard (Tony Randall, Howard Duff, Howard Morris) lamenting that their Thursday night standing date has grown dull, William Bendix their barkeep, opening the Kim Novak comedy vehicle Boys’ Night Out, 1962.

Boys' Night Out (1962) -- (Movie Clip) The Boys Are All Aces Single Fred (James Garner) intends to chivalrously talk sociology student Cathy (Kim Novak) out of posing as a hired companion for him and his three married buddies, but she’s a step ahead, so George (Tony Randal), with Doug and Howard (Howard Duff, Howard Morris) prepares for the first date, in Boys’ Night Out, 1962.

Naked City, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You're Goin' To The Penitentiary Brought in from Boston, theft victim McCormick (Nicholas Joy) gives Lieutenant Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) the entree to sweat Frank Niles (Howard Duff), the slippery ex-boyfriend of his murder victim, in The Naked City, 1948, directed by Jules Dassin.

Naked City, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Just Another Pretty Girl Lieutenant Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) consoles the parents (Grover Burgess and Adelaide Klein) of a murder victim, then producer Mark Hellinger narrates over Manhattan scenery in The Naked City, 1948.

While The City Sleeps (1956) -- (Movie Clip) No Appetite For Power Early scene, the last for Kyne (Robert Warwick), ailing media magnate berating senior staff (George Sanders, Thomas Mitchell, James Craig) then sulking with columnist Mobley (Dana Andrews), in Fritz Lang's While The City Sleeps, 1956.

Brute Force (1947) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Believe In Coincidence Captain Munsey (Hume Cronyn) calls attention to an address by the warden (Roman Bohnen) then, after a legit suicide, accuses the R17 gang (Howard Duff, Jeff Corey, John Hoyt, Burt Lancaster) of crimes, in Jules Dassin's Brute Force, 1947.

Brute Force (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Ever Since The War Inmate "Soldier" (Howard Duff) recalls his Italian wife Gina (Yvonne De Carlo) and the crime that sent him to prison, in Jules Dassin's Brute Force, 1947.

Brute Force (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Why Keep On Fighting? Joining director Jules Dassin’s opening, wardens taking roll introducing John Hoyt, Howard Duff, Jeff Corey, Whit Bissell and Jack Overman, Sir Lancelot the singing neighbor, then star Burt Lancaster as Collins, and Hume Cronyn prison Captain Munsey, in Brute Force, from producer Mark Hellinger and writer Richard Brooks.

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) -- (Movie Clip) She's The Mother Ted (Dustin Hoffman) is reading to Billy (Justin Henry) when lawyer Shaunessy (Howard Duff) calls to announce that mother Joanna (Meryl Streep) is demanding a visit, in Robert Benton's Kramer vs. Kramer, 1979.

All My Sons - (Original Trailer) Burt Lancaster finds out his father is a war profiteer in the movie of Arthur Miller's All My Sons (1948).

Kramer vs. Kramer -- (Original Trailer) An ad executive (Dustin Hoffman) gets a crash course in parenting in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), co-starring Meryl Streep.

Boys' Night Out - (Original Trailer) A psychology student researches infidelity by becoming a platonic kept woman for four buddies in Boys' Night Out (1962), starring Kim Novak, James Garner and Tony Randall.

Family

Bridget Duff

Daughter

Mother, Ida Lupino.

Companions

Ida Lupino

Wife

Actor, director. Married in 1951; divorced in 1973.

Bibliography

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