Donald Curtis

Donald Curtis

Nacimiento : 1915-02-27, Cheney, Washington, USA

Muerte : 1997-05-22

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Donald Curtis

Películas

La última bala
Jubilee
Los trabajadores del ferrocarril no han cobrado su sueldo desde hace meses, y todo por culpa de los robos de Whitey y su banda, a la que pertenece el peligroso pistolero Utica Kid. La compañía ferroviaria contrata los servicios de Grant para evitar que continúen los robos.
El Séptimo de Caballería
Lt. Bob Fitch
Tras el desastre de la batalla de Little Big Horn, donde los Sioux y los Cheyennes casi aniquilaron al Séptimo Regimiento de Caballería del general Custer, los supervivientes regresaron al Fuerte Lincoln. Cuando se procedió a la investigación de los hechos, el capitán Tom Benson fue acusado de cobardía. (FILMAFFINITY)
Los Diez Mandamientos
Mered
Drama bíblico ambientado en el Antiguo Egipto que narra la historia de Moisés, favorito de la familia del faraón, que decide renunciar a su vida de privilegios para conducir a su pueblo, los hebreos esclavizados en Egipto, hacia la libertad.
La Tierra contra los platillos volantes
Maj. Huglin, Liason Officer
El Dr. Russell Marvin dirige la operación Skyhook, que consiste en enviar cohetes a la atmósfera superior para probar futuros vuelos espaciales. Sin embargo, misteriosamente todos ellos desaparecen...
Sólo el cielo lo sabe
Howard Hoffer
Una viuda de buena familia inicia un romance con su apuesto jardinero. A pesar de pertenecer a dos mundos completamente diferentes deciden casarse, pero su amor tropieza con el rechazo de los hijos de la mujer y de su círculo social.
La isla del pecado
Johnny
Una administrativa, antigua cantante, estando con un compañero, recibe la oferta de un hombre de negocios que quiere instalar un casino en las Bahamas, un casino exclusivo para la alta sociedad. Debido a cierta cantidad de dinero que ha recibido, se asociará con la intención de integrarse en dicho círculo por ciertas razones que vienen del pasado.
Surgió del fondo del mar
Dr. John Carver
Un pulpo gigante, de más de 100 metros de longitud, surge de las profundidades de la fosa de Mindanao y ataca pesqueros y navíos militares, dirigiéndose hacia San Francisco para sembrar el pánico y la destrucción.
Phffft
Rick Vidal
Tras ocho años de matrimonio, Robert Tracey (Jack Lemmon) y Nina (Judy Hollyday) deciden divorciarse. Él traba amistad con Charlie Nelson (Jack Carson), un marino mujeriego, mientras que ella, aconsejada por su entrometida madre, comienza a frecuentar otras amistades.
Estampida
Stanton
Los hermanos Mike y Tim McCall son propietarios de un gran rancho en Arizona, que utilizan las tierras circundantes para el pastoreo del ganado. Stanley Cox y LeRoy Stanton venden estas tierras a los colonos que llegan para encontrarlas totalmente secas, ya que una presa en el rancho de los McCall controla el agua. Entre los colonos están John Dawson y su hija Connie. Este último va al pueblo más cercano para tomar medidas, pero el sheriff Ball le dice que no puede hacer nada. Tim se enamora de Connie pero Mike no se deja impresionar por sus encantos. Cuando regresa de un baile del pueblo, Tim descubre a Stanton intentando dinamitar la presa, y muere en el tiroteo que se produce. Más tarde, Stanton manda a sus hombres a provocar una estampida de ganado mientras él y Cox vuelan la presa. A pesar de los esfuerzos de Mike y del sheriff Ball, el ganado es aniquilado y Mike corre hacia la presa y mata a Stanton en un tiroteo.
The Amazing Mr. X
Paul Faber
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...
The Fuller Brush Man
Gregory Cruckston
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.
Mi corazón te guía
George
Una joven adinerada, hastiada de la corte de aduladores que la persigue, se enamora perdidamente de un pianista ciego durante una velada nocturna. Por temor a que la rechace, le hace creer que también ella es ciega
I Love Trouble
Martin
A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
Años peligrosos
Jeff Carter
Jeff Carter ha puesto fin a la delincuencia de una ciudad, pero el joven matón Danny aparece e influye en los adolescentes Doris, Willy y Leo, que pasan el rato en un bar, donde trabaja Eve (Marilyn Monroe). Cuando Jeff trata de detener un robo planeado por Danny, él es asesinado y Danny va a juicio.
Gallant Bess
Lt. Bridgeman
Marshall Thompson stars in this MGM drama about a young soldier's devotion to a horse he rescues during WWII. (Not to be confused with "Adventures of Gallant Bess", another film released two years later.)
El coraje de Lassie
Charlie
Lassie es llamada a filas cuando estalla la II Guerra Mundial, y tras un duro entrenamiento realiza acciones heroicas en el frente. Pero su carácter ahora es diferente...
White Tie and Tails
Nate Romero
When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up marrying an heiress.
Bad Bascomb
John Fulton
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
A Letter for Evie
Capt. Budlowe
Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his sensitive, dreaming--and short--buddy John McPherson snags it, and begins a correspondence with Evie, pretending to be Wolf. But things get complicated when Evie wants to meet her tall, handsome soldier. And even more complicated when Wolf sees Evie and likes what he sees.
No eran imprescindibles
Lt. (J.G.) 'Shorty' Long
Durante la campaña del Pacífico, una heroica compañía americana lucha contra el avance de las fuerzas japonesas en Filipinas, perdiendo cada vez más terreno. Dos oficiales de lanchas torpederas, en contra de la opinión de sus superiores, intentarán frenar el avance del enemigo utilizando las viejas embarcaciones contra los barcos nipones.
Recuerda
Harry
Una psiquiatra trata de ayudar al hombre que ama a resolver un asesinato enterrado en su subconsciente.
Juego de pasiones
K.O. Karny
Cynthia se casa con un rico hombre de negocios al que acompaña el éxito. Pero durante la luna de miel le abandona la suerte, y se arruina. Cynthia está triste, pero conoce a un encantador soldado, héroe de guerra, por el que se siente atraída. No sabe si quedarse con él o con su marido...
El cachorro de Lassie
Sergeant Eddie Brown
Laddie es el cachorro de la intrépida perra Lassie, y sigue a su madre en una acción aérea durante la II Guerra Mundial. Pero el avión es derribado durante la misión y cae en la Noruega ocupada.
Little White Lie
Paul
An orphan is uncertain whether she wants to remain with her adoptive family or return to the orphanage.
This Man's Navy
Operations Officer
During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a German submarine but the bomb misses and the submarine fires back, hitting the airship. Trumpet takes over the controls and sinks the submarine, The pilot faces a court-martial for disobeying orders but the older man takes the blame for his actions. Weaver transfers to the Ferry Command, and while on assignment in Burma, his aircraft crashes in Japanese territory. Trumpet rushes to the scene with a rescue team. Both are successfully brought out and are decorated for their heroism. Afterward, Weaver indicates that he will be returning to the lighter-than-air service in Lakehurst, to reunite with his "father".
Cita en San Luis
Dr. Girard (uncredited)
Año 1903. El matrimonio Smith, afincado en San Luis, tiene cuatro preciosas hijas. Una de ellas, Esther, de diecisiete años, se enamora de un vecino que acaba de instalarse en la ciudad. Sin embargo; la familia, y especialmente Esther, tienen un enorme disgusto cuando su padre les anuncia que deben trasladarse a vivir a Nueva York por motivos de trabajo.
Return from Nowhere
Jack Stuart (uncredited)
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.
Patrolling the Ether
Bill Beck
1940. Sixteen year old Phillip is one of a number of amateur radio operators across the US, doing it purely as a fun hobby. He is informed by Bill Beck of the Radio and Intelligence Division (RID) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that amateur international radio communication is now banned due to spying a result of the war in Europe. Beck, on behalf of the RID, asks Phillip, however, to continue to monitor the airwaves for suspicious activity.
See Here, Private Hargrove
Sgt. Heldon
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.
Ditch and Live
Captain
Lt. Scott Reynolds is co-pilot on a B-17 bomber. When his ship is forced to ditch at sea, only Reynolds survives. The nine other crew members died as a result of insufficient training in ditching procedure. Sent back to the States and promoted, Captain Reynolds takes command of a new B-17 and indoctrinates his crew carefully in the proper methods of preparation for ditching and for survival at sea thereafter.
Swing Fever
Reporter (uncredited)
Un ambicioso compositor de musicales, dotado de un mal de ojo hipnótico, se ve mezclado en la promoción de un boxeador.
Swing Shift Maisie
Joe Peterson
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Salute to the Marines
Randall James
It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.
Batán
Lieutenant
Después de la invasión de las islas Filipinas por tropas japonesas, los Estados Unidos intentan recuperarlas. Trece soldados defienden con sus vidas una posición estratégica en la península de Bataan, último baluarte de la resistencia norteamericana frente a Japón.
Law of the Northwest
Frank Mason (as Don Curtis)
Briefly switching gears in 1942 and 1943, western star Charles Starrett made a handful of "northerns" in which he played a Canadian mountie. In Law of the Northwest, Steve King (Starrett) supervises a road-construction project designed to transport war materials to the Aleutians. Problems arise when a crooked contractor decides that his interests are more important than the war effort.
A Tornado in the Saddle
Steve Duncan
A good entry in one of the better B-Western series of the 1940s, A Tornado in the Saddle starred Russell Hayden as the new sheriff of Crestview. Hot on the trail of a gang of claim jumpers led by Dalton (Tristram Coffin) and Slim (Donald Curtis), the novice lawman also has to deal with hotheaded wrangler turned deputy Bob Wilson (Bob Wills), whom he is constantly forced to fight, but only after prudently removing his sheriff's star.
War Dogs
Fred (as Don Curtis)
A young boy donates his pet, a police dog, to the army to be trained as a war dog.
El espía invisible
German Sentry (uncredited)
El nieto del Hombre Invisible y su novia, que trabajan para los servicios secretos británicos, tienen una fórmula que les permite volverse invisibles y la usan para espiar a los nazis. Así es como consiguen desbaratar sus planes para atacar a los Estados Unidos.
Tombstone
Phineas Clanton
Wyatt Earp limpia Tombstone y se enfrenta a los Clanton en O.K. Corral.
En el viejo California
Pike - Dawson's Henchman
Tom Craig (John Wayne) llega a Sacramento (California) con el fin de establecer allí una farmacia. Pero la ciudad está dominada por Britt Dawson (Albert Dekker), y muy pronto estallará la guerra entre ambos.
Westward Ho
Rick West
The all-purpose title Westward Ho was applied in 1942 to this "Three Mesquiteers" western. This time, the Mesquiteers are Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Joslin, here played respectively by Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis. Our heroes converge on a small town to solve a series of mysterious bank robberies.
Hello, Annapolis
Chief Petty Officer
Rivals Bill Arden and Paul Herbert enter the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in order to impress a girl.
Code of the Outlaw
Taggart
After a payroll robbery the Mesquiteers catch up with the gang. But the members escape, the gang leader is killed, and they end up with only the leaders young son who is quickly sent to a work farm. They adopt the boy hoping to learn where the money is. Just as their kindness is about to pay off a gang member takes the boy away forcing him to retrieve the money. - Written by Maurice VanAuken
Inflation
Salesman (uncredited)
The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
The Royal Mounted Patrol
Frenchy Duvalle
Western star Charles Starrett makes one of his periodic forays into the Great White North in Columbia's Royal Mounted Patrol. When villainous lumberman Frenchy Duvalle (Donald Curtis) refuses to limit his wood-chopping activities, he inadvertently touches off a forest fire. Trapped in the middle of the conflagration, Frenchy's only hope for rescue is mountie Tom Jeffries (Charles Starrett), presently scouring the countryside in his scout plane. Jeffries' reasons for bringing Frenchy out safely are twofold: he must deliver the renegade lumberjack to the authorities, and he happens to be in love with Frenchy's sister Betty (Wanda McKay).
Thunder Over the Prairie
Henchman Taylor
An evil land baron uses the local Indians as laborers and then finds legal methods to cheat them of their pay. The reservation physician Steve Monroe does his best to thwart the villain by peaceable methods.
The Son of Davy Crockett
Jack Ringe
Dave Crockett (Bill Elliott) comes to the aid of ranchers living on the Yucca Strip, who want their area made part of the United States. A greedy land baron, however, wants the property as his own.
Criminals Within
Lt. John Harmon
A young soldier uncovers a ring of spies when he investigates his brother's mysterious murder.
Hands Across the Rockies
Dade Crawley
Wild Bill Hickock and Cannonball help two young people in love and bring the murderer of Cannonball's father to justice.
Secret Evidence
Det. Murphy
A legal secretary with a loving family who is happily engaged to a successful young attorney receives a surprise visit from her bad-news former boyfriend, a jewel thief just released on parole who has no intention of going straight. The visit triggers a series of events resulting in a trial for attempted murder.
Legión de tiradores
Ranger Stafford (uncredited)
Unos rangers de Texas de la decada de 1930 son llamados al rancho de White Sage. Ellos se las arreglan para introducir a uno de sus agentes en la banda, haciéndoles pensar que él es Pecos Kid quien está en fuga.
El hijo de Montecristo
Guard (Uncredited)
La Gran Duquesa se dirige a París para conseguir ayuda de Napoleón. El General Gurko Lanen está intentando hacerse con el control de su país y envía a las tropas tras la Duquesa para evitar que llegue hasta él. Gurko fuerza a La Duquesa a un matrimonio de conveniencia. Ya en el altar, Edmund Dantes reaparece lanzándose sobre Gurko, al no estar de acuerdo con dicho matrimonio.
Take Me Back to Oklahoma
Henchman Snapper
Storm is out to wreck Ace's stage line. When Tex arrives to help Ace, Storm brings in hired killer Mule Bates. But Tex and Bates know each other and the two devise a plan to fool Storm.
Junior G-Men
Henchman Akin
A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor of a super-explosive and its remote detonator, from the clutches of a band of foreign subversives call the "Flaming Torch Gang". A 12-episode movie serial with the chapters: •1. Enemies Within •2. The Blast of Doom •3. Human Dynamite •4. Blazing Danger •5. Trapped By Traitors •6. Traitors' Treachery •7. Flaming Death •8. Hurled Through Space •9. The Plunge of Peril •10.The Toll of Treason •11.Descending Doom •12.The Power of Patriotism
Policía montada del Canadá
Mountie Secretary (uncredited)
En 1885, tres aventureros de la frontera (el maestro Riel, el traficante de whisky Corbeau y el trampero Duroc) fomentan en Canadá una rebelión contra la Corona. Sólo la Policía Montada permanece leal. El policía Ronnie Logan está enamorado de la hija de Corbeau, pero tiene que rivalizar con un ránger de Texas que busca a Corbeau por asesinato
Knute Rockne All American
West Point Football Player (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Tear Gas Squad
Second cadet
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
Flash Gordon Conquista El Universo
Ronal (uncredited)
Miniserie de TV. 12 episodios. En el planeta Mongo, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden y el Dr. Zarkov batallan contra la Plaga de la Muerte Púrpura, intentando reestablecer en el poder al príncipe Barin. Tercero y último serial de la Universal Pictures basado en el inmortal personaje creado por la pluma y el pincel de Alex Raymond. Los dos previos eran "Flash Gordon" (1936) y "Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars" (1938).
Emergency Squad
Ambulance Interne
Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city Emergency Squad who are trained to deal with riots, cave-in, explosions, fires and other emergencies where lives are at stake. Slade Wiley, an unscrupulous tunnel builder, finds that his low bid on the Newford Tunnel project is causing him to lose a lot of money, and has underworld leader Nick Burton set off blasts to frighten the stockholders into selling their shares at a low price so he can buy up the stock. Betty is investigating the deal when Wiley and Burton take her on a "tour trip" to the tunnel.