Donald Curtis

Donald Curtis

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

Morte : 1997-05-22

Perfil

Donald Curtis

Filmes

A Passagem da Noite
Jubilee
Ex-funcionário de uma estrada de ferro vê sua vida virar de pernas para o ar quando uma carga de um trem carregando US$ 10.000 é roubada por uma gangue.
A 7ª Cavalaria
Lt. Bob Fitch
História de um oficial que precisa provar que não desertou o general Custer na batalha de Little Big Horn.
Os Dez Mandamentos
Mered
A épica vida de Moisés, desde recém-nascido, quando foi colocado nas águas em um cesto e acabou sendo adotado por uma princesa egípcia, até quando descobre sua real condição e decide liderar seu povo que, escravizado pelos egípcios, anseia pela liberdade.
A Invasão dos Discos Voadores
Maj. Huglin, Liason Officer
Ray Harryhausen apresenta pela primeira vez colorido. Estrelando Hugh Marlowe e Joan Taylor. Atenção! Perigo! Seres alienígenas estão por toda parte atacando o planeta Terra em um dos mais impressionantes filmes clássicos de ficção cientifica de Ray Harryhausen. O Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) trabalha para a operação Skyhook, um projeto do governo que envia foguetes ao espaço para testar vôos futuros no espaço. Quando os foguetes começam a desaparecer misteriosamente, o Dr. Marvin começa uma investigação, juntamente com a sua mulher e assistente, Carol (Joan Taylor) e descobre que os foguetes têm sido interceptados por um exército de alienígenas que dão um ultimato a humanidade: Lealdade ou morte! Ao passo que os alienígenas começam a atacar cidades, incluindo um inesquecível ataque a Washington, D.C., o Dr. Marvin e sua mulher precisam encontrar uma maneira de parar os invasores antes que seja tarde demais.
Tudo que o Céu Permite
Howard Hoffer
Cary Scott é uma respeitável viúva da alta classe média, que sente-se frustrada, mas reencontra o amor ao se apaixonar por Ron Kirby, seu jardineiro. Apesar de ser 15 anos mais velha e ter um casal de filhos já crescidos, ela decide assumir esta paixão. Entretanto Cary encontra preconceito em vários de seus amigos íntimos e até mesmo nos filhos, que não aceitam que a mãe tenha tal relação.
Flame of the Islands
Johnny
A café singer buys a gambling casino and several men fall in love with her.
O Monstro do Mar Revolto
Dr. John Carver
Neste suspense de ficção científica de Ray Harryhausen um polvo gigante radioativo comete o erro de atacar o submarino do capitão da marinha Pete Mathews (Kenneth Tobey) fazendo com que o bravo comandante persiga a criatura monstruosa por todo o oceano Pacífico antes que ele ataque outra pessoa. Enquanto os militares correm para criar uma arma que possa penetrar o cérebro do polvo mutante e destruí-lo de uma vez por todas, o monstro acaba descobrindo como sobreviver em terra, causando a maior confusão na ponte Golden Gate e depois no Embarcadero. Agora os moradores aterrorizados de São Francisco vão ter que lutar por suas vidas.
Abaixo o Divórcio
Rick Vidal
Robert and Nina Tracy were once a happy couple, but eight years of marriage has taken a toll on their relationship. They decide to call it quits and get a divorce. In their ensuing freedom, they are excited to dive back into the world of dating. Nina has a date with a suave actor, and Robert meets a blonde bombshell. However, when their dalliances get complicated, they quickly realize that single life might not be what they bargained for.
Stampede
Stanton
Brothers Mike and Tim McCall own a large ranch in Arizona, using the surrounding lands for grazing cattle. Stanley Cox and LeRoy Stanton sell this land to settlers who arrive to find it bone dry, as a dam on the McCall ranch controls the water. Among the settlers are John Dawson and his daughter Connie. The latter goes to the nearest town to take action, but Sheriff Ball tells him there is nothing he can do. Tim falls for Connie but Mike is unimpressed with her charms. While returning from a town dance, Tim discovers Stanton trying to dynamite the dam, and is killed in the ensuing gunfight. Stanton later sends his men to stampede the cattle while he and Cox blow up the dam. Despite the efforts of Mike and Sheriff Ball, the cattle are wiped out and Mike races to the dam and kills Stanton in a gunfight.
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.
Night Song
George
A socialite pretends to be poor and blind in her plan to help a blinded pianist.
I Love Trouble
Martin
A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
Idade Perigosa
Jeff Carter
Jeff Carter (Donald Curtis) tenta dar um fim à deliqüência juvenil na cidade e cria um clube para garotos. Entretanto, o jovem Danny Jones (Billy Halop) mostra sua influência nos adolescentes locais. Primeiro filme de Marilyn Monroe.
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.)
A Coragem de Lassie
Charlie
O cão Bill (Pal) perde a memória depois que é atropelado por um carro. Encontrado pelo exército, ele é treinado para a guerra. Retornando para sua casa, ele está traumatizado e atacando a todos os que chegam perto dele. Kathie Merrick (Elizabeth Taylor) lhe dá o carinho que ele necessita e aos poucos Bill se recupera.
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.
Fomos os Sacrificados
Lt. (J.G.) 'Shorty' Long
Um relato dramatizado do papel dos barcos americanos PT na defesa das Filipinas durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Pouco depois de Pearl Harbor, um esquadrão de tripulantes de Torpedeiros PT na Filipinas tem de lutar contra a burocracia da Marinha entre escaramuças com os japoneses. O título diz tudo sobre a atitude da Marinha para com as PTs e suas tripulações.
A Casa Encantada
Harry
O famoso médico Edwardes é o recém contratado diretor de uma clínica para doentes mentais. A Dra. Constance é a psiquiatra do local e percebe que os comportamentos de Edwardes estão bastante estranhos.
Thrill of a Romance
K.O. Karny
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
O Filho de Lassie
Sergeant Eddie Brown
Joe Carraclough chegou a maioridade no período da Segunda Guerra Mundial, e se tornou piloto da RAF. Laddie, o filho de Lassie, é o seu animal de estimação, que secretamente alija-se em seu avião, quando esse parte para uma missão perigosa, para bombardear o inimigo. Quando o avião é atingido, sobrevoando a Noruega, ocupada pelos nazistas, Joe e Laddie saltam de pára-quedas da aeronave em chamas. A partir daí, começam as aventuras duplas. Peter Lawford e June Lockhart (que por vários anos estrelaram Lassie na Tv) são Joe e Priscila, anteriormente interpretados por Roddy McDowall e Elizabeth Taylor. Donald Crisp e Nigel Bruce são os treinadores dos cães deste filme. Uma bela e terna história de amor, que aliada a coragem ilimitada a afeto da Collie pelo seu dono, conquistará seu coração. Roteiro impar da série.
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".
Agora Seremos Felizes
Dr. Girard (uncredited)
No ano que antecedeu a Feira Mundial de St. Louis de 1904, as quatro filhas dos Smith aprendem lições de vida e amor, mesmo que se preparem para uma mudança relutante para Nova York. Agora Seremos Felizes é muito mais que um musical. É a encantadora história de uma família na virada do século, repleta de magias e recordações. Judy Garland é Esther Smith, uma garota da agitada cidade de St. Louis que, junto com sua família, tem que se mudar para Nova York. Como se não bastasse deixar todos os seus amigos para trás, ela ainda irá perder a sensacional Feira Mundial de St. Louis de 1904. Esther precisa fazer alguma coisa para evitar essa tragédia!
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.
Um Mundo de Ritmos
Reporter (uncredited)
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
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.
A Patrulha de Bataan
Lieutenant
Japão acaba invadiram as Filipinas e do Exército dos EUA tenta uma defesa desesperada. Treze homens são escolhidos para explodir uma ponte na península de Bataan.
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.
O Agente Invisível
German Sentry (uncredited)
Os alemães desejam comprar a fórmula da invisibilidade com o filho do Dr. Frank Griffin. Este por sua vez, não vende a fórmula, e os Estados Unidos no período da Segunda Guerra Mundial, também desejam o produto. Mas Frank Raymond resolve dar a fórmula com a condição de que ele mesmo a tome e se infiltre nos quartéis generais dos nazistas, a fim de pegar um caderno com o nome de todos agentes duplos infiltrados nos Estados Unidos e também evitar um grande ataque em massa à Nova York que planejaram. Com a ajuda na Alemanha de Maria Soreson (Ilona Massey), o agente invisível poderá auxiliar na Guerra mais do que mil espiões juntos.
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Phineas Clanton
Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
Caminho Fatal
Pike - Dawson's Henchman
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
Avareza Desenfreada
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.
O Código do Cangaceiro
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.
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Ranger Stafford (uncredited)
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.
The Son of Monte Cristo
Guard (Uncredited)
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.
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
Legião de Heróis
Mountie Secretary (uncredited)
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
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 o Universo
Ronal (uncredited)
Uma misteriosa praga, a Morte Púrpura, devasta a Terra. Dr. Zarkov, investigando em sua nave espacial, encontra uma espaçonave do planeta Mongo lançando um pó na atmosfera. Com certeza, Ming, o Impiedoso está de volta com seus velhos estratagemas. Então retornam Mongo, Flash, Dale, e Zarkov, desta vez com aliados esperando: Prince Barin de Arboria e Rainha Fria das terras do norte congeladas de Frigia; onde, é encontrado o Polarite, antídoto para a praga. Mas Ming vai usar todas as suas forças para impedir os nossos heróis de frustrar seus planos de conquista.
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.