Howard Duff

Howard Duff Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: November 24, 1913

Death Date: July 8, 1990

Birth Place: Bremerton, Washington

Spouses: Ida Lupino

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.

Credits

Too Much Sun

Actor
O.M.
Movie
1991

Le crime oublié

Actor
Movie
1989

Settle the Score

Actor
Cy Whately
Movie
1989

Nudo Sangriento

Actor
Movie
1989

War and Remembrance

Guest Star
William Tuttle
Miniseries
1988

No Way OutStream

Actor
Senator William "Billy" Duvall
Movie
1987
91%

Monster in the Closet

Actor
Father Finnegan
Movie
1987

The Golden GirlsStream

Guest Star
Mangiacavello
Series
1985

Amor Accidentado

Actor
Movie
1985

Love on the Run

Actor
Lionel Rockland
Movie
1985

Murder, She WroteStream

Guest Star
Ralph/Stephen Earl
Series
1984

Hotel

Guest Star
Soap
1983

This Girl for Hire

Actor
Wolfe Macready
Movie
1983

The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch

Actor
Colonel Samuel Isaacs
Movie
1982

East of Eden

Actor
Miniseries
1981

Flamingo Road

Actor
Sheriff Titus Semple
Series
1981

Young Maverick

Actor
Herman Rusk
Movie
1980

Valentine Magic on Love Island

Actor
A.J. Morgan
Movie
1980

Flamingo Road

Actor
Sheriff Titus Semple
Movie
1980

Double Negative

Actor
Lester Harlen
Movie
1980

Knots LandingStream

Actor
Paul Galveston
Series
1979

Knots Landing DFN

Actor
Show
1979

Kramer vs. KramerStream

Actor
John Shaunessy
Movie
1979
89%

DallasStream

Guest Star
Soap
1978

Fantasy Island

Guest Star
Series
1978

Ski Lift to Death

Actor
Ben Forbes
Movie
1978

Battered

Actor
Bill Thompson
Movie
1978

A Wedding

Actor
Dr. Jules Meecham
Movie
1978

La Vie ne tient qu'a un fil

Actor
Movie
1978

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew MysteriesStream

Guest Star
Series
1977

El Glitter Palace

Actor
Movie
1977

In the Glitter Palace

Actor
Raymond Dawson Travers
Movie
1977

The Late ShowStream

Actor
Harry Regan
Movie
1977
95%

Una Mujer Acusada

Actor
Movie
1977

The QuestStream

Guest Star
Series
1976

Charlie's AngelsStream

Guest Star
Series
1976

Tight as a Drum

Actor
Movie
1974

Shaft

Guest Star
Series
1973

Police StoryStream

Actor
Sgt. Virgil Devereux
Series
1973

Shaft: Hit and Run

Actor
Movie
1973

Snatched

Actor
Duncan Wood
Movie
1973

The Streets of San FranciscoStream

Guest Star
Larry Dobbs
Series
1972

Kung FuStream

Guest Star
Series
1972

The Heist

Actor
Lt. Nicholson
Movie
1972

Le Coup

Actor
Movie
1972

Alias Smith and Jones

Guest Star
Series
1971

In Search of America

Actor
Ray Chandler
Movie
1971

A Little Game

Actor
Dunlap
Movie
1971

Night GalleryStream

Guest Star
Series
1970

The Immortal

Guest Star
Show
1970

Men From Shiloh

Guest Star
Stuart Masters
Show
1970

The D.A.: Murder One

Actor
Lynn D. Compton
Movie
1969

Mod Squad

Guest Star
Walter Graham
Series
1968

The Name of the Game

Guest Star
Series
1968

Panic in the City

Actor
Dave Pomeroy
Movie
1968

MannixStream

Guest Star
Chief Harry Decken
Series
1967

The Felony Squad

Actor
Sergeant Sam Stone
Show
1966

The Felony Squad

Director
Show
1966

BatmanStream

Guest Star
Series
1966

I SpyStream

Guest Star
Series
1965

Mr. Novak

Guest Star
Show
1963

Combat!

Guest Star
Series
1962

Alfred Hitchcock HourStream

Actor
Series
1962

The VirginianStream

Guest Star
Ed Frazer
Series
1962

Le sette folgori di Assur

Actor
Movie
1962

Boys' Night OutStream

Actor
Doug Jackson
Movie
1962

War Gods of Babylon

Actor
Sardanapolo
Movie
1962

Bus Stop

Guest Star
Show
1961

Dante

Actor
Willie Dante
Show
1960

The Twilight ZoneStream

Actor
Arthur Curtis/Gerry Reagan
Series
1959
92%

BonanzaStream

Guest Star
Series
1959

The George Burns Show

Guest Star
Show
1958

The Ed Wynn ShowStream

Actor
Series
1958

The Teenage Idol

Actor
Howard Adams
Show
1958

The Teenage Idol

Producer
Show
1958

The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

Guest Star
Show
1957

We Love Lucy

Guest Star
Show
1957

Mr. Adams and Eve

Actor
Howard Adams
Show
1957

Sierra Stranger

Actor
Jess Collins
Movie
1957

While the City SleepsStream

Actor
Lt. Burt Kaufman
Movie
1956
91%

The Broken StarStream

Actor
Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed
Movie
1956

Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado

Actor
Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum
Movie
1956

The Star and the Story

Actor
Show
1955

Cárcel de Mujeres

Actor
Movie
1955

La Reina de las Islas

Actor
Movie
1955

Flame of the Islands

Actor
Doug Duryea
Movie
1955

Women's PrisonStream

Actor
Dr. Crane
Movie
1955

Climax!

Actor
Series
1954

Private Hell 36

Actor
Jack Farnham
Movie
1954

The Yellow Mountain

Actor
Pete Menlo
Movie
1954

Tanganyika

Actor
Dan Harder McCracken
Movie
1954

Jennifer

Actor
Jim Hollis
Movie
1953

Spaceways

Actor
Dr. Stephen Mitchell
Movie
1953

Roar of the Crowd

Actor
Johnny Tracy
Movie
1953

I've Got a SecretStream

Guest
Game Show
1952

Steel Town

Actor
Jim Denko
Movie
1952

Models, Inc.

Actor
Lennie Stone
Movie
1952

The Lady From Texas

Actor
Dan Mason
Movie
1951

What's My Line?Stream

Guest
Game Show
1950

Spy Hunt

Actor
Steve Quain
Movie
1950

Shakedown

Actor
Jack Early
Movie
1950

Illegal Entry

Actor
Bert Powers
Movie
1949

Woman in Hiding

Actor
Keith Ramsey
Movie
1949

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Actor
George Morton
Movie
1949

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

Actor
Sam Bass
Movie
1949

Red Canyon

Actor
Lin Sloane
Movie
1949

All My Sons

Actor
George Deever
Movie
1948

The Naked CityStream

Actor
Frank Niles
Movie
1948
86%

Brute Force

Actor
Soldier
Movie
1947

Know Your Enemy: Japan

Narrator
Movie
1945