Biography
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.
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Filmography
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TV Shows 59
Movies 58
self 5
Director 1
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Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)
Too Much Sun (1990)
Settle the Score (1989)
War and Remembrance (1988)
No Way Out (1987)
Roses Are for the Rich (1987)
Monster in the Closet (1986)
Love on the Run (1985)
The Golden Girls (1985)
Detective in the House (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
This Girl For Hire (1983)
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982)
St. Elsewhere (1982)
Hotel (1982)
Lily for President? (1982)
East of Eden (1981)
Flamingo Road (1981)
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Night of the Juggler (1980)
Double Negative (1980)
Flamingo Road (1980)
The Dream Merchants (1980)
Valentine Magic on Love Island (1980)
Knots Landing (1979)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Battered (1978)
A Wedding (1978)
Ski Lift to Death (1978)
Actor (1978)
In the Glitter Palace (1977)
The Late Show (1977)
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Matt Helm (1975)
Ellery Queen (1975)
Switch (1975)
Medical Story (1975)
The Rockford Files (1974)
Tight as a Drum (1974)
Shaft (1973)
Faraday and Company (1973)
Police Story (1973)
Snatched (1973)
The Heist (1972)
Kung Fu (1972)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Search (1972)
A Little Game (1971)
In Search of America (1971)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
The Immortal (1970)
The D.A.: Murder One (1969)
Panic in the City (1968)
The Mod Squad (1968)
Mannix (1967)
Judd for the Defense (1967)
Felony Squad (1966)
Batman (1966)
Camp Runamuck (1965)
I Spy (1965)
The Rogues (1964)
Calhoun (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Mr. Novak (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
Arrest and Trial (1963)
War Gods of Babylon (1962)
Combat! (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
Sam Benedict (1962)
Boys' Night Out (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Bus Stop (1961)
Dante (1960)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
Sierra Stranger (1957)
Mr. Adams and Eve (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado (1956)
The Broken Star (1956)
Flame of the Islands (1955)
Celebrity Playhouse (1955)
Women's Prison (1955)
The Yellow Mountain (1954)
Climax! (1954)
Studio 57 (1954)
Private Hell 36 (1954)
The Whistler (1954)
Tanganyika (1954)
Jennifer (1953)
Spaceways (1953)
Roar of the Crowd (1953)
The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
Models Inc. (1952)
Steel Town (1952)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
The Lady from Texas (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Shakedown (1950)
Spy Hunt (1950)
Woman in Hiding (1950)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)
Illegal Entry (1949)
Red Canyon (1949)
Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
All My Sons (1948)
The Naked City (1948)
Brute Force (1947)
Know Your Enemy: Japan (1945)
Brotherhood of Man (1945)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1913-11-24
Deathday1990-07-08 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceBremerton, United States of America
RelationshipsIda Lupino (1951-01-01 - 1984-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsHoward Green Duff
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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