Biography
Donald Curtis (born Curtis D. Rudolf; February 27, 1915 β May 22, 1997) was an American actor who had roles in dozens of films and television series. Curtis was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Rudolph. Before he began acting in films, he taught at Northwestern University, Allegheny College, and Duquesne University.Curtis's early acting experience included work at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. He also was in two Broadway plays, Caribbean Carnival (1947) and Anybody Home (1949). In the summer of 1950, Curtis portrayed Adam Conway in the comedy Detective's Wife on CBS television.Curtis resumed using his birth name when he became a religious leader. As Curtis D. Rudolf, he ministered in the First Church of Religious Science in New York City before he became leader-director of the Church of Religious Science in Philadelphia. He also was pastor of the Church of Religious Science in Santa Barbara, California and the First Church of Religious Science in Dallas, Texas.Curtis married Margaret Jennings in 1940.On May 22, 1997, Curtis died in Desert Hot Springs, California.
Filmography
all 79
Movies 63
TV Shows 16
Warning Shot (1967)
Get Smart (1965)
Green Acres (1965)
Petticoat Junction (1963)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Perry Mason (1957)
Night Passage (1957)
7th Cavalry (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Flame of the Islands (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
Phffft (1954)
Father Knows Best (1954)
Studio 57 (1954)
The Shanghai Story (1954)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
City Detective (1953)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
The Dagmar Story (1951)
Prudential Family Playhouse (1950)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Stampede (1949)
Studio One (1948)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
Night Song (1948)
I Love Trouble (1948)
Dangerous Years (1947)
Gallant Bess (1946)
Courage of Lassie (1946)
White Tie and Tails (1946)
Bad Bascomb (1946)
A Letter for Evie (1946)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Spellbound (1945)
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
Son of Lassie (1945)
Little White Lie (1945)
This Man's Navy (1945)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Return from Nowhere (1944)
Patrolling the Ether (1944)
See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)
Ditch and Live (1944)
Swing Fever (1943)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
Salute to the Marines (1943)
Bataan (1943)
Law of the Northwest (1943)
A Tornado in the Saddle (1942)
War Dogs (1942)
Invisible Agent (1942)
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942)
In Old California (1942)
Westward Ho (1942)
Hello, Annapolis (1942)
Code of the Outlaw (1942)
Inflation (1942)
The Royal Mounted Patrol (1941)
Thunder Over the Prairie (1941)
The Son of Davy Crockett (1941)
Criminals Within (1941)
Hands Across the Rockies (1941)
Secret Evidence (1941)
The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940)
Junior G-Men (1940)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Knute Rockne All American (1940)
Tear Gas Squad (1940)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
Emergency Squad (1940)
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GenderMale
Birthday1915-02-27
Deathday1997-05-22 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceCheney, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCurtis Donald Rudolf, Don Curtis, Curtis D. Rudolf
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