Howard Duff

Personal Info

Birthday

November 24, 1913

Day of Death

1990-07-08

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Also Known As

Howard Green Duff

Howard Duff

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).

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Batman

Combat!

The Twilight Zone

Charlie's Angels

Knots Landing

Climax!

The Rockford Files

Filmography

2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)
1990
Too Much Sun
as O.M.
1989
Settle the Score
as Cy Whately
1987
No Way Out
as Senator William 'Billy' Duvall
Roses Are for the Rich
as Denton
1986
Monster in the Closet
as Father Martin Finnegan
1985
Love on the Run
as Lionel Rockland
1983
This Girl for Hire
as Wolfe Macready
1982
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
as Col. Samuel Isaacs
Lily for President?
as General
1980
Double Negative
as Lester Harlen
Flamingo Road
as Sheriff Titus Semple
Valentine Magic on Love Island
as A.J. Morgan
1979
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
as Herman Rusk
Kramer vs. Kramer
as John Shaunessy
1978
Battered
as Bill Thompson
A Wedding
as Dr. Jules Meecham
Ski Lift to Death
as Ben Forbes
Actor
as Winfield Sheehan
1977
In the Glitter Palace
as Raymond Dawson Travers
The Late Show
as Harry Regan
1974
Tight as a Drum
as Hollister
1973
Snatched
as Duncan Wood
1972
The Heist
as Lieutenant Nicholson
1971
A Little Game
as Dunlap
In Search of America
as Ray Chandler
1969
The D.A.: Murder One
as Lynn D. Compton
1968
Panic in the City
as Dave Pomeroy
1964
Calhoun
as Sid Rayner
1962
War Gods of Babylon
as Sardanapolo
Boys' Night Out
as Doug Jackson
1957
Sierra Stranger
as Jess Collins
1956
While the City Sleeps
as Lt. Burt Kaufman
The Broken Star
as Thornton W. Wills
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
as Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum
1955
Flame of the Islands
as Doug Duryea
Women's Prison
as Dr. Crane
1954
The Yellow Mountain
as Pete Menlo
Private Hell 36
as Police Sgt. Jack Farnham
Tanganyika
as Dan Harder
1953
Jennifer
as Jim Hollis
Spaceways
as Dr. Stephen Mitchell
Roar of the Crowd
as Johnny Tracy
1952
Models Inc.
as Lennie Stone
Steel Town
as Jim Denko
1951
The Lady from Texas
as Dan Mason
1950
Shakedown
as Jack Early
Spy Hunt
as Steve Quain
Woman in Hiding
as Keith Ramsey
1949
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Sam Bass
Illegal Entry
as Bert Powers
Red Canyon
as Lin Sloane
Johnny Stool Pigeon
as George Morton
1948
All My Sons
as George Deever
The Naked City
as Frank Niles
1947
Brute Force
as Robert 'Soldier' Becker
1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan
as Narrator