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Biography

Howard Duff was born November 24, 1913 in Bremerton, Washington. Duff first became interested in acting after he was cut from his high school's…more

Born

11/24/1913, Bremerton Washington, USA

Died

7/8/1990

Birth Name

Howard Green Duff

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (6)

Role
- Flamingo Road
  Sheriff Titus Semple
  - S 2: Ep 22 Murder, They Said
    5/4/82
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Harder They Fall
    4/27/82
  - S 2: Ep 20 An Eye For An Eye
    4/20/82
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Bad and the Beautiful
    4/13/82
  - S 2: Ep 18 The High and the Mighty
    3/30/82
  - + 33 More Credits
- East of Eden
  Jules Edwards
- The Felony Squad
  Detective Sergeant Sam Stone
  - S 3: Ep 17 The Law and Order Blues
    1/15/69
  - S 3: Ep 14 Blind Terror
    1/9/69
  - S 3: Ep 16 Conspiracy of Power (2)
    1/3/69
  - S 3: Ep 15 Conspiracy of Power (1)
    12/19/68
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Last Man in the World
    12/18/68
  - + 69 More Credits
- Dante
  Willie Dante
  - S 1: Ep 26 Around A Dark Corner
    4/10/61
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Sesame Key
    4/3/61
  - S 1: Ep 24 Friendly Assassin
    3/27/61
  - S 1: Ep 23 Hunter With a Badge
    3/20/61
  - S 1: Ep 22 Dante In The Dark
    3/13/61
  - + 22 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  Arthur Curtis
  - S 1: Ep 23 A World of Difference
    3/11/60
- Mr. Adams and Eve
  Howard Adams
  - S 2: Ep 40 Teen-Age Idol
    7/8/58
  - S 2: Ep 39 Planes That Pass in the Night
    7/1/58
  - S 2: Ep 38 Steve's Girl Friend
    6/24/58
  - S 2: Ep 37 Dear Variety
    6/17/58
  - S 2: Ep 36 The Chowder Cup
    6/10/58
  - + 60 More Credits
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- Knots Landing
  Galveston
  - S 6: Ep 18 Fly Away Home
    2/7/85
  - S 6: Ep 17 Lead Me to the Altar
    1/31/85
  - S 6: Ep 16 Out of the Past
    1/24/85
  - S 6: Ep 15 Inside Information
    1/17/85
  - S 6: Ep 14 #14 with a Bullet
    1/10/85
  - + 1 More Credits
- Knots Landing
  Paul Galveston
  - S 6: Ep 12 Uncharted Territory
    12/27/84
  - S 6: Ep 11 Distant Locations
    12/20/84
  - S 6: Ep 10 Message in a Bottle
    12/13/84
  - S 6: Ep 9 We Come Together
    12/6/84
- Police Story
  DeHart
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Six Foot Stretch
    3/22/77
- Police Story
  Lieutenant
  - S 3: Ep 17 Fifty Cents, First Half Hour -- One Dollar and Seventy-Five Cents All Day
    1/30/76
- Police Story
  Sgt. Butler
  - S 3: Ep 11 Breaking Point
    12/12/75
- Police Story
  Harry Blodgett
  - S 1: Ep 9 Death on Credit
    11/27/73
Guest Star (85)

Role
- The Golden Girls
  Mangiacavello
  - S 5: Ep 23 The Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding Present
    3/31/90
- Knots Landing
  Paul Galveston
  - S 11: Ep 17 My Bullet
    2/1/90
- Magnum, P.I.
  Thomas Magnum II
  - S 8: Ep 13 Resolutions (Part II)
    5/1/88
  - S 8: Ep 12 Resolutions
    5/1/88
- Dallas
  Senator O'Dell
  - S 11: Ep 26 Last of the Good Guys
    4/8/88
  - S 11: Ep 25 Never Say Never
    4/1/88
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  Harry Thornton
  - S 4: Ep 22 The Khrushchev List
    5/28/87
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  Captain Harry V. Thornton
  - S 3: Ep 4 Tail of the Dancing Weasel
    10/14/85
- Hotel
  Adam Korsak
  - S 2: Ep 14 Anniversary
    2/20/85
- Murder, She Wrote
  Stephen Earl
  - S 1: Ep 2 Deadly Lady
    10/7/84
- Hotel
  Byron Comstock
  - S 1: Ep 23 Lifelines
    5/9/84
- St. Elsewhere
  Herbie
  - S 1: Ep 22 Addiction
    5/3/83
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 11 Tomorrow Lady, The/Father, Dear Father/Still Life
    12/4/82
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 31: Ep 1 Bob Hope's All-Star Look at TV's Prime Time Wars
    9/6/80
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 135 March 27, 1980
    3/27/80
  - S 4: Ep 170 May 26, 1978
    5/26/78
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 116 Week of March 3, 1980
    3/3/80
  - S 14: Ep 185 May 21, 1976
    5/21/76
  - S 9: Ep 60 November 27, 1970
    11/27/70
- Charlie's Angels
  Harrigan
  - S 4: Ep 19 Harrigan's Angel
    2/20/80
- Young Maverick
  Herman Rusk
  - S 1: Ep 5 Dead Man's Hand (Pt 2)
    1/2/80
  - S 1: Ep 4 Dead Man's Hand (Pt 1)
    12/26/79
- Lou Grant
  Wild Man Moran
  - S 3: Ep 12 Hollywood
    12/17/79
- Fantasy Island
  Douglas Shane
  - S 1: Ep 4 Family Reunion / Voodoo
    2/18/78
- The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  Lt. Martinelle
  - S 2: Ep 17 Voodoo Doll (1)
    2/12/78
- Switch
  character name
  - S 3: Ep 12 Who Killed Lila Craig?
    1/16/78
- Lanigan's Rabbi
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 Say It Ain't So, Chief
    4/14/77
- The Rockford Files
  Eddie Marks
  - S 3: Ep 12 There's One in Every Port
    1/7/77
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Larry Dobbs
  - S 5: Ep 3 Dead or Alive
    10/21/76
- Ellery Queen
  Eddie Morgan
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Adventure of the Black Falcon
    1/4/76
- Matt Helm
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 13 Die Once, Die Twice
    1/3/76
- Police Story
  Sgt. Butler
  - S 3: Ep 12 Company Man
    12/19/75
- Celebrity Bowling
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 11 November 8, 1975
    11/8/75
  - S 5: Ep 3 September 14, 1974
    9/14/74
- Medical Story
  Roger Graham
  - S 1: Ep 6 An Air Full Of Death
    10/9/75
- Police Story
  Virgil Devereux
  - S 2: Ep 13 Headhunter
    1/14/75
- Kung Fu
  Jenkins
  - S 3: Ep 3 This Valley of Terror
    9/28/74
- Kung Fu
  Noah Fleck
  - S 2: Ep 14 A Dream Within a Dream
    1/17/74
- Shaft
  Tom Oliver
  - S 1: Ep 3 Hit-Run
    11/20/73
- Faraday and Company
  Clark Sanford
  - S 1: Ep 1 Say Hello to a Dead Man
    9/26/73
- Mannix
  Chief Harry Dekken
  - S 7: Ep 2 A Way to Dusty Death
    9/23/73
- Search
  Dr. Jamison
  - S 1: Ep 16 Countdown to Panic
    2/7/73
- The Mod Squad
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 20 Put Out the Welcome Mat for Death
    2/1/73
- Medical Center
  Matt McKinnon
  - S 3: Ep 23 Confession
    3/1/72
- Night Gallery
  Arthur Porter
  - S 2: Ep 57 There Aren't Anymore MacBanes
    2/16/72
- Alias Smith and Jones
  George Fendler
  - S 2: Ep 11 Shootout at Diablo Station
    12/2/71
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 3 September 8, 1971
    9/8/71
- The Virginian
  Stuart Masters
  - S 9: Ep 22 The Town Killer
    3/10/71
- The Name of the Game
  Wally Cook
  - S 3: Ep 14 The Glory Shouter
    12/18/70
- The Immortal (1970)
  Arthur Cameron
  - S 1: Ep 11 Paradise Bay
    12/10/70
- Midnight Caller
  Montgomery Carson
  - S 2: Ep 16 A Snitch in Time (2)
  - S 2: Ep 15 A Snitch in Time (1)
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
  Henry Speiser
  - S 1: Ep 4 Man Without A Heart
    11/9/69
- The Jonathan Winters Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 23 April 10, 1969
    4/10/69
- Judd for the Defense
  Det. Sgt. Sam Stone
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Law and Order Blues
    1/24/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 6: Ep 205 June 14, 1968
    6/14/68
  - S 6: Ep 204 June 13, 1968
    6/13/68
  - S 6: Ep 203 June 12, 1968
    6/12/68
  - S 6: Ep 202 June 11, 1968
    6/11/68
  - S 6: Ep 201 Week of June 10, 1968
    6/10/68
- Batman
  Cabala
  - S 3: Ep 25 The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra
    3/7/68
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 76 July 31, 1967
    7/31/67
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 42 July 31-August 4, 1967
    7/31/67
- Insight
  Simon
  - S 7: Ep 20 The Highest Bidder
    1/15/67
- Batman
  Himself [window cameo]
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Impractical Joker
    11/16/66
- I Spy
  Sean
  - S 1: Ep 24 Crusade to Limbo
    3/23/66
- The Rogues
  G. Carter Huntington
  - S 1: Ep 18 Bless You, G. Carter Huntington
    1/17/65
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Leo
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Sojourner
    5/29/64
- Burke's Law
  Charlie January
  - S 1: Ep 25 Who Killed the Paper Dragon?
    3/20/64
- Burke's Law
  Lou Cole
  - S 1: Ep 8 Who Killed Billy Jo?
    11/8/63
- Arrest and Trial
  Robert Forbes
  - S 1: Ep 2 Isn't It A Lovely View?
    9/22/63
- The Virginian
  Ed Fraser
  - S 1: Ep 25 A Distant Fury
    3/20/63
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Peter Harding
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Tender Poisoner
    12/20/62
- Combat!
  Hobey Jabko
  - S 1: Ep 6 Missing in Action
    11/13/62
- Bus Stop
  Steve Martyck
  - S 1: Ep 23 Door Without a Key
    3/4/62
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 15 January 10, 1960
    1/10/60
  - S 2: Ep 29 May 18, 1958
    5/18/58
- Alcoa Theatre
  Joe Kane
  - S 3: Ep 10 Small Bouquet
    11/16/59
- Bonanza
  Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain
  - S 1: Ep 5 Enter Mark Twain
    10/10/59
- The Twilight Zone
  Arthur Curtis
- The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 5 Lucy's Summer Vacation
    6/8/59
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 27 March 14, 1959
    3/14/59
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 11: Ep 2 September 29, 1957: Della Reese; Johnnie Ray; Burns & Allen; Ida Lupino & Howard Duff
    9/29/57
- Studio 57
  Matt
  - S 3: Ep 6 Pride of Man
    10/23/56
- Climax!
  Dr. John C. Clark
  - S 2: Ep 39 Fury At Dawn
    7/19/56
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Johnny Abel
  - S 4: Ep 31 The Payoff
    5/3/56
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 26 The Steel Trap
    3/22/56
- Front Row Center
  Phil Nyack
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Morals Squad
    3/11/56
- Henry Fonda Presents the Star and the Story
  Detective Tom Preston
  - S 2: Ep 7 Payment In Kind
    1/28/56
- Crossroads (1955)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Mountain Angel
    1/20/56
- Science Fiction Theatre
  Dr. Tom Matthews
  - S 1: Ep 37 The Sound of Murder
    1/7/56
- Henry Fonda Presents the Star and the Story
  Henry Pell
  - S 1: Ep 22 The True Confessions of Henry Pell
    6/11/55
- Henry Fonda Presents the Star and the Story
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 First Offense
    3/26/55
- Climax!
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 Escape From Fear
    1/13/55
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 15 Woman Expert
    12/17/54
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Charlie O'Connor
  - S 2: Ep 32 A Season to Love
    5/6/54
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Johnny Nighthawk
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Ming Lama
    11/12/53
- The Ed Wynn Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 16 Howard Duff/Olga San Juan
    1/21/50
Director (2)

Role
- The Felony Squad
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Deadly Abductors
    2/1/68
- Camp Runamuck
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 25 Senior Citizens
    4/8/66
  - S 1: Ep 23 Peace
    3/18/66
  - S 1: Ep 20 Food Poisoning
    2/11/66
  - S 1: Ep 17 Look Out, Here Comes Arnie
    1/14/66
  - S 1: Ep 15 Wivenhoe's New Car
    12/31/65
  - + 2 More Credits

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Trivia
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- Howard Duff made an uncredited appearance as Sam Spade (albeit without mentioning the character's last name) in the Dec. 5, 1946 episode of Suspsense, "The House in Cypress Canyon." Both Suspense and Sam Spade were produced by William Spier, who arranged for Duff's cameo.
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- Duff has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1625 Vine Street.
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- Howard Duff appeared with his daughter, Bridget, in the 1954 film Private Hell 36.
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- Howard Duff: Becoming Sam Spade was the greatest moment in my life. It just goes to prove what luck can happen to a guy when he least expects it.
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- Howard Duff: (on auditioning for Sam Spade on radio) There must have been at least 100 other guys jammed in that office waiting to read. I even recognized a few famous faces in the crowd, and it threw me into even a greater melancholy. By the time my turn came I was feeling real mean and about as low as a patrolman's instep. When they handed me the script and told me to go ahead, I delivered the lines in a half-snarling, half-bored manner like a guy reading a grocery list.
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