---
name: "Donald Curtis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-curtis"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 February 1915"
died: "22 May 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T03:06:45.518016+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Donald Curtis

Actor. Born 27 February 1915 in Cheney, Washington, USA. Died 22 May 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 February 1915, Cheney, Washington, USA
- **Died:** 22 May 1997
- **Active:** 1945–1956
- **Also known as:** Curtis Donald Rudolf, Don Curtis, Curtis D. Rudolf
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 66 (1), 1950s 67 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Curtis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3036004, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193321/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35847

## Biography

Donald Curtis (born Curtis D. Rudolf) was an American actor. He played Harry in the 1945 film *Spellbound*.

Before his film career, Curtis taught at Northwestern University, Allegheny College and Duquesne University. He gained early acting experience at the Pasadena Community Playhouse and appeared in two Broadway productions.

He had roles in films including *Meet Me in St. Louis* (1944), *They Were Expendable* (1945), *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), *It Came from Beneath the Sea* (1955) and *The Ten Commandments* (1956), and in television series such as *Get Smart* (1965) and *Perry Mason* (1957). Curtis later became a religious leader, author and lecturer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Ten Commandments* (1956), Fi1m 67, as Mered — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ten-commandments.md)
- *Spellbound* (1945), Fi1m 66, as Harry — [page](https://film.one/film/spellbound.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Warning Shot* (1967), Actor
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Army General
- *Green Acres* (1965), series, Actor
- *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, as Wilbur Goodfellow
- *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, as Vincent Baker
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Amos Martin
- *Night Passage* (1957), as Jubilee
- *7th Cavalry* (1956), as Lt. Bob Fitch
- *The Ten Commandments* (1956), as Mered — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ten-commandments.md)
- *Earth vs. the Flying Saucers* (1956), as Maj. Huglin
- *Flame of the Islands* (1955), as Johnny
- *The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp* (1955), series, Actor
- *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), as Howard Hoffer
- *It Came from Beneath the Sea* (1955), as Dr. John Carter
- *Phffft* (1954), as Rick Vidal
- *Father Knows Best* (1954), series, Actor
- *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor
- *The Shanghai Story* (1954), as Leader (uncredited)
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Hank, Kimball
- *City Detective* (1953), series, Actor
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Steve
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Walter
- *Detective's Wife* (1950), series, as Adam Conway
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, Actor
- *Stampede* (1949), as Stanton
- *Studio One* (1948), series, Actor
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor
- *The Amazing Mr. X* (1948), as Paul Faber
- *The Fuller Brush Man* (1948), as Gregory Cruckston
- *Night Song* (1948), as George
- *I Love Trouble* (1948), as Martin
- *Dangerous Years* (1947), as Jeff Carter
- *Gallant Bess* (1946), as Lt. Bridgeman
- *Courage of Lassie* (1946), as Charlie
- *White Tie and Tails* (1946), as Nate Romero
- *A Letter for Evie* (1946), as Capt. Budlow
- *Bad Bascomb* (1946), as John Fulton
- *They Were Expendable* (1945), as Lt. (J.G.) 'Shorty' Long
- *Spellbound* (1945), as Harry — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/spellbound.md)
- *Thrill of a Romance* (1945), as K.O. Karny
- *Son of Lassie* (1945), as Sergeant Eddie Brown
- *Little White Lie* (1945), as Paul
- *This Man's Navy* (1945), as Operations Officer
- *Meet Me in St. Louis* (1944), as Dr. Girard (uncredited)
- *Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo* (1944), as Lieut. Randall
- *Return from Nowhere* (1944), as Jack Stuart (uncredited)
- *Patrolling the Ether* (1944), as Bill Beck
- *See Here, Private Hargrove* (1944), as Sgt. Heldon
- *Ditch and Live* (1944), as Captain
- *Swing Fever* (1943), as Reporter (uncredited)
- *Swing Shift Maisie* (1943), as Joe Peterson
- *Salute to the Marines* (1943), as Randall James
- *Bataan* (1943), as Lieutenant
- *Law of the Northwest* (1943), as Frank Mason (as Don Curtis)
- *A Tornado in the Saddle* (1942), as Steve Duncan
- *War Dogs* (1942), as Fred (as Don Curtis)
- *Invisible Agent* (1942), as German Sentry (uncredited)
- *Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die* (1942), as Phineas Clanton
- *In Old California* (1942), as Pike - Dawson's Henchman
- *Westward Ho* (1942), as Rick West
- *Hello, Annapolis* (1942), as Chief Petty Officer
- *Code of the Outlaw* (1942), as Taggart
- *Today I Hang* (1942), as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
- *Inflation* (1942), as Salesman (uncredited)
- *The Royal Mounted Patrol* (1941), as Frenchy Duvalle
- *Thunder Over the Prairie* (1941), as Henchman Taylor
- *The Son of Davy Crockett* (1941), as Jack Ringe
- *Criminals Within* (1941), as Lt. John Harmon
- *Hands Across the Rockies* (1941), as Dade Crawley
- *Secret Evidence* (1941), as Det. Murphy
- *The Texas Rangers Ride Again* (1940), as Ranger Stafford (uncredited)
- *The Son of Monte Cristo* (1940), as Guard (Uncredited)
- *Take Me Back to Oklahoma* (1940), as Henchman Snapper
- *Junior G-Men* (1940), as Henchman Akin (uncredited)
- *North West Mounted Police* (1940), as Mountie Secretary (uncredited)
- *Knute Rockne All American* (1940), as West Point Football Player (uncredited)
- *Tear Gas Squad* (1940), as Second cadet
- *Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe* (1940), as Ronal (uncredited)
- *Emergency Squad* (1940), as Ambulance Interne

## Gallery

- ![Donald Curtis in The Amazing Mr. X - cropped screenshot (1948)](https://film.one/media/person/1235132/gallery-b6c475992675.jpg) Donald Curtis in The Amazing Mr. X - cropped screenshot (1948) — Film screenshot (Samba Pictures/Eagle-Lion Films), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Donald_Curtis_in_The_Amazing_Mr._X_%281948%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Donald Curtis](https://film.one/media/person/1235132/gallery-b432fd836691.jpg) Donald Curtis — Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Patricia_Wheel_and_Donald_Curtis%2C_1953.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Donald Curtis](https://film.one/media/person/1235132/gallery-48932449ec59.jpg) Donald Curtis — Image via TMDB

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