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Alan Curtis (other)
Alan Curtis may refer to: * Alan Curtis (American actor) (1909–1953), American film actor * Alan Curtis (British actor) (1930–2021), English actor and cricket announcer * Alan Curtis (footballer) (born 1954), former Welsh international footballer * Alan Curtis (harpsichordist) (1934–2015), American harpsichordist, musicologist, and conductor * Alan Curtis (author) (born 1943), American social scientist, public policy advisor and author See also * Allen Curtis Allen Curtis (1877 – November 24, 1961), was an American film director of the silent era. He directed 278 films between 1913 and 1922. He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California. Selected filmography * ''The Tra ... (1877–1961), American film director * Allen Hiram Curtiss (1845–1907), botanist in the United States {{human name disambiguation, Curtis, Alan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Curtis (American Actor)
Alan Curtis (born Harry Ueberroth or Harold Neberroth, July 24, 1909 – February 2, 1953) was an American film actor who appeared in over 50 films. Early life and career Born Harry Ueberroth or Harold Neberroth in Chicago, he began his career as a model before becoming an actor, appearing in local newspaper ads. His looks did not go unnoticed in Hollywood. He began appearing in films in the late 1930s, making his screen debut in '' Winterset'' (1936). His film activities included a Technicolor appearance in the Alice Faye-Don Ameche film ''Hollywood Cavalcade'' (1939) and a memorable role in '' High Sierra'' (1941). He was one of the romantic leads in Abbott and Costello's first hit film ''Buck Privates'' (1941) and played composer Franz Schubert in ''The Great Awakening'' (1941). His chance for leading-man stardom came when he replaced the unwilling John Garfield in the production ''Flesh and Fantasy'' (1943). Curtis played a ruthless killer opposite Gloria Jean. Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Curtis (British Actor)
Alan Vernon Curtis (30 July 1930 – 18 February 2021) was an English actor and cricket announcer. Life and career Curtis was born in Coulsdon, Surrey in July 1930. He had a long career in the film, television and theatre, which included appearances in four films of cult director Pete Walker. He also served as an announcer for the MCC at Lord's Cricket Ground for 28 years. Curtis lived in Chiswick, where he died in February 2021 aged 90. Filmography Film * ''Ladies Who Do'' (1963) - 2nd Businessman (uncredited) * ''Tomorrow at Ten'' (1965) - Inspector * ''Agente Logan - missione Ypotron'' (1966) - Streich * ''Carry On Henry'' (1971) - Conte di Pisa * ''Die Screaming, Marianne'' (1971) - Sloopy's Manager * ''Four Dimensions of Greta'' (1972) - Carl Roberts * ''The Flesh and Blood Show'' (1972) - Jack Phipps * ''Carry On Abroad'' (1972) - Police Chief * '' Tiffany Jones'' (1973) - Marocek * ''Professor Popper's Problem'' (1974) - Grainger * '' The Vision'' (1988) - Lord Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Curtis (footballer)
Alan Thomas Curtis (born 16 April 1954) is a former Wales international footballer, who played as a forward; he is currently the honorary club president of Swansea City. He began his career with Swansea City in 1972, and spent the next seven years with the "Swans", winning promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1977–78 and out of the Third Division in 1978–79. He was then sold on to Leeds United, but struggled in the First Division and was sold back to Swansea in 1980. He helped Swansea to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1980–81, but a period of decline for the club followed and he moved on to Southampton in November 1983. He played on loan at Stoke City towards the end of the 1985–86 season, before he joined Cardiff City in the summer. He helped the "Bluebirds" to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1987–88 and to also win the Welsh Cup in 1988. He made another return to Swansea during the 1989–90 campaign, and later ended his career with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Curtis (harpsichordist)
Alan Curtis (November 17, 1934July 15, 2015) was an American harpsichordist, musicologist, and conductor of baroque opera. Born in Mason, Michigan, Curtis graduated from studies at the University of Illinois, and received his PhD in 1960 with a dissertation on the keyboard music of Sweelinck. He then relocated to Amsterdam to work with Gustav Leonhardt, with whom he subsequently recorded a number of Bach's concerti for harpsichord. In the 1960s and 1970s, he made a number of recordings of solo harpsichord music including albums dedicated to the keyboard music of Rameau and the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, such as his recording of the ''Goldberg Variations'' made on a 1728 Christian Zell harpsichord. Following an academic career divided between UC Berkeley and Europe, Curtis devoted his time to performing dramatic music from Monteverdi to Mozart. As a student in the 1950s, he was the first modern harpsichordist to examine problems surrounding Louis Couperin's unmeasured pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Curtis (author)
Alan Curtis, also known as Lynn Alan Curtis, is an American social scientist, public policy advisor, author and speaker who is the founding president and CEO of the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation. The foundation was founded In 1981 the private sector continuation of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders and the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. Early life and education Curtis graduated from Pulaski High School in Milwaukee, then attended Harvard University, where he received a bachelor's degree. Curtis went to the University of London for a Masters of Economics, and later received a Ph.D. in Criminology and Urban Policy from the University of Pennsylvania. Career While completing his Ph.D., Curtis was appointed as an assistant Crimes of Violence task force director on President Lyndon B. Johnson's National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. During the Administration of President Jimmy Carter, Curtis was executive direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Curtis
Allen Curtis (1877 – November 24, 1961), was an American film director of the silent era. He directed 278 films between 1913 and 1922. He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California. Selected filmography * ''The Tramp Dentists'' (1913) * ''Almost an Actress'' (1913) * ''Poor Jake's Demise ''Poor Jake's Demise'' is a 1913 American silent short slapstick comedy film directed by Allen Curtis and featuring Max Asher, Louise Fazenda and Lon Chaney. The slapstick film focuses on Jake who finds his wife in a compromising position w ...'' (1913) External links * * 1877 births 1961 deaths American film directors {{US-film-director-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
