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Acting

Howard Duff

Career: Active from 1945 to 1989, busiest in 1949 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 36
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Kramer vs. Kramer
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 67 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Howard Duff Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.3, average 3.0
Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5
Contemporary Realism
4.3, average 5.4
Melancholy
3.6, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Historical Setting 5
Psychological Tension 4
Moral Ambiguity 3
Social Commentary 3
Crime Thriller 3
Betrayal 3
Moral Dilemma 3
High Stakes 3
Intrigue 3
Mystery 3
Nostalgic Charm 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

114

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 27

Too Much Sun

27

as O.M.

1980s

23 titles · average score 66

No Way Out

77

as Senator William 'Billy' Duvall

Roses Are for the Rich

TV show · as Denton

Monster in the Closet

44

as Father Martin Finnegan

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as Mangiacavallo

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Ralph Earl / Stephen Earl

The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch

as Col. Samuel Isaacs

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Herbie

Flamingo Road

64

TV show · as Titus Semple

Flamingo Road

as Sheriff Titus Semple

Magnum, P.I.

82

TV show · as Captain Thomas Sullivan Magnum I

Valentine Magic on Love Island

as A.J. Morgan

Night of the Juggler

73

Props

1970s

31 titles · average score 65

Kramer vs. Kramer

82

as John Shaunessy

Knots Landing

77

TV show · as Paul Galveston

A Wedding

66

as Dr. Jules Meecham

Fantasy Island

43

TV show · as Douglas Shane

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Glen Leciter

A Little Game

as Dunlap

Charlie's Angels

44

TV show · as Harrigan

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as Edward J. Marks

Snatched

as Duncan Wood

The Heist

as Lieutenant Nicholson

The Streets of San Francisco

48

TV show

Alias Smith and Jones

48

TV show

1960s

23 titles · average score 65

The D.A.: Murder One

as Lynn D. Compton

Panic in the City

54

as Dave Pomeroy

The Mod Squad

43

TV show

Mannix

71

TV show

Felony Squad

69

TV show · as Det. Sgt. Sam Stone

Batman

73

TV show · as Cabala / Det. Sgt. Sam Stone

Burke's Law

68

TV show · as Charlie January / Lou Cole

War Gods of Babylon

as Sardanapolo

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Peter Harding

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Ed Frazer

Combat!

82

TV show · as Col. Hobey Jabko

Dante

TV show · as Willie Dante

1950s

28 titles · average score 65

Mr. Adams and Eve

TV show

The Broken Star

64

as Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed

While the City Sleeps

79

as Lt. Burt Kaufman

Blackjack Ketchum Desperado

as Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum

Flame of the Islands

52

as Doug Duryea

Private Hell 36

66

as Police Sgt. Jack Farnham

The Yellow Mountain

56

as Pete Menlo

Spaceways

42

as Dr. Stephen Mitchell

Jennifer

59

as Jim Hollis

Woman in Hiding

67

as Keith Ramsey

Shakedown

67

as Jack Early

Spy Hunt

63

as Steve Quain

1940s

8 titles · average score 68

Johnny Stool Pigeon

64

as George Morton

Red Canyon

60

as Lin Sloane

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

60

as Sam Bass

Illegal Entry

as Bert Powers

The Naked City

76

as Frank Niles

All My Sons

72

as George Deever

Brute Force

81

as Robert 'Soldier' Becker

Know Your Enemy: Japan

63

as Narrator