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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...

Too Much Sun
1990
as O.M.
A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one o...

Settle the Score
1989
as Cy Whately
Katherine Whately, a tough, young Chicago cop, comes home to her small town to settle her teenage rape. She is welcomed by her brother but shunned by ...

No Way Out
1987
as Senator William 'Billy' Duvall
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretar...

Roses Are for the Rich
1987
as Denton
In a small town in Appalachia, Autumn's young husband is killed in a suspicious mine explosion. She vows vengeance on mine owner Douglas Osborne and d...

Monster in the Closet
1986
as Father Martin Finnegan
After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band...

Love on the Run
1985
as Lionel Rockland
A criminal lawyer goes on the run with her new lover — a convict she had as a client and whom she helped escape from prison.

This Girl for Hire
1983
as Wolfe Macready
In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female private detective in Hollywood who sets out to solve the ...

The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
1982
as Col. Samuel Isaacs
It's quiet in Chastity Gulch, a small town in the Wild West. The men of the village are all in the army and fight their battles far away. The women ar...

Lily for President?
1982
as General
Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for the office of President of the United States.

Night of the Juggler
1980
Props
An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.

Flamingo Road
1980
as Sheriff Titus Semple
A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless sheriff who fancies himself a political kingmaker in this p...

Double Negative
1980
as Lester Harlen
Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.

Valentine Magic on Love Island
1980
as A.J. Morgan
Janis Paige presides over the proceedings at a posh resort, using magical powers to help eight attractive, amiable vacationers discover one another, a...
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
1979
as Herman Rusk
Ben Maverick (Charles Frank) inherits the poker hand of a friend who died during a high stakes game.

Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
as John Shaunessy
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is no...

Battered
1978
as Bill Thompson
Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by spouse-abuse by their hus...

A Wedding
1978
as Dr. Jules Meecham
Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as...

Ski Lift to Death
1978
as Ben Forbes
A sports promoter tries to matchmake for a pair of ski champions and, as a result, they end up trapped in a derailed ski-lift car along with a gangste...

Actor
1978
as Winfield Sheehan
A musical play based on the early years of actor Paul Muni.

In the Glitter Palace
1977
as Raymond Dawson Travers
The ex-girlfriend of a lawyer, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.

The Late Show
1977
as Harry Regan
Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered bro...

Tight as a Drum
1974
as Hollister
A military school graduation ceremony is interrupted when a student's dope-smuggling father is killed in the gym.

Snatched
1973
as Duncan Wood
The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom, but one of the men doesn't want to pay his share.

The Heist
1972
as Lieutenant Nicholson
An armored-car guard must convince the authorities he is innocent after he is forced to rob his own company.

A Little Game
1971
as Dunlap
A hostile youngster who will stop at nothing to break up his mother's marriage is suspected of homicide, and his stepfather fears that he may be the b...

In Search of America
1971
as Ray Chandler
Michael (Jeff Bridges) drops out of college with the intention of finding himself. When his parents (Carl Betz and Vera Miles) balk, he talks them int...

The D.A.: Murder One
1969
as Lynn D. Compton
A Deputy District Attorney suspects that a nurse has been murdering her rich husbands and relatives by giving them unneeded insulin doses, but his sup...

Panic in the City
1968
as Dave Pomeroy
An American agent is assigned to track down a renegade Soviet spy who is building an atomic device in Los Angeles and plans to destroy the city with i...

Calhoun
1964
as Sid Rayner
Unaired pilot for a drama/adventure series about a county agent.

War Gods of Babylon
1962
as Sardanapolo
Noble, wise King Sardanapolo and his more soft and naive younger brother Prince Sammash get into a bitter feud over the affections of sweet and alluri...

Boys' Night Out
1962
as Doug Jackson
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different ...

Sierra Stranger
1957
as Jess Collins
A prospector becomes a small town outcast after he rescues a man about to be lynched.

While the City Sleeps
1956
as Lt. Burt Kaufman
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

The Broken Star
1956
as Thornton W. Wills
A deputy sheriff defies local ranchers to investigate a Mexican's murder.

Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
1956
as Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum
A former gunslinger comes to the aid of ranchers battling a murderous land baron.

Flame of the Islands
1955
as Doug Duryea
A café singer buys a gambling casino and several men fall in love with her.

Women's Prison
1955
as Dr. Crane
A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.

The Yellow Mountain
1954
as Pete Menlo
A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by h...

Private Hell 36
1954
as Police Sgt. Jack Farnham
In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Poli...

Tanganyika
1954
as Dan Harder
A landowner in colonial Africa leads a safari through Nukumbi territory in order to capture an escaped criminal.

Jennifer
1953
as Jim Hollis
A young woman is hired to take care of an eerie old mansion, where she finds herself entangled with an enigmatic murderer.

Spaceways
1953
as Dr. Stephen Mitchell
A rocket engineer, responsible for sending a satellite into space, is accused of committing the most extraordinary crime.

Roar of the Crowd
1953
as Johnny Tracy
Johnny Tracy, son of veteran race driver Pop Tracy, is working his way up on the racing circuit, but is urged by his sweetheart, Marcy Parker, to give...

Models Inc.
1952
as Lennie Stone
The wealthy owner of a modeling agency keeps a new student in the high life, unaware that she and a recently released convict share a criminal and per...

Steel Town
1952
as Jim Denko
Steve Kostain, nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from the bottom up. He rooms with a steel working family, the...

The Lady from Texas
1951
as Dan Mason
An eccentric Civil War widow is accused of being insane.

Shakedown
1950
as Jack Early
Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, h...

Spy Hunt
1950
as Steve Quain
Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden a...

Woman in Hiding
1950
as Keith Ramsey
As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if n...

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949
as Sam Bass
Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Before long, he attracts the attention of pretty storek...

Illegal Entry
1949
as Bert Powers
Long before he became producer/director of The Tonight Show, Fred DeCordova helmed the Universal meller Illegal Entry. Howard Duff, who later worked w...

Red Canyon
1949
as Lin Sloane
A former outlaw goes straight and is determined to catch and tame a wild stallion. Western.

Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949
as George Morton
A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.

All My Sons
1948
as George Deever
During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him whe...

The Naked City
1948
as Frank Niles
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

Brute Force
1947
as Robert 'Soldier' Becker
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of e...

Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
as Narrator
Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced during World War II depicting the United States' new enemy: Japan.