Published 10/11/2023 11:56:22 p.m.

Dick Curtis Dies: Jonathan Winters Straight Man, ‘Motel Hell’ Actor Was 95

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Curtis' varied career spanned song and dance, nightclubs, TV, Movies, commercials, producing for PM magazine, and cutting two records albums. He was perhaps best known to TV viewers as the straight man to Jonathan Winters on his eponymous CBS series. Curtis also starred with James Garner in the film Support Your Local Gunfighter, and made his final film appearance in the 1980 cult classic horror pic Motel Hell.

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Dick Curtis Dies: Jonathan Winters Straight Man, ‘Motel Hell’ Actor Was 95

Dick Curtis, a veteran comedian and character actor, died September 16 in Los Angeles of heart failure at the VA hospital in Westwood. He was 95 and his death was confirmed by longtime friend and TV writer Paul Jackson. Curtis’s varied career spanned song and dance, nightclubs, TV, Movies, commercials, producing for PM magazine, and […]

10/11/2023 11:56:22 p.m.·Los Angeles, United States

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