Craig Curtis

Craig Curtis is an American actor, producer and filmmaker.

Curtis was first introduced to show business as a 14-year-old runaway with the circus. He traveled throughout the country by train as a roustabout with Ringling Brothers, Clyde Beatty and Rudy Brothers circuses. Circus life was rough for roustabouts and laborers, and this helped Curtis develop a ‘tough-guy’ attitude that later prepared him for ‘bad-boy’ actor roles. He next traveled the race track circuit and worked with thoroughbred horses. He already had an affinity for horses, having learned to ride bareback growing up in the Adirondack Mountains. Curtis then moved to New York City, where he modeled for a major modeling agency, which booked him for commercials and photographic assignments, portraying him as a young all-American teenager.

While in New York City, Curtis sold his life story about his circus and race track experiences to help pay his way through New York acting schools. He studied with Herbert Berghoff, Lee Strasberg [private class], the Neighborhood Playhouse, Mary Welsh, John Stix and Don Richardson. Later, he moved to Hollywood, California, and studied acting with Robert Gist, Charles Conrad, Eric Morris, Nick Colosanto, Alfred Ryder and Stella Adler.

University of California at Los Angeles [UCLA] – Curtis shot his first film as a student at UCLA, a 16mm nostalgic piece using Ford’s Model A’s & Model T’s. He was awarded a producing internship on the Happy Days television show.

University of Southern California [USC] – Curtis earned a BA and a MFA [Master of Fine Arts] in Film Production from USC. He was awarded a CBS scholarship. He also worked as a TA for Film Directing and Cinematography at USC, as well as a TA in Film Production at the USC Universal Studios Summer Program. While at USC, he attended the Actor’s Studio West’s Writer/Director unit.

Film

• A Time for Killing, [Bagnef], aka The Long Ride Home [UK]
• Death Wish 4: The Crackdown [White’s Chauffeur]
• Sunrise at Campobello [Newsboy-uncredited]
• The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid [Chadwell]
• The New Interns [Mac-uncredited]
• Delirium [Dr. Montgomery]

Television

New York

• Armstrong Circle Theatre
• Deadline [guest lead] – Syndicated
• Tallahassee 7000 [lead role] – Syndicated
• The Verdict Is Yours [re-occurring lead role] – CBS live tv

Los Angeles

• 77 Sunset Strip, "Stranger Than Fiction", Episode #2.29 [Joey] – ABC
• Adam 12, Log 91, You’re Not the First Guy’s Had The Problem, Episode #1.5 [Frank Spohr] – NBC
• Adam 12, Log 124, Airport, Episode #2.18 [Gerald Rogers] – NBC
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Woman Who Wanted To Live [Rook] – NBC
• Bonanza, Gallagher’s Sons - Western, Episode, #4.11 [Tully] – NBC
• Bonanza, The Reluctant Rebel - Western, Episode, #7.11 [Sport] – NBC
• Bourbon Street Beat, Deadly Persuasion, Episode, #1.31 [Ben Smith] – ABC
• Combat!, Ask Me No Questions, Episode, #4.22 [Pvt. Beecher] – ABC
• Emergency!, An English Visitor, Episode, #3.4 [Nick, driver of overturned truck] – NBC
• General Hospital, original cast – regular, [Eddie Weeks] – ABC
• Gunsmoke, Deadman Law - Western, Episode, #13.17 [Sonny] – CBS
• Hank, My Fair Co-ed, Episode, #1.13 [Randall] – NBC
• My Favorite Martian, Horse and Buggy Martin, Episode #3.29 [Arnold O’Reilly] – CBS
• My Three Sons, The Ugly Duckling, Episode #2.40 [Charlie Willard] – ABC
• O’Hara - US Treasury, "Operation: Mr. Felix", Episode #1.20 [the prize fighter] - CBS]]
• Outlaws, The Little Colonel - Western, Episode #1.25 [Ben] – NBC
• Paradise Bay, re-occurring role, [Chuck Lucas] – NBC
• Peyton Place, [re-occurring role] – ABC
• Ripcord, Airborne [Gordon Cox] – Syndicated ZIV
• Saints and Sinners, A Taste of Evil, Episode #1.13 [Chickie Riordan] – NBC
• Stoney Burke, Kincaid –pilot [spinoff], Episode #1.28 [Tommy] – ABC
• Tate, The Reckoning - Western [Matty] – NBC
• The Clear Horizon, original cast – regular, [Greg Selby] – CBS
• The Fall Guy, Eight Ball [Fingerman] - ABC
• The Legend of Jesse James, Western, pilot and re-occurring role – ABC
• The Young Marrieds [re-occurring role] – ABC
• The Twilight Zone, "The New Exhibit", Episode #4.13[Sailor] – CBS

• ^ "Craig Curtis, Celebrity". TV Guide. Retrieved 27 March 2012. 
• ^ "Craig Curtis". AFI-Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 27 March 2012. 
• ^ "George Cukor Collection, Academy Foundation, Margaret Herrick Library, Beverly Hills, CA". Grace Lyons Agency. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012. 
• ^ Performers' Television Credits, 1948-2000. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. 2001. p. 662. ISBN 978-0786411726. 
• Encyclopedia Of Television Series, Pilots and Specials. New York, NY: New York Zoetrope. 1986. p. 167. ISBN 978-0918432698. 
• "Legend of Jesse James". UCLA Library - Film & Television Archives. Retrieved 5 April 2012.