Howard Green Duff was a radio and stage performer before he began appearing in films in the late 1940s. He played Dashiell Hammett's private eye Sam Spade while a radio actor. Duff starred in "The Adventures of Sam Spade" on three different networks - ABC, CBS and NBC - from 1946 to 1950. In 1951 Steve Dunne took over the role of Sam Spade. Born in Bremerton, Washington, his first film role was as an inmate in "Brute Force". Wikipedia
Descriptive Summary Title: Howard Duff Collection Collection number: 282 Creator: Duff, Howard Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8489r0cj/?&query=howar...
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