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Michael Curtiz (1886–1962)

Director | Producer | Actor

Curtiz began acting in and then directing films in his native Hungary in 1912. After WWI, he continued his filmmaking career in Austria and Germany and into the early 1920s when he directed films in other countries in Europe. Moving to the US in 1926, he started making films in Hollywood for Warner Bros... See full bio »

Born:

Manó Kertész Kaminer
in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)

Died:

(age 75) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1961 The Comancheros
 
1961 Francis of Assisi
 
1960 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
 
1960 A Breath of Scandal
 
1959 The Man in the Net
 
1959 The Hangman
 
1958 King Creole
 
1958 The Proud Rebel
 
1957 The Helen Morgan Story
 
1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free
 
1956 The Vagabond King
 
1956 The Scarlet Hour
 
1955 We're No Angels
 
1954 White Christmas
 
1954 The Egyptian
 
1954 The Boy from Oklahoma
 
1953 Trouble Along the Way
 
1952 The Jazz Singer
 
1952 The Story of Will Rogers
 
1951 I'll See You in My Dreams
 
1951 Jim Thorpe -- All-American
 
1951 Force of Arms
 
1950 The Breaking Point
 
1950 Bright Leaf
 
1950 Young Man with a Horn
 
1949 The Lady Takes a Sailor
 
1949 Flamingo Road
 
1949 My Dream Is Yours
 
1948 Romance on the High Seas
 
1947 The Unsuspected
 
1947 Life with Father
 
1946 Night and Day
 
1945 Mildred Pierce
 
1945 Roughly Speaking
 
1944 Janie
 
1944 Passage to Marseille
 
1943 This Is the Army
 
1943 Mission to Moscow
 
1942 Casablanca
 
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy
 
1942 Captains of the Clouds
 
1941 Dive Bomber
 
1941 The Sea Wolf
 
1940 Santa Fe Trail
 
1940 The Sea Hawk
 
1940 Virginia City
 
1939 Four Wives
 
1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
 
1939 Daughters Courageous
 
1939 Sons of Liberty (short)
 
1939 Dodge City
 
1939 Blackwell's Island (uncredited)
 
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces
 
1938 Four Daughters
 
1938 Four's a Crowd
 
1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood
 
1938 Gold Is Where You Find It
 
1937 The Perfect Specimen
 
1937 Kid Galahad
 
1937 Mountain Justice
 
1937 Marked Woman (uncredited)
 
1937 Stolen Holiday
 
1937 Black Legion (uncredited)
 
1936 The Charge of the Light Brigade
 
1936 Anthony Adverse (uncredited)
 
1936 The Walking Dead
 
1935 Captain Blood
 
1935 Little Big Shot
 
1935 Front Page Woman
 
1935 Go Into Your Dance (uncredited)
 
1935 The Case of the Curious Bride
 
1935 Black Fury
 
1934 British Agent
 
1934 The Key
 
1934 Jimmy the Gent
 
1934 Mandalay
 
1933 From Headquarters (uncredited)
 
1933 Female
 
1933 The Kennel Murder Case
 
1933 Goodbye Again
 
1933 The Mayor of Hell (uncredited)
 
1933 Private Detective 62
 
1933 The Keyhole
 
1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum
 
1932 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
 
1932 The Cabin in the Cotton
 
1932 Doctor X
 
1932 The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
 
1932 Alias the Doctor
 
1932 The Woman from Monte Carlo
 
1931 The Mad Genius
 
1931 God's Gift to Women
 
1931 Dämon des Meeres
 
1930 A Soldier's Plaything
 
1930 River's End
 
1930 Bright Lights
 
1930 The Matrimonial Bed
 
1930 Under a Texas Moon
 
1930 Mammy
 
1929 Hearts in Exile
 
1929 The Gamblers
 
1929 Madonna of Avenue A
 
1929 Glad Rag Doll
 
1928 Noah's Ark
 
1928 Tenderloin
 
1927 Good Time Charley
 
1927 The Desired Woman
 
1927 A Million Bid
 
1926 The Third Degree
 
1926 Der goldene Schmetterling (as Michael Kertesz)
 
1926 Fiaker Nr. 13 (as Michael Kertész)
 
1925 Das Spielzeug von Paris (as Michael Kertesz)
 
1924 Die Sklavenkönigin (as Michael Kertész)
 
1924 Harun al Raschid (as Michael Kertész)
 
1924 Ein Spiel ums Leben
 
1924 General Babka
 
1923 Nameless (as Michael Kertész)
 
1923 Die Lawine (as Michael Kertesz)
 
1923 Der junge Medardus (as Michael Kertész)
 
1922 Sodom und Gomorrha (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1921 Labyrinth of Horror (as Mihaly Kertesz)
 
1921 Mrs. Dane's Confession (as Michael Kertesz)
 
1921 Good and Evil (as Michael Kertesz)
 
1921 Mrs. Tutti Frutti (as Michael Kertész)
 
1920 Die Gottesgeisel (as Michael Kertesz)
 
1920 Der Stern von Damaskus (as Michael Kertesz)
 
1920 Boccaccio (as Michael Kertesz)
 
1919 Die Dame mit dem schwarzen Handschuh (as Michael Kertesz)
 
1919 Jön az öcsém (short) (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1919 Liliom (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1918 The Sunflower Woman (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1918 99 (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1918 The Ugly Boy (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1918 Alraune (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1918 A skorpió I. (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1918 A víg özvegy (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1918 The Devil (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1918 Júdás (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1918 Lu, the Coquette (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1918 Lulu
 
1918 Magic Waltz (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1917 The Red Samson (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1917 Tatárjárás (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1917 The Charlatan (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1917 Peace's Road (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1917 Earth's Man (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1917 Jean the Tenant (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1917 Nobody's Son (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1917 Secret of St. Job Forest (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1917 Az ezredes (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1917 The Last Dawn (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1917 A Penny's History (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1917 The Fishing Bell (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1917 Tavasz a télben (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1917 Master Zoard (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1916 The Black Rainbow (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1916 The Karthauzer
 
1916 The Strength of the Fatherland (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1916 The Medic (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1916 Mr. Doctor (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1916 The Wolf (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1916 Seven of Spades (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1915 The Exile (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1915 One Who Is Loved by Two (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1914 The Princess in a Nightrobe (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1914 Golddigger (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1914 The Borrowed Babies (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1914 Prisoner of the Night (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1914 Bánk Bán (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1913 Captive Souls (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1913 The Last Bohemian (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1913 My Husband's Getting Married (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1912 Today and Tomorrow (as Kertész Mihály)
 
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1956 The Scarlet Hour (producer)
 
1949 Flamingo Road (executive producer)
 
1949 My Dream Is Yours (executive producer)
 
1948 Romance on the High Seas (producer)
 
1947 The Unsuspected (producer)
 
1935 Bright Lights (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (6 titles)
1949 It's a Great Feeling
Michael Curtiz (uncredited)
 
1916 The Medic (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1915 One Who Is Loved by Two
 
1914 Prisoner of the Night (as Kertész Mihály)
 
1913 Atlantis
Hans Fuellenberg, Friedrich's college pal (as Mihály Kertész)
 
1912 Today and Tomorrow
Arisztid (as Kertész Mihály)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1922 Sodom und Gomorrha
 
1921 Drakula halála (as Kertész Mihály)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1944 Roaring Guns (short) (director: archive footage - uncredited)
 
Show ShowCostume Designer (1 title)
1913 Atlantis (assistant director)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 Evocator (grateful acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.49 (1954) … Himself
 
1954 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Danny Thomas (1954) … Himself
 
1951 The Screen Director (documentary short)
Himself (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
 
1943 Show-Business at War (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2008 Crawford at Warners (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part I: 1956-1961 (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 John Ford Goes to War (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Michael Courtice | Michael Kertesz | Mihaly Kertesz | Michael Kertész | Mihály Kertész | Kertész Mihály

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on Cary Grant] Some actors squeeze a line to death. Cary tickles it into life. See more »

Trivia:

After Nunnally Johnson bowed out, 20th Century Fox started negotiations with Curtiz to direct the Elvis Presley film Flaming Star, but the job was later taken by Don Siegel. Curtiz had previously directed Presley in King Creole and was originally set to direct him again in G.I. Blues. See more »

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Star Sign:

Capricorn