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Dan Duryea

American actor (1907–1968)

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Born
January 23, 1907
Died
June 7, 1968
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1907

About Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea ( DUR-ee-ay, January 23, 1907 – June 7, 1968) was an American actor in film, stage, and television. Known for portraying villains, he had a long career in a variety of leading and secondary roles. While at Cornell, Duryea was elected into the Sphinx Head Society, Cornell's oldest senior honor society. The Name Below the Title: 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.). Because his parents did not approve of his choice of an acting career, Duryea became an advertising executive.

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The world when Dan Duryea was born

Dan Duryea was born in 1907. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1907

  • Best-selling book"The Lady of the Decoration" – Frances Little

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win first of back-to-back World Series titles
  • Top headlinePanic of 1907 — financial crisis leads to Federal Reserve creation
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial helicopter design
  • World population~1.67B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population86.0M

1907 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Dan Duryea's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19072026
Population86.0M341 million

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