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Dan Curtis
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American director and producer of television and film (1927–2006)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Come Outside and Play
- What's Your Favorite Animal?
- Monsters in My Closet
- First Notes
- Business Tips for Personal Historians
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Film & TV
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Daniel Mayer Cherkoss (August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006), known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American director and producer of television and film, best known for creating the horror soap Dark Shadows. Dark Shadows ran from 1966 to 1971 for a record-setting 1,225 episodes. Curtis also produced the 1991 revival, which was canceled after twelve episodes due to low ratings. He also served as…
Known for
- Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust — Self2004
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
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- Listeners
- 783
- Total plays
- 2,683
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bridgeport
- Place of death
- Brentwood
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Syracuse University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1927-08-12
- date of death
- 2006-03-27
- manner of death
- natural causes
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Dan Curtis
- place of burial
- Eden Memorial Park
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