Dan Riss


Biography

Dan Riss was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Riss kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Pinky" (1949), "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" (1950) and the drama "Panic in the Streets" (1950) with Richard Widmark. He also appeared in the Alan Ladd crime feature "Appointment With Danger" (1951), the Van Johnson drama "Go For Broke" (1951) and the Mark Stevens crim...

Biography

Dan Riss was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Riss kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Pinky" (1949), "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" (1950) and the drama "Panic in the Streets" (1950) with Richard Widmark. He also appeared in the Alan Ladd crime feature "Appointment With Danger" (1951), the Van Johnson drama "Go For Broke" (1951) and the Mark Stevens crime picture "Little Egypt" (1951). He kept working in film throughout the fifties, starring in the Humphrey Bogart crime flick "The Enforcer" (1951), the James Stewart biopic "Carbine Williams" (1952) and "Operation Secret" (1952). He also appeared in the drama "Scarlet Angel" (1952) with Yvonne De Carlo, the drama "Washington Story" (1952) with Van Johnson and the Edmond O'Brien crime feature "Man in the Dark" (1953). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "The Girl Who Had Everything" (1953) with Elizabeth Taylor, "Vice Squad" (1953) with Edward G Robinson and "Human Desire" (1954) with Glenn Ford. He also appeared in the western "The Yellow Tomahawk" (1954) with Rory Calhoun, the western "Three Young Texans" (1954) with Mitzi Gaynor and the historical feature "Badman's Country" (1958) with George Montgomery. Riss last acted in the drama "The Story on Page One" (1960) with Rita Hayworth. Riss passed away in August 1970 at the age of 60.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
Baxter
The Story on Page One (1959)
Court clerk
Al Capone (1959)
Radio announcer's voice
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
Naval officer
Badman's Country (1958)
Marshal McAfee
Kelly and Me (1957)
Stu Baker
Man on Fire (1957)
Mack
Johnny Concho (1956)
Judge Tyler
The Price of Fear (1956)
Jim Walsh
Executive Suite (1954)
City editor
The Yellow Tomahawk (1954)
Sergeant Bandini
The Miami Story (1954)
Frank Alton
Human Desire (1954)
Prosecuter Gruber
Riders to the Stars (1954)
Dr. Warner
Three Young Texans (1954)
Sheriff Dan Carter
The Atomic Kid (1954)
Jim
Man in the Dark (1953)
Jawald
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
Counsel
Vice Squad (1953)
Lt. Bob Imlay
Carbine Williams (1952)
Jesse Rimmer
Operation Secret (1952)
Sergeant
Scarlet Angel (1952)
Walter Frisby
Confidence Girl (1952)
Lt. Fenton
Talk About a Stranger (1952)
Mr. Taylor
Washington Story (1952)
Bill Holmby
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Editor Kirney
The Enforcer (1951)
Mayor
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Reporter
Go for Broke! (1951)
Capt. Solari
Little Egypt (1951)
Prosecutor
Only the Valiant (1951)
Lt. Jerry Winters
Appointment with Danger (1951)
Maury Ahearn
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
Skrip
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Neff
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
District Attorney
Wyoming Mail (1950)
George Armstrong
Love That Brute (1950)
District Attorney
Two Lost Worlds (1950)
Narrator
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
General Adams
Pinky (1949)
Stanley
Arctic Fury (1949)
Narrator

Cast (Short)

The Screen Writer (1950)

Life Events

Bibliography