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- Birth nameHoward Metcalf Curtis
- Howard Curtis was born on February 26, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Black Hole (1979), The Deer Hunter (1978) and Pajama Party (1964). He was married to Pepper Curtis. He died on September 2, 1979 in Lake Elsinore, California, USA.
- SpousePepper Curtis (divorced)
- Died skydiving, he was doing a benefit sky dive. He tried to save an amateur diver tangled in his parachute and the two went down together after the amateur diver panicked. Robert Wagner gave a eulogy at his funeral.
- As stunt double for Paul Newman, it is Curtis you see jumping off the high cliff into the river in the now famous scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, jumping off along with Mickey Gilbert, who was the stunt double for Robert Redford in this scene.
- Noted amateur collector of arms and armor. He wrote a book on antique helmets.
- Doubled for Robert Shaw and Charles Bronson.
- Father of Sonia Curtis
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