Dan Curtis

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Dan Curtis
Birth name:	Daniel Mayer Cherkoss
Aliases:	R. Daniel Curtis
Gender:	Male
Medium(s):	Film; Television
Roles:	Executive producer; Producer; Director; Writer
Date of birth:	August 12th, 1927
Place of birth:	Bridgeport, Connecticut
Date of death:	March 27th, 2006
Place of death:	Brentwood, California
Notable works:	Dark Shadows Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1st Horror:	Dark Shadows: 1

Dan Curtis (August 12th, 1927 - March 27th, 2006) was the series creator and executive producer of the original Dark Shadows television series. He adapted a popular storyline from the series into the 1970 feature-length film, House of Dark Shadows. He then produced a quasi-sequel film called Night of Dark Shadows, which included a brand new storyline never before used in the series (although it did reinvent notable characters from the series such as Quentin Collins and Gerard Stiles.

Curtis went on to direct two more horror films. In 1973, he revisited his vampire roots by tackling another remake of Bram Stoker's classic Dracula. That same year, he produced a television version of Frankenstein. Three years later he directed the 1976 film Burnt Offerings.

Curtis passed away twenty days after mourning the loss of his wife Norma on March 7th, 2006.

Body of work[]

Film	Year	Role
House of Dark Shadows	1970	Director; Producer
Night of Dark Shadows	1971	Director; Producer
Dracula	1984	Director; Producer
Frankenstein	1973	Producer
The Night Strangler	1973	Director
Burnt Offerings	1976	Director

Dark Shadows episodes[]

Incomplete

Original series[]

Dark Shadows: 460 (director)

Revival series[]

As a consulting producer[]

Night Stalker[]

Notes & Trivia[]

Dan Curtis' daughter, Tracy Curtis, worked on the 2012 film version of Dark Shadows and was an executive producer on Dark Shadows: Reincarnation.

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