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===Television=== Duryea starred as the lead character China Smith in the [[television series]] ''[[China Smith]]'' from 1952 to 1953 and ''The New Adventures of China Smith'' from 1954 to 1956. He later guest-starred as Roy Budinger, the self-educated mastermind of a criminal ring dealing in silver bullion, in the episode "Terror Town" on October 18, 1958, of [[NBC]]'s [[Western (genre)|western]] series ''[[Cimarron City (TV series)|Cimarron City]]''. On season 1, episode 15 of ''[[Wagon Train]]'', he guest-starred as the title character in "The Cliff Grundy Story" (December 1957). He reappeared as Cliff, saving Robert Horton's Flint McCullough from being "Shanghaied" in S1 E39 "The Sacramento Story" which aired 6/24/1958. In 1959, Duryea appeared as an alcoholic [[gunfighter]] in the third episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'', "[[Mr. Denton on Doomsday]]". He guest starred on NBC's [[anthology series]] ''[[The Barbara Stanwyck Show]]'' and appeared in an episode of ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' in 1959, "Incident Of The Executioner." On September 15, 1959, Duryea guest-starred as the outlaw Bud Carlin in the episode "Stage Stop", the premiere of NBC's ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'' western series. Duryea appeared again as Luke Gregg on ''Laramie'' on October 25, 1960, in the episode "The Long Riders". Duryea also put in a great comic performance in ''[[List of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episodes|The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' in an episode called "Three Wives Too Many" (1964). Three weeks later, on November 16, 1960, Duryea played a mentally unstable pioneer obsessed by demons and superstitions in "The Bleymier Story" of NBC's ''[[Wagon Train]]''. [[Elen Willard]] played his daughter; [[James Drury]], his daughter's suitor. Duryea was cast twice in 1960 as Captain Brad Turner in consecutive episodes of the NBC western series ''[[Riverboat (TV series)|Riverboat]]''. He spoofed his tough-guy image in a comedy sketch about a robbery on the Dec. 4, 1960 episode of ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''. Dan also guest starred in a 1962 episode of ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' TV western series as Marshal Blake opposite [[Dale Robertson]]. In 1963, Duryea portrayed Dr. Ben Lorrigan on NBC's medical drama, ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]''. In 1967, a television version of ''[[Winchester '73]]'' was released in which Duryea played the part of Bart McAdam, an uncle to Lin and Dakin McAdam. A notable co-star in the film was [[John Saxon]] (Dakin McAdam). From 1967 to 1968, he appeared in a recurring role as Eddie Jacks on the [[soap opera]] ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]''.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/people/dan-duryea/ "Dan Duryea."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104172853/http://www.tv.com/people/dan-duryea/ |date=November 4, 2012 }} ''TV.com.'' Retrieved: May 14, 2013.]</ref>
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