Douglas Dick, who starred in such films as Rope, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and John Huston's The Red Badge of Courage before exiting show business to work as a psychologist, has died. He was 95.
Douglas Dick in his movie debut, "The Searching Wind," from 1946. Courtesy of Photofest
The actor died Dec. 19 in his sleep in his Los Angeles home, his family announced.
Dick played the indecisive dinner guest Kenneth Lawrence in Rope (1948), the first of Hitchcock's Technicolor movies. The crime drama takes place in one room and is edited so as to appear as one continuous shot.
Dick played a major in Mark Robson's Home of the Brave (1949) and a lieutenant in The Red Badge of Courage (1951). His film résumé also includes Saigon (1948) and The Iron Mistress (1952), both opposite Alan Ladd; The Accused (1949), with Loretta Young; George Stevens' Something to Live For (1952); and Flaming Star (1960), starring Elvis Presley and Barbara Eden.
After a busy decade on the big screen, the West Virginia native turned to television and starred as the son of a tugboat captain in the 1954-55 syndicated drama Waterfront. Dick appeared on dozens of TV shows, including Whirlybirds, 77 Sunset Strip, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Perry Mason and Mannix.