Dan Curtis
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R. Daniel Curtis (August 12, 1928 – March 27, 2006) was an American director and producer of television and film, probably best known for the afternoon TV series Dark Shadows, which originally aired from 1966 to 1971 and has aired in syndication for the last thirty years.
His series of macabre films include The Night Stalker (which inspired the series Kolchak: The Night Stalker), Intruders, The Night Strangler, House of Dark Shadows, Night of Dark Shadows, Burnt Offerings, Trilogy of Terror and others. He worked frequently with sci-fi/horror writer Richard Matheson.
His miniseries The Winds of War was nominated for four Emmy Awards.
He died of brain cancer on March 27, 2006, twenty days after the death of his wife Norma.
