HOWARD DUFF - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 1976 CO-SIGNED BY: EDWARD PENN - HFSID 74567

HOWARD DUFF and ED PENN
The two actors sign on their respective sides, giving their best wishes to a fan
Autograph note signed: "Best Regards/Dave,/Howard Duff", on verso: "Best Wishes/to you, Dave/Ed Penn", 4¾x4. HOWARD DUFF (1913-1990), an army radio broadcaster during World War II, played detective Sam Spade on a radio series from 1946 to 1950. His movie career started well in a series of powerful films of the late 1940s: Brute Force, Naked City and All My Sons. He was adept at playing tough guys with a vulnerable spot. Duff met actress Ida Lupino on the set of Woman in Hiding (1950), and they married the following year. The couple had their own TV comedy series, Mr. Adams and Eve (1957-1958), which included an hour-long linked episode with I Love Lucy (the couples on vacation together). Duff starred in his own short-lived series Dante (1960), and co-starred in Felony Squad (1966). He was a frequent TV guest star, including appearances on Bonanza and Twilight Zone. He had recurring roles on the prime time soaps Flamingo Road and Knot's Landing in the 1980s. He was Dustin Hoffman's attorney in Kramer vs Kramer (1979). EDWARD PENN (b. 1926) played supporting roles in two Broadway musicals of the 1970s. He was in his fifties before finding a niche as a TV actor, but he was seen frequently by American viewers during the 1980s and early 1990s, mostly on sitcoms but with two appearances on Murder, She Wrote, and another on Star Trek: the Next Generation. Pencil notes (unknown hand). Right edge heavily worn and torn. Soiled and stained from pencil. Otherwise, fine condition.