In 1959, Daffy appeared in " China Jones " ( a parody of a television series of the day, China Smith, starring Dan Duryea ) in which he was an Irish private eye with an Irish accent instead of the usual lisp.

Duryea, Pennsylvania, which had experienced similar flooding as the result of Hurricane Agnes in 1972, sought a town similar in size and demographics to " adopt " and help rebuild after the devastation wrought by the largest natural disaster in the history of the town.

Map including the names of the two major walks ( Bayview and Lewis ), which are generally parallel to the beach, and sixteen minor walks ( Ivy, Sumner, Maryland, Aeon, Gerard, Greene, Duryea, Doctors, Main, Ocean, Holly, Surf, Beach, Sea, East, and West ), which are generally perpendicular to the beach.

Cherry Grove is accessible via two major walks ( Bayview and Lewis ), which are generally parallel to the beach, and sixteen minor walks ( Ivy, Sumner, Maryland, Aeon, Gerard, Greene, Duryea, Doctors, Main, Ocean, Holly, Surf, Beach, Sea, East, and West ), which are generally perpendicular to the beach.

There were six fare zones, one of which was the Duryea Farm at Melville.

The Blue Mountain Region Sports Car Club of America hosts the Duryea Hill Climb, the longest in the Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association series, which follows the same route the automaker used to test his cars.

In 2011, the borough received national attention for its role in the landmark Supreme Court case Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, in which the court stated that " a government employer's allegedly retaliatory actions against an employee do not give rise to liability under the Petition Clause unless the employee's petition relates to a matter of public concern.

Also in 2000, Wilson released a CD entitled, I Am Changing, which was released on Duryea Entertainment.

Undaunted, Charles Duryea designed a new automobile with significant design innovations, including a two-cylinder, air-cooled engine, which he named the " Buggyaut.

Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles in Boyertown, Pennsylvania hosts an annual Duryea Day Antique and Classic Car Show, which features an extensive collection of automobiles manufactured in southeastern Pennsylvania in the early 20th century.

Since 1951, the SCCA has sponsored a biannual " Duryea Hillclimb " race in Reading which traces Charles ' original test route.

A number of guest stars appeared in the series for extended periods, among them Dan Duryea, Susan Oliver, Leslie Nielsen, Gena Rowlands, and Lee Grant, who won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama for her role of tough-as-nails Stella Chernak.

* Dan Duryea made seven appearances on the series, having played a mentally unstable man obsessed by demons and superstitions in " The Bleymier Story ", broadcast November 16, 1960, eleven days after the death of Ward Bond.

Many of leading names in stage and film appeared in the series, most in the roles they made famous on the screen, including Abbott and Costello, Jean Arthur, Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Charles Boyer, James Cagney, Claudette Colbert, Ronald Colman, Gary Cooper, Joseph Cotten, Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, Bette Davis, Dan Duryea, Frances Farmer, Errol Flynn, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Greer Garson, Janet Gaynor, Cary Grant, Lillian Gish, Charlton Heston, Bob Hope, Vivien Leigh, Ida Lupino, Fredric March, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Muni, Vincent Price, Donna Reed, Ginger Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, Ann Sothern, Barbara Stanwyck, James Stewart, Shirley Temple, Gene Tierney, Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, John Wayne, Jane Wyman, Orson Welles, Loretta Young and Robert Young.

Duryea starred as the lead character China Smith in the television series China Smith from 1952 to 1956 ; and The New Adventures of China Smith from 1953 to 1954.

Duryea guest starred as Roy Budinger, the self-educated mastermind of a crime ring dealing in silver bullion, in the episode " Terror Town " ( October 18, 1958 ) of NBC's western series Cimarron City.

The part of Humphrey was played by Edwin Duryea, an actor, singer and dancer whose human identity was never revealed.

He was buried next to Etta Duryea Johnson at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.

In 1921 the Perkisons sold all the land east of Duryea Walk to Lone Hill, and then divided what was left, into 109 building lots.

Duryea was incorporated as a borough in 1891.

One of the first settlers was Zebulon Marcy, from whom Marcy Township, now Duryea borough, got its name.

Duryea Borough was named in honor of Hiram Duryea, an American Civil War general and owner of extensive tracts of land in sections of the country.

It was the practice of this railroad to name its section stops after officials of the line, hence the name of Duryea.

Duryea was once fiercely independent.

Chris is unaware that the attacker was Johnny ( Dan Duryea ), Kitty's brutish boyfriend, and sees her safely to her apartment building.

The first push to popularize his work was done by Charles Duryea, a fellow inventor who produced the first gasoline engine in America around 1890.

Originally named Islip Airport, at the suggestion of Charles H. Duryea, a local elected official, the airport was renamed MacArthur Airport, after General Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army.

In 1978, he was challenged for re-election by State Assembly Minority Leader and former Assembly Speaker Perry Duryea.

Contrary to previous estate publications, Vanderbilt was an early and ardent driver ; documents show he " upgraded " to the ' 13 Duryea ( from the previous year's model ) because the newer car featured electric lamps ( as opposed to oils ).

The American was an American automobile designed by Frank Duryea and manufactured by the American Automobile Company of New York City in 1899.

The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, established in 1895 in Springfield, Massachusetts, was the first American firm to build gasoline automobiles.

" By March 1902, after overcoming difficulties procuring factory space, and a devastating flood of the Schuylkill River, Duryea was manufacturing one three-wheel, three-cylinder, gasoline powered automobile each week.

The name " Mr. Dingle " ( originally intended for the Dan Duryea character ) would be used by Serling for a future episode, with Burgess Meredith playing the eponymous character.

The Duryea Motor Wagon Company once had a production facility nearby ( the reason for the aforementioned visit by Teddy Roosevelt ).

Like many of the surrounding towns ( Pittston, Hughestown, Old Forge ), Duryea lost population when the need for deep-mined coal diminished.

By 1901, Duryea and Sternbergh incorporated the Duryea Power Company " for the manufacture of iron, steel, bath, any metal or wood or both, including automobiles, motors, propellers, and part of either.

In 1916, eight years after Henry Ford introduced his Model T, Duryea made another attempt to produce his own " car for the people.

Patent drawing for the Duryea Road Vehicle, 1895

He starred with Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore, Dan Duryea and Yvette Mimieux in the film Platinum High School for MGM.

After Frank won, demand grew for the Duryea Motor Wagon.

Dan Duryea ( January 23, 1907 – June 7, 1968 ) was an American actor, known for roles in film, stage and television.

When interviewed by Hedda Hopper in the early 1950s, Duryea spoke of career goals and his preparation for roles: " Well, first of all, let's set the stage or goal I set for myself when I decided to become an actor ... not just ' an actor ', but a successful one.

Duryea was married for thirty-five years to his wife, Helen, until her death in January 1967.

Too Late for Tears is a black-and-white film noir directed by Byron Haskin, starring Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea, and first released in 1949.

The husky-voiced winsome smiling Lizabeth Scott turns in a finely tuned performance as the femme fatale ; while Dan Duryea is in his element as the alcoholic weak-kneed cad, who shows he doesn't have as much stomach for his criminal mischief as does his lady accomplice.