Curt started acting at Oregon State University, receiving best actor awards in 1965 (as Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons) and 1968 (as Jack Absolute in The Rivals.)

An alumnus of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Curt began acting in Portland in 1972. He has played "Doc" in Come Back Little Sheba, Governor Danforth in The Crucible, Prospero in The Tempest, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, and 30-odd other roles. Included, this century, are his work as James Tyrone, Sr. in Long Day's Journey Into Night, as Henri de L'Enclos in William S. Gregory's Child of Pleasure, Professor Faber in Fahrenheit 451, King Pellinore in Camelot, and most recently, as Baron VanSwieten in Amadeus.

A member of the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA, Curt has acted in several supporting roles in made-for-TV films; an NBC mini-series, Dead by Sunset; the USA channel's sci-fi opus, Home-wrecker; and as Mr. Perkins, in the Warner Bros./Amblin feature production of The Goonies. (Not to mention his work in numerous commercials, training videos and voice-overs.)

Curt has also worked with the Willamette Radio Workshop and, in 2004, appeared in WRW's Halloween production of "Frankenstein." He has also appeared in three (so far!) staged readings presented at the Blackfish Gallery by the Reader's Theatre Repertory.