David Dukes

Age: 55 (passed away Oct. 9th, 2000)
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Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Born: Jun. 6th, 1945

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David Dukes' Main TV Roles

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

His wife, Carol Muske, wrote a book titled Life after Death, where a woman upset at her husband for leaving her and child says to him "Why don't you just die?". The next day he dies of a heart attack on a tennis court. Shortly after the book was completed, David Dukes went to play tennis and died of a heart attack.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1980 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for 'Martin Sherman (I)' (qv)'s "Bent."
He was nominated for a 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Design for Living" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Received numerous death threats after he played a character who tried to rape Edith Bunker in _"All in the Family" (1971)_ (qv) "Edith's 50th Birthday, Part One" (episode 8.5) 10/16/1977.
Was 'Rob Reiner' (qv)'s first choice to play the adult Gordy LaChance, the narrator of _Stand by Me (1986)_ (qv), before being replaced by 'Richard Dreyfuss' (qv). In the first long shot of the adult Gordie, you can still see that it is Dukes, not Dreyfuss, sitting in the car. The story is about the character's first experiences with death. Ironically, Dukes died while appearing in another Stephen King adaptation.
He collapsed and died whilst in Washington to film _"Rose Red" (2002)_ (qv).

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