Duke York

Duke York

Nacimiento : 1908-10-17,

Muerte : 1952-01-24

Historia

Duke York Jr. has a long resume as one of Hollywood's best stunt men. He is still often seen on TV today although audiences may not recognize him. He is most often seen today as the various "monsters" that confronted The Three Stooges during the 1940s, and as King Kala (wearing a bald cap) in the first Flash Gordon serial.

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Duke York

Películas

Spaceship To The Unknown
(scenes deleted) (archive footage) (as Duke York Jr.)
Spaceship to the Unknown is a condensed version of the original serial, compressing the original twelve episodes into an efficient 97 minute feature. Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) heads into space with brilliant scientist Dr. Zarkoff (Frank Shannon) and his sweetheart Dale Arden (Jean Rogers) in an effort to throw the planet Mongo off course; it is expected to crash into the Earth within a matter of days. However, once Flash and his crew arrive on Mongo, they have to deal with the supremely evil Ming the Merciless (Charles B. Middleton) and his wicked minions.
Northwest Territory
Dawson
Wilderness adventure starring Kirby Grant and Chinook.
Silver Canyon
Sergeant Laughlin
At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern guerillas disguised themselves as Union soldiers, the better to perform acts of sabotage in Utah. Autry plays a cavalry scout who goes after guerilla leader McQuarrie (Jim Davis).
Rogue River
Bowers
The story of Ownie Rodgers, the nephew of crooked Oregon police chief Joe Dandridge. A $70,000 windfall, bequeathed to Dandridge by a man he'd once framed on a bank robbery charge, unleashes innumerable family skeletons. Ownie is obliged to solve the long-ago bank job himself, and in so doing he discovers that his "faithful" girl friend Judy was in on the scheme.
Donde habita el peligro
Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
Una noche, el joven médico Jeff Cameron (Robert Mitchum) conoce a Margo (Faith Domergue), que ha ingresado en el hospital después de un intento de suicidio. Aunque se trata de una mujer casada, enseguida se enamoran y empiezan a verse. Accidentalmente, el marido de Margo es asesinado. Así las cosas, deciden irse juntos a México para eludir la acción de la Justicia.
Hit Parade of 1951
Cal
While raising cash to pay a debt, a Vegas gambler tricks a night club crooner there who looks like him to play him for a bit.The gambler's Latina girlfriend opens the eyes of the prissy crooner.
Winchester 73
Stunts
Dos jinetes llegan a Dodge City persiguiendo a un hombre. Es el Día de la Independencia, y la gente se arremolina en torno al premio del concurso de tiro, un rifle único: el Winchester 73. Lin McAdam, uno de los forasteros, gana el concurso y consigue el rifle, pero su contrincante Dutch Henry Brown se lo roba y huye. El rifle pasa a manos de un traficante de armas, luego a un jefe indio y más tarde a un forajido. Mientras tanto, continúa la persecución.
Winchester 73
Man (uncredited)
Dos jinetes llegan a Dodge City persiguiendo a un hombre. Es el Día de la Independencia, y la gente se arremolina en torno al premio del concurso de tiro, un rifle único: el Winchester 73. Lin McAdam, uno de los forasteros, gana el concurso y consigue el rifle, pero su contrincante Dutch Henry Brown se lo roba y huye. El rifle pasa a manos de un traficante de armas, luego a un jefe indio y más tarde a un forajido. Mientras tanto, continúa la persecución.
El pistolero
Stunts
Jimmie Ringo, un legendario pistolero, se siente tan viejo y cansado que está decidido a retirarse y llevar una vida más tranquila como granjero. Sin embargo, sus propósitos tropiezan con la incomprensión y la intolerancia de la sociedad. Aunque ya no será perseguido por la ley, la región está llena de jóvenes pistoleros que desean demostrar que son más rápidos que él para ocupar su lugar y heredar su fama.
El pistolero
Pete's Pal (uncredited)
Jimmie Ringo, un legendario pistolero, se siente tan viejo y cansado que está decidido a retirarse y llevar una vida más tranquila como granjero. Sin embargo, sus propósitos tropiezan con la incomprensión y la intolerancia de la sociedad. Aunque ya no será perseguido por la ley, la región está llena de jóvenes pistoleros que desean demostrar que son más rápidos que él para ocupar su lugar y heredar su fama.
Who Done It?
Nikko
The stooges are private detectives looking for a missing millionaire. They wander around the millionaire's spooky mansion confronting various crooks and a dangerous dame. The stooges vanquish the crooks (Shemp uses his "trusty shovel") and find the missing man.
Shivering Sherlocks
Angel
The stooges witness an armed robbery and are brought in by the cops as suspects. After passing a lie detector test, the boys are freed but are now the only ones who can identify the crooks. Meanwhile, their friend Gladys has inherited a house in the country and the boys go with her to inspect it so she won't be gypped when its sold. The house turns out to be the crook's hideout, and when they abduct Gladys, the stooges must rescue her.
Perdidos en un Harem
Jailer / Clerk (uncredited)
Dos torpes magos ayudan a un príncipe del Medio Oriente a recuperar su legítimo trono de su tío despótico.
Idle Roomers
Lupe the Wolf Man
The stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe', a wild wolfman who promptly escapes. The stooges try to capture the wolfman by playing music to calm him, but music makes the wolfman go berserk and soon the stooges are the ones trying to run away. The boys end up caught in an elevator with the wolfman who shoots them into the sky.
Crazy House
Dead End Character
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Stunts
Four youthful cadets are implicated in a series of murders, and must attempt to clear themselves of suspicion.
Higher Than a Kite
Sgt. Kelly
The stooges are auto mechanics working for the R.A.F. in England. After wrecking an officers car they need a place to hide, but their choice, a sewer pipe, turns out to a bomb which is dropped on the enemy. Finding themselves behind enemy lines, Moe and Curly disguise as German officers and Larry dresses as a seductive fraulein. While general Bommel chases after Larry, Moe and Curly steal the secret plans from the high command.
Abbott y Costello: ¿Quién mató a quién?
Attendant with the Coroner (uncredited)
Chick Larkin y Mervyn Milgrim trabajan en el mostrador de una estación de radio local. Su verdadera pasión, sin embargo, es llegar a ser escritores en el programa de misterio de la radio. Así asisten a una emisión del programa "Asesinato a medianoche" junto con uno de los escritores, Jimmy Turner y la productora, Jane Little. A poco de comenzar el espectáculo, el presidente de la cadena, el coronel JR Andrews es misteriosamente electrocutado. A resultas de ello Chick y Mervyn ven su gran oportunidad de llegar a escribir para la radio haciéndose pasar por detectives con el fin de resolver el crimen.
Panama Hattie
Bruno (uncredited)
Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
Jackass Mail
Rancher Seeing Baggot with Roan Horse
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
Los usurpadores
Miner (uncredited)
En Alaska, durante la Fiebre del Oro, un buscador es asediado por un empresario que tiene la ley de su lado. Pronto hace su aparición una cantante de cabaret que se convierte en objetivo amoroso de ambos.
Maisie Gets Her Man
Stagehand at Second Theatre (Uncredited)
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?
La última prueba
Stunt Coordinator
Un químico de la policía (Van Heflin) utiliza técnicas forenses para resolver asesinatos en una ciudad plagada de corrupción política y bandas criminales.
Alias Boston Blackie
Johnson - Policeman in Squad Car 29 (uncredited)
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.
Nazi Agent
Stunts
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
Nazi Agent
Sailor (uncredited)
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
La mujer del año
Football Player (uncredited)
Ésta es la primera película de la famosa pareja formada por Spencer Tracy y Katharine Hepburn. Él es un periodista deportivo, ella, una periodista política que necesita que le recuerden los placeres simples de la vida. Una inteligente comedia de lucha de sexos llena de química y encanto.
Sea Raiders
Pete - Whaler Crewman
A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
Sea Raiders
Stunts
A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
Texas
Wise Guy
1866. Recién terminada la guerra civil (1861-1865), dos antiguos combatientes vagan por Texas en busca de dinero, comida o trabajo. Pero lo único que encuentran son problemas. Primero se convierten en profesionales del boxeo, luego presencian el asalto a una diligencia, consiguen arrebatar el dinero a los ladrones y horas después están frente a un grupo de hombres que quieren ahorcarlos.
Mob Town
Burly Man (uncredited)
Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.
Los jinetes de la muerte
Stunts
The Saturday matinee crowd got two cowboy stars for the price of one in this lavishly budgeted western serial starring former singing cowboy Dick Foran and Buck Jones. The latter contributed deadpan humor to the proceedings, making Jones perhaps the highest paid B-western comedy relief in history. The two heroes defend the Death Valley borax miners from an outlaw gang headed by Wolf Reade. An extraordinarily strong cast -- for a serial, at least -- supported the stars, headed by Charles Bickford as Reade, Leo Carillo, Lon Chaney, Jr., and silent screen star Monte Blue. Leading lady Jeanne Kelly later changed her name to Jean Brooks and starred in the atmospheric RKO thriller The Seventh Victim (1943). Universal claimed to have spent $1 million on this serial and made sure to get their money's worth by endlessly recycling the action footage in serials and B-westerns for years to come.
La rueda de la fortuna
Doorman at Club Inferno (uncredited)
Lynn Hollister es un letrado que trata de averiguar lo que se oculta tras el asesinato de un amigo. Su principal sospechoso es Tom Cameron, pero Hollister pronto se enamorará de Sabra, la hija de éste.
Trail of the Vigilantes
Stunts
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Trail of the Vigilantes
Deputy Sheriff
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Little Men
Poker Player
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a swindler in cahoots with another crook called Willie the Fox. When the Plumfield School becomes in danger of foreclosure, the two con men cook up a scheme to save the home.
The Green Archer
Martel aka Harry Madison
Columbia's 12th serial of 57 total (following 1940's "Deadwood Dick" and ahead of 1941's "White Eagle") is another of director's James Horne's "classics" where he evidently figured that the same reactions that served him well in Laurel and Hardy films would work well in action serials where he has all hands, heroes and villains alike, doing some kind of over-the top "take", no matter the situation. This loose adaptation of an Edgar Wallace story finds Michael Bellamy (Kenne Duncan in his Kenneth Duncan period) inheriting Garr Castle, but his brother, Abel Bellamy (James Craven, as usual making Oil-Can Harry look smooth), has him imprisoned unjustly and moves into the castle himself. When Michael's wife, Elaine Bellamy (Dorothy Fay), fails to return after visiting Abel, her sister Valerie Howett (Iris Meredith), accompanied by their father,
Sky Murder
Enforcer at Cell Block Meeting
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway). Of course, the helpful and persistent Bartholomew is at his side--much to Nick's irritation. To further complicate things--and to make them still funnier--Joyce Compton is along for the ride too, as a delightfully brainless "detective" named Christine Cross.
Sendas siniestras
Tod Jackson es un joven abogado que llega a Kansas para visitar a sus amigos los Dalton. Una vez allí, averigua que la familia tiene graves problemas, pues una poderosa compañía está utilizando todo tipo de tretas para arrebatarles sus tierras. La situación llega a tal punto que consiguen convertir en proscritos a todos los miembros de la familia.
The Secret Seven
Joe Carpa
Scientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve a series of murders.
Terry and the Pirates
Leopard Man
Dr. Herbert Lee, an archaeologist seeking to decipher ancient Mara inscriptions, is aided by his son Terry, Terry's pal Pat Ryan, and Normandie Drake. Jungle pirate and warlord Fang (Dick Curtis) plots to kill The Dragon Lady, Queen of the Temple of Mara, and seize the treasures of her ancestors. Both Fang and The Dragon Lady have sworn death for any foreign intruders.
La Sombra
Henchman
La Sombra lucha contra un villano conocido como The Black Tiger, que tiene el poder de hacerse invisible y está tratando de conquistar el mundo con su rayo de la muerte.
Mercy Plane
Joe
Air-race champions "Speed" Leslie and Branda Fowler combine to open a very profitable airplane service that flies patients to other cities for special treatment. Gangsters soon move in and offer to take over, without an invitation.
Arizona
Townsman (uncredited)
Tom Destry, hijo de un legendario pacificador de la frontera, es un joven pacífico que rechaza todo tipo de violencia, por lo que es objeto de toda clase de burlas cuando recorre a caballo la ciudad de Bottleneck, el feudo personal de Kent. Las burlas aumentan cuando Destry nombra sheriff al borracho Wash Dimsdale. Esta actitud cambia cuando resulta que Destry, a pesar de odiar las armas, es un buen tirador. Mientras tanto, Frenchy, la cantante del saloon y novia de Kent, que se siente ofendida ante la indiferencia que Destry muestra hacia ella, jura poner en ridículo al nuevo sheriff.
Unión Pacífico
Railwayman (uncredited)
En 1862, durante la Guerra de Secesión, dos empresas rivales comienzan a construir la primera línea de ferrocarril transcontinental que enlace el Atlántico con el Pacífico. Al tiempo narra los amores entre la hija de uno de los ingenieros, Mollie Monahan (Barbara Stanwyck), el agente del gobierno encargado de la seguridad Jeff Butler (Joel McCrea) y el principal saboteador Dick Allen (Robert Preston).
A mí no me engaña nadie
Minor Role
El señor Whipsnade dirige un circo de mala muerte y vive abrumado por las deudas. Además, los artistas sólo le crean problemas, y sólo puede permitirse enviar a sus hijos a un colegio pésimo. Su hija Vicky rechaza a un pretendiente fastidioso pero muy rico. Sin embargo, cuando se entera de las graves dificultades económicas de su padre cambia de idea.
Navy Secrets
Babe - Henchman
After a stamp-collecting Navy chief petty officer is jailed following FBI and Naval Justice investigation, his fiancee meets one of his fellow officers, becomes romantically interested in him, and joins him in trying to get an envelope, believed to contain rare stamps, to its intended recipient, only to end up in a web of intrigue involving foreign-accented men who are unusually interested in that simple envelope.
The Spider's Web
Stunts
Pulp hero "The Spider" seeks to destroy all criminals. In this serialized adventure, he battles The Octopus, who intends to replace the government of the United States.
Many Sappy Returns
Male Nurse
Charley mistakes a lunatic as the father of the girl he's interested in.
Professor Beware
Handshaker - Paint-Brush Gag
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets in and out of scrapes along the way.
Wide Open Faces
Joe, a Gangster
A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy.
A Slight Case of Murder
Champ
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
Partners in Crime
Stunts
Detective Hank Hyer investigates a blackmail case involving a candidate for mayor.
They Gave Him a Gun
Sourpuss Soldier (uncredited)
Jimmy Davis se convierte en un héroe matando alemanes durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, pero resulta gravemente herido. Durante su estancia en el hospital se enamora de Rose, una enfermera que a su vez está enamorada de Fred, compañero de Jimmy. Fred es capturado pero ambos piensan que está muerto al no volver del campo de batalla, así que comienzan planes de boda. Cuando Fred aparece no se opone al matrimonio de ellos a pesar de quedar destrozado emocionalmente. Finalizada la guerra, Fred se encuentra con Jimmy y descubre que es un mafioso
Dangerous Number
Policeman
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave the groom-to-be and marry him. Shortly after the marriage, they discover that they have nothing in common. They separate. Hank decides to pick any name from the phone book and date them. That date results in a wild and frightful night for Hank, thanks to Eleanor's clever plan.
Mind Your Own Business
Cruger's Henchman
Nature reporter Orville Shanks retreats to the woods for material for his "Our Wild Friends" column and to volunteer for his favorite cause, the Boy Scouts. When Orville's editor, Crane, orders him to spice up his column, Orville's wife Melba writes a gossip column using animals as metaphors for people. Crane loves Melba's article and gives Orville a raise, and the column becomes a hit.
Una mujer difamada
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Cuando Loy, una diva social, calumnia al periodista Tracy, éste decide contraatacar implicando en el asunto a su prometida y al desafortunado Powell, un famosísimo pescador deportivo. El plan de Tracy incluye un matrimonio improvisado, una falsa seducción, la pesca de la trucha, puñetazos, promesas rotas...
The Three Mesquiteers
Chuck
When a group of World War 1 buddies head west to farmstead, they run into trouble.
Sworn Enemy
Al, a Gangster (uncredited)
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Crash Donovan
Stunts
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
Crash Donovan
Patrolman (uncredited)
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
Rhythm on the Range
Police Officer
Comedia musical en la cual un cowboy (Bing Crosby) regresa a su tierra después de algunos años, enamorándose de una rica ranchera (Frances Farmer).
The Garden Murder Case
Traffic Cop (Uncredited)
Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things take a turn when he gathers evidence against Major Fenwicke-Ralston.
An All American Toothache
Coach Bill
Thelma volunteers Patsy as a subject for her friend who is in dental school and needs somebody to practice on.
Strike Me Pink
Smiley
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
His Family Tree
Henchman with Frank
A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.
Stolen Harmony
Duke (uncredited)
Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks up with Jean, a dancer in the show, and the two become a successful dance act. However, when an ex-inmate buddy of Ray's robs the tour bus, Ray is suspected of wrongdoing by Jack and the others in the group. After a gang of thugs hijacks the tour bus, Ray tries to use his street smarts to redeem his reputation.
Strangers All
Sig Ruman - Protester at Meeting / Courtroom Witness
Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.
The Pursuit of Happiness
Jonathan
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
El asesino diabólico
Seamen (Uncredited)
Un zoólogo, millonario, deportista y celoso hasta la locura utiliza los animales del zoológico para eliminar a los pseudo pretendientes y no tanto de su esposa. La primera víctima aparece con los labios sellados para que «no bese nunca más a otra mujer casada».
La isla de las almas perdidas
Beast (uncredited)
En una isla remota, el doctor Moreau (Charles Laughton), un científico un tanto desequilibrado, lleva a cabo extraños experimentos con animales. Su objetivo es transformarlos en seres humanos. Adaptación libre de la novela "La isla del doctor Moreau", escrita por H.G. Wells.