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Kenne Duncan

 
Actor: Kenne Duncan
  • Born: Feb 17, 1902 in Chatham, Ontario
  • Died: Feb 05, 1972 in Hollywood, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '40s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Western, Action
  • Career Highlights: My Pal Trigger, Night of the Ghouls, The Lawless Rider
  • First Major Screen Credit: Make-Up (1937)

Biography

Veteran movie villain Kenne Duncan began plying his wicked trade in 1933. He hit his stride in the 1940s, when he was under contract to Republic Pictures. Duncan sneered and skulked his way through scores of westerns and serials, usually as the raffish aide-de-camp of the principal heavy (as in the 1941 serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel). When Republic slowed down production in the mid-1950s, Duncan reluctantly found himself in the circle of Hollywood "fringies" who populated the films of immortal bad-movie maven Ed Wood Jr. One of Kenne Duncan's final screen appearances was as phony mystic and erstwhile vampire Dr. Acula in Wood's Night of the Ghouls ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Kenne Duncan
Born Kenneth Duncan MacLachlan
February 17, 1903(1903-02-17)
Chatham, Ontario
Died February 5, 1972 (aged 68)
Hollywood, California
Occupation Film actor

Kenne Duncan (February 17, 1903 - February 5, 1972), born Kenneth Duncan MacLachlan, was a well-known B-movie character actor. Hyped professionally as "The Meanest Man in the Movies," the vast majority of his over 250 appearances on camera were Westerns, but he also did occasional forays into horror, crime drama, and science fiction.

Duncan is best known, in some circles, for his work with Edward D. Wood, Jr.. Duncan appeared in five Wood productions: Night of the Ghouls, Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan, Crossroad Avenger, The Sinister Urge, and The Lawless Rider, a film Wood did with Yakima Canutt in the Director's chair.

Duncan's final appearances on screen were Wood's low-budget The Sinister Urge, and a bit part in an episode of Rawhide ("Incident of the Sharpshooter").

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