Editing David Dukes

{{short description|American character actor (1945–2000)}}
{{similar names|David Duke (disambiguation)}}
{{More footnotes|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = David Dukes
| image        = David Dukes.jpg
| caption      =
| birth_name   = David Coleman Dukes
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1945|6|6}}
| birth_place  = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2000|10|9|1945|6|6}}
| death_place  = [[Lakewood, Washington]], U.S.
| occupation   = [[Character actor]]
| years_active = 1970–2000
| spouse       = {{ubl|{{marriage|Carolyn McKenzie|1965}}}}
| children     = 2
}}
'''David Coleman Dukes''' (June 6, 1945 – October 9, 2000) was an American [[character actor]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=David Dukes, Chameleon of An Actor, 55|first=Emily|last=Eakin|date=October 12, 2000|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/12/arts/david-dukes-chameleon-of-an-actor-55.html}}</ref> He had a long career in films, appearing in 35. Dukes starred in the miniseries ''[[The Winds of War (miniseries)|The Winds of War]]'' and ''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)|War and Remembrance]]'', and he was a frequent television guest star. Later in life, Dukes had recurring roles on shows such as ''[[Pauly]]'', ''[[Sisters (American TV series)|Sisters]]'', and ''[[Dawson's Creek]]''.<ref name=NYT/>

==Early life==
Dukes was born in San Francisco, California, the son of a [[California Highway Patrol]] officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/80/David-Dukes.html|publisher=Film Reference|title=David Dukes Biography (1945-2000)}}</ref> Dukes was the eldest of four boys; his brothers were James, Robert, and Joe Paul.

==Career==
Dukes' film career included 35 movies. Throughout his career, he was a television guest star, notably as the man who attempted to rape [[Edith Bunker]] on ''[[All in the Family]]'', an advertising executive on ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', and a blind bully on ''[[Three's Company]]''. During the 1980s, Dukes appeared in the dual miniseries ''The Winds of War'' and ''War and Remembrance''. In 1992, he received a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]] for his turn as Jo Bouillon in the [[HBO]] production ''[[The Josephine Baker Story]]'' (1991). He also appeared as [[Arthur Miller]] in the HBO film ''[[Norma Jean & Marilyn]]'' (1996). He was a series regular on the first season of the [[NBC]] network drama ''Sisters'', playing the husband of eldest Reed sister, Alex ([[Swoosie Kurtz]]). Dukes' role became a recurring character in subsequent seasons. On ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'', he had the recurring role of Mr. McPhee, father of Jack ([[Kerr Smith]]) and Andie ([[Meredith Monroe]]) from the second through fourth seasons. He also starred in ''Without a Trace'' as the ex-husband of Kate Nelligan.

===Theater===
Dukes had considerable stage experience, first appearing on Broadway in 1971. He later appeared in a revival of [[Molière]]'s ''[[The School for Wives]]''. Dukes' theatrical roles included as [[Dracula]], Doctor Frankenstein, and [[Antonio Salieri]] in the original production of ''[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]'', replacing [[Ian McKellen]]. He also replaced [[John Lithgow]] in the original production of [[David Henry Hwang]]'s play ''[[M. Butterfly]]'', and he received a [[Tony Award|Tony]] nomination in 1980 for best featured actor in a play for ''[[Bent (play)|Bent]]''.<ref name="Playbill">{{Cite web |title=Broadway Actor David Dukes Is Dead at 55 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/broadway-actor-david-dukes-is-dead-at-55-92412 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204044614/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/broadway-actor-david-dukes-is-dead-at-55-92412 |archive-date=2015-02-04 |access-date=2016-02-21 |website=Playbill}}</ref> In 1998, he was one of the three characters in a London West End production of ''[['Art']]'' with [[Stacy Keach]] and [[George Wendt]].

===Audio===
David Dukes recorded several audiobooks, including [[Philip Roth]]'s unabridged ''[[Sabbath’s Theater]]'' and [[Isaac Asimov]]'s unabridged ''[[Prelude to Foundation]]''.

== Personal life ==
He married his first wife, Carolyn McKenzie, on October 9, 1965, when he was a student at the [[College of Marin]]. Their son, Shawn David Dukes, was born on March 31, 1966. Dukes also had a daughter Annie by his second wife Carol Muske.

=== Death ===
Dukes died of a heart attack on October 9, 2000, in Spanaway, Washington, while on location shooting the [[Stephen King]] miniseries ''[[Rose Red (miniseries)|Rose Red]]''.<ref name=Playbill/> Dukes is interred in the [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Glendale, California.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&dq=david+dukes+forest+lawn&pg=PA47 ''Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries''], p. 47.</ref>

The season four episode "[[You Had Me At Goodbye (Dawson's Creek episode)|You Had Me at Goodbye]]" of ''Dawson's Creek'', which aired on November 15, 2000, and in which Dukes appeared, is dedicated to his memory.

==Filmography==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1970
|[[The Strawberry Statement (film)|''The Strawberry Statement'']]
|Student Guard
|
|-
|1975
|[[The Wild Party (1975 film)|''The Wild Party'']]
|James Morrison
|
|-
|1979
|''[[A Little Romance]]''
|George de Marco
|
|-
|1980
|''[[The First Deadly Sin]]''
|Daniel Blank
|
|-
|1981
|[[Only When I Laugh (film)|''Only When I Laugh'']]
|David
|
|-
|1983
|[[Without a Trace (1983 film)|''Without a Trace'']]
|Graham Selky
|
|-
|1986
|[[Rawhead Rex (film)|''Rawhead Rex'']]
|Howard Hallenbeck
|
|-
|1986
|''[[The Men's Club]]''
|Phillip
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Catch the Heat (film)|Catch the Heat]]''
|Waldo Tarr
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Date with an Angel]]''
|Ed Winston
|
|-
|1988
|''Deadly Intent''
|Myron Weston
|Direct-to-video
|-
|1989
|[[See You in the Morning (film)|''See You in the Morning'']]
|Peter Goodwin
|
|-
|1990
|[[The Handmaid's Tale (film)|''The Handmaid's Tale'']]
|Doctor
|Uncredited
|-
|1990
|[[Killer Instinct (1991 film)|''Killer Instinct'']]
|Bo Peterson
|
|-
|1991
|''Under Surveillance''
|Dr. Glassman
|
|-
|1993
|''[[Me and the Kid]]''
|Victor Feldman
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Fled]]''
|Chris Paine
|
|-
|1997
|''Tinseltown''
|Jake
|
|-
|1998
|[[Gods and Monsters (film)|''Gods and Monsters'']]
|David Lewis
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Slappy and the Stinkers]]''
|Spencer Dane Sr.
|
|-
|1999
|''Goosed''
|Steffon Stevens
|
|-
|2000
|''Tick Tock''
|Holden Avery
|
|-
|2001
|''[[Alex in Wonder]]''
|Joseph Bloomfield
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1970
|[[The Virginian (TV series)|''The Virginian'']]
|Lad Dormer
|Episode: "Train of Darkness"
|-
|1974
|''[[Harry O]]''
|Joe Heston
|Episode: "Coinage of the Realm"
|-
|1974
|[[Cannon (TV series)|''Cannon'']]
|Ted Anschluss
|Episode: "The Avenger"
|-
|1974, 1977
|[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|''Police Story'']]
|Jake / Lamont
|2 episodes
|-
|1975
|''[[Great Performances]]''
|Guido Venanzi
|Episode: "The Rules of the Game"
|-
|1975
|''[[The Wide World of Mystery]]''
|Harry 163
|Episode: "The Norming of Jack 243"
|-
|1975
|[[Beacon Hill (TV series)|''Beacon Hill'']]
|Robert Lassiter
|11 episodes
|-
|1975
|[[Valley Forge (film)|''Valley Forge'']]
|Lt. Cutting
|Television film
|-
|1976
|''[[The Jeffersons]]''
|Cal Roberts
|Episode: "George and the President"
|-
|1976
|[[One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)|''One Day at a Time'']]
|Byron De Veer
|Episode: "The Maestro"
|-
|1977
|[[Police Woman (TV series)|''Police Woman'']]
|McCormick
|Episode: "Deadline: Death"
|-
|1977
|[[Family (1976 TV series)|''Family'']]
|Calvin Manners
|Episode: "...More Things in Heaven and Earth"
|-
|1977
|[[Handle with Care (1977 film)|''Handle with Care'']]
|O'Brian
|Television film
|-
|1977
|[[All That Glitters (American TV series)|''All That Glitters'']]
|Marshall Hart
|Episode #1.65
|-
|1977
|''[[Barney Miller]]''
|Brad Laneer
|Episode: "Corporation"
|-
|1977
|''[[All in the Family]]''
|Lambert
|Episode: "[[Edith's 50th Birthday]]"
|-
|1977
|''[[79 Park Avenue]]''
|Mike Koshko
|3 episodes
|-
|1978
|''[[Three's Company]]''
|Jim Walsh
|Episode: "Jack's Navy Pal"
|-
|1978
|[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|''Hawaii Five-O'']]
|Willy Barker
|Episode: "When Does a War End?"
|-
|1978
|''Go West, Young Girl''
|Reverend Crane
| rowspan="5" |Television film
|-
|1978
|''The Many Loves of Arthur''
|Dr. Chase
|-
|1978
|''[[A Fire in the Sky]]''
|David Allen
|-
|1979
|''Some Kind of Miracle''
|Joe Dine
|-
|1979
|''[[The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal]]''
|Lou Ribin
|-
|1979
|[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|''How the West Was Won'']]
|Louis Riel
|Episode: "L'Affaire Riel"
|-
|1979
|''[[Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure]]''
|[[Myles Standish]]
| rowspan="3" |Television film
|-
|1980
|''Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger''
|Bill Sanger
|-
|1982
|''[[Miss All-American Beauty]]''
|Avery McPherson
|-
|1983
|[[The Winds of War (miniseries)|''The Winds of War'']]
|Leslie Slote
|7 episodes
|-
|1984
|''Sentimental Journey''
|Bill Gardner
|Television film
|-
|1984
|[[George Washington (miniseries)|''George Washington'']]
|[[William Fairfax (soldier)|William Fairfax]]
|3 episodes
|-
|1984
|[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984 film)|''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'']]
|Gooper
|Television film
|-
|1984
|[[The Hitchhiker (TV series)|''The Hitchhiker'']]
|Ted Miller
|Episode: "Remembering Melody"
|-
|1985
|[[Space (miniseries)|''Space'']]
|Leopold Strabismus / 

Martin Scorcella
|5 episodes
|-
|1985
|[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|''The Twilight Zone'']]
|Todd Ettinger
|Episode: "[[If She Dies]]/[[Ye Gods]]"
|-
|1985
|''Kane & Abel''
|David Osborne
|2 episodes
|-
|1986
|''[[Tall Tales & Legends]]''
|Levi
|Episode: "My Darlin' Clementine"
|-
|1986
|[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985 TV series)|''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'']]
|Dr. Tom Rigby
|Episode: "Deadly Honeymoon"
|-
|1988
|''[[American Playhouse]]''
|Dr. Ned Darrell
|Episode: "Strange Interlude: Part 1"
|-
|1988–1989
|[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)|''War and Remembrance'']]
|Leslie Slote
|9 episodes
|-
|1989
|''Turn Back the Clock''
|Barney Powers
| rowspan="6" |Television film
|-
|1990
|''The Bakery''
|Mike Kelly
|-
|1990
|''Snow Kill''
|Murdoch
|-
|1991
|''Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story''
|[[Jerry Levin (journalist)|Jerry Levin]]
|-
|1991
|''[[The Josephine Baker Story]]''
|Jo Bouillon
|-
|1991
|''[[Wife, Mother, Murderer]]''
|Joe Hubbard
|-
|1991–1993
|[[Sisters (American TV series)|''Sisters'']]
|Wade Halsey
|19 episodes
|-
|1992
|''She Woke Up''
|Sloane Parr
|Television film
|-
|1992
|''Look at It This Way''
|Tim Curtiz
|3 episodes
|-
|1993
|''Spies''
|Robert Prescott
| rowspan="2" |Television film
|-
|1993
|[[And the Band Played On (film)|''And the Band Played On'']]
|[[Mervyn Silverman]]
|-
|1993
|''[[Time Trax]]''
|Kyle Fernando / 

Romulo Rayfield
|Episode: "Mysterious Strangers"
|-
|1993–1995
|[[The Mommies (TV series)|''The Mommies'']]
|Jack Larson
|27 episodes
|-
|1995
|[[The Surrogate (1995 film)|''The Surrogate'']]
|Stuart Quinn
| rowspan="2" |Television film
|-
|1996
|''[[Norma Jean & Marilyn]]''
|Arthur Quinn
|-
|1996
|[[Star Wars (radio series)|''Star Wars'']]
|[[Bib Fortuna]]
|2 episodes
|-
|1997
|''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]''
|Darren Worthy
|Episode: "In Defense of Murder"
|-
|1997
|''[[Last Stand at Saber River]]''
|Edward Janroe
|Television film
|-
|1997
|''[[Pauly]]''
|Edward Sherman
|7 episodes
|-
|1998
|[[The Love Letter (1999 film)|''The Love Letter'']]
|Everett Reagle
| rowspan="2" |Television film
|-
|1998
|''Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story''
|Leland Hayward
|-
|1999
|''[[The Practice]]''
|Ted Lennon
|Episode: "A Day in the Life"
|-
|1999
|[[7th Heaven (TV series)|''7th Heaven'']]
|Jack Brennan
|Episode: "We the People"
|-
|1999
|''[[Supreme Sanction]]''
|Jordan McNamara
|Television film
|-
|1999
|''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]''
|Thomas Michael Mallory
|Episode: "Roads Taken"
|-
|1999
|''[[Ally McBeal]]''
|Johnson Biblico
|Episode: "Let's Dance"
|-
|1999
|[[Snoops (1999 TV series)|''Snoops'']]
|Father Batista
|Episode: "Higher Calling"
|-
|1999–2000
|''[[Dawson's Creek]]''
|Joseph McPhee
|7 episodes
|-
|2000
|[[Family Law (American TV series)|''Family Law'']]
|Patrick Simpson
|Episode: "A Mother's Son"
|-
|2000
|''[[Law & Order]]''
|David Moore
|Episode: "Stiff"
|-
|2001
|''[[The Lot (TV series)|The Lot]]''
|[[Oscar Wilde]]
|Episode: "Oscar's Wilde"
|-
|2002
|[[Rose Red (miniseries)|''Rose Red'']]
|Professor Carl Miller
|3 episodes
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* "David Dukes." ''Variety''. October 11, 2000.
* Susan King and Don Shirley. "David Dukes; Versatile Character Actor on Screen, Stage." ''Los Angeles Times''. October 11, 2000.
* Tom Vallance. "David Dukes." ''The Independent'' (London). October 17, 2000.

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*{{IMDb name|241232}}
*{{IBDB name}}
*{{Find a Grave|22750|access-date=August 28, 2010}}
*[http://www.carolmuskedukes.com/daviddukes.htm Remembering David Dukes]
**[http://www.carolmuskedukes.com/david_dukes/med_examiner_popup.htm Problems with the county medical examiner], from his wife's official website
* [http://archives.nypl.org/the/21795 David Dukes papers, 1946-2004], held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts]]

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[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:American male television actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from San Francisco]]
[[Category:Male actors from Staten Island]]
[[Category:People from Lakewood, Washington]]
[[Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]