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Cause of death
  
Suicide

Occupation
  
Actor


Name
  
Kenne Duncan

Role
  
Movie actor

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Full Name
  
Kenneth Duncan MacLachlan

Born
  
February 17, 1903 (
1903-02-17
)
Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Other names
  
Ken Dincan Kenneth Duncan Ken Duncan

Died
  
February 5, 1972, Hollywood, California, United States

Resting place
  
Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery

Movies
  
Night of the Ghouls, The Astounding She‑Monster, The Sinister Urge, The Crimson Ghost, The Spider's Web

Similar People
  
William Witney, Sam Newfield, Spencer Gordon Bennet, Lesley Selander, James W Horne

Trick shooting with kenne duncan directed by ed wood


Kenne Duncan (February 17, 1903 – February 5, 1972) was a Canadian-born 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. He also appeared in over a dozen serials.

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Career

Born Kenneth Duncan MacLachlan in Chatham, Ontario, Duncan is best known, in some circles, for his work with Ed Wood. 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").

He also made television appearances, especially westerns, such as The Cisco Kid, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, and Tombstone Territory. He had a reputation for being a womanizer with his female co-stars, according to actress Valda Hansen.

Death

On February 5, 1972, Duncan committed suicide by overdosing on barbiturates at the age of 68. He is buried in Grand View Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Selected filmography

  • Undercover Men (1934)
  • Make-Up (1937)
  • The Last Curtain (1937)
  • Cross My Heart (1937)
  • Code of the Outlaw (1941)
  • Red River Robin Hood (1942)
  • Days of Old Cheyenne (1943)
  • Storm Over Lisbon (1944)
  • A Sporting Chance (1945)
  • The Blazing Sun (1950)
  • The Lawless Rider (1954)
  • Flesh and the Spur (1956)
  • The Astounding She-Monster (1957)
  • Night of the Ghouls (1958)
  • The Sinister Urge (1960)
  • References

    Kenne Duncan Wikipedia