Biography

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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Committed suicide with a gunshot to the head.

He and actor Greg McClure went into business in the late 1940s, running a physical culture gym. McClure also worked on producing a series of two-reel comedies starring Duke but it never got off the ground.

His ashes are interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Plot Abbey of the Psalms, Foyer F, North Wall, Tier 5, Niche 11.

Never been Married.