Duke York Biography

Billed as Duke York Jr. when he entered films in 1933, this muscular actor essayed such action-oriented roles as King Kala in Flash Gordon (1936). By the 1940s, York had found his particular niche as a second-string Lon Chaney Jr. He was a mainstay at Columbia's short-subject unit in the 1940s, playing the various hunchbacks, werewolves, goons, and Frankensteins who menaced such comedians as the Three Stooges, El Brendel, and Andy Clyde. One of his rare roles out of makeup was in the Stooges' 1943 comedy Higher Than a Kite, which revealed that York wasn't quite as adept at handling dialogue as he was at grunting and growling. Though Duke York committed suicide in 1952, he kept appearing in Columbia's two-reelers and Westerns through the magic of stock footage until the mid-'50s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

• 1. Soldier: The coward will not fight.
  2. Soldier: Boil him in oil!
  3. Soldier: Cut his heart out!
  4. Eddie: Let him go!
  From Roman Scandals. Submitted by Patrick C (2 months ago)

• 1. Soldier: Are you bound for Rome?
  2. Eddie: No, I was just thrown out - I mean I just left there.
  3. Soldier: Have they heard of our glorious victory over the Britons? They lost their shirts!
  4. Eddie: Yeah, but they got your pants.
  From Roman Scandals. Submitted by Patrick C (2 months ago)

• 1. Gladys Benton: Can't you go any faster?
  2. Taxi Driver: I can, but the cab can't.
  From Libeled Lady. Submitted by Brendan C (7 months ago)