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Junior Durkin is a Actor American born on 2 july 1915 at New York City (USA)
Junior Durkin (July 2, 1915 – May 4, 1935) was an American stage and film actor.
Il est recruté par Henry Wilson, alors agent débutant, dans un bar gay. Il meurt en 1935 dans un accident de la route à environ 80 km de San Diego, accident dont Jackie Coogan est le seul survivant. Junior Durkin est enterré au Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).
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Birth name Trent Bernard Durkin
Nationality USA
Birth 2 july 1915 at New York City (USA)
Death 4 may 1935 (at 19 years) at San Diego (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 2 july 1915 at New York City (USA)
Death 4 may 1935 (at 19 years) at San Diego (USA)
Biography
Il commence sa carrière au théâtre en tant qu'enfant. Il se lance dans le cinéma dans les années 1930. Il joue le rôle de Huckleberry Finn dans le film Tom Sawyer aux côtés de Jackie Coogan.Il est recruté par Henry Wilson, alors agent débutant, dans un bar gay. Il meurt en 1935 dans un accident de la route à environ 80 km de San Diego, accident dont Jackie Coogan est le seul survivant. Junior Durkin est enterré au Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).
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Chasing Yesterday (1935)
, 1h20Directed by George Nichols Jr., George Nicholls, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Anne Shirley, O. P. Heggie, Helen Westley, Elizabeth Patterson, Etienne Girardot, John Qualen
Roles Henri
Rating59%
Sylvestre Bonnard is an aging book collector. While going through his mementos one afternoon he comes across a brief note written by a former lover. Studying it, he realizes that it is written on a page torn from a rare book that he has been seeking for decades. Excited, he decides to return to his home town, where he and the lover had their romance, to search for the book.
Little Men (1934)
, 1h12Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ralph Morgan, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Dickie Moore, Frankie Darro, Junior Durkin, Cora Sue Collins
Roles Franz
Rating60%
The former Jo March (O'Brien-Moore), now married to Prof. Bhaer (Morgan), opens a boarding school for wayward boys.
Ready for Love (1934)
, 1h17Directed by Marion Gering
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, Marjorie Rambeau, Junior Durkin, Beulah Bondi, Esther Howard
Roles Joey Burke
Rating57%
Marigold Tate (Lupino) runs away from boarding school to stay with her retired aunt. She faces hostility from the locals, who display bigotry and snobbery towards her. During a witchcraft trial she is forced into a pool of water. The event is covered by newspaper editor Julian Barrow (Arlen), who falls in love with Tate. The couple eventually move to New York, where Barrow gets a job on a newspaper.
Man Hunt (1933)
, 1h5Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Actors Junior Durkin, Charlotte Henry, Dorothy Davenport, Edward LeSaint, Arthur Vinton, Richard Carle
Roles William 'Junior' Scott, Jr.
Rating49%
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Hell's House (1932)
, 1h12Directed by Howard Higgin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films
Actors Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien, Junior Durkin, Emma Dunn, Frank Coghlan, Jr., Charley Grapewin
Roles James "Jimmy" Mason
Rating56%
When orphaned Jimmy Mason is taken in by his Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry, he meets their boarder, Matt Kelly, who impresses the young man with his boastful swagger and alleged political connections, although in reality he's a bootlegger.
Huckleberry Finn (1931)
, 1h20Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Jackie Coogan, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, Clarence Muse, Eugene Pallette, Oscar Apfel
Roles Huckleberry Finn
Rating62%
Recaptured Love (1930)
, 1h17Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors John Halliday, Belle Bennett, Dorothy Burgess, Richard Tucker, Junior Durkin, Louise Beavers
Roles Henry Parr
Rating56%
In this drama, a 50-year-old married man (played by John Halliday) goes with his wife (Belle Bennett) and son (Junior Durkin) to a nightclub in a fancy hotel in Detroit. He meets a gold-digger (Dorothy Burgess) there, singing the theme song of the picture, and eventually ends up going out with her on a subsequent occasion and falls in love with her. His wife finally finds out and this leads to her leaving him and getting a divorce in Paris. He is married to the gold-digger but finds life with her and her "jazz friends" to be too much for him. He begins to long for his old wife when he finds her in a nightclub with another man (Richard Tucker, not the famous tenor) and becomes jealous.
Tom Sawyer (1930)
, 1h26Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Actors Jackie Coogan, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, Lucien Littlefield, Tully Marshall, Clara Blandick
Roles Huckleberry Finn
Rating61%
After arguing with his sweetheart, Becky Thatcher, Tom Sawyer seeks solace from his friend Huck Finn, who tells him about a mysterious cure for warts that requires them to visit the local cemetery at midnight. While there they witness a murder committed by Injun Joe, who convinces Muff Potter, who also was there but in an inebriated state, that he is guilty of the crime. Tom and Huck promise each other they will not divulge what they have seen.
The Santa Fe Trail (1930)
, 1h5Directed by Otto Brower
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno, Eugene Pallette, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, Hooper Atchley
Roles Old Timer
Rating56%