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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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Birth name Kenneth Duncan MacLachlan
Nationality Canada
Birth 17 february 1902 at Chatham-Kent (Canada)
Death 5 february 1972 (at 69 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality Canada
Birth 17 february 1902 at Chatham-Kent (Canada)
Death 5 february 1972 (at 69 years) at Hollywood (USA)
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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The Sinister Urge (1960)
, 1h11Directed by Ed Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Serial killer films, Musical films
Actors Kenne Duncan, Duke Moore, Harvey B. Dunn, Joan Fontaine, Reed Howes, Ed Wood
Roles Lt. Matt Carson
Rating26%
The film revolves around a series of murders of young women. The opening scene features an unnamed blonde woman (Betty Boatner) running along a mountain road, wearing only her undergarments. She is clearly scared for her life. She enters a city park and manages to reach a telephone booth. Her attempt to escape her assailant ends in failure, when the man also reaches the booth. He quickly kills her and leaves her corpse next to a lake. The corpse is soon discovered by visitors of the park. The scene shifts to a police station, where Police Lieutenant Matt Carson (Kenne Duncan) receives a phone report on the latest murder. He instructs subordinate Officer Kline (Fred Mason) to gather information from the witnesses who called in the discovery of the body. Then he summons his associate Sergeant Randy Stone (Duke Moore) and they head out towards the crime scene. They take note of the youthful appearance of the victim and suspect a connection to the "smut picture racket".
Night of the Ghouls (1959)
, 1h9Directed by Ed Wood
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Ghost films, Zombie films
Actors Kenne Duncan, Duke Moore, Tor Johnson, Valda Hansen, Johnny Carpenter, John Carpenter
Roles Karl, aka Dr. Acula
Rating35%
The basic plot involves the police investigating a supposed haunted house. The house is discovered to serve as headquarters for a confidence trickster who pretends to be able to contact the dead, and charges naive customers large amounts of money to allow them to speak to their deceased loved ones.
Revenge of the Virgins (1959)
, 59minutesOrigin USA
Genres Erotic, Western
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films
Actors Kenne Duncan, Del Monroe
Roles Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Rating37%
Tenderfoot Burton and his wife join forces with an old prospector to search for the rich gold strike of which the old-timer claims to know. Along with a couple of no-account gunslingers, they ride deep into the mountains to find the gold, unaware that the treasure is guarded by an all-female tribe of deadly, beautiful, and topless Indians.
The Astounding She-Monster (1957)
, 1h2Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Ewing Miles Brown
Roles Nat Burdell
Rating36%
A group of criminals who have kidnapped an heiress take over a geologist's home in a secluded forest to hide in. Then a UFO crashes nearby and out emerges an alien resembling a beautiful woman- however, she's highly radioactive and can kill with her bare touch. She starts stalking and killing the other characters. In the end, the alien herself is killed, but not before the scientist realizes she was only trying to ask for help, apparently unaware of how dangerous she was to humans. He fears what the reaction of her race will be towards Earth after the incident.
Revolt at Fort Laramie (1957)
, 1h13Directed by Lesley Selander
Genres War, Action, Western
Themes Political films
Actors John Dehner, Gregg Palmer, Don Gordon, Eddie Little Sky, Harry Dean Stanton, Kenne Duncan
Roles Capt. Foley
Rating56%
In 1861 the undermanned garrsion of Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory are attempting to keep the peace with the Sioux Nation led by Chief Red Cloud. The United States Government pays Red Cloud in gold to keep the peace and support his people, but Red Cloud has the idea to steal the gold and use the non payment as an excuse to go to war.
Flesh and the Spur (1956)
, 1h18Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Agar, Marla English, Mike Connors, Raymond Hatton, Joyce Meadows, Kenne Duncan
Roles Tanner
Rating49%
Tanner is a desperate prisoner who escapes from jail and promptly murders an innocent farmer named Matthew Random. Stealing Random's horse and gun, the outlaw promptly makes his escape. Finding his twin brother murdered, Lucius Random (Agar) vows revenge and sets off to find the killer.
Hell's Horizon (1955)
, 1h20Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors John Ireland, William Schallert, Jerry Paris, Marla English, Bill Williams, Hugh Beaumont
Roles Maj. Naylor
Rating52%
Capt. John Merrill (John Ireland) is the pilot of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber based in Okinawa who is ordered to destroy a Yalu River bridge in Korea. The mission is continually delayed due to bad weather. His co-pilot (Bill Williams) has to step in when the bored and frustrated crew members begin to fight over Sammi (Marla English), a local woman who is employed as a laundress at their base.
The Lawless Rider (1954)
, 1h2Directed by Yakima Canutt
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Johnny Carpenter, Earl W. Bascom, Frankie Darro, Douglass Dumbrille, Noel Neill, Kenne Duncan
Rating72%
The Bascom Ranch, owned by Texas Rose Bascom, is targeted by an outlaw gang with the intent to steal cattle off the ranch. Outlaw Freno Frost runs the rustlig gang. One of the gang members is Jim Bascom, Texas Rose Bascom's wayward brother. When she discovers that her brother is running with the outlaws, she seeks help from the law. Sheriff Brown is unable or unwilling to help, so Texas Rose asks her boyfriend, U.S. Marshall Johnny Carpenter, to come to her aid. Johnny Carpenter shows up in town, in disguise, and impersonates the gunslinger Rod Tatum in order to infiltrate the outlaw gang. Texas Rose Bascom performs her fancy trick roping act for the townfolk, but ruffians interupt the event. Confusion follows when the real Rod Tatum and the impersonator meet on the street.
Directed by Ed Wood
Genres Western
Actors Tom Keene, Tom Tyler, Lyle Talbot, Harvey B. Dunn, Kenne Duncan, Bud Osborne
Roles Lefty
Rating46%
Keene plays the "Tucson Kid", an insurance investigator who travels to any town where a suspicious insurance claim has appeared. The career description would allow the proposed series to adopt an anthology format, with a different location and storyline in each episode. The other hero of the story is a sheriff's deputy called Ed (Tom Tyler). Both are middle aged men.
Drums in the Deep South (1951)
, 1h27Directed by William Cameron Menzies
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors James Craig, Barbara Payton, Guy Madison, Barton MacLane, Craig Stevens, Robert Osterloh
Roles Union Officer
Rating58%
Best friends Clay Clayburn and Will Denning graduate from West Point and visit their friend and fellow graduate Braxton at his Georgia plantation in 1861. Clay had once loved Braxton's wife Kathy and still does. When war is declared they soon find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the Civil War.
The Texas Rangers (1951)
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors George Montgomery, Gale Storm, Jerome Courtland, Noah Beery, Jr, John Litel, Jock Mahoney
Rating61%
Outlaw Sam Bass terrorises Texas. Johnny Carver and Buff Smith are released from jail by the head of the Texas Rangers to help capture him.
Oklahoma Justice (1951)
, 56minutesDirected by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Mack Brown, James Ellison, Lane Bradford, Phyllis Coates, I. Stanford Jolley, Marshall Reed
Roles Sheriff Barnes
Rating59%
Johnny Mack Brown, un agent fédéral, commet quelques delits dans l'espoir être admis dans une bande de hors-la-loi afin de découvrir qui en est le chef et pouvoir la détruire de l'intérieur.
Radar Secret Service (1950)
, 1hDirected by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors John Howard, Adele Jergens, Tom Neal, Myrna Dell, Sid Melton, Ralph Byrd
Roles Michael's Henchman
Rating25%
Set in post-World War Two, stolen Uranium-238 goods are tracked by the US Government, using new radar technology; the girlfriend of a gang member is also recruited as an informant. Though the radar tracking device helps, in the end it still takes an undercover girl to get back the looted shipment from the criminal masterminds.
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950)
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors George Montgomery, Ellen Drew, Noah Beery, Jr, Phillip Reed, Robert Barrat, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)
Roles Sgt. Gordon (as Kenneth Duncan)
Rating54%
C'est en 1848 et un wagon avec une escorte de l'armée se dirige vers l'ouest à travers le territoire indien. Son éclaireur est Davy Crockett, neveu de son homonyme plus célèbre. Il y a un espion parmi eux qui informe les Indiens. Ils survivent à la première attaque indienne et continuent ensuite. Ils ont le choix entre deux passages à travers les montagnes. Apprenant la passe à défendre par les Indiens, ils se dirigent vers l'autre. Mais à l'arrivée, les Indiens attaquent. D'une certaine manière, ils ont été informés.
Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950)
, 1h6Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Joe Yule, Renie Riano, Jim Bannon, Henry Kulky, Jimmy Aubrey, Betty Blythe
Rating56%
Jiggs and Maggie inherit a gold mine in a western town, but have difficultly finding it.