Research Catalog

Title

David Dukes papers.

Author

Dukes, David, 1945-2000.

Publication

1946-2004.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

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Details

Description

16 linear ft. (33 boxes and 1 oversized folder).

Summary

The papers, primarily scripts, photographs, publicity, programs and clippings, provide extensive documentation of the acting career of David Dukes. The scripts are highlighted for the roles he played. The many photographs range from formal portaits to snapshots from film shoots and family trips. The personal papers include correspondence with family and friends, school photos and report cards and many condolence letters after his sudden death. Oversized material includes theater posters, many signed by the casts involved.

Subjects

• Dukes, David, 1945-2000
• Acting
• Actors
• Theater
• Photographic prints
• Motion picture actors and actresses
• Scripts
• Television actors and actresses

Genre/Form

• Photographic prints.
• Scripts.

Note

• Audio cassettes that came with the David Dukes papers were transferred to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Videocassettes that came with the David Dukes papers were transferred to the Billy Rose Theatre Division Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT).

Access (note)

• Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography (note)

• Versatile actor on stage, screen and television, David Coleman Dukes was born in San Francisco on June 6, 1945 and died on October 9, 2000 while on location near Tacoma, Washington to film a television miniseries.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

*T-Mss 2004-012

OCLC

NYPG07-A3

Author

Dukes, David, 1945-2000.

Title

David Dukes papers.

Imprint

1946-2004.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

Versatile actor on stage, screen and television, David Coleman Dukes was born in San Francisco on June 6, 1945 and died on October 9, 2000 while on location near Tacoma, Washington to film a television miniseries. Dukes' acting career began at the College of Marin and then the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, but he was soon crisscrossing the country appearing on Broadway and regional theater as well as on film and television. His Broadway debut was in a revival of Moliere's SCHOOL FOR WIVES in 1971. He received a Tony nomination for his work in BENT (1979) with Richard Gere, starred in Arthur Miller's BROKEN GLASS (1994), and in a number of productions: AMADEUS, M. BUTTERFLY, FRANKENSTEIN and DRACULA, successfully stepped into a starring role originated by another. His final stage role for which he won great critical acclaim was as Vladimir in WAITING FOR GODOT at the Matrix Theatre Company in Hollywood in 2000. Film highlights included THE FIRST DEADLY SIN (1981) with Frank Sinatra and the Oscar-winning GODS AND MONSTERS (1998). Dukes received an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor for his work in The JOSEPHINE BAKER STORY (1990). Other television work included the miniseries THE WINDS OF WAR and WAR AND REMEMBRANCE, an appearance on ALL IN THE FAMILY, and a regular part on DAWSON'S CREEK. His career was busy and prolific: he played character roles and leading men, lovers and murderers and most everything in between.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Actors.

Added Author

New York Public Library pt Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498 OID=THE; CIN=EHE

Research Call Number

*T-Mss 2004-012