- Kenne Duncan
infobox actor
birthdate=birth date|1903|2|17
birthplace=city-state|Chatham|Ontario
deathdate=death date and age|1972|2|5|1903|2|17
deathplace=city-state|Hollywood|California
birthname=Kenneth Duncan MacLachlan
occupation=Film actor Kenne Duncan (
February 17 ,1903 -February 5 ,1972 ), born Kenneth Duncan MacLachlan, was a well-knownB-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 , andscience fiction .Duncan is best known, in some circles, for his work with
Edward D. Wood, Jr. . Duncan appeared in five Wood productions: "Night of the Ghouls ", "Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan", "Crossroad Avenger ", "The Sinister Urge", and "The Lawless Rider ", a film Wood did withYakima Canutt in the Director's chair.Duncan had problems with substance abuse later in life. His final appearances on screen were Wood's low-budget "The Sinister Urge", and a bit part in an episode of "Rawhide" ("Incident of the Sharpshooter"). Duncan then vanished from the Hollywood scene in 1961.
In 1972 he committed suicide by deliberate overdose of barbiturates.
Trivia
*Although not as well known as the others, Duncan comes in second (after
Duke Moore ) in the tally of most appearances in Wood films.
* Duncan's nickname amongst his friends in Ed Wood's Hollywood underground was "Horsecock".External links
*imdb name|0242010
*amg name|2:20545
*findagrave|10023661
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