Junior Durkin

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Trent "Junior" Durkin (born July 2, 1915 in New York City as Trent Bernard Durkin , † May 4, 1935 in Buckman Springs , San Diego County , California ) was an American actor whose promising career was stopped by a fatal car accident has been.

life and career

Trent Durkin came to the theater through his mother, the stage actress Florence Edwards, before his third birthday. He made a name for himself through appearances in musicals and dramas, on Broadway he played in four plays between 1923 and 1933. Durkin became a film actor through his portrayal of Huckleberry Finn in the Mark Twain films Tom Sawyer (1930) and Huckleberry Finn ( 1931) on the side of Jackie Coogan , who took on the role of Tom Sawyer, known. Durkin was considered a talented young actor in Hollywood in the 1930s, often playing sensitive or troubled teenagers. In his last film Chasing Yesterday he was no longer announced as a junior in the opening credits, but again under his maiden name Trent , which wanted to emphasize his leap to adult roles.

On May 4, 1935, the 19-year-old actor was killed in a car accident in San Diego County. In addition to Durkin, actor Jackie Coogan senior, ranch foreman Charles Jones and film producer Robert J. Horner died - only his friend, Jackie Coogan junior, was the only one of the five vehicle occupants to survive with minor injuries. Your car had been forced to deviate from the road by an oncoming car, fell down a slope and overturned several times. Durkin fractured his skull. At the time of his death, he was sharing an apartment with his agent Henry Willson , allegedly they were in a relationship. He was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale .

Filmography

  • 1930: Recaptured Love
  • 1930: The Santa Fe Trail
  • 1930: Tom Sawyer
  • 1931: Huckleberry Finn
  • 1932: Hell's House
  • 1933: Man Hunt
  • 1934: Big Hearted Herbert
  • 1934: Ready for Love
  • 1934: Little Men
  • 1935: Chasing Yesterday

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Junior Durkin | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ The Broadway League: Junior Durkin - Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Newspaper article about the accident from 1936
  4. ^ Archives of the Cornell Daily Sun , newspaper report from 1936
  5. ↑ Keith Stern: Queers in history: the comprehensive encyclopedia of historical gays, lesbians and bisexuals, and transgenders . BenBella, Dallas, Texas 2009, ISBN 978-1-933771-87-8 (English).
  6. ↑ Junior Durkin at Find A Grave , accessed November 19, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Durkin, junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Durkin, Trent Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1935
Place of death Buckman Springs , San Diego County , California