Bill Duke

William Henry "Bill" Duke, Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke's work frequently dwells within the action film genre as well as crime and drama genres but also includes comedy. He often plays characters related to law-enforcement.

Early life and education

Duke was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, the son of Ethel Louise (née Douglas) and William Henry Duke Sr. He attended Franklin D. Roosevelt High School in Hyde Park and later received his first instruction in the performing arts and in creative writing at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie. After graduation from Dutchess he went on to Boston University for further instruction in drama and for his B.A. After studying at New York University's Tisch School of Arts and the AFI Conservatory, he appeared on Broadway in the 1971 Melvin Van Peebles musical Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. He directed episodes of several noteworthy 1980s television series, including Hill Street Blues and Miami Vice.

'Bill Duke' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Directors on Directing (2009)

Actors: Ted Lange (actor), Melvin Van Peebles (actor), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (actor), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (producer), Bill Duke (actor), Fred Williamson (actor), Anna Maria Horsford (actress), Robert Townsend (actor), Michael Schultz (actor), Iona Morris (actress), Justin Lord (actor), Woodie King Jr. (actor), Jamel Wade (director), Jamel Wade (producer), Jamel Wade (actor),

Genres: Biography, Documentary,

The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)

Actors: Steve Clark (actor), Arthur Rankin (actor), Charles R. Moore (actor), George McKay (actor), Robert Middlemass (actor), Hal Price (actor), Lafe McKee (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Egon Brecher (actor), Sam Flint (actor), Charles Brinley (actor), Jack Holt (actor), Alfred P. James (actor), Ethan Laidlaw (actor), Frank Yaconelli (actor),

Plot: After his divorced wife dies, Jim Burke takes their son who she had been raising and he hasn't seen in many years. Jim Burke is a tough, hard-nosed construction boss on engineering projects, and he is looking forward to molding Little Jim into his own image. Jim Burke is more than a little bit dismayed and a whole lot disgusted when Little Jim arrives and it doesn't take Big Jim long to figure out that Little Jim...ain't nothing but a sissy. Little Jim is fond of practicing on his violin and reading and studying. What's a poor father to do?

Keywords: 1930s, attorney, barber, barber-shop, character-name-in-title, child-practices-violin, cigarette-smoking, co-worker, construction-foreman, construction-work
Genres: Drama,

Duke, Bill Filmography

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2014, role: director
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2014, role: actor , character name: Nokes
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2014, role: director
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2014, role: producer
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2013, role: director
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2013, role: producer
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2013, role: actor , character name: President Donald Sheridan
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself - Reader
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2012, role: actor
Play in Full Screen Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp

2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2012, role: actor
Play in Full Screen Brooklyn Gangster: The Story of Jose Lucas

2012, role: producer
Play in Full Screen Freaky Deaky

2012, role: actor , character name: Wendell Robinson
Play in Full Screen Xelerate

2011, role: producer
Play in Full Screen Dark Girls

2011, role: producer
Play in Full Screen Xelerate

2011, role: director
Play in Full Screen Dark Girls

2011, role: producer
Play in Full Screen Engagement

2011, role: actor
Play in Full Screen Dark Girls

2011, role: director
Play in Full Screen Push

2010, role: director
Play in Full Screen Rescue at Pine Ridge

2010, role: director
Play in Full Screen Henry's Crime

2010, role: actor , character name: Frank
Play in Full Screen Push

2010, role: producer
Play in Full Screen The Big Bang

2010, role: actor , character name: Drummer
Play in Full Screen Char·ac·ter: The Interviews

2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Level 26: Dark Origins

2009, role: actor , character name: Jack Mitchell
Play in Full Screen Not Easily Broken

2009, role: producer
Play in Full Screen Not Easily Broken

2009, role: director
Play in Full Screen Film Hustle

2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen We're Here to Help

2009, role: actor , character name: Henry Emboli
Play in Full Screen On Profiles in Courage

2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Directors on Directing

2009, role: actor , character name: Bill Duke
Play in Full Screen Straight from the Horses Mouth

2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen 11th Annual Ribbon of Hope Celebration

2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Trailers from Hell

2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Commando: Pure Action

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Cover

2007, role: producer
Play in Full Screen Cover

2007, role: director
Play in Full Screen The Go-Getter

2007, role: actor , character name: Liquor Supply
Play in Full Screen Screen Nation Television and Film Awards 2007

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Prince Among Slaves

2007, role: director
Play in Full Screen The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Pact

2006, role: producer
Play in Full Screen X-Men: The Last Stand

2006, role: actor , character name: Trask
Play in Full Screen Payback: Straight Up

2006, role: actor , character name: Det. Hicks
Play in Full Screen Yellow

2006, role: actor , character name: Miles Emory
Play in Full Screen Miracle's Boys

2005, role: director
Play in Full Screen Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005, role: actor , character name: Levar
Play in Full Screen Ego Trip's Race-O-Rama

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself

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Play in Full Screen The Black Line

2007, role: actor

Dukes, Bill Filmography

Play in Full Screen The Really Big Family

1966, role: actor , character name: Bill Dukes

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Bill Mccai

Family taught him right from wrong,
Local tales and children's songs,
Sunday school was his shelter,
With his friends Joe and Walter,
Now those days so far away,
An empty swing where he once played,
Now he's got so fat and bald,
He never thought that he'd grow old.
Everyday when he gets the train
Looks out the window and he thinks in vain
If I could only be that boy again
He's got a sales job and it gets him down
Same old faces, same old sounds
Heart attacks, orthopaedic backs
Documents and labelled racks
His wife can't stand the sight of him
With his routine glass of gin
She makes his lunch of processed ham
And waits in for the meter man
Everyday when he gets the train
looks out the window and he thinks in vain
If I could only be that boy again
(Take it away Bill)
He could be that boy again
Another day, another gin
His kids don't even notice him
Something different about his face
His happy smile seems out of place
Family gathered round for tea
Eyes fixed on the new telly
A news flash came and then it said
Bill McCai was just found dead
No more windows, no more trains
Hung himself out in the rain
Now he'll never be that boy again
And we say...
Bye, bye Bill Mccai
Bye, bye Bill Mccai

photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez

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Russia: North Korea to Test Missile It Says Could Reach West Coast of the U.S.

Edit Newsweek 06 Oct 2017

North Korea claims it has a missile that could reach the West Coast of the United States and plans to test it in the very near future, according to Russian lawmakers who visited the reclusive nation this week. “They are preparing for new tests of a long-range missile ... “In general, [North Korea’s] mood is rather belligerent,” Morozov added ... Keep up with this story and more by subscribing now ... on high alert ... mainland ... Former U.S ... ....

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Hurricane Warning For Northern Gulf Coast As Nate To Strike Saturday Night

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Duke at Virginia: Who has the edge?

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 07 Oct 2017

Virginia’s Kurt Benkert has been on fire, completing several deep throws as the Cavaliers have won back-to-back games, while Duke’s Daniel Jones is coming off a frustrating outing in a loss to Miami ... DUKE ... Duke has been a few notches better, giving up 18.4 points and 291 yards per outing ... Virginia’s Joe Reed and Duke’s Shaun Wilson are capable kick returners ... Plus, the Cavaliers beat Duke a year ago on the road ... VIRGINIA 27, DUKE 20....

President urged to send RAI Bill 2017 back to Parliament

Edit The News International 07 Oct 2017

Terming the newly passed Right of Access to Information (RAI) Bill 2017 restrictive, a civil society organisation has urged the president to resend the bill to Parliament for the review under Article 74 of the Constitution. In a letter written to President Mamnoon Hussain, the Executive Director of CPDI Amer Ejaz highlighted the flaws in the RAI Bill 2017 saying that it did not guarantee free flow of information....

Inside the Bills: The great debate – is this team actually ... good?

Edit The Buffalo News 07 Oct 2017

The Bills are playing the best football in the AFC East right now ... “It's time to start paying attention to the” Buffalo Bills’ defense ... That sound you hear off in the distance is the Buffalo Bills’ bandwagon ... At 3-1, the Bills are alone in first place in the AFC East ... Win that game, and the Bills head into their bye week still in first place in their division, with a 3-0 AFC record to boot ... Are the Bills, you know … good?....

Trump contraceptive ruling will encounter legislative resistance in Massachusetts

Edit The Berkshire Eagle 07 Oct 2017

A bill pending in the Legislature — the "Advancing Contraceptive Coverage and Economic Security in our State," or ACCESS — would continue the ACA's requirement that birth control largely not be subject to cost-sharing. The bill provides exemptions for churches and qualified church-controlled organizations ... Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield, are co-sponsoring the bill, along with dozens of other legislators....

Monster, Coca-Cola, GE: 'Mad Money' Lightning Round

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Curry’s Kids Hope Alliance moves towards council vote

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Bill Duke

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'Bill Duke' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Directors on Directing (2009)

The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)

Duke, Bill Filmography

Duke, Bill Filmography

Dukes, Bill Filmography

Hustling A Hollywood Career - Bill Duke [FULL INTERVIEW]

The Best of Bill Duke

Why Most Actors Fail In Hollywood by Bill Duke

Bill Duke Vs The ORIGINAL Predator: Jungle Survival & The Action Star Who Got Cut!

FULL INTERVIEW: Bill Duke

Bill Duke

Bill Duke on A RAISIN IN THE SUN

Predator - Mac and Dutch Flashback

Vivica Fox & Bill Duke Interview, "Sometimes you get Burnt"

You Know You Fucked Up

Predator: Bill Duke vs Predator

Bill Duke in Predator 1987 - Sorrow, Anger, Fear

Director Bill Duke Shares Powerful Moment: Great Acting = Great Pain

2017 ABFF Honors Interview with Bill Duke

A message from Bill Duke #MenaceIISociety

A Two Minute Acting Lesson by Bill Duke

Bill Duke & Three Directing Secrets | MYTHS EXPOSED | Episode 11

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