David Durand

David Durand

Born: July 27, 1920
Died: July 25, 1998
in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
David Durand (born David Grey Parker) was an American child, teen, and young-adult actor whose career ran from 1925 to 1944.

Movies for David Durand...

Follow the Leader
Title: Follow the Leader
Character: Danny
Released: June 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Muggs and Glimpy, two East Side Kids in the army, return to their neighborhood, supposedly on furlough; actually, Muggs has been honorably discharged with a physical defect, but he tells no one of this. Danny, another East Side kid, is in jail because a large amount of medical supplies have been stolen from the warehouse where he works. Muggs see Spider, a new member of the gang, flashing a large amount of money around, and Muggs shrewdly turns toughie, boasting that he has a dishonorable discharge because of thievery. This leads Spider to confide in Muggs that he is the one who has been aiding in the theft of supplies from the warehouse, and he gets paid for the loot by Larry, operator of a nightclub where Muggs' sister, Milly, is an entertainer. Fingers, a henchman for Larry, kills Spider when he learns that Muggs has been let in on the operation. The police then suspect Muggs of killing Spider.
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Million Dollar Kid
Title: Million Dollar Kid
Character: Danny
Released: February 28, 1944
Type: Movie
The gang is friend with a millionaire because they saved him from an agression. However, the gang is suspecting that the man's son was actually one of the agressors.
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Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Title: Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Character: Danny
Released: October 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Ordered by a judge to get a job, Muggs McGinnis is hired by wealthy Mrs. Murray, who has a penchant for picking up trouble-prone servants. At an engagement party for Mrs. Murray's spoiled daughter Brenda, Muggs enlists his pals as extra help.
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Keep 'Em Slugging
Title: Keep 'Em Slugging
Character: Bingo
Released: March 1, 1943
Type: Movie
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
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Kid Dynamite
Title: Kid Dynamite
Character: Skinny Collins
Released: February 5, 1943
Type: Movie
The East Side boxing champion Muggs answers a challenge to a fight against the West Side champ but just before the match he is kidnapped. His friend Danny Lyons takes his place and wins the fight, only to have Mugs believe that Danny was responsible for his kidnapping.
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College Belles
Title: College Belles
Character: Terry Kelly
Released: October 16, 1942
Type: Movie
Terry and the gang put on a boxing exhibition in order to sell war bonds.
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A Study in Socks
Title: A Study in Socks
Character: Terry Kelly
Released: May 21, 1942
Type: Movie
Terry invents a new formula for gasoline and shows it to his girlfriend's father.
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Glove Birds
Title: Glove Birds
Character: Terry Kelly
Released: February 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Terry (Durand) is erroneous jailed prior to an important boxing match.
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The Kink of the Campus
Title: The Kink of the Campus
Character: Terry Kelly
Released: December 25, 1941
Type: Movie
Terry is framed by a rival so that he'll be ineligible to play in the big football game.
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Mitt Me Tonight
Title: Mitt Me Tonight
Character: Terry Kelly
Released: November 6, 1941
Type: Movie
Terry and his gang stow away on board an ocean liner.
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Harmon of Michigan
Title: Harmon of Michigan
Character: Perkins
Released: September 11, 1941
Type: Movie
A former University of Michigan football star (Tom Harmon) rejects an opportunity to play professional football. Instead, he marries his college sweetheart (Anita Louise) and begins a career as a college football coach.
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Naval Academy
Title: Naval Academy
Character: Fred Bailey
Released: June 5, 1941
Type: Movie
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Glove Affair
Title: Glove Affair
Character: Terry Kelly
Released: April 3, 1941
Type: Movie
Terry protects his girlfriend's little brother from the town bully.
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Fresh as a Freshman
Title: Fresh as a Freshman
Character: Terry Kelly
Released: January 29, 1941
Type: Movie
Terry arrives at school, but doesn't get exactly the welcome he expected.
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Her First Romance
Title: Her First Romance
Character: Student (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Linda Strong, a bookish, frumpy co-ed, is invited to a formal dance as a sorority pledge initiation prank. Her selfish stepsister and guardian, Eileen, refuses to buy Linda a dress and decides that she is too young to attend. Katy, the cook, buys Linda a dress and with the help of Linda's cousin, Marian, conspires to get Linda to the dance. When Linda's friend Suzy tells her that she was invited as a prank, however, she refuses to go to the dance. Without her glasses and wearing stylish clothes, Linda is quite attractive, but she still rejects all the invitations from the fraternity brothers. She is crying outside the house when Chicago opera star Philip Niles arrives and offers to escort her to the dance. Eileen is at the dance with her fiancé John Gilman, who was Marian's boyfriend until Eileen stole him away.
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Pleased to Mitt You
Title: Pleased to Mitt You
Character: Terry Kelly
Released: September 6, 1940
Type: Movie
Terry Kelly is leaving for college, and Ma Kelly and Uncle Pat invite his friends and sweetheart Kitty to the house for a going-away party. The bigger surprise is Uncle Pat's gift of $1400 for Terry's tuition, money he earned promoting Terry as an amateur boxer. Accompanying Terry and Kitty's school friends to the party is Diggins, Terry's rival for Kitty's affections. After an argument, Diggins takes off... with the envelope containing Pat's gift. The kids track Diggins down at Regan's Road House, and a brawl breaks out.
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The Tulsa Kid
Title: The Tulsa Kid
Character: Bob Wallace
Released: August 16, 1940
Type: Movie
A protegee of notorious outlaw Montana (Beery), young Tom Benton decides to stay on the good side of the Law upon reaching maturity. Montana, however, has no such inclination to reform, the result being a climactic gun duel between the ageing gunman and his former pupil.
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Golden Gloves
Title: Golden Gloves
Character: Gumdrop Wilbur
Released: August 2, 1940
Type: Movie
An amateur boxer's girlfriend inspires him to face a ring pro entered by a gangster.
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The Ghost Breakers
Title: The Ghost Breakers
Character: Bellhop (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1940
Type: Movie
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
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He Married His Wife
Title: He Married His Wife
Character: Usher
Released: January 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
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Boys' Reformatory
Title: Boys' Reformatory
Character: Knuckles Malone
Released: May 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A tough street kid takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son of his foster family and is sent to a boys reformatory, where the inmates are under the thumb of corrupt guards and a brutal prison doctor.
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Streets of New York
Title: Streets of New York
Character: Spike Morgan
Released: April 12, 1939
Type: Movie
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, opportunities and temptations, but through it all, he considers the actions of his hero, Abraham Lincoln, for guidance. Will Jimmy see his dreams come true, or will he be another of the countless hopefuls chewed up and spit out by New York's mean streets?
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Off the Record
Title: Off the Record
Character: Blackie (uncredited)
Released: January 21, 1939
Type: Movie
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.
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Scouts to the Rescue
Title: Scouts to the Rescue
Character: 'Rip' Dawson
Released: January 17, 1939
Type: Movie
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack sets off in search of lost treasure and finds adventure
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A Criminal Is Born
Title: A Criminal Is Born
Character: Rodney 'Rod'
Released: June 5, 1938
Type: Movie
An entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, this short tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.
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Wells Fargo
Title: Wells Fargo
Character: Alex Trimball
Released: December 31, 1937
Type: Movie
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
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The Bands Plays On
Title: The Bands Plays On
Character: Tony as a Boy
Released: December 21, 1934
Type: Movie
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
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Wednesday's Child
Title: Wednesday's Child
Character: Charles Nevins
Released: October 26, 1934
Type: Movie
A 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.
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Hat, Coat and Glove
Title: Hat, Coat and Glove
Character: Thomas Sullivan
Released: July 26, 1934
Type: Movie
A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife's lover, who's been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village.
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Viva Villa!
Title: Viva Villa!
Character: Bugle Boy
Released: April 27, 1934
Type: Movie
In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.
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As the Earth Turns
Title: As the Earth Turns
Character: Manuel
Released: February 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.
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Little Men
Title: Little Men
Character: Nat Blake
Released: January 1, 1934
Type: Movie
The former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys. One of the boys, Nat, invites Dan, a street kid, to come to the school, where the boys are all loved and well cared for. Dan is a young tough, but his heart is good, and when he is accused of theft at the school, Jo continues to believe in him and that the true thief will be found out.
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Cradle Song
Title: Cradle Song
Character: Tomas
Released: November 19, 1933
Type: Movie
In a deeply cloistered convent, nun Dorothea Wieck (Mädchen in Uniform) raises a foundling to be Evelyn Venable. But at 17, what if, guided by a kindly doctor, she sees the world and finds love?
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The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Title: The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Character: George Lewis
Released: June 3, 1933
Type: Movie
Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he punches a reporter who threatens to expose his hypocrisy, and accidentally kills him. Dolan panics and skips town, winding up on a farm that serves as a home for disabled children run by kindhearted Peggy. As the cynical Dolan falls for Peggy, he begins to change his ways.
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Son of the Border
Title: Son of the Border
Character: Frankie Breen
Released: May 5, 1933
Type: Movie
An honest rancher, after killing his best friend who's turned outlaw, takes his pal's orphaned younger brother into his own home. The boy, however, isn't aware he's now living with the man responsible for his brother's death. This 1933 RKO B-western, directed by Lloyd Nosler, stars Tom Keene, Lon Chaney Jr., David Durand, Julie Haydon, Edgar Kennedy, Charles King and Al Bridge.
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The Great Jasper
Title: The Great Jasper
Character: Andrew Horn (child)
Released: March 3, 1933
Type: Movie
Generational saga about a failed streetcar conductor, who finds success as an Atlantic City fortune teller, and his son. Drama.
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Silver Dollar
Title: Silver Dollar
Character: Mark
Released: December 22, 1932
Type: Movie
A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.
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Probation
Title: Probation
Character: David
Released: March 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Janet Holman is suspicious of her fiancé, Allen Wells, after he kisses her best friend Gwen when the lights are turned out during a party. Allen leaves early, purportedly for business reasons, but in reality, he is going to visit his secret girl friend, seventeen-year-old Ruth Jarrett. When Ruth's neighbor and landlady, Mrs. Humphries, overhears her talking to Allen on the phone, she becomes morally outraged and calls the police. Ruth is taken away to juvenile hall, and when Ruth's older brother Nick comes home to celebrate Ruth's birthday, Mrs. Humphries explains that Ruth has been seeing an older, wealthy man who has been leading her astray, and that she sent her away for her own good. Nick is saddened that he has failed to keep Ruth on the right track, and when he returns to his apartment, he becomes enraged to see Allen there. When Allen claims ignorance of Ruth's age, Nick hits him, and they engage in a brawl.
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Rich Man's Folly
Title: Rich Man's Folly
Character: Brock Junior
Released: November 14, 1931
Type: Movie
The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
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The Spy
Title: The Spy
Character: Vanya
Released: April 26, 1931
Type: Movie
1931 picture starring Kay Johnson.
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The Bad Sister
Title: The Bad Sister
Character: Hedrick Madison
Released: March 29, 1931
Type: Movie
Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laura loves Dr. Lindley although she knows he loves Marianne. Marianne returns and marries a wealthy young man, and Lindley turns his love toward Laura.
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The Jazz Cinderella
Title: The Jazz Cinderella
Character: Danny Murray
Released: September 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Intending that her son, Herbert, marry debutante Mildred Vane, Mrs. Consuelo Carter is most dismayed when she learns that Herbert has fallen in love with Pat Murray, a model in Darrow's dress shop. Pat's emphatic refusal to take Mrs. Carter's "suggestion" that she give up Herbert leads to her being fired, and she reluctantly accepts Herbert's invitation to weekend at the Carter country home. Finally realizing the hopelessness of the situation, Pat makes a spectacle of herself at a party; but Herbert is not fooled, and their love triumphs.
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Live and Learn
Title: Live and Learn
Character: Reginald
Released: June 15, 1930
Type: Movie
A jealous husband endeavors to reach his wife who is quarantined in an apartment with her former spouse.
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Ladies Love Brutes
Title: Ladies Love Brutes
Character: Joey Forziati
Released: May 14, 1930
Type: Movie
The movie stars George Bancroft, Mary Astor and Fredric March who are all excellent in their roles. The story begins as Joe Forziati (Bancroft), an Italian immigrant who has battled his way to success as a New York building contractor, decides to embark on a social career.
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Innocents of Paris
Title: Innocents of Paris
Character: Jo-Jo
Released: January 2, 1929
Type: Movie
A Parisian junk dealer has to choose between love and fame after he rescues a boy.
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Tropic Madness
Title: Tropic Madness
Character: Frankie
Released: December 19, 1928
Type: Movie
Herbert Pomeroy's wife Juanita spends his money extravagantly and irresponsibly, finally driving him to bankruptcy. Desperate, he sends his son Frankie to live with his friend Henderson, a South Seas trader, then commits suicide. Although Juanita spends years searching for her son, she finally gives up and takes a world cruise on the yacht of wealthy Jules Lennox. One day the yacht docks on Henderson's island and Juanita, meeting Henderson, persuades him to let her be Frankie's governess. Complications ensue, involving a poor physician, a jealous island woman and a witch doctor.
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Get Your Man
Title: Get Your Man
Character: Robert as a boy
Released: December 6, 1927
Type: Movie
A young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in an arranged marriage. She hatches a plan to overcome that obstacle and get her man.
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Good Cheer
Title: Good Cheer
Character: Mary's brother
Released: January 9, 1926
Type: Movie
On Christmas Eve, the Gang copes with hardships, helps capture a gang of thieves, and learns that Santa Claus really exists for those who wish fervently enough.