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AKA:
William Duke
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William Henry Duke
Birthplace:
Poughkeepsie, New York
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Black performer-director-writer whose work ranges from primetime TV and film to theater and literature. Duke began his film acting career in Michael Schultz's boisterous comedy "Car Wash" (1976), shortly after he started writing for the TV series "Good Times". A prolific TV director with scores of primetime episodes to his credit, including "Knots Landing", "Falcon Crest," "Hill Street Blues", "Spenser: For Hire," "A Man Called Hawk," "City of Angels," "New York Undercover" and the miniseries "Miracle's Boys," he won acclaim for his award-winning PBS film "The Killing Floor" (1984), about WWI
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Lieutenant Washington
2003
1969
Began acting career on New York stage in Le Roi Jones's "Slave Ship" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
1970
Off-Broadway acting debut in Douglas Turner Ward's "Day of Absence" with the Negro Ensemble Company
1971
Broadway acting debut in Melvin Van Pebbles' "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death"
1972
TV movie acting debut, "Santiago's Ark" for ABC Afterschool Specials
1972
Off-Broadway directing debut, "The Secret Place" by Garrett Morris
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