Junior Durkin

Junior Durkin

Infobox actor
bgcolour = silver
name = Junior Durkin


imagesize = 200px
caption = from "Hell's House" (1932)
birthdate = birth date|1915|7|2|mf=y
location = New York, New York, U.S.
deathdate = death date and age|1935|5|4|1915|7|2|mf=y,
deathplace = San Diego, California, U.S.
birthname = Trent Bernard Durkin

Junior Durkin (July 2, 1915May 4, 1935) was an American film actor.

Born Trent Bernard Durkin in New York, New York, Durkin began his acting career in theater while a child. He entered films in 1930, and played the role of Huckleberry Finn in "Tom Sawyer" (1930), and "Huckleberry Finn" (1931). Under contract with RKO Studios he was cast in a series of "B" films in comedic roles that capitalized on his gangly appearance. He achieved another success in "Hell's House" (1932) co-starring then newcomer Bette Davis.

RKO began grooming him for a transition into more adult roles, and in his final film "Chasing Yesterday" (1935), he was billed as Trent Durkin.

In 1935 he was travelling with his friend, the actor Jackie Coogan, and three other people including Coogan's father and producer Robert J. Horner, when their vehicle was involved in a road accident in San Diego, California. Coogan was the only survivor of the accident.

Durkin was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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Persondata
NAME= Durkin, Junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Durkin, Trent Bernard
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1915-7-2
PLACE OF BIRTH= New York, New York, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH= 1935-5-4,
PLACE OF DEATH= San Diego, California, U.S.


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