Duke York Actor - Born 17 October 1908 · Danby, New York, USA

Died 24 January 1952 · Hollywood, California, USA (suicide by gunshot)

Birth name Charles Everest Sinsabaugh

Mini Bio Duke York Jr. has a long resume as one of Hollywood's best stunt men. He is still often seen on TV today although audiences may not recognize him. He is most often seen today as the various "monsters" that confronted The Three Stooges during the 1940s, and as King Kala (wearing a bald cap) in the first Flash Gordon serial.

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Family Spouse Frances Miles (?- 1941) divorced

Relationship Catherine Moench (? - 24 January 1952) separated his death

Trivia Committed suicide with a gunshot to the head.

He and actor Greg McClure went into business in the late 1940s, running a physical culture gym. McClure also worked on producing a series of two-reel comedies starring Duke but it never got off the ground.

His ashes are interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

Duke York (né Charles Everest Sinsabaugh; October 17, 1908 – January 24, 1952), was an American film actor and stuntman who appeared in nearly 160 films between 1932 and 1952. He was also known as Duke Owl.

Personal life and death In the 1930s, York married movie stuntwoman Frances Miles, but the union ended in divorce in 1941. Several years later, York was dating Beverly Hills brunette Catherine Moench. They planned to marry, but she called it off, saying that he was "quite jealous and had misunderstood various actions" of hers in the past. York eventually admitted to Moench that he was wrong, and wanted to get back together, but she refused.

On January 24, 1952, during a three-hour phone call to Moench, York threatened suicide several times stating he could not live without her. He then shot himself in the head while on the phone with Moench. His body was discovered by friend and fellow actor George Cleveland.