David Durand
Acting
Biography
David Durand (born David Grey Parker) was an American child, teen, and young-adult actor whose career ran from 1925 to 1944.
Born: July 27, 1920
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known For
Son of the Border
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.
The Band Plays On
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
A Criminal Is Born
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.
The Ghost Breakers
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.
Get Your Man
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.
Kid Dynamite
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.
Viva Villa!
In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.
Good Cheer
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.
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
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.
The Tulsa Kid
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.
Filmography
as Danny
as Danny
as Danny
as Bingo
as Skinny Collins
as Terry Kelly
as Perkins
as Fred Bailey
as Terry Kelly
as Student (uncredited)
as Terry Kelly
as Bob Wallace
as Gumdrop Wilbur
as Bellhop (uncredited)
as Usher
as Knuckles Malone
as Spike Morgan
as Blackie (uncredited)
as 'Rip' Dawson
as Rodney 'Rod'
as Alex Trimball
as Tony as a Boy
as Charles Nevins
as Thomas Sullivan
as Bugle Boy
as Manuel
as Nat Blake
as Tomas
as George Lewis
as Frankie Breen
as Andrew Horn (child)
as Mark
as David
as Brock Junior
as Vanya
as Hedrick Madison
as Danny Murray
as Joey Forziati
as Jo-Jo
as Frankie
as Robert, as a boy (uncredited)
as Mary's brother