Tom Sawyer
1930
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Career. Trent Bernard Durkin was born in New York City in 1915. He began his acting career in theater as a child. Durkin first appeared in films in 1930, playing the role of Huckleberry Finn in Tom Sawyer (1930) and in Huckleberry Finn (1931), both times with Jackie Coogan playing Tom Sawyer.
Actor: Recaptured Love. Quiet, benign, blue-eyed, rangy-framed child/teen actor Junior Durkin, who was an absolute natural on film and possessed major "down home" appeal, showed strong promise in just the few 1930s films he appeared in. A fatal roadster accident quickly ended the dreams of this young "Henry Fonda" type just as he was about to ...
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Credited in his childhood as Junior Durkin and Trent Durkin in his last film, Chasing Yesterday (1935). He made his film debut in the movie Recaptured Love (1930). Durkin is best known for his role as Huckleberry Finn in Tom Sawyer (1930), and Huckleberry Finn (1931) and his starring role as Jimmy Mason in Hell’s House (1932).
May 6, 2020 · Early on in his career, though, he reportedly lived with one: Up-and-coming actor Trent "Junior" Durkin. The two are rumored to have been lovers, which Hollywood's version of Henry Willson mentions in a monologue. Durkin came to Hollywood at the age of 15, and was known for playing Huckleberry Finn in a 1931 film adaptation of Mark Twain's book ...
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Biography by AllMovie. American actor Junior Durkin spent the bulk of his brief life appearing on stage and screen. The son of actress Florence Edwards he was on stage before he was three and went on to appear often on stage in serious plays and musicals. He came to Hollywood in 1930 to play his best-known role, Huckleberry Finn in Tom Sawyer ...
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- January 1, 1935
July 02, 1915. Died. May 04, 2035. Cause of Death. Car Accident. Biography. Read More. Child performer who appeared on stage (notably in "Poppy" with W.C. Fields) and vaudeville. Durkin entered films in 1930 and starred as Huckleberry Finn in the Jackie Coogan "Tom Sawyer" (1930) and "Huckleberry Finn" (1934).
The actor is barely recognizable from one film to the other. His voice and body language in Recaptured Love were so different from the work he did in Tom Sawyer, it was as though different actors had played the two roles. Durkin was an actor who played characters. He researched his roles and immersed himself in them. He took his work very ...
