Tom Sawyer
1930
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California, U.S. Other names. Junior Dirkin. Trent Durkin. Occupation. Actor. Years active. 1923–1935. Trent "Junior" Durkin (July 2, 1915 – May 4, 1935) was an American stage and film actor.
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 ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Apr 25, 2024. Junior Durkin and Henry Willson: Hollywood's First Gay Romance. When 15-year old New York boy Trent Durkin was contracted by Paramount Pictures, his name was changed to "Junior" to make him seem more wholesome and All-American.
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 ...
May 1, 2020 · One of his first clients was Junior Durkin, an actor who's career was tragically cut short by a car accident in 1935. Willson then started working at the Zeppo Marx agency, and his clients...
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.
Birthday: Jul 2, 1915. Birthplace: New York, New York, USA. Child performer who appeared on stage (notably in "Poppy" with W.C. Fields) and vaudeville. Durkin entered films in 1930 and starred as...
