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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. Under contract to RKO Radio Pictures, he was cast in a ...
- Actor
- 1923–1935
- Junior Dirkin, Trent Durkin
Junior Durkin. 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 ...
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- Buckman Springs, California, USA
Apr 10, 2020 · In 1933, the 18-year old met 22-year old Henry Willson at a gay bar on Sunset Strip. Willson had just arrived from Pennsylvania, and was writing for movie magazines. The two became lovers, and when Willson became a talent agent for the Joyce and Pollimer Agency, he hired Junior. Or maybe he hired Junior before they became lovers.
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 ...
- Elena Nicolaou
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 (1930) and Huckleberry ...
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 ...
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Durkin?s death was front-page news. The public was shocked by this unspeakable tragedy. Yet today, Trent ?Junior? Durkin is a rarely mentioned footnote in Hollywood history. -----1935 Fresno Bee article Pine Valley, CA John Coogan Sr. Other Killed, May 1935 Re-Posted October 11th, 2008 by Stu Beitler
