William Duell

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William Duell
Born Darwin William Duell[1]
August 30, 1923 (1923-08-30) (age 84)
Corinth, New York, United States
Occupation Film actor
Singer
TV actor
Stage actor
Years active 1961 - present

Darwin William Duell[1](born on August 30, 1923) is an American Actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Jim Sefelt in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Johnny the Snitch on the 1982 crime comedy series Police Squad!. He also had a small part in the film Cradle Will Rock as a butler. He's referred as a Short, odd-looking character actor with a Shakespearean background[2]. He had tons of minor roles in plays, films and Tv series. His last work was a cameo in the film How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Duell graduated at the Green Mountain Junior College (now Green Mountain College) (Illinois) Wesleyan University, and Yale University. A theatre scholarship at GMC is named after him.[2] He portrayed Caesar Rodney in the Broadway version of 1776, which made him the one actor that stayed throughout the entire run of the show and was never understudied.[3]

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  1. ^ a b William Duell at the Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
  2. ^ a b William Duell at the Internet Movie Database. Biography. Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
  3. ^ William Duell at the Internet Movie Database. Trivia. Retrieved on January 7, 2008.

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NAME Duell, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duell, Darwin William
SHORT DESCRIPTION Film actor, Singer, TV actor, Stage actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1923-8-30
PLACE OF BIRTH Corinth, New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH