Dan Duckworth:
CLASS OF 1956
Bradley Central High SchoolClass of 1956
Cleveland, TN
Columbia High SchoolClass of 1956
Lake city, FL
Capitol Hill High SchoolClass of 1956
Oklahoma city, OK
Robert E. Lee High SchoolClass of 1956
Jacksonville, FL
Capitol Hill Junior High SchoolClass of 1953
Oklahoma city, OK
Dan's Story
Draft - Jan 25, 2012
Currently living in St. Petersburg, FL but commuting every month to NYC to our business, Voiceovers Unlimited, where we train actors to do radio and TV voiceovers.
Attended four schools where I would have been Class of 1956. Columbia Hi in Lake City, FL,Capitol Hill Hi in Okla City, Lee Hi in Jacksonvilee, FL and finally, Bradley Central Hi in Cleveland, TN.
Checkered college career included stints at Duke, U of Chattanooga, Stetson U and finally, the U of Miami. Landed a job at WDEF while attending U of Chattanooga. Entertainment editor and newsman on WGBS radio after graduating from U of Miami's radio-TV-film department.
With wife Carole, started a small professional theatre company in Coconut Grove, FL which later grew to be one of the state theatres of Florida. One of our productions featured a young actor, Mike Stallone, who later changed his name to Sylvester. Moved to NYC in '77. Various acting, directing, producing gigs. Gradually, moved into voiceovers. Currently, Carole and I have our own company in Manhattan, Voiceovers Unlimited, which includes a training program for voiceovers, a casting company, AAAVoiceCasting, and a greeting card company on line.
I continue to do voiceover work which you may have heard on commercials for Mercedes Benz, Prudential securities, Kraft, Ryder Trucks and others too humorous to mention.
Some other "low" lites of career. Six weeks on "All My Children"- being a NYPD cop on top of the World Trade Center as Tom Hanks landed in a helicopter - co-starred with Lyle Waggoner of the Carol Burnett Show at the Alhambra Dinner Theatre in Jacksonville - pitched knuckle balls at the old Shea Stadium in NY while shooting a commercial with the Michelin Tire man - voicing a comedy commercial on The Chris Rock show on HBO - produced and acted in "Flight 981" with future Oscar winner Mercedes Ruehl - directing Pat Hingle in a revival of "The Odd Couple" at the state theatre of North Carolin...Expand for more
a in Flat Rock, NC - spent a week in a NY state mental hospital as stand in for Richard Kiley while filming "Endless Love" with Brooke Shields (we were warned not to leave the bus as we might be nabbed as escaped patients claiming "I'm really an actor making a movie." "Yeah, right. Now just slip into this special jacket and let's get back to your padded cell."
Some friends from both Capitol Hill Jr. Hign and Wheeler Elementary in Okla City.
Jeanette Wheeler, Ken Pierce, Dickie Soergel, Andy Pettijohn,
Sara Hosack, Paul Nunley, Lewis Chestnut, Lavern Sutton, Carolene Nethercutt,
And some friends from just CH Jr. High
Bill Reid, Nancy Chadwell, Carolyn Laubhan, Jimmy Trease, John Winter, LaNelle Shreck, Jerry Nicks,
I was only at CHJHS for the last semester but it turned out to
be an important and special time in my life.
Laura Smalley was my social studies teacher and coached me in the speaking contest
that was held toward the end of year and I ended up being one of the finalists. For some
reason elections for class officers were held late that semester, and for for some reason, I was elected class president and spoke at our graduation. I know of no reason on this green earth
why all of this happened. Anyway, the family was moving back to Florida that summer
and a group of you had a surprise going away party for me. Kenneth Pierce had the task
of getting me there and he had a devil of a time getting my out of my painting work clothes.
But it worked, I went and was very surprised. A great time was had, I kissed Carolyn, and was
given an I.D. bracelet (remember those) engraved on the back "from The Gang."
I still have it, though it came off while I was swimming in a lake near Jacksonville, Fl. Two years
later, someone from our church who knew me found the bracelet and returned it. Quel surprise!
Anyway, enough babbling. It's good to reconnect with some old friends and make some new ones.
Wife: Carole
Daughters: Jennifer & Megan-Marie
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