Director
Daryl Duke
Born March 8, 1929 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDied October 21, 200617 films
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Daryl Duke (8 March 1929 – 21 October 2006) was a Canadian film and TV director.
Duke was born at Vancouver, British Columbia, where he became one of CBC Television's earliest regional producers. His career continued with CBC in Toronto producing such series as This Hour Has Seven Days, then in the United States for major television networks and studios there.
In 1977 he won the Canadian Film Award for best Director for his surprise hit The Silent Partner.
His significant achievement in television was directing the Emmy Award winning miniseries The Thorn Birds. Duke was also among those responsible for the creation of CKVU-TV in Vancouver which is today part of the Citytv franchise. Noteworthy is that he produced and directed early Bob Dylan "song films," black and white vignettes that were the forerunners of today's music videos. He was inducted to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame and Starwalk in 1997.
Duke died in West Vancouver, British Columbia in 2006 due to pulmonary fibrosis.
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First watchThe Silent Partner19787.1Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed…View filmFilmography
17 films as director- 1992Fatal MemoriesDirector
- 1989When We Were YoungDirector
- 1986Tai-PanDirector
- 1985Florence NightingaleDirector
- 1982Hard FeelingsDirector
- 1978The Silent PartnerDirector
- 1976Shadow of the HawkDirector
- 1976Griffin and PhoenixDirector
- 1975They Only Come Out at NightDirector
- 1975A Cry for HelpDirector
- 1974SlitherDirector
- 1973I Heard the Owl Call My NameDirector
- 1973The President's Plane Is MissingDirector
- 1973PaydayDirector
- 1973The Return of Charlie ChanDirector
- 1970The Psychiatrist: God Bless the ChildrenDirector
- 1953Eye Witness No. 54Director