Duncan Dorsey

born: 01 March 1913 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

died: 24 June 1962 Reno, Nevada, United States of America (age 49)

American child actor. His brother was Eddie Dorsey. In 1933, he moved to Reno, Nevada, to attend the University of Nevada. He served in World War II in the U.S. Naval Reserve, reaching the rank of Boatswain's Mate First Class. After the war, he worked as a bartender for various establishments, once owning his own bar, Dunc's Bar (later sold and known as Eddie's Corner). He passed at Veterans Hospital after a lengthy illness, and is buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Reno.

Real name: Duncan McDonald Dorsey Height: 5'10½" (age 27, Oct. 1940)

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1924 Big Business Boy Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXVK-6P5 (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7J-HZL (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCD4-33Q (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYHQ-N71 (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BZ-19TY (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X6S-4HZP (1950 Census) Duncan M Dorsey, "Nevada, U.S., Death Certificates, 1911-1965" (Ancestry.com) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110984338 (Find a Grave) https://billiongraves.com/grave/Duncan-M-Dorsey/12131866 (BillionGraves) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?date=1962-06&keyword=%22duncan+dorsey%22&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) http://theluckycorner.com/rps/023.html (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 19 Septembe 2026