James Henry Duke Jr. Net Worth
James Henry Duke Jr. Net Worth is
$10 Million
James Henry Duke Jr. Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
James Duke was born in 1928 in Ennis, Texas, USA as James Henry Duke Jr. He died on August 25, 2015 in Houston, Texas. | Date Of Birth | 1928 |
| Place Of Birth | Ennis, Texas, USA |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bushy mustache |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He grew up in Hillsboro, Texas, where he picked cotton, dug ditches, and delivered the Dallas Morning News and the Saturday Evening Post. He enjoyed hunting and fishing in the surrounding countryside. |
| 2 | He attended Texas A&M University, and received a divinity degree at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. After reading a book about Albert Schweitzer, he reconsidered his career and earned a medical degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He joined the faculty of the 2-year-old University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1972. In the mid-1970s, he founded the Life Flight air ambulance service in Houston. |
| 3 | Duke was a 4th year surgery student at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on the day that President John F. Kennedy was assasinated. Duke could tell it was futile assisting the doctors working on Kennedy so he turned his attentions to the man across the hall who also had a bullet wound. That man turned out to be Texas governor John Connally. |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Medical | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Trauma: Life in the E.R. | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Bodywatch | 1986 | TV Series | Himself (as Dr. James Red Duke) |
| Operation: Lifeline | 1979 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Trauma Surgeon |
Known for movies
Bodywatch (1986)
as Himself
Houston Medical (2002)
as Himself
Operation: Lifeline (1979)
as Himself - Trauma Surgeon
Trauma: Life in the E.R. (2000)
as Himself