Duane Dudley Chase (born December 12, 1950) is an American software
engineer and former actor best remembered as Kurt von Trapp in The
Sound of Music (1965). He also had a small role in the family film
Follow Me, Boys! (1966) and played Danny Matthews in The Big Valley
for one episode.In the summer of 1969, Chase joined the United States
Forest Service in Santa Barbara, California, after graduating from
Rolling Hills High School of Rolling Hills, California. Chase then
enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated
in 1976 with a B.S. in geology. After working at a Chevron refinery in
Denver for a year, he then enrolled at the University of Alabama and
earned a master's degree in geology.He lives in Washington and is
returning to wildlife and forestry work. He is married to Petra Maria,
who was born in Hamburg, Germany, and is a registered nurse.
engineer and former actor best remembered as Kurt von Trapp in The
Sound of Music (1965). He also had a small role in the family film
Follow Me, Boys! (1966) and played Danny Matthews in The Big Valley
for one episode.In the summer of 1969, Chase joined the United States
Forest Service in Santa Barbara, California, after graduating from
Rolling Hills High School of Rolling Hills, California. Chase then
enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated
in 1976 with a B.S. in geology. After working at a Chevron refinery in
Denver for a year, he then enrolled at the University of Alabama and
earned a master's degree in geology.He lives in Washington and is
returning to wildlife and forestry work. He is married to Petra Maria,
who was born in Hamburg, Germany, and is a registered nurse.
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