David Dukes(1945-2000)

Was Rob Reiner's first choice to play the adult Gordie LaChance, the narrator of Stand by Me: Das Geheimnis eines Sommers (1986), before being replaced by Richard Dreyfuss. In the first long shot of the adult Gordie, you can still see that it is Dukes, not Dreyfuss, sitting in the car. The story is about the character's first experiences with death. Sadly, Dukes died while appearing in another Stephen King adaptation.

I've never burned to be a star. You have to have enough of a name to get the big parts with the best people.