Duane Chase
Duane Chase is an American geologist, forester, and former actor who appeared as Kurt von Trapp in The [Sound of Music |The Sound of Music]. He also had a small role in the family film Follow Me, Boys! and played Danny Matthews in The Big Valley for one episode.Biography
During 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. He 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, Chase then enrolled at the University of Alabama and earned a master's degree in geology.Personal life
Chase lives in Washington State and is returning to wildlife and forestry work. He is married to Petra Maria, a registered nurse who was born in Hamburg, Germany.