Duke Mitchell

Duke Mitchell was an American film actor, slapstick comedian, crooner and independent film director. Mitchell often performed his nightclub act in and around Palm Springs, California and anointed himself the King of Palm Springs.

Mitchell was born Dominic Salvatore Miceli in Farrell, Pennsylvania. In 1951, he teamed with teenaged comic Sammy Petrillo for a nightclub act. Mitchells cabaretstyle crooning and Petrillos manic, rubberfaced clowning bore more than a passing resemblance to the popular team of Martin and Lewis, causing Jerry Lewis to take legal action. The suit was later dismissed.

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