Duane Chase

Duane Chase (born c. 1951) is an American geologist, forester, and former actor who appeared 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.

Duane Chase
Born	c. 1951 (age 73–74)[1]
Spouse	Petra Maria ​ (m. 1987)​

Biography

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.^[2][3] 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.^[2][4]

Personal life

He lives in Washington and is returning to wildlife and forestry work.^[5] He is married to Petra Maria, a registered nurse who was born in Hamburg, Germany.^{[citation needed]}