Mortimer Duke

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Mortimer Duke is a wealthy, manipulative commodities broker and one of the scheming Duke brothers in the 1983 comedy film "Trading Places."

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Mortimer Duke canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
antagonistOf Billy Ray Valentine
Louis Winthorpe III
appearsInFilm Trading Places
characterIn Trading Places
coOwnerOf Duke & Duke
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Herschel Weingrod NERFINISHED
Timothy Harris
employer Duke & Duke
familyName Duke
fictionalStatus alive at end of Trading Places
fictionalUniverse Trading Places
surface form: Trading Places universe
filmDirectorOfWorkAppearedIn John Landis
gender male
genreOfWorkAppearedIn comedy film
hasRelative Randolph Duke
languageOfWork English
notableEvent financial ruin in frozen concentrated orange juice futures market
notableFor manipulating a social experiment involving Louis Winthorpe III and Billy Ray Valentine
occupation businessman
commodities broker
personalityTrait greedy
manipulative
ruthless
portrayedBy Don Ameche
sibling Randolph Duke
yearOfFirstAppearance 1983

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Trading Places mainCharacter Mortimer Duke
Randolph Duke sibling Mortimer Duke
Randolph Duke businessPartner Mortimer Duke