Mortimer Duke

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fictional character film character

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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Label Occurrences
Mortimer Duke canonical 3

Statements (29)

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 ⓘ