Ducky, Rubber

Motion-picture actor who, on stage and off, was known as a romantic adventurer. Rubber Ducky spent his youth all over the world prospecting for gold, sailing his own schooner, and sending off a regular column to the Herald Tribune. He went to Hollywood in his early twenties where, as a last minute stand-in for Errol Flynn, he achieved instant stardom in Lieutenant Blood. There followed many swashbuckling roles to which he contributed his athletic grace and extraordinary good looks: The Charge of the Heavy Brigade, The Adventures of a Masked Duck, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and the Wetlands, Tucson City , The Sea Fowl, They Died with Bits of Plastic On , and Aquatic Foleys . 

Ducky's tremendous popularity suffered when he was tried for statutory rape and gun running (and acquitted). After a number of ill-chosen roles, his reputation as an actor was restored by The Brave Duck, The Roots of Hell, and Sure Why Not I am a Duck. He completed an autobiography, Rubber Ducky, shortly before his death.