Dukes' film career included 35 movies. Throughout his career, he was a television guest star, notably as the man who attempted to rape
Edith Bunker on
All in the Family, an advertising executive on
The Jeffersons, and a blind bully on ''
Three's Company. During the 1980s, Dukes appeared in the dual miniseries The Winds of War
and War and Remembrance
. In 1992, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his turn as Jo Bouillon in the HBO production The Josephine Baker Story (1991). He also appeared as Arthur Miller in the HBO film Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996). He was a series regular on the first season of the NBC network drama Sisters'', playing the husband of eldest Reed sister, Alex (
Swoosie Kurtz). Dukes' role became a recurring character in subsequent seasons. On ''
Dawson's Creek, he had the recurring role of Mr. McPhee, father of Jack (Kerr Smith) and Andie (Meredith Monroe) from the second through fourth seasons. He also starred in Without a Trace'' as the ex-husband of Kate Nelligan.
Theater Dukes had considerable stage experience, first appearing on Broadway in 1971. He later appeared in a revival of
Molière's
The School for Wives. Dukes' theatrical roles included as
Dracula, Doctor Frankenstein, and
Antonio Salieri in the original production of
Amadeus, replacing
Ian McKellen. He also replaced
John Lithgow in the original production of
David Henry Hwang's play
M. Butterfly, and he received a
Tony nomination in 1980 for best featured actor in a play for
Bent. In 1998, he was one of the three characters in a London West End production of ''
'Art''' with
Stacy Keach and
George Wendt.
Audio David Dukes recorded several audiobooks, including
Philip Roth's unabridged
Sabbath’s Theater and
Isaac Asimov's unabridged
Prelude to Foundation. == Personal life and death ==