--- name: "Donald 'Duck' Dunn" canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-duck-dunn" fi1m_id: "donald-duck-dunn" imdb_id: "nm0242551" tmdb_id: 7177 wikidata_id: "Q379341" roles: ["Actor"] born: "24 November 1941" died: "13 May 2012" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:34:41.045922+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Donald 'Duck' Dunn ## Identity Donald 'Duck' Dunn - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donald-duck-dunn - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** donald-duck-dunn - **IMDb ID:** nm0242551 - **TMDB ID:** 7177 - **Wikidata ID:** Q379341 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_%22Duck%22_Dunn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379341, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7177 Actor. Born 24 November 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Died 13 May 2012. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 24 November 1941, Memphis, Tennessee, USA - **Died:** 13 May 2012 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_%22Duck%22_Dunn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379341, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7177 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*The Blues Brothers*](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Donald 'Duck' Dunn was an American bass guitarist, session musician and songwriter. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he was a member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s and the house band at Stax Records, contributing to numerous soul and R&B recordings. Dunn appeared as himself in the 1980 film *The Blues Brothers* and its 1998 sequel *Blues Brothers 2000*. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He died in Tokyo, Japan, in 2012. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Blues Brothers* (1980), Fi1m 81, as Donald 'Duck' Dunn — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md) ## Complete filmography (7) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Stax/Volt Revue Live In Norway 1967* (2007), Actor - *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd* (2005), as Blues Brothers Band (archive footage) - *Blues Brothers 2000* (1998), as Donald 'Duck' Dunn - *The Best of John Belushi* (1985), as Various Characters - *Eric Clapton: Live Now* (1985), Actor - *The Blues Brothers* (1980), as Donald 'Duck' Dunn — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md) - *The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland* (1978), Actor ## Gallery - ![Donald 'Duck' Dunn](https://film.one/media/person/117531/gallery-0ca807ec7d58.jpg) Donald 'Duck' Dunn — The original uploader was Thestaxman at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/DDDunn.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Trade ad for Booker T. & the M.G.'s single "Hip Hug Her". (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/117531/gallery-bef71bcf6051.jpg) Trade ad for Booker T. & the M.G.'s single "Hip Hug Her". (1967) — Stax Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Booker_T._%26_the_M.G%27s_1967_press_photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Donald Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper arrived in Australia on the 20th February 2008, to back Guy Sebastian for his 18 date concert tour - The Memphis Tour.](https://film.one/media/person/117531/gallery-891d21429502.jpg) Donald Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper arrived in Australia on the 20th February 2008, to back Guy Sebastian for his 18 date concert tour - The Memphis Tour. — DianeSunshineCoast, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Donald_Duck_Dunn_tours_with_Guy_Sebastian_on_the_Memphis_Tour_2008.JPG/1280px-Donald_Duck_Dunn_tours_with_Guy_Sebastian_on_the_Memphis_Tour_2008.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Stax Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, US Duck Dunn'sFender electric bass (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/117531/gallery-78cf61ea84a8.jpg) Stax Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, US Duck Dunn'sFender electric bass (2022) — Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Stax_Records%2C_Memphis%2C_TN%2C_US_%2812%29.jpg/1280px-Stax_Records%2C_Memphis%2C_TN%2C_US_%2812%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/donald-duck-dunn