(ap) — veteran actor david dukes collapsed and died monday during a day off from filming the stephen king miniseries rose red in the. I was surprised at the end of stephen king's rose red to see a memoriam to david dukes, who played professor carl miller in that tv film. — veteran actor david dukes collapsed and died during a day off from filming the stephen king miniseries rose red in the suburbs south of. Webdavid dukes was born on 6 june 1945 in san francisco, california, usa. He was an actor, known for gods and monsters (1998), rawhead rex (1986) and a little romance.