Webdukes collapsed monday evening in this town near fort lewis and was pronounced dead at st. Clare hospital in lakewood. — veteran actor david dukes collapsed and died during a day off from filming the stephen king miniseries rose red in the suburbs south of tacoma. Dukes collapsed monday evening and was pronounced dead at st. Clare hospital in lakewood. It appeared the cause of death was a heart. 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. Webveteran actor david dukes collapsed and died monday during a day off from filming the stephen king miniseries rose red in the suburbs south of tacoma. 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. Webdukes collapsed monday evening in spanaway, wash. , and was pronounced dead at st. Clare hospital in lakewood. It appeared the cause of death was.