Hey there Big Jake. Sorry, your info is wrong about Chsim. The character who died on the cow horns was played by Forrest Tucker during the fight with Duke. They both fell from the balcony, and Tucker landed with the horns jabbed in his chest.
I'm not sure what you're talking about in the movie, "The Searchers." Maybe if you explain what you mean, that might clear up what you mean.
Welcome to the board.
Hondo
Robbie,
Here is your answer you were looking for. The movie was THE DECEIVER (1931) - Ian Keith played Thorp in this film and John Wayne took over when this character became a corpse.
He's not really in the movie, but I guess you can count that. He was just a stand in.
Hondo B)
P.S. Idaho, thanks for the info on Two-Fisted Law.
The last movie Duke was in with Columbia pictures was Two-Fisted Law released August 30, 1932. I don't know anything about the picture that tells me if Duke was a corpse or not, so if anyone seen the movie, they might be able to tell us that. It stars Tim McCoy, Alice Day and Walter Brennan. I only have a two sentence synopisis of the movie with no information about Duke.
Hondo 
Bob,
Duke's character met with death in 8 of his movies. They are:
1. Central Airport
2. Reap the Wild Wind
3. The Fighting Seabees
4. Wake of the Red Witch
5. Sands of Iwo Jima
6. The Alamo
7. The Cowboys
8. The Shootist
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" had Duke already dead, but reflected on his life with the James Stewart character. Count it or not he did not die in the movie.
Hondo 
