Born in Fostoria, Ohio, Duane E. King (Named after the guitar player Duane Eddy) is a business man in Bowling Green Ohio. Duane is married to Lisa King with 3 children, Shawntay, Jolene and Samantha. As the owner of LMARIES Laundromat in Bowling Green, Duane gets numerous requests to use his store for shooting short films from students of Bowling Green State University. When writer/director Tyler Savino approached Duane about using LMARIES for a couple of scenes of The Cran, Duane agreed. As production advanced on The Cran, Duane agreed to play the Bar Manager and thus his film career is started.