Duane Chase (born December 12, 1950) is a former actor best remembered as Kurt von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965). He started acting in commercials when he was 11, along with a bit of  modelling work. He left show business after high school, moving out of  Los Angeles and for a time fought fires with the forestry service.

He  is now a computer software analyst/designer for oil and mining  companies. He enjoys climbing mountains and lives outside of Seattle,  Washington.