Education
Born into an artists" family, he studied as an actor and dancer, but also sang with his sister, Maria.
Born into an artists" family, he studied as an actor and dancer, but also sang with his sister, Maria.
By the 1960s, Duval was also composing music, both orchestral and popular, and his first soundtrack, for an episode of the German serial Tatort, was broadcast in 1977. From his 1979 first album, Die Schönsten Melodien Aus Derrick und der Alte, the song "Todesengel" became a moderate hit. He was in the German charts several times, with "Angel of Mine" (a number one hit in 1981), "Ways" (1983), "Lovers Will Survive" (1986), and "When You Were Mine" (1987).
Duval wrote songs for Ivan Rebroff, Alexandra, Karin Huebner, Margot Werner, Klaus Löwitsch, and Maria Schell.