- Son Malcolm Ernest Duijs (born 1955) and daughter Saskia Pauline Duijs (born 1957). Mother is ex-wife Betty Keylock.
- Daughter Dunja Maruschka Duijs (born 1969). Mother is wife Mary Weiss.
- He became a television presenter in 1959.
- He first started a career as a tennis player. Having made the final NK Older Youth (Van Lennep Cup) in 1946, he won the Spieghel Hilversum and Heide B tournament, took the semi-finals Plaswijck Kralingen and won the B tournament in Rotterdam. He also reached the final three men's doubles Flehite A with Peter Scholtz and was 1956 men's singles champion Unilever (following Jan de Soet).
- He regularly presented the Grand Gala du Disque and was also a commentator for large tennis matches.
- For eight years (1962, 1963, 1974-1976, 1978, 1979 and 1983) he was the regular Eurovision Song Contest Commentator for Dutch television viewers.
- From 1963 until 1979 he presented the TV program "Voor de Vuist Weg", generally considered to be the first talk show on Dutch television. In 1974 he received the Gouden Televizierring for this program.
- After retiring from tennis in mid 1956 Duys began writing for various music magazines and was invited to act as an announcer on AVRO in 1956.
- Duys also presented the Sunday morning radio show "Muziek Mozaïek" for four decades. A TV version of that show ran for six seasons.
- Duys was a Dutch radio and television presenter, commentator, tennis player and music producer.
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