* 24-6-1886 of 88, Montgomery County, VA -   †  1982

A film actor from 1913 and a director from 1915, King established himself as one of the great artists of the silent period with TOL'ABLE DAVID (1921), a poignant evocation of rural Americana. With Fox from 1930 to 1961, King proved himself one of Hollywood's most prolific and consistently commercial directors, though his sound films have generally drawn less critical praise than his early work. King's nostalgia for the America of boundless prairies and visionary pioneers resurfaced in numerous films, including IN OLD CHICAGO (1938) and JESSE JAMES (1939). Brother of director Louis King (1898-1962).

Filmografie:

1913   THE BIRTH MARK      performer

1913   A FALSE FRIEND       performer

1913   THE SEA WOLF        performer

1913   THE SPLIT NUGGET   performer

1915   FOR THE COMMONWEALTH  performer

1915   THE FRUIT OF FOLLY performer

1915   HOUSES OF GLASS   performer

1915   THE LOVE LIAR        performer

1915   THE POMP OF EARTH performer

1915   THE PRICE OF FAME  performer

1915   THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE performer

1915   SHOULD A WOMAN FORGIVE?        director, screenwriter

1915   TODAY AND TOMORROW     performer

1915   TOIL AND TYRANNY  performer

1915   UNTO HERSELF ALONE        performer

1915   WHEN JUSTICE SLEEPS       performer

1915   WHO PAYS?   performer

1916   FAITH'S REWARD      director, performer

1916   JOY AND THE DRAGON        director, performer

1916   LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE      director, performer

1916   THE OATH OF HATE  director, performer

1916   THE SAND LARK       director, performer

1916   SHADOWS AND SUNSHINE   director, performer

1917   THE BRIDE'S SILENCE         director

1917   THE CLIMBER director, performer

1917   THE DEVIL'S BAIT     performer

1917   A GAME OF WITS     director

1917   THE MATE OF THE SALLY ANN       director

1917   SOULS IN PAWN       director

1917   SOUTHERN PRIDE     director

1917   SUNSHINE AND GOLD director, performer

1917   TOLD AT TWILIGHT  director, performer

1917   TWIN KIDDIES         director, performer

1917   VENGEANCE OF THE DEAD   performer

1918   ALL THE WORLD TO NOTHING        director, performer

1918   BEAUTY AND THE ROGUE     director

1918   HEARTS OR DIAMONDS       director, performer

1918   HOBBS IN A HURRY   director

1918   THE LOCKED HEART  director, performer

1918   POWERS THAT PREY director

1918   SOCIAL BRIARS        director

1918   UP ROMANCE ROAD   director, performer

1918   WHEN A MAN RIDES ALONE  director

1919   23 1/2 HOURS LEAVE director

1919   BRASS BUTTONS      director

1919   A FUGITIVE FROM MATRIMONY      director

1919   HAUNTING SHADOWS         director

1919   SIX FEET FOUR        director

1919   SOME LIAR    director

1919   A SPORTING CHANCE director

1919   THIS HERO STUFF    director

1919   WHERE THE WEST BEGINS   director

1920   DICE OF DESTINY     director

1920   HELP WANTED - MALE        director, performer

1920   A LIVE WIRE HICK     director

1920   ONE HOUR BEFORE DAWN    director

1920   PEGGY REBELS         director

1920   UNCHARTED CHANNELS       director

1920   THE WHITE DOVE     director

1921   THE MISTRESS OF SHENSTONE      director

1921   SALVAGE       director

1921   THE STING OF THE LASH     director

1921   TOL'ABLE DAVID       director, screenwriter, adaptation

1921   WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE      director

1922   THE BOND BOY        director

1922   THE SEVENTH DAY   director

1922   SONNY          director, screenwriter

1923   FURY   director, production supervisor

1923   THE WHITE SISTER   director

1924   ROMOLA        producer, director

1925   ANY WOMAN  producer, director

1925   SACKCLOTH AND SCARLET   director

1925   STELLA DALLAS       producer, director

1926   PARTNERS AGAIN     director

1926   THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH director

1927   MAGIC FLAME director

1928   THE WOMAN DISPUTED       producer, director

1929   SHE GOES TO WAR   director

1930   THE EYES OF THE WORLD   director

1930   HELL HARBOR director

1930   LIGHTNIN'      director

1931   MERELY MARY ANN   director

1931   OVER THE HILL        director

1932   THE WOMAN IN ROOM 13    director

1933   I LOVED YOU WEDNESDAY   director

1933   STATE FAIR   director

1934   CAROLINA      director

1934   MARIE GALANTE       director

1935   ONE MORE SPRING    director

1935   WAY DOWN EAST     director

1936   THE COUNTRY DOCTOR       director

1936   LLOYD'S OF LONDON director

1936   RAMONA        director

1937   SEVENTH HEAVEN     director

1938   ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND         director

1938   IN OLD CHICAGO      director

1939   JESSE JAMES director

1939   STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE director

1940   CHAD HANNA  director

1940   LITTLE OLD NEW YORK       director

1940   MARYLAND     director

1941   REMEMBER THE DAY  director

1941   A YANK IN THE RAF  director

1942   THE BLACK SWAN     director

1942   MRS. MINIVER          performer

1943   THE SONG OF BERNADETTE director

1943   SPOTLIGHT SCANDALS        performer

1944   WILSON        director

1945   A BELL FOR ADANO   director

1945   OUT OF THIS WORLD          performer

1946   MARGIE         director

1947   CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE     director

1948   DEEP WATERS         director

1949   PRINCE OF FOXES    director

1949   TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH       director

1950   THE GUNFIGHTER     director

1951   DAVID AND BATHSHEBA      director

1951   I'D CLIMB THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN director

1952   O. HENRY'S FULL HOUSE     director

1952   THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO        director

1952   WAIT 'TIL THE SUN SHINES, NELLIE         director

1953   KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES         director

1955   LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING       director

1955   UNTAMED      director

1956   CAROUSEL     director

1957   THE SUN ALSO RISES         director

1958   THE BRAVADOS        director

1959   BELOVED INFIDEL     director

1959   THIS EARTH IS MINE director

1962   TENDER IS THE NIGHT        director

Academy Awards

Nominated for Director 1943: THE SONG OF BERNADETTE