Henry King (director)

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Henry King

Born

24 January 1886
Christiansburg, Virginia, U.S.

Died

June 29, 1982 (aged 96)
Toluca Lake, California, U.S.

Spouse(s)

Gypsy Abbott (?-1952)
Ida (1959-1982)

Awards won
Golden Globe Awards
Best Director 1944 The Song of Bernadette

Henry King (24 January 1886, Christiansburg, Virginia - 29 June 1982, Toluca Lake, California) was an American film director.

Before coming to film, King worked as an actor in various repertoire theatres, and first started to take small film roles in 1912. He directed for the first time in 1915, and grew to become one of the most commercially successful Hollywood directors of the 1920s and 1930s. He was nominated for the best director Oscar twice, but did not win on either occasion. In 1944, he was awarded the first ever Golden Globe Award award for best director for his film The Song of Bernadette, based on the novel of the same name by Franz Werfel. He worked most often with Tyrone Power and Gregory Peck.

Henry King was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars every year. He directed over 100 films in his career.

During World War II, King served as the deputy commander of the Civil Air Patrol coastal patrol base in Brownsville, TX, holding the grade of captain. In his final years, he was the oldest licensed private pilot in the United States, having obtained his license in 1918.

[edit] Filmography

1920 - One Hour Before Dawn
1922 - The Seventh Day
1923 - The White Sister
1924 - Romola
1925 - Stella Dallas
1926 - Partners Again
1930 - Hell Harbor
1931 - Merely Mary Ann with Janet Gaynor
1933 - State Fair (uncredited) with Janet Gaynor and Will Rogers (the non-musical version)
1934 - Marie Galante with Spencer Tracy
1935 - One More Spring
1935 - Way Down East
1936 - The Country Doctor
1936 - Ramona
1936 - Lloyd's of London with Tyrone Power
1937 - Seventh Heaven with James Stewart
1937 - In Old Chicago with Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, and Don Ameche
1938 - Alexander's Ragtime Band with Tryone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, and Jack Haley
1939 - Jesse James with Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, and Nancy Kelly
1939 - Stanley and Livingstone with Spencer Tracy and Nancy Kelly
1940 - Little Old New York
1940 - Maryland
1940 - Chad Hanna
1941 - A Yank in the R.A.F.
1941 - Remember the Day with Claudette Colbert
1942 - The Black Swan with Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara
1943 - The Song of Bernadette with Jennifer Jones
1944 - Wilson
1945 - A Bell for Adano with John Hodiak, Gene Tierney
1946 - Margie
1947 - Captain from Castile with Tyrone Power
1948 - Deep Waters
1949 - Prince of Foxes with Tyrone Power
1949 - 12 O'Clock High with Gregory Peck
1950 - The Gunfighter with Gregory Peck
1951 - I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951 - David and Bathsheba with Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward
1952 - The Snows of Kilimanjaro with Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner
1953 - King of the Khyber Rifles with Tyrone Power
1955 - Untamed with Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward
1955 - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing with William Holden and Jennifer Jones
1956 - Carousel with Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones
1957 - The Sun Also Rises with Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, and Errol Flynn
1958 - The Bravados with Gregory Peck and Joan Collins
1959 - This Earth is Mine with Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons
1959 - Beloved Infidel with Deborah Kerr and Gregory Peck
1962 - Tender Is the Night with Jason Robards Jr. and Jennifer Jones

[edit] External links

Henry King at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME	King, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	1886-1-24
PLACE OF BIRTH	Christiansburg, Virginia, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH	1982-6-29
PLACE OF DEATH	Toluca Lake, California, U.S.