Louis King

Louis King , at a young age Lewis King (born June 28, 1898 in Christiansburg (Virginia) , United States , † September 7, 1962 in Los Angeles there ) was an American silent film actor and film director .

Life

The younger brother of the film director Henry King had briefly attended the University of Virginia at the beginning of World War I before he began his film career as an actor in 1917. After ten years in front of the camera - King often played die-hard guys or drunkards - he switched to directing during the silent film era. Initially, Louis King shot cheap B-Pictures , mostly westerns , and later also series products about Charlie Chan and Bulldog Drummond or exotic adventure stories and war dramas. In 1955 he ended his career in the cinema and found employment with series television until 1960. Unlike his older brother, Louis King was never able to work his way up into the A-tier of Hollywood's directors' guard.

Filmography

as an actor

• 1917: The Secret of Black Mountain
• 1919: The Forbidden Room
• 1921: Singing River
• 1921: Ever Since Eve
• 1921: The Sin Flood
• 1923: Main Street
• 1923: The Printer's Devil
• 1925: The Devil's Cargo
• 1929: Mexicalo Rose
• 1930: The Way of All Men

as a director

• 1927: The Boy Rider
• 1927: The Slingshot Kid
• 1928: The Pinto Kid
• 1928: Young Whirlwind
• 1928: Orphan of the Sage
• 1929: Pals of the Prairie
• 1930: The Lone Rider
• 1930: Shadow Ranch
• 1930: Desert Vengeance
• 1931: Border Law
• 1931: The Deceiver
• 1931: Police Court
• 1932: Fame Street
• 1932: Drifting Souls
• 1933: The Murderer from the Mexico Bar (Life in the Raw)
• 1934: Murder in Trinidad (Murder in Trinidad)
• 1934: Adventure in Borneo (Pursued )
• 1935: The Secret of the Mummy (Charlie Chan in Egypt)
• 1935: Angelita
• 1935: Road Gang
• 1936: Special Investigator
• 1936: Bengal Tiger
• 1936: Melody for Two
• 1937: Wild Money
• 1937: Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
• 1937: Scotland Yard intervenes (Bulldog Drummond's Revenge)
• 1938: Hunted Men
• 1938: Prison Farm
• 1938: Scotland Yard on the wrong track (Bulldog Drummond in Africa)
• 1939: Undercover Doctor
• 1939: Hell of the South Seas (Typhoon)
• 1940: The Way of All Flesh
• 1940: Seventeen
• 1941: Moon Over Burma
• 1942: Young America
• 1943: Chetniks
• 1943: Ladies of Washington
• 1945: Thunderhead, the four-legged devil (Thunderhead, Son of Flicka)
• 1946: Smoky, King of the Prairie (Smoky)
• 1947: Green Grass of Wyoming
• 1949: sand
• 1949: Mrs. Mike
• 1950: Revolver Lady (Frenchie )
• 1951: The Lion and the Horse
• 1952: The New Sheriff (Powder River)
• 1953: Jagdstaffel z. b. V. (Saber Jet)
• 1954: Blood in the Snow (Dangerous Mission)
• 1955: Patrol of Death (Massacre)
• 1957: Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1958: Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
• 1960: The Texan ( The Texan , TV series, 1 episode)
• 1960: Disney Land: The Swamp Fox (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1960: The Second Man ( The Deputy , TV series)

literature

• Ephraim Katz : The Film Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition. Revised by Fred Klein and Ronald Dean Nolen. New York 2001, p. 750

Web links

• Louis King in the Internet Movie Database (English)