Louis King (June 28, 1898 – September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
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Biography

King was born in

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. His name was also written as L.H. King and Lewis King. A brother of director Henry King, he entered the film business in 1919 as a character actor. He specialized in villains and blusterers. He began his career as a director of a series of westerns in the 1920s under the name of Lewis King: ''The Bantam Cowboy'' (1928), ''The Fightin' Redhead'' (1928), ''The Pinto Kid'' (1928), ''The Little Buckaroo'' (1928), ''The Slingshot Kid'' (1927), ''The Boy Rider'' (1927), ''Montana Bill'' (1921), ''Pirates of the West'' (1921), and '' The Gun Runners'' (1921). He directed action adventures and westerns in the 1930s and 1940s in Hollywood. He directed the 20th Century Fox wartime film '' Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas'' in 1943. In the 1950s, he directed westerns on television. He directed episodes of ''

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'' in 1957, the ''

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'' in 1958, '' The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'', and '' The Deputy'' in 1960–61.

Partial filmography

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Rosemary Climbs the Heights ''Rosemary Climbs the Heights'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Mary Miles Minter, Allan Forrest, and Margaret Shelby. It is the only one of Minter's feature films not listed in the Library of Congr ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Valley of Tomorrow ''The Valley of Tomorrow'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring William Russell, Mary Thurman and Harvey Clark.Connelly p.427 Cast * William Russell as Dabney Morgan * Mary Thurman as Elenore Colonna ...

'' (1920) * ''The Gun Runners'' (1921) * '' Ever Since Eve'' (1921) * '' Singing River'' (1921) * '' Watch Your Step'' (1922) * '' Main Street'' (1923) * '' Let's Go'' (1923) * '' The Law Rustlers'' (1923) * ''

Spawn of the Desert ''Spawn of the Desert'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and starring William Fairbanks, Florence Gilbert and P. Dempsey Tabler.Munden, p. 752 Cast * William Fairbanks as Duke Steele * Florence Gilbert as Nola ...

'' (1923) * '' The Printer's Devil'' (1923) * ''

The Devil's Cargo ''The Devil's Cargo'' is a 1925 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Victor Fleming and starred Wallace Beery and Pauline Starke. It is based on an original st ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Boy Rider ''The Boy Rider'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buzz Barton, Lorraine Eason and Sam Nelson. Cast * Buzz Barton as David Hepner * Lorraine Eason as Sally Parker * Sam Nelson Sam Nelson (1896-1 ...

'' (1927) * '' The Pinto Kid'' (1928) * '' The Little Buckaroo'' (1928) * ''

Orphan of the Sage ''Orphan of the Sage'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Louis King Louis King (June 28, 1898 – September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.< ...

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The Bantam Cowboy ''The Bantam Cowboy'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buzz Barton, Frank Rice and Nancy Drexel. Cast * Buzz Barton as David 'Red' Hepner * Frank Rice as Sidewinder Steve * Thomas G. Lingham as ...

'' (1928) * ''

Young Whirlwind ''Young Whirlwind'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buzz Barton, Edmund Cobb and Frank Rice.Darby p.380 Cast * Buzz Barton as David 'Red' Hepner * Edmund Cobb Edmund Fessenden Cobb (June 23, 18 ...

'' (1928) * ''

The Fightin' Redhead ''The Fightin' Redhead'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buzz Barton, Duane Thompson and Milburn Morante. Cast * Buzz Barton as Red Hepner * Duane Thompson as Jane Anderson * Milburn Morante as Si ...

'' (1928) * ''

Rough Ridin' Red ''Rough Ridin' Red'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buzz Barton, Frank Rice and Ethan Laidlaw.Langman, p. 383 Cast * Buzz Barton as David 'Red' Hepner * Frank Rice as Hank Robbins * Jim Welch as ...

'' (1928) * '' The Freckled Rascal'' (1929) * '' The Vagabond Cub'' (1929) * '' Mexicali Rose'' (1929) * ''

Men Without Law ''Men Without Law'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Carmelita Geraghty, Thomas Carr, Lydia Knott, and Harry Woods. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on October 15, 1930. Cas ...

'' (1930) * '' The Lone Rider'' (1930) * ''

The Mask Falls ''The Mask Falls'' (German: ''Die Maske fällt'') is a 1931 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Lissy Arna, Anton Pointner and Karl Etlinger.Waldman p.88 It is the German-language remake of the 1930 film ''The Way of All ...

'' (1931) * '' Desert Vengeance'' (1931) * '' Police Court'' (1932) * '' The Arm of the Law'' (1932) * '' Drifting Souls'' (1932) * '' The County Fair'' (1932) * ''

Life in the Raw ''Life in the Raw'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film, based on Zane Grey's short story "From Missouri", directed by Louis King and written by Stuart Anthony. It was Claire Trevor's film debut. Plot Cast * George O'Brien as J ...

'' (1933) * ''

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Murder in Trinidad ''Murder in Trinidad'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Louis King and starring Nigel Bruce, Heather Angel, Victor Jory, and Murray Kinnell.Charlie Chan in Egypt ''Charlie Chan in Egypt'' is the eighth of 16 20th Century Fox Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland in the title role. It was released in 1935. Plot Charlie Chan is brought in when an archaeologist disappears while excavating ancient art t ...

'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge ''Bulldog Drummond's Revenge'' is a 1937 American adventure mystery film directed by Louis King, produced by Stuart Walker, written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. and Herman C. McNeile (novel), and featuring John Barrymore. The picture stars John Howa ...

'' (1937) * '' Wine, Women and Horses'' (1937) * ''

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back ''Bulldog Drummond Comes Back'' is a 1937 American adventure mystery film starring John Howard as the English adventurer/crime-solver Bulldog Drummond. John Barrymore plays Drummond's friend Colonel Nielsen and is actually Top-billed in the pict ...

'' (1937) * '' Tom Sawyer, Detective'' (1938) * '' The Way of All Flesh'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) * '' Young America'' (1942) * '' Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas'' (1943) * '' Thunderhead, Son of Flicka'' (1945) * '' Smoky'' (1946) * '' Thunder in the Valley'' (1947) * ''

Green Grass of Wyoming ''Green Grass of Wyoming'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Louis King and starring Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn and Robert Arthur. The screenplay, written by Martin Berkeley, is based on the third book in the popular, "My Friend ...

'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1949) * ''

Mrs. Mike ''Mrs. Mike, the Story of Katherine Mary Flannigan'' is a novel by Benedict and Nancy Freedman set in the Canadian wilderness during the early 1900s. Considered by some a young-adult classic, ''Mrs. Mike'' was initially serialized in the Atlantic ...

'' (1949) * '' Powder River'' (1953) * '' Sabre Jet'' (1953) * '' Dangerous Mission'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1956)

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* * 1962 deaths 1898 births People from Christiansburg, Virginia Male actors from Virginia Film directors from Virginia Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub