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Henry King

Film Director / Screenwriter / Poet | * 01/24/1886 († 96, 06/29/1982) | Christiansburg, Virginia (United States of America (USA))
Henry King (January 24, 1886 – June 29, 1982) was an American actor and film director. Widely considered one of the finest and most successful filmmakers of his era, King was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director and directed seven films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his re ...

Alexander's Ragtime Band

NR

1938 | 3.5/5 | 1h 46min
Drama, Music, Romance / Love
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In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume ...

The Song of Bernadette

NR

1943 | 3.6/5 | 2h 36min
Drama
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Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. ...

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

NR

1952 | 3.0/5 | 1h 57min
Adventure, Romance / Love, Drama
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Freshly arrived Sandhurst-trained Captain Alan King, better versed in Pashtun then any of the veterans and born locally as army brat, survives an attack on his escort to his Northwest Frontier provinc ...

King of the Khyber Rifles

NR

1953 | 2.9/5 | 1h 40min
Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Henry King

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Golden Globe Award for Best Director 2x Academy Award for Best Director
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Movies with Henry King as Actor(12)

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1918 Hearts or Diamonds?
as Jasper Hunt1916 Twin Kiddies
as Bob Daley1916 Little Mary Sunshine
1915 The Nemesis
as Karl Hurd1915 Who Pays?
as Ned1915 In Humble Guise
as David Graham1915 The Maid of the Wild
as Dave Parks1914 The Unexpected
as The Priest1914 The Coveted Heritage
as Harry Wentworth - John's Son1914 The Test of Manhood
as Tom Milford1913 The Tenderfoot Hero

Movies with Henry King as Crew(96)

Directing/Director1962 Tender Is the Night
Directing/Director1959 This Earth Is Mine
Directing/Director1959 Beloved Infidel
Directing/Director1958 The Bravados
Directing/Director1957 The Sun Also Rises
Directing/Director1956 Carousel
Directing/Director1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Directing/Director1955 Untamed
Directing/Director1953 King of the Khyber Rifles
Directing/Director1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Directing/Director1952 O. Henry's Full House
Directing/Director1952 Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Directing/Director1951 I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Directing/Director1951 David and Bathsheba
Directing/Director1950 The Gunfighter
Directing/Director1949 Prince of Foxes
Directing/Director1949 Twelve O'Clock High
Directing/Director1948 Deep Waters
Directing/Director1947 Captain from Castile
Directing/Director1946 Margie
Directing/Director1945 A Bell for Adano
Directing/Director1944 Wilson
Directing/Director1943 The Song of Bernadette
Directing/Director1942 The Black Swan
Directing/Director1941 A Yank in the R.A.F.
Directing/Director1941 Remember the Day
Directing/Director1940 Little Old New York
Directing/Director1940 Maryland
Directing/Director1940 Chad Hanna
Directing/Director1939 Stanley and Livingstone
Directing/Director1939 Jesse James
Directing/Director1938 In Old Chicago
Directing/Director1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
Directing/Director1937 Seventh Heaven
Directing/Director1936 Ramona
Directing/Director1936 The Country Doctor
Directing/Director1936 Lloyd's of London
Directing/Director1935 Way Down East
Directing/Director1935 One More Spring
Directing/Director1934 Carolina
Directing/Director1934 Marie Galante
Directing/Director1933 State Fair
Directing/Director1933 I Loved You Wednesday
Directing/Director1932 The Woman in Room 13
Directing/Director1931 Over the Hill
Directing/Director1930 Hell Harbor
Directing/Director1930 The Eyes of the World
Directing/Director1930 Lightnin'
Production/Producer1930 Lightnin'
Directing/Director1929 She Goes to War
Production/Executive Producer1929 She Goes to War
Directing/Director1928 The Woman Disputed
Directing/Director1927 The Magic Flame
Directing/Director1926 Partners Again
Directing/Director1926 The Winning of Barbara Worth
Directing/Director1925 Stella Dallas
Directing/Director1925 Any Woman
Directing/Director1925 Sackcloth and Scarlet
Production/Producer1925 Sackcloth and Scarlet
Directing/Director1924 Romola
Directing/Director1923 The White Sister
Production/Producer1923 The White Sister
Directing/Director1923 The Bond Boy
Directing/Director1923 Fury
Directing/Director1922 The Seventh Day
Production/Producer1922 The Seventh Day
Directing/Director1922 Sonny
Production/Producer1922 Sonny
Writing/Adaptation1922 Sonny
Writing/Screenplay1922 Sonny
Directing/Director1921 The Mistress of Shenstone
Directing/Director1921 Tol'able David
Production/Producer1921 Tol'able David
Writing/Writer1921 Tol'able David
Directing/Director1921 When We Were Twenty-One
Directing/Director1920 One Hour Before Dawn
Directing/Director1919 Brass Buttons
Directing/Director1919 Six Feet Four
Directing/Director1919 Where the West Begins
Directing/Director1919 23 1/2 Hours' Leave
Directing/Director1919 A Sporting Chance
Directing/Director1918 Up Romance Road
Directing/Director1918 Beauty and the Rogue
Directing/Director1918 The Ghost of Rosy Taylor
Directing/Director1918 Powers That Prey
Directing/Director1918 Social Briars
Directing/Director1918 Hearts or Diamonds?
Directing/Director1917 A Game of Wits
Directing/Director1917 The Bride's Silence
Directing/Director1917 Souls in Pawn
Directing/Director1917 The Mate of the Sally Ann
Directing/Director1916 Twin Kiddies
Directing/Director1916 Little Mary Sunshine
Directing/Director1915 The Nemesis
Directing/Director1915 Who Pays?
Writing/Writer1915 Who Pays?

Full Name: Henry King
Born: Sunday, 01/24 1886 (January) in Christiansburg, Virginia (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 06/29 1982 (June) in Toluca Lake (aged: 96)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Gypsy Abbott
Siblings: Louis King
Other names for Henry King (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Harry King"
"Henry King (director)"
Henry King frequently works together with these people:
Barbara McLean (25x, Crew)
Alfred Newman (21x, Crew)
Thomas Little (20x, Crew)
Darryl F. Zanuck (19x, Crew)
Lyle R. Wheeler (15x, Crew)
Ben Nye (14x, Crew)
Roger Heman Sr. (14x, Crew)
Leon Shamroy (14x, Crew)
John F. Seitz (12x, Crew)
Tyrone Power (11x, Actor)
Jules Furthman (10x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:66011, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024