Claude King (actor)

Claude King
Born	January 15, 1875 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Died	September 18, 1941 Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actor

Claude King(January 15, 1875 – September 18, 1941) was an English born American character actor. With his distinctive wavy hair King appeared on both stage and screen. Began his stage career in his native Uk before migrating to the US. In 1919 he appeared on Broadway in support of Ethel Barrymore in the play Declassee.^[1] Gravitating to silent films he had a key role in Tod Browning's lost silent masterpiece London After Midnight(1927) starring Lon Chaney. King was an original member of the board of men and women who founded the Screen Actor's Guild(SAG) in 1933.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Idols of Clay (1920)
• Why Girls Leave Home (1921)
• Bella Donna (1923)
• Paradise (1926)
• Mr. Wu (1927)
• Singed (1927)
• London After Midnight (1927)
• Red Hair (1928)
• A Night of Mystery (1928)
• Desert Nights (1929)
• The Black Watch (1929)
• The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)
• Madame X (1929)
• Son of the Gods (1930)
• In Gay Madrid (1930)
• Follow Thru (1930)
• Sherlock Holmes (1932)
• White Woman (1933)
• Long Lost Father (1934)
• Charlie Chan in London (1934)
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
• If I Were King (1938)

References

1. ^ Declassee as performed at the Empire Theatre, October 6, 1919 to May 1920; IBDb.com
2. ^ Screen Actors Guild History, with 1933 group photo(*Claude King stands in back row with shadow on wall behind him)

External links

• Claude King, IMDb.com
• Claude King at IBDb.com
• Claude King with Lon Chaney in LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT(1927)
• portraits Claude King in his early stage years minus mustache(NY Public Library, Billy Rose Collection)

Persondata
Name	King, Claude
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	January 15, 1875
Place of birth	Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Date of death	September 18, 1941
Place of death	Los Angeles, California