Henry King (director)

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birthdate = birth date|1886|1|24|df=y
location = Christiansburg, Virginia, U.S.
deathdate = Death date and age|1982|6|29|1886|1|24
deathplace = Toluca Lake, California, U.S.
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goldenglobeawards = Best Director
1944 "The Song of Bernadette"
spouse = Gypsy Abbott (?-1952)
Ida (1959-1982)

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.

Filmography

* 1920 - "One Hour Before Dawn"
* 1921 - "Tol'able David"
* 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

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NAME= King, Henry
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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.