Henry King (director)

Henry King
Born(1886-01-24)January 24, 1886
Christiansburg, Virginia, U.S.[1]
DiedJune 29, 1982(1982-06-29) (aged 96)
Toluca Lake, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, film director
Spouses
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(m. 1915; died 1952)​
Ida
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(m. 1959)​
(died 2001)
Children3
RelativesLouis King (brother)

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.

Before coming to film, King worked as an actor in various repertoire theatres and first started to take small film roles in 1912.[2] Between 1913 and 1925, he appeared as an actor in approximately sixty films. He directed for the first time in 1915 and grew to become one of the most commercially successful Hollywood directors of the 1920s and '30s. He was twice nominated for the Best Director Oscar. In 1944, he was awarded the first Golden Globe Award for Best Director for his film The Song of Bernadette. He worked most often with Tyrone Power and Gregory Peck and for 20th Century Fox.

Henry King was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards excellence of cinematic achievements every year, and was the last surviving founder. He directed more than 100 films in his career. In 1955, King was awarded The George Eastman Award,[3] given by the George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.

  1. ^ West, Richard (July 1, 1982). "Henry King - Hollywood Star Walk -". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  2. ^ Schneider, Steven Jay, ed. (2007). 501 Movie Directors. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 36. ISBN 9781844035731. OCLC 1347156402.
  3. ^ "Awards Granted by George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film". GeorgeEastmanHouse. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2017.