- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 24, 1886
- Place of Birth
- Christiansburg, Virginia, United States
- Died
- June 29, 1982
Henry King
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Henry King (January 24, 1886 – June 29, 1982) 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 twice unsuccessfully 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 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 …
Filmography
tvHollywood
1980 · Self
movieTender Is the Night
1962 · Director
movieBeloved Infidel
1959 · Director
movieThis Earth Is Mine
1959 · Director
movieThe Bravados
1958 · Director
movieThe Sun Also Rises
1957 · Director
movieCarousel
1956 · Director
movieLove Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955 · Director
movieUntamed
1955 · Director
movieKing of the Khyber Rifles
1953 · Director
movieO. Henry's Full House
1952 · Director
movieThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 · Director
movieWait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952 · Director
movieDavid and Bathsheba
1951 · Director
movieI'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Gunfighter
1950 · Director
movieTwelve O'Clock High
1949 · Director
moviePrince of Foxes
1949 · Director
movieDeep Waters
1948 · Director
movieCaptain from Castile
1947 · Director
movieMargie
1946 · Director
movieA Bell for Adano
1945 · Director
movieWilson
1944 · Director
movieThe Song of Bernadette
1943 · Director
movieThe Black Swan
1942 · Director
movieRemember the Day
1941 · Director
movieA Yank in the R.A.F.
1941 · Director
movieChad Hanna
1940 · Director
movieMaryland
1940 · Director
movieLittle Old New York
1940 · Director
movieStanley and Livingstone
1939 · Director
movieJesse James
1939 · Director
movieAlexander's Ragtime Band
1938 · Director
movieIn Old Chicago
1938 · Director
movieSeventh Heaven
1937 · Director
movieLloyd's of London
1936 · Director
movieRamona
1936 · Director
movieThe Country Doctor
1936 · Director
movieWay Down East
1935 · Director
movieOne More Spring
1935 · Director
movieMarie Galante
1934 · Director
movieCarolina
1934 · Director
movieI Loved You Wednesday
1933 · Director
movieState Fair
1933 · Director
movieThe Woman in Room 13
1932 · Director
movieOver the Hill
1931 · Director
movieMerely Mary Ann
1931 · Director
movieLightnin'
1930 · Producer, Director
movieThe Eyes of the World
1930 · Director
movieHell Harbor
1930 · Director
movieShe Goes to War
1929 · Director, Executive Producer
movieThe Woman Disputed
1928 · Director
movieThe Magic Flame
1927 · Director
movieThe Winning of Barbara Worth
1926 · Director
moviePartners Again
1926 · Director
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
movieStella Dallas
1925 · Director
movieAny Woman
1925 · Director
movieSackcloth and Scarlet
1925 · Director, Producer
movieRomola
1924 · Director
movieThe White Sister
1923 · Director, Producer
movieThe Bond Boy
1923 · Director
movieFury
1923 · Director
movieSonny
1922 · Director, Adaptation, Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Seventh Day
1922 · Director, Producer
movieTol'able David
1921 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Sting of the Lash
1921 · Director
movieSalvage
1921 · Director
movieThe Mistress of Shenstone
1921 · Director
movieWhen We Were Twenty-One
1921 · Director
Dice of Destiny
movieDice of Destiny
1920 · Director
movieHelp Wanted - Male
1920 · Tubbs, Director
movieOne Hour Before Dawn
1920 · Director
Haunting Shadows
movieHaunting Shadows
1919 · Director
movieA Fugitive from Matrimony
1919 · Director
movie23 1/2 Hours' Leave
1919 · Director
movieSix Feet Four
1919 · Director
movieThis Hero Stuff
1919 · Director
movieA Sporting Chance
1919 · Director
movieSome Liar
1919 · Director
movieBrass Buttons
1919 · Director
movieWhere the West Begins
1919 · Director
movieWhen a Man Rides Alone
1919 · Director
movieAll the World to Nothing
1918 · Director
movieHobbs in a Hurry
1918 · Director
movieThe Locked Heart
1918 · Harry Mason, Director
movieThe Ghost of Rosy Taylor
1918 · Director
movieUp Romance Road
1918 · Director
movieSocial Briars
1918 · Director
movieHearts or Diamonds?
1918 · , Director
moviePowers That Prey
1918 · Director
movieBeauty and the Rogue
1918 · Director
movieThe Mate of the Sally Ann
1917 · Director
A Game of Wits
movieA Game of Wits
1917 · Director
The Bride's Silence
movieThe Bride's Silence
1917 · Director
movieSouls in Pawn
1917 · Director
movieSunshine and Gold
1917 · The Chauffeur, Director, Writer
The Devil's Bait
movieThe Devil's Bait
1917 · Eric Reese
movieTwin Kiddies
1916 · Jasper Hunt, Director
movieLittle Mary Sunshine
1916 · Bob Daley, Director
movieShould a Wife Forgive?
1915 · , Director
movieThe Maid of the Wild
1915 · David Graham
movieIn Humble Guise
1915 · Ned
movieThe Nemesis
1915 · , Director
movieWho Pays?
1915 · Karl Hurd, Director, Writer
The Coveted Heritage
movieThe Coveted Heritage
1914 · The Priest
movieThe Test of Manhood
1914 · Harry Wentworth - John's Son
Nerve
movieNerve
1914 · Julius Booth
The Unexpected
movieThe Unexpected
1914 · Dave Parks
movieThe Tenderfoot Hero
1913 · Tom Milford
The Burden Bearer
movieThe Burden Bearer
1913 · Bob