Emmett King
American actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emmett Carleton King (May 31, 1865 – April 21, 1953) was an American actor of the stage and screen.
Emmett King | |
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Emmett King in Manhattan Tower (1932) | |
| Born | Emmett Carleton King May 31, 1865 Griffin, Georgia, United States |
| Died | April 21, 1953 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1917–44 |
| Spouse | Helen |
King began his acting career on stage. His first Broadway appearance was in 1899, in the farce, The Father of His Country, which he wrote and starred in.[1] He would appear in several more Broadway productions over the next 15 years, including Mary Jane's Pa in 1908–09, and the 1911 production of Ben-Hur.[2]
His screen career was mostly as a character actor, and spanned both the silent and sound film eras. He began his film career with a featured role in the 1917 silent film, Mary Jane's Pa, reprising the role he had played on Broadway almost a decade earlier.[3] Other notable films in which he appeared include: the 1921 silent version of Little Lord Fauntleroy, starring Mary Pickford;[4] 1922's The Beautiful and Damned, starring Marie Prevost and Kenneth Harlan;[5] The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), starring Ronald Colman;[6] James Whale's version of The Man in the Iron Mask in 1939, starring Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett; [7] and Cecil B. DeMille's 1942 swashbuckler, Reap the Wild Wind, starring Ray Milland, John Wayne, and Paulette Goddard.[8] His final screen performance was in a small role as a Senator in the 1944 biopic, Wilson, with an all-star cast headed by Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, and Geraldine Fitzgerald. [9]
King died at the age 87, in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, California.[10]
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