Henry King (director)
Henry King | |
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Born |
Christiansburg, Virginia, United States[1] | January 24, 1886
Died |
June 29, 1982 96) Toluca Lake, California, United States | (aged
Spouse(s) |
Gypsy Abbott (1915–1952) Ida (1959–1982) |
Relatives | Louis King (brother) |
Henry King (January 24, 1886 – June 29, 1982) was an American film director. Seven of his films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Biography
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 '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,[2] given by the George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.
During World War II, King served as the deputy commander of the Civil Air Patrol coastal patrol base in Brownsville, Texas, 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.
Henry King died of a heart attack while asleep at his home.[3]
Partial filmography
- Little Mary Sunshine (1916)
- Pay Dirt (1916)
- The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917)
- Powers That Prey (1918)
- Social Briars (1918)
- Where the West Begins (1919)
- A Sporting Chance (1919)
- One Hour Before Dawn (1920)
- Salvage (1921)
- Tol'able David (1921)
- Sonny (1922)
- The Seventh Day (1922)
- Fury (1923)
- The Bond Boy (1923)
- The White Sister (1923)
- Romola (1924)
- Stella Dallas (1925)
- The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
- Partners Again (1926)
- The Magic Flame (1927)
- The Woman Disputed (1928)
- Hell Harbor (1930)
- The Eyes of the World (1930)
- Lightnin' (1930)
- Merely Mary Ann (1931)
- Over the Hill (1931)
- The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
- State Fair (1933)
- I Loved You Wednesday (1933)
- Marie Galante (1934)
- One More Spring (1935)
- Way Down East (1935)
- The Country Doctor (1936)
- Ramona (1936)
- Lloyd's of London (1936)
- Seventh Heaven (1937)
- In Old Chicago (1937)
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
- Jesse James (1939)
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
- Little Old New York (1940)
- Maryland (1940)
- Chad Hanna 1940)
- A Yank in the RAF (1941)
- Remember the Day (1941)
- The Black Swan (1942)
- The Song of Bernadette (1943)
- Wilson (1944)
- A Bell for Adano (1945)
- Margie (1946)
- Captain from Castile (1947)
- Deep Waters (1948)
- Prince of Foxes (1949)
- Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
- The Gunfighter (1950)
- I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
- David and Bathsheba (1951)
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
- Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
- King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
- Untamed (1955)
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
- Carousel (1956)
- The Sun Also Rises (1957)
- The Bravados (1958)
- This Earth Is Mine (1959)
- Beloved Infidel (1959)
- Tender Is the Night (1962)
Academy Awards
Year | Award | Film | Result |
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1943 | Best Director | The Song of Bernadette | Nominated |
1944 | Best Director | Wilson | Nominated |
References
- ↑ West, Richard (1 July 1982). "Henry King - Hollywood Star Walk -". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ↑ "Awards Granted by George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film". GeorgeEastmanHouse. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
- ↑ Maslin, Janet (July 1, 1982). "Henry King, Movie Director Known for Book Adaptations". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
External links
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- Henry King on IMDb