Louis King

Louis King (June 28, 1898 – September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Early years King was born in 1898 in Christiansburg, Virginia. His name was also written as L.H. King and Lewis King. A brother of director Henry King, he grew up on a tobacco farm. Their parents died in 1918, after which he moved to California, where his brother was already working in films.

Career King first worked for his brother, who was acting and directing for the Balboa Film Company. Then he became a "general handy man" for American Film Company. King is interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles.

Partial filmography

Rosemary Climbs the Heights (1918) The Valley of Tomorrow (1920) The Gun Runners (1921) Ever Since Eve (1921) Singing River (1921) Watch Your Step (1922) Main Street (1923) Let's Go (1923) The Law Rustlers (1923) Spawn of the Desert (1923) The Printer's Devil (1923) The Devil's Cargo (1925) The Boy Rider (1927) The Pinto Kid (1928) The Little Buckaroo (1928) Orphan of the Sage (1928) The Bantam Cowboy (1928) Young Whirlwind (1928) The Fightin' Redhead (1928) Rough Ridin' Red (1928) The Freckled Rascal (1929) The Little Savage (1929) The Vagabond Cub (1929) Mexicali Rose (1929) Men Without Law (1930) The Lone Rider (1930) The Mask Falls (1931) Desert Vengeance (1931) Police Court (1932) The Arm of the Law (1932) Drifting Souls (1932) The County Fair (1932) Life in the Raw (1933) Bachelor of Arts (1934) Murder in Trinidad (1934) Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) Angelina o el honor de un brigadier (1935) in Spanish Bengal Tiger (1936) Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937) Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937) Draegerman Courage (1937) Wine, Women and Horses (1937) Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938) The Way of All Flesh (1940) Typhoon (1940) Young America (1942) Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943) Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945) Smoky (1946) Thunder in the Valley (1947) Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) Sand (1949) Mrs. Mike (1949) Powder River (1953) Sabre Jet (1953) Dangerous Mission (1954) Massacre (1956)