Born: 24-Jan-1886
Birthplace: Christiansburg, VA
Died: 29-Jun-1982
Location of death: Toluca Lake, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Twelve O'Clock High

Brother: Louis King (film director, b. 28-Jun-1898, d. 7-Sep-1962)
Wife: Gypsy Abbott (d. 23-Jun-1952)
Wife: Ida (m. 1959, until his death)

    Golden Globe 1944 Best Director for The Song of Bernadette

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Beloved Infidel (17-Nov-1959)
    This Earth is Mine (26-Jun-1959)
    The Bravados (25-Jun-1958)
    The Sun Also Rises (23-Aug-1957)
    Carousel (16-Feb-1956)
    Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (18-Aug-1955)
    King of the Khyber Rifles (22-Dec-1953)
    O. Henry's Full House (19-Sep-1952)
    The Snows of Kilimanjaro (18-Aug-1952)
    David and Bathsheba (10-Aug-1951)
    I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (17-Feb-1951)
    The Gunfighter (23-Jun-1950)
    Twelve O'Clock High (21-Dec-1949)
    Prince of Foxes (9-Nov-1949)
    Captain from Castile (25-Dec-1947)
    Margie (16-Oct-1946)
    A Bell for Adano (21-Jun-1945)
    Wilson (1-Aug-1944)
    The Song of Bernadette (25-Dec-1943)
    The Black Swan (23-Dec-1942)
    A Yank in the R.A.F. (26-Sep-1941)
    Stanley and Livingstone (4-Aug-1939)
    Jesse James (13-Jan-1939)
    Alexander's Ragtime Band (24-May-1938)
    In Old Chicago (6-Jan-1938)
    Lloyd's of London (25-Nov-1936)
    Tol'able David (31-Dec-1921)

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