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Louis King
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| Born | (1898-06-28)June 28, 1898
Christiansburg, Virginia, U.S.
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| Died | September 7, 1962(1962-09-07) (aged 64)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Resting place | Westwood Memorial Park |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, actor |
| Relatives | Henry King (brother) |
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.[1][2]
King was born in Christiansburg, Virginia. His name was also written as L.H. King and Lewis King. A brother of director Henry King,[citation needed] he entered the film business in 1919 as a character actor. He specialized in villains and blusterers. He began his career as a director of a series of Westerns in the 1920s as Lewis King: The Bantam Cowboy (1928), The Fightin' Redhead (1928), The Pinto Kid (1928), The Little Buckaroo (1928), The Slingshot Kid (1927), The Boy Rider (1927), Montana Bill (1921), Pirates of the West (1921) and The Gun Runners (1921).
He directed Hollywood action adventures and Westerns in the 1930s and 1940s and 20th Century-Fox wartime film Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas in 1943. In the 1950s, he directed Westerns on television, including episodes of Gunsmoke in 1957, the Zane Grey Theater in 1958, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok and The Deputy in 1960–61.[citation needed]
King died of undisclosed causes on September 7, 1962, in Hollywood, California, at the age of 64.[3]
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