Claude King (English actor)

Claude King
200px Ethel Barrymore and Claude King in Declassee (1919)
Born	Claude Ewart King (1875-01-15)January 15, 1875 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Died	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1912-1941

Claude King (15 January 1875 – 18 September 1941) was an English character actor. With his distinctive wavy hair King appeared on both stage and screen. He began his stage career in his native Britain before emigrating to the US. In 1919, he appeared on Broadway in support of Ethel Barrymore in the play Declassee.

Gravitating to silent films he had a key role in Tod Browning's lost silent masterpiece London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney. King was an original member of the board of men and women who founded the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) in 1933.

Selected filmography

• Idols of Clay (1920)
• Why Girls Leave Home (1921)
• Bella Donna (1923)
• Irish Luck (1925)
• Paradise (1926)
• Mr. Wu (1927)
• Singed (1927)
• Becky (1927)
• London After Midnight (1927)
• Love and Learn (1928)
• Red Hair (1928)
• A Night of Mystery (1928)
• Outcast (1928)
• Warming Up (1928)
• Desert Nights (1929)
• The Black Watch (1929)
• Behind That Curtain (1929)
• The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)
• Madame X (1929)
• Son of the Gods (1930)
• The Second Floor Mystery (1930)
• In Gay Madrid (1930)
• Follow Thru (1930)
• Born to Love (1931)
• The Reckless Hour (1931)
• Once a Lady (1931)
• Sherlock Holmes (1932)
• White Woman (1933)
• Long Lost Father (1934)
• Charlie Chan in London (1934)
• The Great Impersonation (1935)
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
• If I Were King (1938)

External links

• Claude King, IMDb.com
• Claude King at IBDb.com
• Claude King with Lon Chaney in LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT(1927)
• Claude King and Lon Chaney in MR. WU(1927)
• portraits Claude King in his early stage years minus mustache(NY Public Library, Billy Rose Collection)
• Claude King, bio and pic
• brief article on Claude King as a Laurel & Hardy player