Louis King (born June 28, 1898, Christiansburg, Virginia â€" died
September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns
and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.His name was also
written as L.H. King and Lewis King. A brother of director Henry King,
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 under the name of 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 action adventures and westerns in
the 1930s and 1940s in Hollywood. He directed the 20th Century Fox
wartime film Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas in 1943. In the 1950s,
he directed westerns on television. He directed episodes of Gunsmoke
in 1957, the Zane Grey Theater in 1958, The Adventures of Wild Bill
Hickok, and The Deputy in 1960â€"61.He died on September 7, 1962 in
Los Angeles, California, aged 64.
September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns
and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.His name was also
written as L.H. King and Lewis King. A brother of director Henry King,
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 under the name of 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 action adventures and westerns in
the 1930s and 1940s in Hollywood. He directed the 20th Century Fox
wartime film Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas in 1943. In the 1950s,
he directed westerns on television. He directed episodes of Gunsmoke
in 1957, the Zane Grey Theater in 1958, The Adventures of Wild Bill
Hickok, and The Deputy in 1960â€"61.He died on September 7, 1962 in
Los Angeles, California, aged 64.
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