Henry King
| Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Jan 24, 1886 Christiansburg, VA |
| Died | Jun 29, 1982 Toluca Lake, CA |
| Age | Died at 96 |
| Final Resting PlaceHoly Cross Cemetery | |
Henry King | |
| Job | Director, Actor, Producer |
| Top Roles | Workman, Man in Tavern, Crowd Extra in Chariot Race, Service Man, Hal Lewis |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Film Adaptation, Adventure, Short Films |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Drama), True Story (based on) |
| Top Collaborators | Tyrone Power, Marcel Dalio, Fortunio Bonanova, Minerva Urecal |
| Shares birthday with | Ernest Borgnine, Ann Todd, Estelle Winwood see more.. |
Henry King Overview:
Director, Henry King, was born on Jan 24, 1886 in Christiansburg, VA. His best known films include Twelve O'Clock High, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, The Song of Bernadette, Stella Dallas (1925), The Winning of Barbara Worth, In Old Chicago, Jesse James, Alexander's Ragtime Band, The Black Swan, Captain from Castile, A Bell for Adanom Prince of Foxes, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing. King died at the age of 96 on Jun 29, 1982 in Toluca Lake, CA and was laid to rest in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, CA.
MINI BIO:
Henry King has probably given as much pleasure to people in the cinema as any other American director. That he did not win an Academy Award (only two nominations) was one of Hollywood's deeper miscalculations. Although his films do show a falling-away in the 1950s, the previous 30 years are studded with high achievement. There were times when he was swamped by grandeur, pomp or literariness, pitfalls into which he seemed doomed periodically to fall, but when he returned to Ameicana, the simple rural qualities of America in times past, he was well-nigh unbeatable.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Directors).HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although King was nominated for two Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1943 | Best Director | The Song of Bernadette (1943) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1944 | Best Director | Wilson (1944) | N/A | Nominated |
He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
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