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Louis King (born June 28, 1898, Christiansburg, Virginia – died September 7, 1962) was an American actor and movie director of westerns and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.〔(New York Times )〕〔(Profile ), Citwf.com; accessed July 23, 2015.〕 His name was also written as L.H. King and Lewis King. A brother of director Henry King, he entered the movie 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 1960-61. He died on September 7, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, aged 64. ==Selected filmography== * ''The Gun Runners'' (1921) * ''The Bantam Cowboy'' (1928) * ''Arm of the Law'' (1932) * ''The County Fair'' (1932) * ''Life in the Raw'' (1933) * ''Bachelor of Arts'' (1934) * ''Murder in Trinidad'' (1934) * ''Charlie Chan in Egypt'' (1935) * ''Bengal Tiger'' (1936) * ''Bulldog Drummond's Revenge'' (1937) * ''Bulldog Drummond Comes Back'' (1937) * ''Tom Sawyer, Detective'' (1938) * ''The Way of All Flesh'' (1940) * ''Typhoon'' (1940) * ''Young America'' (1942) * ''Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas'' (1943) * ''Thunderhead, Son of Flicka'' (1945) * ''Smoky'' (1946) * ''Green Grass of Wyoming'' (1948) * ''Sand'' (1949) * ''Mrs. Mike'' (1949) * ''Powder River (1953) * ''Sabre Jet'' (1953) * ''Dangerous Mission'' (1954) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louis King」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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