Claude King (English actor)

Claude Ewart King (15 January 1875 – 18 September 1941) was an English-born character actor and unionist, who appeared in American silent film. With his distinctive wavy hair King appeared on both stage and screen. He served his country, Great Britain, in WW1 in Field Artillery reaching the rank of Major and surviving the war. He began his stage career in his native country, before emigrating to the US. In 1919, he appeared on Broadway in support of Ethel Barrymore in the play Declassee.[1]

Claude King
Ethel Barrymore and Claude King in Declassee (1919)
Born
Claude Ewart King

(1875-01-15)15 January 1875
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Died18 September 1941(1941-09-18) (aged 66)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1912-1941

Film

King after gravitating to silent films he had a key role in Tod Browning's lost silent masterpiece London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney. Claude King was an original member of the first Board of Directors of the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) in 1933. He is the Great Uncle of singer/songwriter Claude King and Great, Great Uncle of singer/songwriter Chris Aable, both also SAG members. [2]

Selected filmography

References
  1. Declassee as performed at the Empire Theatre, 6 October 1919 to May 1920; IBDb.com; accessed 29 January 2018.
  2. The First Board (1933), SAG-AFTRA ONE UNION, #8-Claude King(Wayback Machine)
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