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Movies starring Henry King have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 78%.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - released in 1925 - is Henry King's highest rated movie, with a score of 78% based on 48 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Henry King is Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - released in 1925 - with a score of 78% based on 48 reviews.
Henry King (January 24, 1886 – June 29, 1982) was an American film director.
Before coming to film, King worked as an actor in various repertoire theatres, and first started to take small film roles in 1912. He directed for the first time in 1915, and grew to become one of the most commercially successful Hollywood directors of the 1920s and 1930s. He was twice unsuccessfully nominated for the Best Director Oscar. In 1944, he was awarded the first Golden Globe Award for Best Director for his film The Song of Bernadette. He worked most often with Tyrone Power and Gregory Peck and for 20th Century Fox.
Henry King was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars every year. He directed over 100 films in his career.
During World War II, King served as the deputy commander of the Civil Air Patrol coastal patrol base in Brownsville, TX, holding the grade of captain. In his final years, he was the oldest licensed private pilot in the United States, having obtained his license in 1918.
Henry King has acted in films with Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
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