Claude King

Claude King (15 January 1875 – 18 September 1941) was an English character actor. With his distinctive wavy hair King appeared on both stage and screen. He began his stage career in his native Britain before emigrating to the US. In 1919, he appeared on Broadway in support of Ethel Barrymore in the play Declassee.Gravitating to silent films he had a key role in Tod Browning's lost silent masterpiece London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney. King was an original member of the board of men and women who founded the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) in 1933.

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Claude King
Birth dateJanuary 15, 1875
Birth nameClaude Ewart King
Birth place
England , Northampton , Northamptonshire
Date of deathSeptember 18, 1941
Place of death
California , Los Angeles , United States

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