Claude King
Acting
Biography
Claude King was an English stage and screen actor, in films from 1912 to 1941.
Born: January 14, 1875
Place of Birth: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Known For
Rango
The story of Ali and his son Bin, natives of Sumatra, who hunt in a jungle village.
The Great Impersonation
The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders if her husband is really his double, a dastardly German spy.
The Philadelphia Story
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Follow Thru
Lora Moore, the club champion, loses a golf match to a woman from another golf club. Then Jerry Downs, a handsome golf pro, and his goofy friend, Jack Martin, show up. Lora takes him on as her golf teacher to work on her putt. She falls for him, but so do several other women. Meanwhile Angie Howard, Lora's friend, chases after Jack. A lot of silliness ensues.
The Reckless Hour
Seduced and abandoned, with child, by a charming cad, a former New York fashion model learns to detest the male race in general until befriended by a warm-hearted artist-type who shows her that life -- and men -- ain't so bad in this early talkie drama.
Red Hair
A free-spirited young girl has three middle-aged admirers, each of whom sees her from a completely different perspective. Unknown to her, they also happen to be the guardians of a wealthy young man to whom she is attracted. Only a small fragment of this film survives.
Shanghai Express
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
If I Were King
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
Pilgrimage
A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.
London After Midnight
A reconstruction, made from still photographs, of the lost 1927 Tod Browning film London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney.
Filmography
as Roger Balfour (archive footage)
as Self
as Uncle Geoffrey (uncredited)
as Uncle Willie's Butler (uncredited)
as Governor of Virginia
as Clerk (uncredited)
as Monsieur Dubois
as L.F. (uncredited)
as Chester B. Morlick - Thomas' Lawyer (uncredited)
as Yeoman Usher (uncredited)
as Man at Bronson's Fox Hunt
as Passenger on Yacht
as Mr. Gato (uncredited)
as Art Dealer
as Courtier (uncredited)
as Dr. Francesco Antommarchi (uncredited)
as Choisell (uncredited)
as Judge at Harvey's Trial
as General Bryce
as Chief Officer of Ship Inquiry Board (uncredited)
as Captain
as Eric Ledyard
as Territorial Consul Gilbert
as Colonel Loder
as Col. Wallis
as Ellis Holden
as Duke of Marlborough
as J. P. Ridley
as Toastmaster (uncredited)
as British Agent in Shanghai
as Sir Gerald Hume
as Man at April's Party (uncredited)
as Mr. B. Abercrombie
as General
as Everett (uncredited)
as James Reynolds
as Ralph Winters
as Mr. Pride
as Captain of Boat
as Albert Devonshire
as RAF Aerodrome Commander (uncredited)
as Sir Basil Wynard
as Colonel Braithwaite
as The Governor Sir Ellery Bronson
as General Horace G. Stevens
as The Inspector
as C.M. Chisholm
as Explorer (uncredited)
as Capt. Arthur Cope
as Lakely
as (uncredited)
as Maj. J. W. Courtney
as Dr. A. Peterson
as Sir James Montgomery (Uncredited)
as Drake
as Mr. Galatalin
as Speaker (uncredited)
as Conference Chairman
as Richard Clare, Moonyeen's Father
as Arnold
as Mr. Albright (uncredited)
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Mr. Adams (uncredited)
as Dr. Tubbs
as Count Walden
as Sir William Gresham
as Arthur - Trent's Junior Partner
as Captain
as Howard Crane
as Dr. Burgess
as Major General Visiting Hospital (uncredited)
as The Man
as Mac Moore
as Mr. Hamilton
as Marques de Castelar
as Enright
as Gilbert Crayle
as Bathurst
as Valmorin, the Prosecutor
as Sir John Petrie
as Sir George Mannering
as General
as Yacht Captain
as Richard Danforth (episode 2)
as The Real Lord Stonehill
as John Moreland
as The Earl of Rutfield
as Mr. Post
as Thomas L. Burke
as Timothy Stanfield
as Robert Blair
as Roger Balfour
as Boris Abelard
as Ben Grimes
as Mr. Muir
as Contarini
as Bryce Gilbert
as J. van Dyke Parker
as Capt. Collins
as Lord Charles Chetwyn
as Dr. Meyer Isaacson
as Mr. Wallace
as Dr. Herbert