Joe King

Born: 1883-02-08

Joe King was an American screen and stage actor, his film career spanning the years 1912 to 1946. In addition, he wrote the story for a 1915 movie and directed two 1916 films.


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Destry Rides Again

as Sheriff Keogh
Released: 1939-11-30

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes...

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Summers (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-19

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his...

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The Glass Key

as Fisher (uncredited)
Released: 1942-09-08

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused...

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They Died with Their Boots On

as Chairman of Hearing (uncredited)
Released: 1941-11-20

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his...

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Sergeant York

as Draft Board Chairman (uncredited)
Released: 1941-09-27

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is...

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Gentleman Jim

as Col. McLane (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-14

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and...

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The Walking Dead

as Judge Roger Shaw
Released: 1936-03-01

Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced...

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Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Charles Dillingham
Released: 1938-05-24

Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz...

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When the Daltons Rode

as Oklahoma Sheriff
Released: 1940-08-23

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the...

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Bullets or Ballots

as Dan 'Mac' McLaren
Released: 1936-06-06

After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake...

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Black Friday

as Chief of Police
Released: 1940-02-29

University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving...

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Frisco Kid

as James "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)
Released: 1935-11-30

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him...

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Woman in the Dark

as Detective
Released: 1934-11-08

A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back...

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Strange Alibi

as Warden Morrell
Released: 1941-04-19

An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true...

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In Old Chicago

as Ship's Captain
Released: 1938-04-15

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually...

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Trail of the Vigilantes

as Ellery
Released: 1940-12-13

A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.

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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

as Policeman (uncredited)
Released: 1939-02-17

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run...

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Satan Met a Lady

as Detective (uncredited)
Released: 1936-07-22

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying...

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Bombardier

as General Barnes
Released: 1943-05-14

A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to...

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The Big Shot

as Prosecutor Toohey
Released: 1942-06-13

Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a...

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San Quentin

as Warden Taylor
Released: 1937-05-24

Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new...

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Let Us Live

as Inspector Cavanaugh (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-29

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is...

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Magnificent Doll

as Jailer
Released: 1946-12-08

While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the...

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You Can't Get Away with Murder

as Prison Guard
Released: 1939-03-23

Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun...

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Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

as Inspector O'Matthews
Released: 1940-09-06

A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper...

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Bullets for O'Hara

as Maxwell
Released: 1941-07-19

A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap.

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God's Country and the Woman

as Red Munro
Released: 1937-01-16

Hard-nosed Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son....

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Broadway Hostess

as Big Joe Jarvis
Released: 1935-12-07

Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.

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Stranded

as Dan Archer (uncredited)
Released: 1935-06-29

A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.

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Public Enemy's Wife

as Wilcox
Released: 1936-07-24

Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene,...

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Alibi Ike

as Johnson
Released: 1935-06-15

Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his...

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Armored Car

as Tom Sheridan
Released: 1937-06-01

Larry Willis and Bill Wane are security guards who ride in the back of Banks Co. armored trucks....

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East Side of Heaven

as Detective (uncredited)
Released: 1939-04-07

A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the...

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That Man's Here Again

as Mr. Ned Murdock
Released: 1937-04-16

An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who...

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Road Gang

as J. W. Moett
Released: 1936-03-28

A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed...

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Special Agent

as Agent Wilson
Released: 1935-09-14

Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career...

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Code of the Secret Service

as Tom 'Jim' Saxby
Released: 1939-05-27

Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.

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Silver Queen

as Colonel (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-14

A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father...

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Sons o' Guns

as General Harper
Released: 1936-05-13

Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He...

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Front Page Woman

as Hartnett
Released: 1935-07-11

Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes...

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China Clipper

as Mr. Pierson
Released: 1936-08-11

An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

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Fly Away Baby

as Guy Allister
Released: 1937-06-19

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

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Gateway

as Inspector
Released: 1938-08-05

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she...

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Blondie Goes Latin

as Captain of the Cruz del Sur (uncredited)
Released: 1941-02-27

Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the...

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The Case of the Velvet Claws

as George C. Belter
Released: 1936-07-03

Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a...

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It's a Date

as First Mate Kelly
Released: 1940-03-22

An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a...

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Moonlight on the Prairie

as Sheriff Jim
Released: 1935-11-02

A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.

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Once a Doctor

as Frank Brace
Released: 1937-01-23

Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as...

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The Rose Of Blood

as Prime Minister
Released: 1917-11-04

Lisza Tapenko (Bara) is governess in the household of Prince Arbasoff (Charles Clary). After the...

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Land Beyond the Law

as Lew Wallace (uncredited)
Released: 1937-03-13

A wild cowboy changes course and becomes a sheriff after his father is murdered.

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She Has What It Takes

as Lee Shuleman
Released: 1943-04-15

Fay Weston (Jinx Falkenburg), a radio singer of no consequence, pretends to be the daughter of a...

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Badlands of Dakota

as Ship's Captain
Released: 1941-09-15

In the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, brothers Jim and Bob Holliday are bumping...

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Off the Record

as Brown
Released: 1939-01-21

After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to...

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The Singing Kid

as Dr. May
Released: 1936-04-10

Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While...

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Polo Joe

as Colonel Hilton
Released: 1936-11-04

A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl...

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Keep 'Em Slugging

as Scott
Released: 1943-03-01

A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men...

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Love's Prisoner

as Jim Garside
Released: 1919-06-07

A young lady, who "hates the law" rises from the tenements to society. Financial reverses lead...

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Roadhouse Nights

as John Hanson
Released: 1930-02-15

Based on the Hammett novel, this ultra-rare film—is nominally taken from the author's classic...

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The Battle of Paris

as Jack
Released: 1929-12-30

Gertrude Lawrence plays a singer in Paris during World War I. After stealing from Tony (Walter...

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His Butler's Sister

as Train Conductor
Released: 1943-11-26

Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.

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Jailbreak

as Mike Eagan
Released: 1936-08-05

A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.

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We're in the Money

as Mr. Blank(scenes deleted)
Released: 1935-08-17

Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to...

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Shifting Sands

as John Stanford
Released: 1918-08-01

Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she...

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Danger On Wheels

as Race Commissioner
Released: 1940-02-02

During a test, a race car using an experimental oil fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. ...

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Shipmates Forever

as Commander Doughlin (uncredited)
Released: 1935-10-12

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner....

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You're Not So Tough

as Collins
Released: 1940-07-26

The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny...

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Mountain Justice

as Judge at Ruth's Trial
Released: 1937-04-24

Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid...

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Arsène Lupin Returns

as Inspector Hennessey (uncredited)
Released: 1938-02-25

A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the...

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Big Town Girl

as Detective
Released: 1937-12-03

When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the...

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Big Brother

as Big Ben Murray
Released: 1923-12-23

When gangster Jimmy Donovan is made guardian of Midge, the 7-year-old brother of his friend Big...

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City Streets

as Mike Shanahan
Released: 1938-07-01

When her mother dies, wheel-chair bound Winnie Brady is taken in by shopkeeper and neighbor...

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The Selfish Woman

as Donald McKenzie
Released: 1916-07-09

A young engineer, Tom Morley, is building a railroad through Imperial Valley. Tom's father also...

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Heart of the North

as Mac Drummond
Released: 1938-12-10

A two-fisted Canadian Mountie leads lawmen in pursuit of the thieves who stole an Edmonton-bound...

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The Right To Lie

as Crosby Dana
Released: 1919-11-16

Carlotta has been brought up in an Italian convent, unaware that she is the illegitimate child...

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Always a Bride

as Mr. Franklyn
Released: 1940-11-02

A young man wants to marry his sweetheart, but her parents will agree to their wedding only on...

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Anne of Little Smoky

as Bob Hayne
Released: 1921-11-20

The Brockton clan considers the mountain Little Smoky their own, but then the government comes...

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Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

as Police Dispatcher
Released: 1934-01-12

Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son...

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Man of Iron

as Harrison Balding
Released: 1935-12-21

A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is...

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The Battle of Gettysburg

as Jack Lamar
Released: 1913-06-01

A young woman's sweetheart fights for the Union Army, while her brother fights for the Confederates.

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White Bondage

as Trent Talcott
Released: 1937-08-05

A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.

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Butch Minds the Baby

as Police Lieutenant
Released: 1942-03-20

Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and...

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Smashing the Money Ring

as Saxby
Released: 1939-10-21

T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up...

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Freshman Love

as Terry Biddle (uncredited)
Released: 1936-01-18

A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't...

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The Valley of Silent Men

as uncredited
Released: 1922-09-10

The hunter becomes the hunted, an officer of the Royal Mounted, fleeing, fighting for his life. ...

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Every Woman's Husband

as Frank Emerson
Released: 1918-07-17

A young woman whose domineering mother almost ruins her marriage eventually learns that mother...

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Snowed Under

as John - in a Doorman's Uniform (uncredited)
Released: 1936-03-29

Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but Tanner just can't finish the third act. He's...

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Lost by a Hair

as Rejected Suitor
Released: 1914-06-28

A group of jealous men conspire to defeat a romantic rival who has captured the attention of all...

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Big Timber

as Walter Monahan
Released: 1917-07-04

Stella Benton, a young society girl who has lost her beautiful voice through the death of her...

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Man and Woman

as Joe
Released: 1920-11-15

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Hot Water

as Mayor Roberts
Released: 1937-09-24

The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous...

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Etienne of the Glad Heart

as Olaf - a Trapper
Released: 1914-08-03

Etienne Cloquet, a young woodsman, is in love with Marie, the pretty daughter of Paul Le Groux,...

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The Flag of Humanity

as President Rutherford B. Hayes (uncredited)
Released: 1940-10-19

The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.

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Unguarded Women

as Captain Robert Banning
Released: 1924-06-22

Unguarded Women is a lost 1924 silent film drama. In a battle during the World War, Douglas...

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The Ball Player and the Bandit

as Harry's Rival
Released: 1912-11-27

An Easterner wins his battles in the West by using his fists.

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Wild Winship's Widow

as Morley Morgan
Released: 1917-05-20

Widow Catherine Winship cherishes the memory of her late husband so greatly that she has given...

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Betty and the Buccaneers

as Dick Winthrop
Released: 1917-11-12

Romantic adventure film in which the girl Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her gullible...

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Tin Gods

as First Foreman
Released: 1926-09-19

Tin Gods is a lost 1926 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by...

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The Daring Years

as Jim Moran, pugilist
Released: 1923-09-15

Cabaret dancer Suzie La Motte is in love with Jim Moran, a boxer, but she tempts a young man...

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The Secret Code

as Jefferson Harrow
Released: 1918-09-08

Sally Carter Rand, married to an elderly senator, is accused of espionage, but she is able to...

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The Laughing Lady

as City Editor
Released: 1929-12-28

A society woman wrongly -- and very publicly -- accused of infidelity is dropped by her friends,...

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Irish Eyes

as Sir Arthur Ormsby
Released: 1918-12-15

Pretty Irish lass Pegeen O'Barry lives in a small fishing village on the cost with her kind but...

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When the Night Call Came

as uncredited
Released: 1914-06-12

When the night call came, it found a young woman struggling with great emotions, the better...

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Moral Fibre

as John Corliss
Released: 1921-09-18

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Until They Get Me

as Selwyn
Released: 1917-12-02

In an effort to reach his wife's deathbed, Kirby is forced to kill a man in self-defense. He is...

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Thunder Beach

as Narrator
Released: 1956-06-23

Auto racing at Daytona presented in exciting wide screen glory.

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The Broadway Bubble

as Geoffrey Landreth
Released: 1920-10-01

The story of a young society woman, who, aspiring for a musical comedy career against her...

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Twenty-One

as Mr. McCullough
Released: 1923-12-17

Twenty-One is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson and starring...

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False Evidence

as Lot Gordon
Released: 1919-04-21

Promised in marriage to wealthy Lot Gordon , Scottish lassie Madelon MacTavish prefers Lot's...

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The Woman God Sent

as Jack West Jr.
Released: 1920-05-01

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The North Wind's Malice

as Henry Carter
Released: 1920-10-17

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