Joe King

Biography

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.

Career Overview

Joe King has 135 screen credits in a career dating back to 1912. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently Brass Bancroft Series with 2 titles. Signature works include Shifting Sands, Thunder Beach, The Girl with the Jazz Heart. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

135

Birth Date

1883-02-08 00:00:00

Birth Place

Austin, Texas, USA

Known For

• 

  Shifting Sands
• 

  Thunder Beach
• 

  The Girl with the Jazz Heart
• 

  Man and Woman
• 

  The Broadway Bubble
• 

  Love's Prisoner

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

• Brass Bancroft Series (2 titles)
• Blondie (1 titles)
• Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection (1 titles)
• Arsène Lupin - Saga (1 titles)
• Jones Family (1 titles)
• Torchy Blane Collection (1 titles)
• Perry Mason (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Harvey Clark (2 collaborations)
• Gloria Swanson (1 collaborations)
• Leone Carton (1 collaborations)
• Lillian Langdon (1 collaborations)
• Arthur Millett (1 collaborations)
• Myrtle Rishell (1 collaborations)
• Louise Emmons (1 collaborations)
• Madge Kennedy (1 collaborations)
• Pierre Gendron (1 collaborations)
• William Walcott (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (134 credits)

  • Thunder Beach

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Magnificent Doll

    Jailer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Bombardier

    General Barnes

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • She Has What It Takes

    Lee Shuleman

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Keep 'Em Slugging

    Scott

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Gentleman Jim

    Col. McLane (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Silver Queen

    Colonel (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Glass Key

    Fisher (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Big Shot

    Prosecutor Toohey

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Butch Minds the Baby

    Police Lieutenant

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • They Died with Their Boots On

    Chairman of Hearing (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Sergeant York

    Draft Board Chairman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Badlands of Dakota

    Ship's Captain

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Bullets for O'Hara

    Maxwell

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Strange Alibi

    Warden Morrell

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Blondie Goes Latin

    Captain of the Cruz del Sur (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Trail of the Vigilantes

    Ellery

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Always a Bride

    Mr. Franklyn

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Flag of Humanity

    President Rutherford B. Hayes (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

    Inspector O'Matthews

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • When the Daltons Rode

    Oklahoma Sheriff

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • You're Not So Tough

    Collins

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • It's a Date

    First Mate Kelly

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Danger On Wheels

    Race Commissioner

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Destry Rides Again

    Sheriff Keogh

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Smashing the Money Ring

    Saxby

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Summers (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Code of the Secret Service

    Tom 'Jim' Saxby

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • East Side of Heaven

    Detective (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Let Us Live

    Inspector Cavanaugh (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • You Can't Get Away with Murder

    Prison Guard

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • My Son Is a Criminal

    Jerry Kingsley

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

    Policeman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Off the Record

    Brown

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Heart of the North

    Mac Drummond

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Strange Faces

    Police Lt. Hennigan

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Gateway

    Inspector

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • City Streets

    Mike Shanahan

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band

    Charles Dillingham

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • In Old Chicago

    Ship's Captain

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Arsène Lupin Returns

    Inspector Hennessey (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Big Town Girl

    Detective

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Hot Water

    Mayor Roberts

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • White Bondage

    Trent Talcott

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Fly Away Baby

    Guy Allister

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Armored Car

    Tom Sheridan

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • San Quentin

    Warden Taylor

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Mountain Justice

    Judge at Ruth's Trial

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • That Man's Here Again

    Mr. Ned Murdock

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Land Beyond the Law

    Lew Wallace (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Once a Doctor

    Frank Brace

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • God's Country and the Woman

    Red Munro

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Polo Joe

    Colonel Hilton

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • China Clipper

    Mr. Pierson

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Jailbreak

    Mike Eagan

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Public Enemy's Wife

    Wilcox

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Satan Met a Lady

    Detective (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Case of the Velvet Claws

    George C. Belter

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Bullets or Ballots

    Dan 'Mac' McLaren

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Sons o' Guns

    General Harper

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Singing Kid

    Dr. May

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Snowed Under

    John - in a Doorman's Uniform (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Road Gang

    J. W. Moett

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Walking Dead

    Judge Roger Shaw

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Freshman Love

    Terry Biddle (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Man of Iron

    Harrison Balding

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Broadway Hostess

    Big Joe Jarvis

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Frisco Kid

    James "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Moonlight on the Prairie

    Sheriff Jim

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Shipmates Forever

    Commander Doughlin (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Special Agent

    Agent Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • We're in the Money

    Mr. Blank(scenes deleted)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Front Page Woman

    Hartnett

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Stranded

    Dan Archer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Woman in the Dark

    Detective

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

    Police Dispatcher

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Trial of Vivienne Ware

    Bailiff (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Roadhouse Nights

    John Hanson

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Laughing Lady

    City Editor

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Battle of Paris

    Jack

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Tin Gods

    First Foreman

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Unguarded Women

    Captain Robert Banning

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Masked Dancer

    Fred Sinclair

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Big Brother

    Big Ben Murray

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Twenty-One

    Mr. McCullough

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Daring Years

    Jim Moran, pugilist

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Valley of Silent Men

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Sisters

    Martin Lloyd

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • With Stanley in Africa

    David Livingstone

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Anne of Little Smoky

    Bob Hayne

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Moral Fibre

    John Corliss

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Scarab Ring

    Ward Locke

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Idol of the North

    Sergeant McNair

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Girl with the Jazz Heart

    Miles Sprague

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Man and Woman

    Joe

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The North Wind's Malice

    Henry Carter

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Broadway Bubble

    Geoffrey Landreth

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Woman God Sent

    Jack West Jr.

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Right To Lie

    Crosby Dana

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Love's Prisoner

    Jim Garside

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • False Evidence

    Lot Gordon

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Way of the Strong

    Alexander Hendrie

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Imp

    The Leopard

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Irish Eyes

    Sir Arthur Ormsby

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Secret Code

    Jefferson Harrow

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Shifting Sands

    John Stanford

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Every Woman's Husband

    Frank Emerson

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Price of Applause

    Marcarson

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Answer

    John Warfield

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Madame du Barry

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Until They Get Me

    Selwyn

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Betty and the Buccaneers

    Dick Winthrop

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Rose Of Blood

    Prime Minister

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Sea Master

    Pedro

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Law North of 65

    Niklo

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Sands of Sacrifice

    Sophier

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Big Timber

    Walter Monahan

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Wild Winship's Widow

    Morley Morgan

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Hell Hath No Fury

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Selfish Woman

    Donald McKenzie

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Ring of Destiny

    Big Bill

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The White Mouse

    Lawler

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Etienne of the Glad Heart

    Olaf - a Trapper

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Wilderness Mail

    Otto, the Mail Driver

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Lost by a Hair

    Rejected Suitor

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • In Defiance of the Law

    Scottie Deane

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • When the Night Call Came

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • A Wife on a Wager

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Love's Western Flight

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Passing of the Beast

    Gilbert - the Mountie

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    Jack Lamar

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • When Lincoln Paid

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Ball Player and the Bandit

    Harry's Rival

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • When Lee Surrenders

    actor

    actors
    1912

• directing (1 credits)

  • Her Defiance

    director

    directing
    1916