Henry King

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry King director licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia