Wright King

Wright King was born on Jan 11, 1923 in USA. Wright King's big-screen debut came with The Amazing Mr. Malone - Season 1 directed by Edgar Peterson in 1951, strarring 1 episode, 1951. Wright King is known for The Missiles of October directed by Anthony Page, William Devane stars as John F. Kennedy - US President and Ralph Bellamy as Adlai Stevenson - US Ambassador to UN. The upcoming new movie Wright King plays is The Spell which will be released on Feb 20, 1977.

Prolific supporting actor, arguably best known for his two guest appearances on Rod Serling 's La quatrième dimension (1959). In one of his later roles he played the chimpanzee veterinarian Dr. Galen in La Planète des singes (1968) which was also co-scripted by Serling. Wright King studied drama at the St Louis School of Theater, graduating in 1941. During the Second World War he served for three years with the U.S.Navy, stationed in the South Pacific. After being honorably discharged he continued his drama studies in New York at the Actors Studio and at the American Theatre Wing. He did not make his screen debut until 1949. A string of walk-on parts was followed by a critically acclaimed supporting role in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire (1947-49) as well as in the subsequent motion picture. King enjoyed a lengthy career, featuring in stage plays on both sides of the Atlantic and popping up in numerous television episodes (especially westerns). In one season of Au nom de la loi (1958) he played the sidekick of bounty hunter Josh Randall, played by Steve McQueen (1960) .A close friend of Eileen Heckart until her death in 2001, King left the acting profession in 1987. With his wife June, he retired to Portland, Oregon. More recently, he resided in Woodland Hills, California, where he died at the venerable age of 95 on November 25 2018. His son is actor Meegan King .