Brett King | |
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Born |
Bertell King December 29, 1920 Ocean Beach, Suffolk County, New York, U.S. |
Died | January 14, 1999 Palm Beach, Palm Beach County Florida, U.S. |
(aged 78)
Cause of death | Leukemia |
Residence | Harbour Island, Bahamas |
Occupation | Businessman: Coral Sands Hotel |
Years active | 1949-1967 |
Spouse(s) | Sharon King (married 1959-1999, his death) |
Children | Three daughters |
Brett King (born Bertell King; December 29, 1920 in Ocean Beach, New York – January 14, 1999 in Palm Beach, Florida) was from 1949 to 1967 an American actor of film and television, including westerns.
King appeared in a supporting role in eleven episodes in the syndicated 1958-1959 television series, Mackenzie's Raiders, with Richard Carlson as the historical Colonel Ranald Mackenzie, set at the former Fort Clark near Brackettville in southwestern Texas. Other "raiders" cast in the series were Morris Ankrum, Jack Ging, and Louis Jean Heydt.
King was himself a United States Army Air Corps fighter pilot in World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross.