Wright King
| Wright King | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Thomas Wright Thornburg King January 11, 1923 Okmulgee, Okmulgee County Oklahoma, USA |
| Residence | Calabasas, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1947–1990s |
| Spouse(s) | June Ellen Roth King (1948-2008, her death) |
| Children | Wright King, Jr., Michael King, Meegan King (born 1954) |
Thomas Wright Thornburg King (born January 11, 1923) is a retired American film and television actor, a native of Okmulgee in east central Oklahoma. His career extended from 1949 until his retirement in 1987.
King studied acting at the St Louis School of Theater, where he graduated in 1941, before enlisting in the United States Navy during World War II. King made his small screen debut in 1949 as Midshipman Bascomb in the television series, Captain Video and His Video Rangers. Throughout his career, he worked in both United States and in United Kingdom.
King was cast in numerous westerns and is particularly known for his role in the 1951 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Vivien Leigh (whom his character kisses). Prior to that, he had played in the theater version, a performance that was lauded by drama critic Harold Hobson Other noteworthy film credits included roles in Cast a Long Shadow (1959), King Rat (1965), Planet of the Apes (1968), Finian's Rainbow (1968) and Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973). In 1974, he played U.S. Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr., of Georgia in the ABC television film, The Missiles of October, a dramatization of John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
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