George King was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 actors' agent, film director, producer and screenplay writer. He helmed several of Tod Slaughter

Tod Slaughter

Tod Slaughter was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas.-Ealy life:...

's melodramas, including 1936's The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Career

King entered into the film industry after completion of medical studies. His first film Too Many Crooks featured a young stage actor named Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...

, also making his film debut. Once launched from routine thrillers, King made the usual array of lightweight comedies, romances and thrillers. With the outbreak of war, King directed some distinctly up-market war movies, most successful of which was Candlelight in Algeria a vehicle for James Mason

James Mason

James Neville Mason was an English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. Mason remained a powerful figure in the industry throughout his career and was nominated for three Academy Awards as well as three Golden Globes .- Early life :Mason was born in Huddersfield, in the...

. He was also successful with 1947's The Shop at Sly Corner, which introduced Diana Dors

Diana Dors

Diana Dors was an English actress, born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire. Considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Dors described herself as: "The only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva."-Early life:Diana Mary Fluck was born in ­Swindon,...

, featuring a charismatic performance by Oscar Homolka

Oscar Homolka

Oskar Homolka was an Austrian film and theatre actor. Homolka's strong accent, stocky appearance, bushy eyebrows and Slavic name led many to believe he was Eastern European or Russian, but he was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.- Career :After serving in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War...

 and a notable performance by Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith was a Welsh actor and documentary filmmaker.-Early life:He was born Kenneth Reginald Griffiths in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Six months after his birth his parents split up and left Tenby, leaving Kenneth with his paternal grandparents, Emily and Ernest, who immediately adopted...

.

Director

• Forbidden
  Forbidden (1949 film)
  Forbidden is a British thriller film, directed by George King in Technicolor, and starring Ronald Shiner, Hazel Court, and Douglass Montgomery...
  
  (1949)
• The Shop at Sly Corner (1947)
• Gaiety George (1946)
• Candlelight in Algeria
  Candlelight in Algeria
  Candlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell....
  
  (1944)
• Tomorrow We Live (1943)
• George and Margaret (1940)
• Two for Danger
  Two for Danger
  Two for Danger is a 1940 British crime film directed by George King and starring Barry K. Barnes, Greta Gynt, Ian McLean and Gordon McLeod.-Cast:* Barry K...
  
  (1940)
• The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
• The Chinese Bungalow
  The Chinese Bungalow (1940 film)
  The Chinese Bungalow, also known as Chinese Den, is a 1940 British drama film directed by George King and starring Kay Walsh, Jane Baxter and Paul Lukas. It was adapted from the play The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbett....
  
  (1940)
• Crimes at the Dark House
  Crimes at the Dark House
  Crimes at the Dark House is a British film directed by George King starring Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott and Hilary Eaves. It is loosely based on the novel The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.-Plot summary:...
  
  (1940)
• The Face at the Window
  The Face at the Window (1939 film)
  The Face at the Window is a 1939 British film directed by George King.- Cast :*Tod Slaughter*Marjorie Taylor*John Warwick*Leonard Henry*Aubrey Mallalieu*Robert Adair*Wallace Evennett*Kay Lewis*Bill Shine*Margaret Yarde*Harry Terry*George King...
  
  (1939)
• John Halifax
  John Halifax (film)
  John Halifax is a 1938 British drama film directed by George King and starring John Warwick, Nancy Burne and Roddy McDowall. It is based on the novel John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Craik.-Cast:* John Warwick - John Halifax...
  
  (1938)
• Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
  Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
  Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror is a 1938 British crime film directed by George King and starring George Curzon, Tod Slaughter and Greta Gynt.- Plot summary :...
  
  (1938)
• Silver Top (1938)
• Wanted (1937)
• Merry Comes to Town (1937)
• The Ticket of Leave Man
  The Ticket of Leave Man
  The Ticket of Leave Man is a 1937 British thriller film directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter, John Warwick and Marjorie Taylor.- Plot summary :A man is wrongly accused of a series of killings, leaving him to hunt the real murderer....
  
  (1937)
• Under a Cloud (1937)
• The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
  The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
  The Crimes of Stephen Hawke is a British period film melodrama directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter as the nefarious Stephen Hawke - who masquerades as the 'Spine-Breaker'. It also features Marjorie Taylor, D. J. Williams and Eric Portman.This is the third of Tod Slaughter's film...
  
  (1936)
• Reasonable Doubt
  Reasonable Doubt (1936 film)
  Reasonable Doubt is a 1936 British black-and-white comedy film produced by Gabriel Pascal, starring John Stuart and Nancy Burne.The story follows a lawyer whose love for a young girl causes him to defend the man he thinks to be her lover. During the trial the lawyer finds out that the man is his...
  
  (1936)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
• Full Circle (1935)
• Gay Old Dog (1935)
• The Man Without a Face (1935)
• Windfall (1935)
• Adventurers Ltd. (1934)
• The Office Wife (1934)
• To Be a Lady
  To Be a Lady
  To Be a Lady is a 1934 British romance drama, directed and produced by George King, and starring Chili Bouchier and Bruce Lester. The film is the first screen editing credit of American film editor Elmo Williams....
  
  (1934)
• Guest of Honour (1934)
• The Blue Squadron
  The Blue Squadron (1934 film)
  The Blue Squadron is a 1934 Anglo-Italian aviation drama film directed by George King and starring Esmond Knight and John Stuart. The film was a co-production between Britain's Twickenham Studios and Italy's Pittaluga studios...
  
  (1934)
• Get Your Man (1934)
• Little Stranger (1934)
• Murder at the Inn (1934)
• Nine Forty-Five (1934)
• Oh No Doctor! (1934)
• The Silver Spoon (1934)
• Smithy (1933)
• Beware of Women (1933)
• Enemy of the Police (1933)
• Her Imaginary Lover
  Her Imaginary Lover
  Her Imaginary Lover is a 1933 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Laura La Plante and Percy Marmont.The film was a quota quickie production based on the play Green Stockings by A. E. W...
  
  (1933)
• High Finance
  High Finance (film)
  High Finance is a 1933 British drama film, directed by George King and starring Gibb McLaughlin and Ida Lupino, which was marketed as "the drama of a man overwhelmed by his own success". It is now classed as a lost film.-Plot:...
  
  (1933)
• I Adore You (1933)
• Matinee Idol
  Matinee Idol (film)
  Matinee Idol is a 1933 British crime film directed by George King and starring Camilla Horn, Miles Mander and Marguerite Allan. A young actress is suspected of murder when a matinee idol she had prevented seducing her sister is found dead.-Cast:...
  
  (1933)
• Mayfair Girl (1933)
• To Brighton with Gladys (1933)
• Too Many Wives (1933)
• Self Made Lady (1932)
• Men of Steel
  Men of Steel (film)
  Men of Steel is a British drama film, directed by George King and starring John Stuart and Benita Hume. The screenplay was adapted by Edward Knoblock and Billie Bristow from a novel by Douglas Newton.-Production background:...
  
  (1932)
• Number, Please (1931)
• Deadlock (1931)
• Midnight (1931)
• Leave It to Me (1930)
• Too Many Crooks (1930)

Producer

• "The Gay Cavalier" (1957) TV Series
• Eight O'Clock Walk (1952)
• Forbidden (1948)
• The Shop at Sly Corner (1947)
• Gaiety George (1946)
• The First of the Few (1942)
• The Chinese Bungalow (1940)
• Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
• The Face at the Window (1939)
• John Halifax (1938)
• Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)
• Silver Top (1938)
• Wanted (1937)
• Double Exposures (1937)
• The Elder Brother (1937)
• It's Never Too Late to Mend (1937)
• Merry Comes to Town (1937)
• Riding High (1937)
• Under a Cloud (1937)
• The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
• Gay Old Dog (1935)
• Handle with Care (1935)
• Lend Me Your Husband (1935)
• Maria Marten (1935)
• Windfall (1935)
• To Be a Lady (1934)
• Get Your Man (1934)
• Little Stranger (1934)
• Handle with Care (1932)
• Self Made Lady (1932)
• Deadlock (1931)
• Leave It to Me (1930)

Choreographer

• Zis Boom Bah (College Sweethearts) (1941)
• Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
• The Women (1939)
• Idiot's Delight (1939)
• Rosalie (1937)

Actor

• Born to Dance (1936)
• The Ramblin' Kid
  The Ramblin' Kid
  The Ramblin' Kid is a 1923 Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson - The Ramblin' Kid* Laura La Plante - Carolyn June* Harold Goodwin - Skinny Rawlins* William Welsh - Lafe Dorsey...
  
   (1923)
• Yellow Men and Gold (1922)
• Satan Junior (1919)
• The City of Dim Faces (1918)

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