King Donovan

King Donovan

Birth : 1918-01-25, New York City, New York, USA

Death : 1987-06-30

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. King Donovan (25 January 1918 – 30 June 1987) was an American film, stage, and television actor, as well as a film and television director Description above from the Wikipedia article King Donovan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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King Donovan

Movies

Morning's at Seven
Carl Bolton
In a small Midwestern town in the 1920s, four sisters' lives are turned upside down when one sister's son brings his fiancée home to meet his eccentric family for the first time.
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Andy Miller
Jed Clamplett and his backwoods family help solve an energy crisis in their own rustic ways for their Beverly Hills neighborhood they still cannot adjust to.
Promises! Promises!
Director
After a drunken spree on a cruise ship, two women discover that they're pregnant, and set out to find who the fathers are.
The Hanging Tree
Wonder
Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.
The Perfect Furlough
Maj. Collins
A love-starved soldier stationed at an Arctic base wins a furlough in Paris, but a pretty, no-nonsense military psychologist is ordered to accompany him as chaperone to keep him out of trouble.
The Defiant Ones
Solly
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
Cowboy
Joe Capper, Trailhand
Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...
The Iron Sheriff
Leveret
Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of evidence directly to his own son, Benjie. Sworn to uphold the law at all costs, Galt is grimly determined to see that Benjie will receive a fair trial without any coercion on his part. But the townsfolk have already decided that the sheriff will try to spring the boy, and a lynch-mob mentality slows festers its way through the community. As the trial proceeds, it becomes obvious that Benjie is going to hang for his alleged crime, but there's still one or two surprises in store.
The Comedian
The Director
Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than his. His most vituperative behavior, however, is reserved for his weak-willed brother, Lester, whom Sammy has hired as his assistant but whom he really uses as his whipping boy.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jack Belicec
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
The Seven Little Foys
Officer Harrison
Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. While they continue to tour the circuit, they begin a family and before long have seven little Foys to clutter the wings. After tragedy threatens to stall Eddie's career, he comes to realize that his little terrors are worth their weight in gold. - Chris Stone
Not as a Stranger
Mr. Slocum (uncredited)
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.
Private Hell 36
Evney Serovitch (uncredited)
In New York, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham investigate and are led from the drugstore to a nightclub, where singer Lili is another recipient of a stolen bill. With Lili's help, the partners track down the remaining money, but both Lili and Frank are dismayed when Cal decides he wants to keep part of it.
The Bamboo Prison
Pop
A communist POW sides with his North Korean guards against his fellow prisoners.
Riders to the Stars
James O'Herli
Three men gamble their lives in space to change the history of the world
Tumbleweed
Wrangler
Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except for two sisters. Escaping and showing up in town later, Harvey is nearly hanged as a deserter, but gets away. Eventually caught by the sheriff and his posse, they are attacked by Indians. This time the Indians are defeated and Aguila, captured and dying, reveals the identity of the white man who engineered the initial attack on the wagon train, just as the perpetrator rides up behind them.
Forever Female
Playwright at Sardi's (uncredited)
An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
Easy to Love
Ben
Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star.
City of Bad Men
Hotel Clerk
Outlaws plan a robbery to take place during a championship prizefight in Carson City, Nevada.
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Sheriff's Deputy
Professional killer Bus Crow is hired by cattlemen to eliminate squatters. When Marshal Sam Rochelle is sent to investigate, saloon owner Hallie has to be a reluctant witness.
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Dr. Ingersoll
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
The Magnetic Monster
Dr. Dan Forbes
The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to destroy Earth; and how to stop it is yet to be determined. The film's Deltatron special effects footage is taken from the 1934 German sci-fi film GOLD.
The Merry Widow
Nitki
Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Sally and Saint Anne
Hymie Callahan, Trainer
An Irish-American girl asks the saint to guide her family and save them from an alderman.
Glory Alley
Telephone Technician (uncredited)
A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.
Singin' in the Rain
Rod (uncredited)
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Something to Live For
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Aging advertising executive Alan Miller is a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called by the elevator operator of a residential hotel to come and intervene in the case of one of the guests, struggling Broadway actress Jenny Carey. The two find they have even more in common than their taste for drink. But Jenny wants to put an end to their romance because Alan is a married man, who moreover is the father of two children. How will Jenny and Alan resolve their feelings without destroying Alan's marriage?
The Unknown Man
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
Angels in the Outfield
Mack McGee
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Behave Yourself!
Lingerie Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
A young man takes in a dog that turns out to be wanted by mobsters.
Little Big Horn
Pvt. James Corbo
Two cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an ambush.
The Prince Who Was a Thief
(uncredited)
An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure.
The Scarf
Piano Player
A man believe to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was wearing.
The Redhead and The Cowboy
Clerk at trading post
Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder. His only alibi is Candace Bronson, who is aiding the Confederate cause and has left the territory to deliver a vital message about a Yankee gold shipment. So he sets off in pursuit, running into desperados, government agents, and guerrilla fighters, who are more interested in profit than ideals. Written by Alfred Jingle
The Enforcer
Sergeant Whitlow
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
The Sun Sets at Dawn
Reporter, National News Service
A reporter investigates the story of a young man who may have been wrongly convicted and sentenced to be executed.
A Lady Without Passport
Surgeon (uncredited)
A secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant.
Mystery Street
Reporter at Beach House (uncredited)
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.
One Way Street
Grieder
After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico to hide out.
The Pilgrimage Play
Salathiel
Nelson Leigh assumes the role of Jesus Christ in this drama that depicts such historical events as the Sermon on the Mount and the Last Supper while portraying the period in which Christ roamed the countryside preaching the gospel.
All the King's Men
Reporter (Uncredited)
All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion.
Alias Nick Beal
Peter Wolfe
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
Shockproof
Joe Wilson (Uncredited)
Jenny Marsh is a hard-luck dame who's just finished five years in the slammer for killing a man. Jenny's not exactly the murdering type -- she did the deed while defending her jailbird lover, Harry, which is probably one reason she's attracted the attention of her parole officer, Griff Marat. In fact, Griff is so taken with Jenny that he gets her a job caring for his ailing mother, but although Jenny tries to fly right, she's not yet over Harry.
Open Secret
Fawnes, Bigot Gang Member
A couple discovers that their friend has gone missing. Their investigation leads them to believe that anti-semites are behind the disappearance.