Personal Info
Birth date
1918-01-25 (107 Years)
Day of death
1987-06-30
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Кинг Донован
Francis King Donovan
King Donovan
Biography
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
Filmography
Wagon Train
6.3
Overview:
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.Bonanza
7.5
Overview:
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.The Beverly Hillbillies
6.8
Overview:
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.Four Star Playhouse
6.333
Overview:
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.The Big Valley
6.1
Overview:
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.Wanted: Dead or Alive
6.894
Overview:
Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.The Gale Storm Show
5.5
Overview:
The Gale Storm Show is an American sitcom starring Gale Storm. The series premiered on September 29, 1956, and ran until 1960 for 143 half-hour black-and-white episodes, initially on CBS and in its last year on ABC. The Gale Storm Show was co-produced by Independent Television Corporation and Hal Roach Studios. The series was aired under the title Oh, Susanna in syndication.Maverick
6.8
Overview:
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.Richard Diamond, Private Detective
6.2
Overview:
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.The Defenders
6.2
Overview:
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.The Adventures of Jim Bowie
4.5
Overview:
The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.The Bob Cummings Show
6.143
Overview:
The Bob Cummings Show is an American sitcom starring Robert "Bob" Cummings which was produced from January 2, 1955 to September 15, 1959. The Bob Cummings Show was the first series ever to debut as a midseason replacement. The program began with a half-season run on NBC, then ran for two full seasons on CBS, and returned to NBC for its final two seasons. The program was later rerun in the daytime hours on ABC and then syndicated under the title Love That Bob. A similar, but less successful, follow-up series, The New Bob Cummings Show, was broadcast on CBS during the 1961-62 television season.Rawhide
7.2
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.Bat Masterson
6.1
Overview:
Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.December Bride
5.5
Overview:
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.77 Sunset Strip
6.7
Overview:
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.Arrest and Trial
7.667
Overview:
Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
4.5
Overview:
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.Public Defender
6
Overview:
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.Trackdown
6.4
Overview:
Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. More than seventy episodes of this series were produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television and filmed at the Desilu-Culver Studio. The series was itself a spin-off of Powell's anthology series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.Racket Squad
6
Overview:
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".Playhouse 90
7.6
Overview:
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.Navy Log
4.5
Overview:
Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS. It relates the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy. This series premiered on September 20, 1955, but the following year, it was moved to ABC, where it aired until September 25, 1958. The program aired for a total of three seasons and 102 episodes.Riverboat
6.2
Overview:
Riverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds broadcast on the NBC television network from September 13, 1959 until January 2, 1961. It was produced by Revue Studios.Profiles in Courage
5
Overview:
Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was based on the recently President John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage.Lux Video Theatre
6.333
Overview:
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.Night Gallery
7.8
Overview:
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.Mr. Lucky
6.4
Overview:
Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from October 24, 1959, to June 18, 1960, with repeats until September 3. Blake Edwards developed the program as a retooling of his Willie Dante character from Four Star Playhouse, where the role was played by studio boss Dick Powell. In the 1960–1961 season, Howard Duff assumed the role of Willie Dante in the NBC adventure/drama series Dante. Mr. Edwards directed and co-wrote the first episode of Mr. Lucky, and the credits of the first eighteen episodes included "Entire production supervised by Blake Edwards." Jack Arnold produced the show and directed fifteen of the thirty-four episodes. Henry Mancini's smooth theme music for the show reached Number 21 in the US singles charts. He released two successful LP's based on the show, Mr. Lucky and Mr. Lucky Goes Latin.Acting
1987Creepy Classics as Jack Belicec - (archive footage)
1984Nothing Lasts Forever as Lunartini Husband
1982Morning's at Seven as Carl Bolton
1981The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies as Andy Miller
1970Night Gallery (1 Episode) as Husband (segment "The Merciful")
1965The Big Valley (1 Episode) as Ambrose
1965Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1, 2 Episode) as Unknown, Herb
1964Profiles in Courage (1 Episode) as Rev. Mr. May
1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Airport Official (uncredited)
1963Arrest and Trial (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963The Thrill of It All as TV Executive (uncredited)
1962The Beverly Hillbillies (3 Episodes) as Jake Clampett
1961The Defenders (1 Episode) as Lou Desmond
1960The Tall Man (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Mr. Lucky (1 Episode) as Willie Conway
1959Riverboat (1 Episode) as Paddy Britt
1959Bonanza (1 Episode) as Twirly Boggs
1959The Hanging Tree as Wonder
1959Rawhide (1 Episode) as Poke Tolliver
1958The Perfect Furlough as Maj. Collins
195877 Sunset Strip (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Bat Masterson (1 Episode) as Shorty Keenan
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive (1 Episode) as Sheridan Appleby
1958The Defiant Ones as Solly
1958Cowboy as Joe Capper, Trailhand
1957Trackdown (1, 1 Episode) as Dean Burke, Lane Sawyer
1957Maverick (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Mark Dawson
1957Wagon Train (1 Episode) as Henry Bennett
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1 Episode) as Hamilton Chase
1957The Iron Sheriff as Leveret
1957The Comedian as The Director
1956Playhouse 90 (1 Episode) as The Director
1956The Gale Storm Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Jack Belicec
1955The Seven Little Foys as Officer Harrison
1955Frontier (1 Episode) as Joe Thornton
1955Navy Log (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Not as a Stranger as Mr. Slocum (uncredited)
1955The Bob Cummings Show (4 Episodes) as Harvey Helm
1954December Bride (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954Broken Lance as Clerk (uncredited)
1954Medic (1 Episode) as Sam Conners
1954Private Hell 36 as Evney Serovitch (uncredited)
1954The Whistler (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954The Bamboo Prison as Pop
1954Public Defender (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954Riders to the Stars as James O'Herli
1953Tumbleweed as Wrangler
1953Forever Female as Playwright at Sardi's (uncredited)
1953Easy to Love as Ben
1953Letter to Loretta (1 Episode) as Decorator
1953City of Bad Men as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1953Hannah Lee: An American Primitive as Sheriff's Deputy
1953The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms as Dr. Ingersoll
1953The Magnetic Monster as Dr. Dan Forbes
1952Four Star Playhouse (1, 1 Episode) as Thin Man, Drunk
1952The Merry Widow as Nitki
1952Sally and Saint Anne as Hymie Callahan, Trainer
1952Glory Alley as Telephone Technician (uncredited)
1952Singin' in the Rain as Rod (uncredited)
1952Something to Live For as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1951The Unknown Man as Unknown
1951Angels in the Outfield as McGee
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 Episode) as Hardy
1951Behave Yourself! as Lingerie Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
1951His Kind of Woman as Reporter (uncredited)
1951Little Big Horn as Pvt. James Corbo
1951Racket Squad (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951The Prince Who Was a Thief as (uncredited)
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1951The Scarf as Piano Player
1951The Redhead and The Cowboy as Clerk at trading post
1951The Enforcer as Sergeant Whitlow
1951Storm Warning as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
1950The Sun Sets at Dawn as Reporter, National News Service
1950Lux Video Theatre (1 Episode) as Eddie Slate
1950A Lady Without Passport as Surgeon (uncredited)
1950Mystery Street as Reporter at Beach House (uncredited)
1950One Way Street as Grieder
1950Side Street as Detective Gottschalk
1949The Pilgrimage Play as Salathiel
1949All the King's Men as Reporter (uncredited)
1949Alias Nick Beal as Peter Wolfe
1949Shockproof as Joe Wilson (Uncredited)
1948Open Secret as Fawnes, Bigot Gang Member