Hollywood Icons, Then and Now
Take a look back at these Hollywood icons in their early days to see how far they've come in their careers.
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Works
Thunder BeachNarrator1956
Magnificent DollJailer (uncredited)1946
His Butler's SisterTrain Conductor1943
BombardierGeneral Barnes1943
She Has What It TakesLee Shuleman1943
Keep 'Em SluggingScott1943
Silver QueenColonel (uncredited)1942
Gentleman JimCol. McLane (uncredited)1942
The Glass KeyFisher (uncredited)1942
The Big ShotProsecutor Toohey1942
Butch Minds the BabyPolice Lieutenant1942
They Died with Their Boots OnChairman of Hearing (uncredited)1941
Sergeant YorkDraft Board Chairman (uncredited)1941
Badlands of DakotaShip's Captain1941
Bullets for O'HaraMaxwell1941
Strange AlibiWarden Morrell1941
Blondie Goes LatinCaptain of the Cruz del Sur (uncredited)1941
Trail of the VigilantesEllery1940
Always a BrideMr. Franklyn1940
The Flag of HumanityPresident Rutherford B. Hayes (uncredited)1940
Charlie Chan at the Wax MuseumInspector O'Matthews1940
When the Daltons RodeOklahoma Sheriff1940
You're Not So ToughCollins1940
Black FridayChief of Police1940
It's a DateFirst Mate Kelly1940
Danger On WheelsRace Commissioner1940
Destry Rides AgainSheriff Keogh1939
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonSummers (uncredited)1939
Code of the Secret ServiceTom 'Jim' Saxby1939
East Side of HeavenDetective (uncredited)1939
Let Us LiveInspector Cavanaugh (uncredited)1939
You Can't Get Away with MurderPrison Guard1939- My Son Is a CriminalJerry Kingsley1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest ManPoliceman (uncredited)1939
Off the RecordBrown1939
Heart of the NorthMac Drummond1938
GatewayInspector1938
City StreetsMike Shanahan1938
Alexander's Ragtime BandCharles Dillingham1938
In Old ChicagoShip's Captain1938
Arsène Lupin ReturnsInspector Hennessey (uncredited)1938
Big Town GirlDetective1937
Hot WaterMayor Roberts1937
White BondageTrent Talcott1937
Fly Away BabyGuy Allister1937
Armored CarTom Sheridan1937
San QuentinWarden Taylor1937
Mountain JusticeJudge at Ruth's Trial1937
That Man's Here AgainMr. Ned Murdock1937
Land Beyond the LawLew Wallace (uncredited)1937
Once a DoctorFrank Brace1937
God's Country and the WomanRed Munro1937
Polo JoeColonel Hilton1936
China ClipperMr. Pierson1936
JailbreakMike Eagan1936
Public Enemy's WifeWilcox1936
Satan Met a LadyDetective (uncredited)1936
The Case of the Velvet ClawsGeorge C. Belter1936
Bullets or BallotsDan 'Mac' McLaren1936
Sons o' GunsGeneral Harper1936
The Singing KidDr. May1936
Snowed UnderJohn - in a Doorman's Uniform (uncredited)1936
Road GangJ. W. Moett1936
The Walking DeadJudge Roger Shaw1936
Freshman LoveTerry Biddle (uncredited)1936
Man of IronHarrison Balding1935
Broadway HostessBig Joe Jarvis1935
Frisco KidJames "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)1935
Moonlight on the PrairieSheriff Jim1935
Shipmates ForeverCommander Doughlin (uncredited)1935
Special AgentAgent Wilson1935
We're in the MoneyMr. Blank(scenes deleted)1935
Front Page WomanHartnett1935
StrandedDan Archer (uncredited)1935
Alibi IkeJohnson1935
Woman in the DarkDetective1934
Miss Fane's Baby Is StolenPolice Dispatcher1934
The Trial of Vivienne WareBailiff (uncredited)1932
Roadhouse NightsJohn Hanson1930
1929
The Laughing LadyCity Editor1929
Tin GodsFirst Foreman1926
Unguarded WomenCaptain Robert Banning1924
The Masked DancerFred Sinclair1924
Big BrotherBig Ben Murray1923
Twenty-OneMr. McCullough1923
The Daring YearsJim Moran, pugilist1923
Anne of Little SmokyBob Hayne1921
Moral FibreJohn Corliss1921
The Idol of the NorthSergeant McNair1921
The Girl with the Jazz HeartMiles Sprague1921
1920
The North Wind's MaliceHenry Carter1920
The Broadway BubbleGeoffrey Landreth1920
The Woman God SentJack West Jr.1920
The Right To LieCrosby Dana1919
Love's PrisonerJim Garside1919
False EvidenceLot Gordon1919
The Way of the StrongAlexander Hendrie1919- 1919
Irish EyesSir Arthur Ormsby1918
The Secret CodeJefferson Harrow1918
Shifting SandsJohn Stanford1918
Every Woman's HusbandFrank Emerson1918- The Price of ApplauseMarcarson1918
The AnswerJohn Warfield1918
1917
Until They Get MeSelwyn1917
Betty and the BuccaneersDick Winthrop1917
The Rose Of BloodPrime Minister1917- The Law North of 65Niklo1917
Big TimberWalter Monahan1917
Wild Winship's WidowMorley Morgan1917
The Selfish WomanDonald McKenzie1916- The Ring of DestinyBig Bill1915
- The White MouseLawler1914
Etienne of the Glad HeartOlaf - a Trapper1914- The Wilderness MailOtto, the Mail Driver1914
Lost by a HairRejected Suitor1914- In Defiance of the LawScottie Deane1914
- Passing of the BeastGilbert - the Mountie1914
The Battle of GettysburgJack Lamar1913
The Ball Player and the BanditHarry's Rival1912
Personal details
- Official site
- Alternative names
- Joseph King
- Joseph Sayer King
- BornFebruary 08, 1883Austin, Texas, USA
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