King Donovan

Actor

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Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

January 25, 1918

Died

June 30, 1987

Biography

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King Donovan was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Donovan's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "Shockproof" (1949) with Cornel Wilde, the comedic fantasy "Angels in the Outfield" (1951) with Paul Douglas and the Sally Parr drama "The Sun Sets at Dawn" (1951). He also appeared in the Humphrey Bogart crime flick "The Enforcer" (1951), the Glenn F...

Filmography

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Promises! Promises! (1963)

Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)

The Hanging Tree (1959)

The Perfect Furlough (1959)

The Defiant Ones (1958)

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Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Uncle Ira Was Uncle Ira

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Where's Your Girlfriend's Double?

Family & Companions

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Imogene Coca

Wife

Actor, vaudevillian, comedienne.

Biography

King Donovan was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Donovan's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "Shockproof" (1949) with Cornel Wilde, the comedic fantasy "Angels in the Outfield" (1951) with Paul Douglas and the Sally Parr drama "The Sun Sets at Dawn" (1951). He also appeared in the Humphrey Bogart crime flick "The Enforcer" (1951), the Glenn Ford spy thriller "The Redhead and the Cowboy" (1951) and "Little Big Horn" (1951) with Lloyd Bridges. His film career continued throughout the fifties in productions like "The Merry Widow" (1952), "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" (1953) with Paul Christian and the Tyrone Power drama "The Mississippi Gambler" (1953). He also appeared in "The Magnetic Monster" (1953). In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in the biopic "The Seven Little Foys" (1955) with Bob Hope, the Kevin McCarthy horror movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) and the comedic adaptation "The Birds and the Bees" (1956) with George Gobel. He also appeared in "The Iron Sheriff" (1957) and the adaptation "Cowboy" (1958) with Glenn Ford. Donovan more recently appeared in "Return of the Beverly Hillbillies" (CBS, 1981-82). Donovan was married to Imogene Coca. Donovan passed away in June 1987 at the age of 69.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Promises! Promises! (1963)

Cast (Feature Film)

Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)

The Hanging Tree (1959)

The Perfect Furlough (1959)

The Defiant Ones (1958)

The Iron Sheriff (1957)

The Birds and the Bees (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

The Bamboo Prison (1955)

The Seven Little Foys (1955)

Not As a Stranger (1955)

Broken Lance (1954)

Private Hell 36 (1954)

Drug store burglar

Riders to the Stars (1954)

James F. O'Herli

Forever Female (1954)

The Caddy (1953)

City of Bad Men (1953)

The Kid from Left Field (1953)

Tumbleweed (1953)

Easy to Love (1953)

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

The Mississippi Gambler (1953)

Half a Hero (1953)

The Magnetic Monster (1953)

Something to Live For (1952)

Sally and Saint Anne (1952)

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

The Merry Widow (1952)

Glory Alley (1952)

Telephone coin collector

Fourteen Hours (1951)

Fingerprint man

Three Guys Named Mike (1951)

Passenger agent

The Unknown Man (1951)

Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)

Storm Warning (1951)

Ambulance driver

Come Fill the Cup (1951)

Behave Yourself! (1951)

The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951)

The Enforcer (1951)

Angels in the Outfield (1951)

The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951)

Little Big Horn (1951)

Pvt. James Corbo

The Sun Sets at Dawn (1951)

National News Service

The Scarf (1951)

Cargo to Capetown (1950)

One Way Street (1950)

Side Street (1950)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)

Right Cross (1950)

Mystery Street (1950)

All the King's Men (1950)

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Shockproof (1949)

Alias Nick Beal (1949)

The Pilgrimage Play (1949)

Open Secret (1948)

Man from Texas (1948)

Cast (Special)

The Comedian (1957)

Life Events

Photo Collections

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - Lobby Card Set

Here is a set of Lobby Cards from Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Videos

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Uncle Ira Was Uncle Ira Well into the flashback from unglued suburban doctor Miles (Kevin McCarthy), he recalls telling anxious Wilma (Virginia Christine) that her uncle (Tom Fadden) appears unchanged, her cousin Becky (Dana Wynter) trying to reassure, early in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, 1956.

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Where's Your Girlfriend's Double? Town shrink Dan (Larry Gates) is the naysayer, though we know doc Miles (Kevin McCarthy) did see a dormant body double of his girlfriend, and with Jack (King Donovan) saw another, dad Driscoll (Kenneth Patterson) and a cop (Guy Wray) annoyed, in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, 1956.

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) -- (Movie Clip) It's No Dead Man So far doc Miles (Kevin McCarthy), newly enchanted by his old high school flame Becky (Dana Wynter), has heard only of a widespread delusion in town, but writer pal Jack (King Donovan) and wife (Carolyn Jones) have found something way more weird, in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, 1956.

Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, The -- (Movie Clip) Throughout History Shrink Ingersoll (King Donovan) is introduced to hospitalized Nesbitt (Paul Christian), whose commander Evans (Kenneth Tobey) then drops by, all convinced he's imagining Ray Harryhausen's Arctic monster, shortly seen, in The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, 1953.

Defiant Ones, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Go South First shot of handcuffed prisoners Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier after the truck crash, no time for chat, while back at the site the dog trainer, sheriff and state police captain (King Donovan, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw) prepare to pursue, in Stanley Kramer's The Defiant Ones, 1958.

Bamboo Prison, The -- (Movie Clip) Welcome, Comrades! Following the credits, Brady (Brian Keith), Doc (Earle Hyman) and other new prisoners meet inmates Pike (Leo Gordon), Pop (King Donovan) et al at their Korean prison camp, in director Lewis Seiler's The Bamboo Prison, 1955.

Bamboo Prison, The -- (Movie Clip) Carraway Seeds Dining at the Korean prison camp, scenes featuring Brady (Brian Keith), Pop (King Donovan), Father Dolan (E.G. Marshall), the turncoat Rand (Robert Francis), and Arkansas (Jerome Courtland) early in The Bamboo Prison, 1955.

Singin' in the Rain - (Original Trailer) A silent screen swashbuckler (Gene Kelly) finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound in Singin' in the Rain (1952), directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen.

Companions

Imogene Coca

Wife

Actor, vaudevillian, comedienne.

Bibliography

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