Actor. He was best known for playing the character roles of doctors, attorneys, majors, earls, colonels, politicians, judges, ministers, bishops, jurors, legislators, chaplains, bartenders, and lords, in both silent films and sound films. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'The Chaplain' in the romantic war film drama, "The Shopworn Angel" (1928). The film which was directed by Richard Wallace, which was written for the screen by Dana Burnet, Howard Estabrook, and Albert S. Le Vino, and which also starred Nancy Carroll, Gary Cooper, and Paul Lukas, tells the story of which begins shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins. He was born one of eleven children as Emmett Carleton King in Griffin, Georgia, to John Charles King (1841-1906), and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Jones King (1845-1906), on May 31, 1865. He was educated locally and later pursued an acting career. He began his acting career on Broadway in New York City, New York, in several stage productions of such plays as, the role of 'Archibald Scorcher' and which he also wrote, "The Father Of His Country (Marc 27, 1899), "Granny" (October 24, 1904, to November 1904), "Mary Jane's Pa" (December 03, 1908, to February 27, 1909), "Ben Hur" (December 23, 1911, to January 1912), and "Joseph And His Brethren (January 11, 1913, to April 1913). He then made the transition to films. He made his actual film debut playing the role of 'Rome Preston' in the film drama, "Mary Jane's Pa" (1917), which was also based on the Broadway play in which he starred in from 1908 to 1909. The film which was directed by Charles Brabin and William P.S. Earle, which was written for the screen by Edith Ellis and A. Van Buren Powell, and which also starred Marc McDermott, Mildred Manning, and Eulalie Jensen, tells the story of after wandering the world for fifteen years, Hiram Perkins returns home to find his wife running a small town newspaper to support their two daughters. With pity in her heart, Mrs. Perkins allows her husband to stay in the house providing that he does not disclose his identity. Mrs. Perkins is waging a battle against the re-election of Joel Skinner for a seat in the assembly, and when she learns that Skinner has mistreated old Mrs. Miller, she is determined to expose his actions. Rome Preston, running in opposition to Skinner, requests that she stop the story, but Mrs. Perkins refuses and so Preston disables the press. With Hiram's help, Mrs. Perkins prints the story, and Skinner is defeated. In revenge, Skinner's men burn the press and demand that Hiram be tarred and feathered. At this moment, Mrs. Perkins acknowledges that Hiram is her husband and all is forgiven as the Perkins family is reunited. Besides, "Mary Jane's Pa" (1917), and "The Shopworn Angel" (1928), his many other film credits include, "The Fair Pretender" (1918), "Out Of The Night" (1918), "Lafayette, We Come" (1918), "The Fear Woman" (1919), "Fools And Their Money" (1919), "The Solitary Sin" (1919), "In His Brother's Place" (1919), "Please Get Married" (1919), "Beckoning Roads" (1919), "Number 99" (1920), "The Desperate Hero" (1920), "The Best Of Luck" (1920), "Kismet" (1920), "Billions" (1920), "Three Sevens" (1921), "Lying Lips" (1921), "Habit" (1921), "The Mistress Of Shenstone" (1921), "The Silver Car" (1921), "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (1921), "Fightin' Mad" (1921), "The Flower Of The North" (1921), "Eden And Return" (1921), "The Call Of Home" (1922), "The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe" (1922), "Human Hearts" (1922), "Manslaughter" (1922), "The Kentucky Derby" (1922), "The Beautiful And Damned" (1922), "The Flame Of Life" (1923), "Trifling With Honor" (1923), "Don Quickshot Of The Rio Grande" (1923), "The Acquittal" (1923), "White Tiger" (1923), "The Near Lady" (1923), "The Fighting Adventurer" (1924), "Dark Stairways" (1924), "Captain January" (1924), "Barbara Frietchie" (1924), "The Air Hawk" (1924), "Pampered Youth" (1925), "The Devil's Cargo" (1925), "The Man Without A Country" (1925), "The Overland Limited" (1925), "Peacock Feathers" (1925), "Counsel For The Defense" (1925), "Arizone Sweepstakes" (1926), "The Man In The Saddle" (1926), "Midnight Madness" (1928), "God Of Mankind" (1928), "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" (1928), "West Of Zanzibar" (1928), "When Dreams Come True" (1929), "Black Narcissus" (1929), "Reno" (1930), "The Right Of Way" (1930), "Up For Murder" (1931), "The Public Defender" (1931), "Facing The Gallows" (1931), "Ladies Of The Big House" (1931), "Westward Passage" (1932), "Street Of Women" (1932), "Crooner" (1932), "Manhattan Tower" (1932), "Gabriel Over The White House" (1933), "Female" (1933), "The World Moves On" (1934), "The President Vanishes" (1934), "Clive Of India" (1935), "Shanghai" (1935), "Diamond Jim" (1935), "3 Kids And A Queen" (1935), "The Crime Of Dr. Forbes" (1936), "The Prisoner Of Zenda" (1937), "Life Begins With Love" (1937), "The Rage Of Paris" (1938), "The Man In The Iron Mask" (1939), "Gone With The Wind" (1939), "Railroadin" (1941), "Reap The Wild Wind" (1942), "The Other Woman" (1942), "The Amazing Mrs. Holliday" (1943), and "Mission To Moscow" (1943). His last film role was playing the 'Senator' in the biographical historical war film drama, "Wilson" (1944). The film which was directed by Henry King, which was written for the screen by Lamar Trotti, and which also starred Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn, and Geraldine Fitzgerald, is a chronicle of the political career of the United States President Woodrow Wilson. He retired from acting shortly thereafter. He passed away from heart disease at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California, on April 21, 1953, at the age of 87. Following his death, his funeral services were held through Pierce Brothers Hollywood Mortuary in Hollywood, California, and he was cremated and his ashes are inurned at the Chapel of the Pines in Los Angeles, California. He was married to Helen W. King and was survived by his three sisters and one brother. He had no children.