Henry Kingi
{{short description|American stuntman and actor (born 1943)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|12|02}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| other_names = Masao Henry Kingi
| occupation = Stuntman, actor
| years_active = 1969–present
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- {{marriage|Eilene Frances Davis
|1966|1980|end=divorced}} - {{marriage|Lindsay Wagner
|1981|1984|end=divorced}}
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| children = 4
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Henry Kingi (born December 2, 1943) is an American stuntman and actor. As a stuntman he has worked in films like Fast Five (2011). His acting roles include Goody in Car Wash (1976), Shell in Earth Star Voyager (1988), the mean Indian in Far Out Man (1990), Kungai Demon in Parting Gifts, an episode of Angel (1999), and George in From Mexico with Love (2009). As a miscrew he worked in films like The Assault, From Paris with Love, Patriots Day and Colt 45.
Biography
Henry Kingi was born in Los Angeles on December 2, 1943. He is of Native American, African American, European, and Japanese descent.{{cite book |title=Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary |edition=2nd |first=Gene Scott |last=Freese |date=10 April 2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=10dXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA157 |page=157 |publisher=McFarland Publishing |isbn=9780786476435}}{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20086964,00.html|title=While Lindsay Wagner Romps with Son Dorian, Her Third Marriage Heads for a Fall – Vol. 21 No. 4|date=January 30, 1984|publisher=|access-date=July 28, 2017}}
He has a son, Henry Kingi Jr. who was born in 1970 and also a stuntman.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
He married actress Lindsay Wagner in May 1981, divorcing in 1984.{{cite journal |journal=People |date=January 30, 1984 |url=http://people.com/archive/while-lindsay-wagner-romps-with-son-dorian-her-third-marriage-heads-for-a-fall-vol-21-no-4/ |title=While Lindsay Wagner Romps with Son Dorian, Her Third Marriage Heads for a Fall |first=Mary A. |last=Fischer |access-date=18 January 2019 |publisher=Meredith Corporation}}{{cite news |newspaper=La Nación |date=17 August 2016 |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1917751-que-fue-de-la-vida-de-lindsay-wagner-la-actriz-de-la-mujer-bionica |title=Qué fue de la vida de Lindsay Wagner, la actriz de La Mujer Biónica |access-date=18 January 2019}} Together they have sons Dorian (born 1982) and Alexander (born 1986). Both sons are also stuntmen.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
In her book, Art of Men (I Prefer Mine Al Dente), Kirstie Alley referred to him as the most gloriously cool-looking stuntman in the history of stuntmen.{{cite book |title=Art of Men (I Prefer Mine Al Dente) |first=Kirstie |last=Alley |author-link=Kirstie Alley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ITQuAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT144 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |date=1 November 2012 |page=144 |isbn=9781922052476}}
He is a co-founder of the BSA (Black Stuntmen's Association).{{cite web |work=Black Stuntmen's Association |url=http://www.blackstuntmensassociation.com/members.html |title=Our Founding Members |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002220521/http://www.blackstuntmensassociation.com/members.html |archive-date=2 October 2017 |access-date=18 January 2019}}{{cite web |work=Narrative.ly |date=16 October 2014 |url=http://narrative.ly/the-stuntmen-who-blacklisted-blackface/ |title=The Stuntmen Who Blacklisted Blackface |first=Jocelyn Y. |last=Stewart |access-date=18 January 2019}} He is also a member of Stunts Unlimited, and a Stuntmen's Hall of Fame inductee.
Career
=Acting=
One of his very early film appearances was in the Alfred Hitchcock 1969 film Topaz.{{cite book |title=Criminais E Investigativos |first=George |last=Batista Da Silva |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6VkDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA121 |page=121 |date=15 June 2016}} In 1970, he had a credited role in the "Run for the Money" episode of Daniel Boone, playing the part of Straight Arrow.{{cite web |work=Daniel Boone TV |url=http://danielboonetv.com/information_links/Season%206%20Episodes.html |title=Season 6 Episodes (1969-70), 157 "Run for the Money" (#5016) |access-date=18 January 2019}} In 1974, he was the Candy Man in the Isaac Hayes film Truck Turner. He played Carrot's man in the 1975 film The Ultimate Warrior, which starred Yul Brynner. He had a role as Goody in the 1976 film Car Wash which was directed by Michael Schultz.{{cite web |work=Dvdcritiques.com |url=http://www.dvdcritiques.com/BluRay/8723 |title=Car Wash |access-date=18 January 2019}} He also appeared in Batman Returns as a mugger who was attacked by Catwoman. He played the part of Anthony in John Carpenter's Vampires, which starred James Woods, Maximilian Schell and Gregory Sierra.{{cite book |title=The Cinema of John Carpenter: The Technique of Terror |first1=Ian |last1=Conrich |first2=David |last2=Woods |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luhZyiXodCUC&pg=PA190 |page=190 |publisher=Wallflower Press |year=2004 |isbn=9781904764144}} In Lawrence Kasdan's film Grand Canyon, he plays a violent terrorist in a movie-within-the movie produced by Steve Martin.
=Stunts=
As a stuntman and a member of the BSA, Kingi recalled training with other members of the association on the weekends and being watched by police in unmarked cars. In an article published in the 13 March 2016 issue of The Daily Telegraph, he said that he and his fellow BSA stuntmen figured the police were thinking they were a Black Panther group.{{cite news |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=13 March 2016 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/movie-news/black-stuntmen-painted-down-hollywood-racism/ |title=Black stunt performers: Hollywood's other race scandal |first=Horatia |last=Harrod |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707044423/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/movie-news/black-stuntmen-painted-down-hollywood-racism/ |archive-date=7 July 2018 |access-date=18 January 2019 }}
Kingi has done stunt driving for the first Lethal Weapon film, following through 2 and 3, right through to Lethal Weapon 4.{{cite book |title=Screening Culture: Constructing Image and Identity |editor-first=Heather Norris |editor-last=Nicholson |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NVXkyrSQvCQC&pg=PA85 |page=85 |chapter=Moving Through Shadows and Light |first=Mary Jane |last=Miller |publisher=Lexington Books |year=2003 |isbn=9780739105214}} On the set of Lethal Weapon 4, Kingi assisted stunt coordinator Conrad E. Palmisano with putting together the action. It was Kingi who drove the car in the scene where it goes through the office and out the window.{{cite book |title=Stunt Driving |first=Tara Baukus |last=Mello |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AsrLvqdJhX8C&pg=PA48 |pages=48–49 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=9781438122823}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455437/ Imdb: Henry Kingi]
- [https://stuntsunlimited.com/artist/henry-kingi-sr/ Stunts Unlimited: Henry Kingi]
- [http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=9437 Aveleyman.com: Henry Kingi]
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Category:African-American male actors
Category:American male actors of Japanese descent
Category:American male film actors
Category:American stunt performers
Category:American male television actors
Category:Male actors from Los Angeles