King Calder
{{Short description|American actor (1898–1964)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = King Calder
| image = Stage actor King Calder (SAYRE 16200).jpg
| caption = Calder in 1926
| birth_name = Albert King Calder
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|04|21|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|06|28|1897|04|21|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place = Ferncliff Cemetery, Westchester County, New York
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1929–1964
}}
Albert King Calder (April 21, 1898{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA110|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|page=110|first=Scott|last=Wilson|publisher=McFarland|date=August 22, 2016|isbn=9780786479924|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/king-calder-34235|title=King Calder|work=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=February 20, 2022}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqRkAAAAMAAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959|page=108|first=Everett|last=Aaker|publisher=McFarland|date=2006|isbn=9780786424764|via=Google Books}} – June 28, 1964) was an American film, television and theatre actor.
Early life
Calder was born in Baltimore, Maryland.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/373734990/|title=Actor Sticks To Journalism|work=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|date=February 15, 1942|access-date=February 20, 2022|page=46|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He began his acting career in 1929 in the Broadway play The Humbug,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/29/archives/king-calder-dies-stage-and-tv-actor.html|title=King Calder, Dies; Stage and TV Actor|work=The New York Times|date=June 29, 1964|access-date=February 20, 2022}} playing Dr. Norman Ware. He also appeared in other theatre productions, including over 500 performances of the 1940 play My Sister Eileen. Calder then moved to a stage company in Chicago, Illinois stage company. His final theatre credit was in 1951.
Career
Calder began his screen career in 1949, when he appeared in the anthology television series The Clock. He starred in the crime drama series Martin Kane, Private Eye from 1952 to 1954.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/382060930/|title=King Calder, Veteran Stage, TV Actor, Dies|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=June 29, 1964|access-date=February 20, 2022|page=33|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He guest-starred in television programs including The Fugitive, Trackdown, Man with a Camera, Bat Masterson, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Virginian, The Twilight Zone, Rawhide, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Mr. Lucky, State Trooper, Perry Mason, and The Untouchables. His film credits include Time Table, Wall of Noise, Mardi Gras, The Rains of Ranchipur, Three Came to Kill, On the Threshold of Space, Everything's Ducky and Hong Kong Confidential.
Death
Calder died in June 1964 of a heart attack at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 67. He was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery.
Selected Filmography
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 4 Episode 9: "Murder Me Twice") as Mr. Sherman
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 4 Episode 35: "Touché") as George Faber
- Wanted Dead or Alive (1960) (Season 2 Episode 27: "The Pariah") as Sheriff Jackson
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 6 Episode 16: "A Crime for Mothers") as Charlie Vance
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 6 Episode 31: "The Gloating Place") as Mr. Harper
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 7 Episode 11: "The Right Kind of Medicine") as Police Lieutenant
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 7 Episode 31: "Most Likely to Succeed") as Stanley's Attorney
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963) (Season 1 Episode 15: "The Thirty-First of February") as Mr. Gordon
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0129478}}
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- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_calder/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:Male actors from Baltimore
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:20th-century American male actors