John 'Dusty' King

About John 'Dusty' King

Who is it?: Actor, Soundtrack
Birth Day: July 11, 1909
Birth Place: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Birth Name: Miller McLeod Everson

John 'Dusty' King

Band singer and light leading man who graduated to leads in a series of B-Westerns. John King was born Miller McLeod...
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As per our current Database, John 'Dusty' King has been died on 11 November, 1987 at San Diego, California, USA.

🎂 John 'Dusty' King - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When John 'Dusty' King die, John 'Dusty' King was 78 years old.

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Occupation Actor
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born July 11, 1909 (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
Birthday July 11
Town/City Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Nationality USA

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John 'Dusty' King’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.

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John 'Dusty' King was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.

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Band singer and light leading man who graduated to leads in a series of B-Westerns. John King was born Miller McLeod Everson to Ernest and Ruth Brumfield Everson on 11 July 1909 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended the University of Cincinnati.

Following his schooling, he held many jobs for short periods of time, stoking at a grain elevator, selling furniture, lumberjacking, inspecting meat, and bookkeeping. At 23, he was hired as an announcer by WCKY radio in nearby Covington, Kentucky.

Within a year he was hosting a musical variety show and singing on WKRC in Cincinnati. He was then hired as a vocalist with Ben Bernie's band and went to Hollywood with the band to make an appearance in Stolen Harmony (1935).

He stayed in the film capital and began to get small parts in pictures, occasionally singing. After appearing in a supporting role in one serial, King was signed by Universal for several roles and landed the lead in another serial, Ace Drummond (1936).

He continued to appear in a variety of roles for Universal for the next four years. He then signed for one of the trio of leads in a Monogram Western, The Range Busters (1940), playing a character named Dusty.

He continued playing Dusty for another 18 films in the series, billing himself now as John 'Dusty' King. He sang occasionally in the series, but was never a great threat to the leading singing cowboys of the period.

The series ended in 1943 and King retired from the screen three years later. He opened a waffle restaurant in La Jolla, California, near San Diego, where he died in 1987, at 78, more than forty years after his last film.

John 'Dusty' King Movies

  • Haunted Ranch (1943) as Dusty King posing as Hank Travers
  • Two Fisted Justice (1943) as 'Dusty' King
  • Ace Drummond (1936) as Ace Drummond
  • Texas Trouble Shooters (1942) as 'Dusty' King

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