Joe King

Joe King

Costume designer. Born 25 December 1908 in Saint Petersburg. Died 19 April 2002.

Costume designer
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Born
25 December 1908, Saint Petersburg
Died
19 April 2002
Active
1957–1961

Biography

Joe King was a costume designer and wardrobe supervisor. Born on 25 December 1908 in St Petersburg, Russia, he worked in the American film industry from the early 1950s onwards.

He received costume design credits on films including The Big Night (1951), Queen for a Day (1951), The Pride and the Passion (1957), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969). Other contributions include wardrobe or costume supervision on High Noon (1952), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), The Defiant Ones (1958), Inherit the Wind (1960), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).

King died on 19 April 2002 in Los Angeles, California.

Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Joe King is known for High Noon (1952), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Inherit the Wind (1960), The Defiant Ones (1958), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), Kansas City Confidential (1952) and Rancho Notorious (1952).