---
name: "Joe King"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-king"
fi1m_id: "joe-king"
imdb_id: "nm0454871"
tmdb_id: 1355442
wikidata_id: "Q110566786"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "25 December 1908"
died: "19 April 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-25T07:09:37.051792+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joe King

## Identity

Joe King

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-king
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-king
- **IMDb ID:** nm0454871
- **TMDB ID:** 1355442
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110566786
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110566786, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454871/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1355442

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

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 25 December 1908, Saint Petersburg
- **Died:** 19 April 2002
- **Active:** 1952–1967
- **Frequently works with:** [Stanley Kramer](https://film.one/person/stanley-kramer.md), [Marlene Dietrich](https://film.one/person/marlene-dietrich.md), [Spencer Tracy](https://film.one/person/spencer-tracy.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 82 (4), 1960s 71 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 77 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 3, Romance 2, Adventure 1, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $88m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110566786, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454871/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1355442

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Judgment at Nuremberg*](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md) (82), [*Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md) (70)
- **Tubi:** [*Witness for the Prosecution*](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md) (87)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), Fi1m 70, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md)
- *Ship of Fools* (1965), Fi1m 62, Costume Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md)
- *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), Fi1m 82, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md)
- *The Defiant Ones* (1958), Fi1m 74, Costume Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-defiant-ones.md)
- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Fi1m 87, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), Fi1m 78, Wardrobe Master — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-arm.md)
- *High Noon* (1952), Fi1m 88, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/high-noon.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Secret of Santa Vittoria* (1970), Costume Design
- *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md)
- *Ship of Fools* (1965), Costume Supervisor — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md)
- *Invitation to a Gunfighter* (1964), Costume Supervisor
- *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), Costume Supervisor
- *A Child Is Waiting* (1963), Costume Design
- *Pressure Point* (1962), Costumer
- *Advise & Consent* (1962), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md)
- *Inherit the Wind* (1960), Costume Design
- *The Defiant Ones* (1958), Costume Supervisor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-defiant-ones.md)
- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Costume Design — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *The Pride and the Passion* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), as Wardrobe Master — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-arm.md)
- *A Bullet Is Waiting* (1954), Costume Design
- *99 River Street* (1953), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Raiders of the Seven Seas* (1953), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Kansas City Confidential* (1952), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *High Noon* (1952), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/high-noon.md)
- *Rancho Notorious* (1952), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Big Night* (1951), Costume Design
- *Queen for a Day* (1951), Costume Design
- *He Ran All the Way* (1951), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Scarf* (1951), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1950), Costume Supervisor
- *The Men* (1950), as Wardrobe Master
- *Champion* (1949), Costume Design
- *Pony Express Days* (1940), as Colonel Joseph Randall

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