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name: "John 'Dusty' King"
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born: "11 July 1909"
died: "11 November 1987"
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# John 'Dusty' King

Actor. Born 11 July 1909 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Died 11 November 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 July 1909, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 11 November 1987
- **Also known as:** John King , Miller McLeod Everson
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_%22Dusty%22_King, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454878/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90336

## Biography

John 'Dusty' King (born Miller McLeod Everson) was an American actor and singer. He began his career in radio in the early 1930s before joining bandleader Ben Bernie's orchestra as a vocalist and moving to Hollywood.

King appeared in supporting roles at Universal Pictures, including Bill Evans in *Three Smart Girls* (1936) and the lead in the serial *Ace Drummond* (1936). He later starred as 'Dusty' in the Monogram Pictures Range Busters series of Westerns from 1940 to 1943, appearing in the first twenty films. His screen career ended in the mid-1940s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Three Smart Girls* (1936), Fi1m 72, as Bill Evans — [page](https://film.one/film/three-smart-girls.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Squadron of Doom* (1949), as Ace Drummond
- *Renegade Girl* (1946), as Corporal Brown
- *Haunted Ranch* (1943), as Dusty King posing as Hank Travers
- *Two Fisted Justice* (1943), as 'Dusty' King
- *Trail Riders* (1942), as Dusty King
- *Texas to Bataan* (1942), as Dusty King
- *Arizona Stage Coach* (1942), as Dusty King
- *Texas Trouble Shooters* (1942), as Dusty King
- *Boot Hill Bandits* (1942), as 'Dusty' King
- *Rock River Renegades* (1942), as Dusty King
- *Law of the Jungle* (1942), as Larry Mason
- *Thunder River Feud* (1942), as Dusty King
- *Underground Rustlers* (1941), as Dusty King
- *Tonto Basin Outlaws* (1941), as 'Dusty' King
- *Saddle Mountain Roundup* (1941), as Dusty King
- *Fugitive Valley* (1941), as Dusty King
- *Wrangler's Roost* (1941), as Dusty King
- *Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona* (1941), as John King (prologue) & 'Dusty' King (flashback)
- *The Kid's Last Ride* (1941), as Dusty King
- *The Trail of the Silver Spurs* (1941), as Dusty King
- *West of Pinto Basin* (1940), as Dusty King
- *Trailing Double Trouble* (1940), as John 'Dusty' King
- *The Range Busters* (1940), as 'Dusty' King
- *Blame It on Love* (1940), as Jeff Wadsworth
- *Half a Sinner* (1940), as Larry Cameron
- *Midnight Limited* (1940), as Val Lennon
- *The Gentleman from Arizona* (1939), as Pokey Sanders (as John King)
- *Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation* (1939), as Howard Stevens
- *The Hardys Ride High* (1939), as Phil Westcott
- *Inside Story* (1939), as Paul Randall
- *The Three Musketeers* (1939), as Aramis
- *Charlie Chan in Honolulu* (1938), as Randolph
- *Sharpshooters* (1938), as Prince Alexis (as John King)
- *Breaking the Ice* (1938), as Henry Johnson
- *State Police* (1938), as Sgt. Dan Prescott
- *The Crime of Doctor Hallet* (1938), as Dr. Phillip Saunders
- *Merry Go Round of 1938* (1937), as Tony Townsend (as John King)
- *The Road Back* (1937), as Ernst
- *Three Smart Girls* (1936), as Bill Evans — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/three-smart-girls.md)
- *Ace Drummond* (1936), as Ace Drummond
- *Postal Inspector* (1936), as Ralph (uncredited)
- *Crash Donovan* (1936), as Johnny Allen
- *Sutter's Gold* (1936), as Alvarado Jr.
- *Dangerous Waters* (1936), as Singing Sailor
- *The Adventures of Frank Merriwell* (1936), as Bruce Browning (as John King)
- *3 Kids and a Queen* (1935), as Reporter
- *Stolen Harmony* (1935), as Fagin in Skit (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![John 'Dusty' King](https://film.one/media/person/1229547/gallery-4a79e2a976b0.jpg) John 'Dusty' King — Ford Beebe / Clifford Smith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Ace_Drummond_1936_John_King.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![John 'Dusty' King in the American comedy crime film Half a Sinner (1940) - cropped screenshot](https://film.one/media/person/1229547/gallery-8d104ab3c1fa.jpg) John 'Dusty' King in the American comedy crime film Half a Sinner (1940) - cropped screenshot — Film screenshot (Universal Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/John_King_in_Half_a_Sinner_%281940%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![John 'Dusty' King](https://film.one/media/person/1229547/gallery-f4867c1c8e28.jpg) John 'Dusty' King — Image via TMDB

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