---
name: "Tony King"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tony-king"
fi1m_id: "tony-king"
imdb_id: "nm0268094"
tmdb_id: 55672
wikidata_id: "Q16575211"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 May 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:01:28.353973+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."
---

# Tony King

## Identity

Tony King

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tony-king
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tony-king
- **IMDb ID:** nm0268094
- **TMDB ID:** 55672
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16575211
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_King_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16575211, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268094/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55672

Actor. Born 6 May 1947 in Canton, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 May 1947, Canton, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 1971–1982
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 59, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (2), 1980s 46 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_King_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16575211, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268094/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55672

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Toy*](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md) (46)

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

## Biography

Tony King is an American actor and stunt performer. Born on 6 May 1947 in Canton, Ohio, he attended the University of Findlay and played professional American football for the Buffalo Bills in 1967 alongside his brother Charles.

He is known for film roles including Davies in *Shaft* (1971), an uncredited stablehand in *The Godfather* (1972), Kitten Holmes in *Sharky's Machine* (1981), Clifford in *The Toy* (1982), and Mohammed/Washington in *Raiders of Atlantis* (1983). Other credits include *Cannibal Apocalypse* (1980), *Hell Up in Harlem* (1973) and *Daughters of the Dust* (1991). He has also worked as a writer and stunt performer.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Toy* (1982), Fi1m 46, as Clifford — [page](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md)
- *Shaft* (1971), Fi1m 72, as Davies — [page](https://film.one/film/shaft.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Godfather* (1972), Fi1m 93, as Tony - Stablehand (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Mirage* (1995), as Nude Bar Tall Thug
- *The November Men* (1993), as Agent with Bag
- *Daughters of the Dust* (1991), as Newlywed Man
- *Raiders of Atlantis* (1983), as Mohammed / Washington
- *The Big Score* (1983), as Jumbo
- *The Toy* (1982), as Clifford — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md)
- *Tiger Joe* (1982), as Midnight
- *Sharky's Machine* (1981), as Kitten Holmes
- *Inmates: A Love Story* (1981), as John
- *The Last Hunter* (1980), as Sgt. George Washington
- *Cannibal Apocalypse* (1980), as Tom Thompson
- *Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones* (1980), series, as Choate
- *Sparkle* (1976), as Satin
- *Super Spook* (1975), as Sgt. Sandwich
- *Bucktown* (1975), as T.J.
- *Bronk* (1975), series, as Sgt. John Webber
- *Report to the Commissioner* (1975), as Thomas 'Stick' Henderson
- *Hell Up In Harlem* (1973), as Zach
- *Gordon's War* (1973), as Roy Green
- *Hail* (1973), as The People
- *Ganja & Hess* (1973), Stunts
- *The King of Marvin Gardens* (1972), as Messenger #2
- *The Godfather* (1972), as Tony - Stablehand (uncredited) — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *Shaft* (1971), as Davies — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/shaft.md)
- *The Sex Cycle* (1967), as Lou

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