Larry King American Actor (1933–2021)

Larry King was an American actor born on 19 November 1933 in Brooklyn. He died on 23 January 2021, aged 87. The recorded cause of death is sepsis. Among the titles he was known for are Contact (1997) and The Cable Guy (1996).

Early life

Larry King was educated at Lafayette High School.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Larry King is The Wonderful Day (1980). During the 1980s, he worked on Lost in America (1985). Work from the 1990s includes The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and The Jackal (1997). John Q (2002) and The Stepford Wives (2004) are among his 2000s credits. In the 2010s, he appeared in Chloe and Theo (2015) and American Satan (2017).

His filmography here covers 26 films and 2 TV series from 1980 to 2017. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (9), followed by comedy (5) and crime (4). Of his two titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Contact (1997) has the highest, at $171 million.

James Woods appears in two of his listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Jack Black (two titles) and Bruce Willis (two titles).

Recognition

His awards include an award at the Peabody Awards. He also won the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Public roles

He served as Dean of the New York Friars Club from 2014 to 2021.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Freda Miller (1952 to 1953), Annette Kaye (1961, divorced), Alene Akins (1961 to 1963, divorced), Francis Sutphin (1963 to 1967, divorced), Alene Akins (1967 to 1972, divorced), Sharon Lepore (1976 to 1983, divorced), Julie Alexander (1989 to 1992, divorced) and Shawn Southwick (1997 to 2021, widowed). He had 2 children on record.