a citizen of the United States in 1953. He was made president of The Players in June 1965. King was married to actress Edith Wright,. They had two sons, Dennis King Jr. and musical theatre actor John Michael King who originated the role of Freddy Eynsford Hill in My Fair Lady. Dennis King pursued his hobby of painting later in life. King died of a heart disease in University Hospital in New York City on 21 May 1971, aged 73. Musical theatre credits 1919: Monsieur Beaucaire (London production) 1923: Hamlet researching (Chicago production with John Barrymore) 1925: Rose-Marie as Jim Kenyon (Broadway production) 1925: The Vagabond King as François Villon (Broadway production) 1928: The Three Musketeers as d'Artagnan (Broadway production) 1930: The Three Musketeers as d'Artagnan (London production) 1932: Show Boat as Gaylord Ravenal (Broadway revival) 1933: Command Performance (musical) as Peter Mali (London production) 1937: Frederika as Goethe (Broadway production) 1938: I Married an Angel as Count Willi Palaffi (Broadway production) 1951: Music in the Air as Bruno Mahler (Broadway revival) 1956: Shangri-La as Hugh Conway (Broadway production) Musical film credits 1930: The Vagabond King as François Villon 1930: Paramount on Parade as Man to be Hanged - Episode 'The Gallows Song' 1933: Fra Diavolo (also known as The Devil's Brother and Bogus Bandits), a version of Daniel Auber's Fra Diavolo – although Laurel and Hardy were the stars, King played the title role) as Fra Diavolo / Marquis de San Marco Other film credits 1944: Between Two Worlds (a remake of the 1930 film Outward Bound), as a minister William Duke 1959: The Miracle as a nobleman who is one of Carroll Baker's admirers 1969: Some Kind of a Nut as Otis Havemeyer (final film role) Television credits 1957: Twelfth Night (as Sir Toby Belch, on the Hallmark Hall of Fame) as Sir Toby Belch 1958: Aladdin (CBS color television special with songs by Cole Porter) (presented on the DuPont Show of the Month) 1960: The Mikado (NBC colour television special with Groucho Marx, Stanley Holloway and Helen Traubel) (presented by the Bell Telephone Hour) 1961: Give Us Barabbas! (as Pontius Pilate) (presented on the Hallmark Hall of Fame) References External links 1897 births 1971 deaths English male stage actors Actors from Coventry Donaldson Award winners English male film actors English male television actors 20th-century English male actors Male actors from the West Midlands (county) English emigrants to