 (From Old Corral image collection) Above is a great lobby card showing Charlie King mixing it up with star Tom Keene in GOD'S COUNTRY AND THE MAN (Monogram, 1937).  (From Old Corral image collection) Above, from L-to-R are Charlie King at the desk and wearing a suit, Eddie Dean, Lee Powell, and Glenn Strange, standing and wearing the eye shade. Lobby card from RAIDERS OF THE WEST (PRC, 1942), one of the six films in the short-lived 'Frontier Marshals' trio series.  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above, Lee 'Lone Ranger' Powell and Charles 'Slim' Whitaker are about ready to jump this quartet of no-goods in ROLLING DOWN THE GREAT DIVIDE (PRC, 1942), one of the Frontier Marshals trio series. Unaware of their pending doom, the four baddies are, from left to right: Rex Lease, Charlie King, Eddie Dean and Glenn Strange. Note the lineup as being shortest to tallest - and check the height of Glenn Strange vs. Rex Lease.  (From Old Corral image collection) Title lobby card for THE RANGERS TAKE OVER (PRC, 1942), the first of PRC's Texas Rangers trio series. Note the B&W portion with King battling Dave O'Brien.  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above - Hoot Gibson in the center, sans gunbelt, and Ken Maynard on the right, have the drop on Charlie King in a crop from a lobby card from BLAZING GUNS (Monogram, 1943), the third Trail Blazers film.  (From Old Corral image collection) King was still around as the B western began to fade. Here he is with the drop on the moustached Bob Steele and pretty Lorraine Miller in AMBUSH TRAIL (PRC, 1946), one of Steele's last starring westerns before he converted to playing supporting roles.  (From Old Corral image collection) After World War II, King had gotten older and heavier and was often seen in a comedic (buffoon) role. Above, from L-to-R are Black Jack O'Shea, Lash LaRue, King, Eddie Dean and Emmett Lynn in a lobby card from CARAVAN TRAIL (PRC, 1946), one of Dean's CineColor westerns.  (From Old Corral image collection) Above from left to right are Emmett Lynn, Lash LaRue, Charlie King and Eddie Dean in another lobby card from CARAVAN TRAIL (PRC, 1946). |