King Donovan Movies
Bookish-looking American actor King Donovan was first seen on Broadway in 1948's The Vigil and on screen in The Man From Texas (1950). Though he appeared in dozens of films, Donovan is best known for his participation in such sci-fi classics as Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953), Magnetic Monster (1953) and especially The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Musical comedy fans... (read more) remember Donovan for his portrayal of the saturnine assistant director in Singin' in the Rain (1952). His many TV appearances include the recurring role of Harvey Helm on the Bob Cummings sitcom Love That Bob! and Herb Thornton on the 1965-66 family comedy Please Don't Eat the Daisies. Long married to comedienne Imogene Coca, King Donovan frequently co-starred with his wife in such stage productions as The Girls of 509 and his last theatrical effort, 1982's Nothing Lasts Forever. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
Ten years after the cancellation of the cornpone comedy series The Beverly Hillbillies, the property was revived -- mercifully briefly -- in the form of a two-hour movie....
Too Easy to Kill
1975
In this suspenseful drama, a policeman is shot in the line of duty and is later cared for by a nurse with a disturbing fascination with reincarnation and the supernatural. ~...
The Beverly Hillbillies: The Army Game
1967
In the conclusion of a two-part story arc, patriotic Jethro reports to his Army physical after receiving his draft notice. Alas, Jethro has already been thoroughly...
The Beverly Hillbillies: The Clampetts Go Hollywood
1963
In this follow-up to the previous week's episode "The Clampetts are Overdrawn," unemployed actor J.D. Clampett (King Donovan) continues taking advantage of the fact that...
The Beverly Hillbillies: The Clampetts Are Overdrawn
1963
The millionaire Clampetts are astonished to learn that their bank account is overdrawn to the amount of 34 dollars and 70 cents. It turns out that there's been a mix-up in the...
Promises! Promises!
1963
Jayne Mansfield bares almost all (and became the first Hollywood actress to do so) in this nearly universally panned sex comedy from the early 1960s. In the story, poor...
Maverick: Maverick Springs
1959
Kate Dawson (Doris Packer) hires Bret (James Garner) to bring back her prodigal brother Mark (King Donovan), who is being systematically fleeced by the beautiful Melanie...
The Hanging Tree
1959
Gary Cooper plays a frontier doctor with a checkered past who works in a rowdy Montana mining camp. Cooper falls in love with Maria Schell, a young Swiss girl whom he has...
Cowboy
NR 1958
The once-scandalous autobiography of Frank Harris was the source of the fascinating "adult" western Cowboy. Jack Lemmon plays Harris, who when first the audience meets...
The Perfect Furlough
1958
In this frothy romantic comedy, a hard-working female Army shrink (Janet Leigh) devises the "perfect furlough" for battle weary men and convinces the brass to let her try it...
The Defiant Ones
1958
Convicts Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier escape from a chain gang. Curtis' character, John "Joker" Jackson, hates blacks, while Poitier's character, Noah Cullen,...
The Iron Sheriff
1957
Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt (Sterling Hayden) faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of...
The Bob Cummings Show: Season 04
1957
Moving from its familiar Thursday night time slot to a Tuesday evening berth, and leaving CBS to return to NBC in the bargain, Love That Bob (originally The Bob...
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
NR 1956
Don Siegel's classic exercise in psychological science fiction has often been interpreted as a cautionary fable about the blacklisting hysteria of the McCarthy era. It can...
The Birds and the Bees
1956
This comedy is a remake of 1941's The Lady Eve, and tells the story of the vegetarian son of a prominent meat packer who is sailing back from an African safari when he meets...
The Seven Little Foys
1955
With his movie career fading in 1955, Bob Hope was amenable to writer/director Mel Shavelson's suggestion that Hope try something different. The Seven Little Foys was the...
Police Call [TV Series]
1955
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The Bob Cummings Show: Season 02
1955
Moving from NBC to CBS for its second season, Love That Bob (originally The Bob Cummings Show) also moved to a more advantageous time slot, Thursday nights at 8:00 PM....
Private Hell 36
1954
Private Hell 36 was one of the last feature-length efforts by Filmmakers, a company created by producer Collier Young and his then-wife Ida Lupino. Young and...
Broken Lance
1954
In this Western with curiously Shakespearean undertones, Matt Devereaux (Spencer Tracy) is a ranch owner who has tried to raise his sons to carry on the fierce,...