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Louis King

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Louis King
Born?
DiedMarch 14, 1936
New York

Louis King (?-d.1936) performed a comedy magic act for many years on Vaudeville with his partner Ziska as "Ziska and King".

Biography

Louis King retired from the stage in July of 1920 after being with Ziska for twenty-three years and began producing magical and illusion spectacles.[1]

For the last ten years King's life he had been the doorman at the Martin Beck Theatre.

King died on March 14th, 1936, in New York of heart trouble.[2]

References

  1. The Billboard, OCTOBER 2, 1920
  2. Sphinx,June 10, 1936