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King Zany(1889-1939)

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King Zany was born on 11 June 1889 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Can't Hardly Wait (1998), The Great Gabbo (1929) and Broadway or Bust (1924). He died on 19 February 1939 in Ramona, California, USA.
BornJune 11, 1889
DiedFebruary 19, 1939(49)
BornJune 11, 1889
DiedFebruary 19, 1939(49)
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Known for

Seth Green, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Charlie Korsmo, Peter Facinelli, Lauren Ambrose, and Ethan Embry in Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
Can't Hardly Wait
6.5
  • Soundtrack
  • 1998
Erich von Stroheim in The Great Gabbo (1929)
The Great Gabbo
6.0
  • Music Department
  • 1929
Hoot Gibson in Broadway or Bust (1924)
Broadway or Bust
  • Jeff Peters
  • 1924
Betty Compson in The Garden of Weeds (1924)
The Garden of Weeds
  • Jack Lane
  • 1924

Credits

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Actor

  • Lawrence Gray, Sam Hardy, and Dorothy Sebastian in The Rainbow (1929)
    The Rainbow
    • Dummy
    • 1929
  • Hoot Gibson in The Danger Rider (1928)
    The Danger Rider
    5.8
    • Blinky Ben
    • 1928
  • Pirates of the Pines
    • 1928
  • The City Gone Wild (1927)
    The City Gone Wild
    5.3
    • Bondsman
    • 1927
  • Betty Compson in The Garden of Weeds (1924)
    The Garden of Weeds
    • Jack Lane
    • 1924
  • Hoot Gibson in Broadway or Bust (1924)
    Broadway or Bust
    • Jeff Peters
    • 1924
  • Hollywood (1923)
    Hollywood
    6.6
    • Horace Pringle
    • 1923
  • Hey There (1918)
    Hey There
    6.2
    Short
    • (as Charles Dill)
    • 1918
  • On the Jump (1918)
    On the Jump
    Short
    • (as Charles Dill)
    • 1918
  • Let's Go (1918)
    Let's Go
    Short
    • (as Charles Dill)
    • 1918
  • Bebe Daniels and Harold Lloyd in Here Come the Girls (1918)
    Here Come the Girls
    5.7
    Short
    • (as Charles Dill)
    • 1918
  • Look Pleasant, Please (1918)
    Look Pleasant, Please
    6.4
    Short
    • (uncredited)
    • 1918
  • A Gasoline Wedding (1918)
    A Gasoline Wedding
    6.4
    Short
    • (uncredited)
    • 1918
  • Beat It (1918)
    Beat It
    Short
    • (as Charles Dill)
    • 1918
  • Harold Lloyd in Hit Him Again (1918)
    Hit Him Again
    Short
    • (as Charles Dill)
    • 1918

Music Department

  • Lucas Secon in The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)
    Lucas: Lucas with the Lid Off
    6.9
    Music Video
    • stock music by
    • 1994
  • Erich von Stroheim in The Great Gabbo (1929)
    The Great Gabbo
    6.0
    • musical compositions
    • 1929

Soundtrack

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
    8.0
    Video
    • writer: "Every Now and Then" (uncredited)
    • 2008
  • It All Came True (1998)
    It All Came True
    5.7
    • writer: "When Buddha Smiles"
    • 1998
  • Seth Green, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Charlie Korsmo, Peter Facinelli, Lauren Ambrose, and Ethan Embry in Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
    Can't Hardly Wait
    6.5
    • writer: "Lucas with the Lid Off"
    • 1998
  • Erich von Stroheim in The Great Gabbo (1929)
    The Great Gabbo
    6.0
    • writer: "Every Now and Then", "I'm Laughing", "Icky (Lollipop Song)" (uncredited)
    • 1929

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Charles Dill
  • Born
    • June 11, 1889
    • Toledo, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • February 19, 1939
    • Ramona, California, USA(complications from pneumonia)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    After a horse-riding accident, King Zany became an invalid and spent his last years in Pearblossom, California, where he dedicated himself to writing poetry.

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