He is best known for briefly playing Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, Johnny Nelson, in five of the Hoppy films.
[2] King was born on a ranch in Lander County, Nevada.
After his father's death and his mother's remarriage, the family moved to a ranch in Bountiful, Utah.
At age 20, he worked as wagon boss for a ranch in Nye County, Nevada.
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