Emmett Carleton King (May 31, 1865 – April 21, 1953) was an American actor of the stage and screen.

His first Broadway appearance was in 1899, in the farce, The Father of His Country, which he wrote and starred in.

[2] His screen career was mostly as a character actor, and spanned both the silent and sound film eras.

[8] His final screen performance was in a small role as a Senator in the 1944 biopic, Wilson, with an all-star cast headed by Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, and Geraldine Fitzgerald.

[9] King died at the age 87, in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, California.