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Woodie King, Jr.

American theatre director
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Summary

Woodie King, Jr. was born on July 27, 1937[1], in Mobile[2]. Woodie King, Jr. died on January 29, 2026[3], in New York City[4]. Woodie King, Jr. worked as a theatrical director[5], actor[6], film actor[7], and film director[8]. Woodie King, Jr. ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month, #7,260 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[10]
  • Native language: English[11]
  • Educated at: Brooklyn College[12], Lehman College[13]
  • Award received: Paul Robeson Award[14]
  • Sex or gender: male[15]
  • Family name: King[16]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora[18], WikiProject kweliTV[19]
  • Writing language: English[20]
  • P14750: 704F-20C5-5832-240E-F073[21]

Why It Matters

Woodie King, Jr. is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

Where was Woodie King, Jr. born?

Woodie King, Jr. was born in Mobile[2].

Where did Woodie King, Jr. die?

Woodie King, Jr. passed away in New York City[4].

What did Woodie King, Jr. do for work?

Woodie King, Jr. worked as a theatrical director[5], actor[6], film actor[7], and film director[8].

Where did Woodie King, Jr. go to school?

Woodie King, Jr. was educated at Brooklyn College[12] and Lehman College[13].

What awards did Woodie King, Jr. receive?

Honors received include Paul Robeson Award[14].

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  3. [15] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [1] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ckb', 'de', 'en', 'ig', 'vo']
    Place of death → New York City
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56928|batch #56928]]: Import places of birth, death from dewiki"
  2. 5w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Brooklyn College, Lehman College
    Sinemalar person id → 436161
    Occupation → —
    Sex or gender → male
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sinemalar person id: 436161, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270606|batch #270606]]"
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