
Zalman King
Born
May 23, 1942
Died
February 3, 2012 (69 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
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Zalman King (born Zalman King Lefkowitz; May 23, 1942 – February 3, 2012) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His films are known for incorporating sexuality, and are often categorized as erotica.
He was born Zalman Lefkovitz in Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. As a young man in 1963 he played a gang member on Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Memo from Purgatory" written by Harlan Ellison) with James Caan and Walter Koenig. In 1967 he played the outlaw Muley in "Muley", an episode of the TV show Gunsmoke. His character shoots Marshall Matt Dillon as part of a plan to rob the Dodge City Bank, but as he and his gang are waiting for Dillon to recover (so they can try again to kill him), Muley falls in love with one of the girls at the Long Branch Saloon, which thwarts the plan.
From September 1970 until May 1971, King played attorney Aaron Silverman on the drama The Young Lawyers, broadcast on the ABC television network. King later contributed a unique delivery to Trip with the Teacher (1975), portraying the psychopathic Al, a narcoleptic murdering motorbiker.
King has directed several commercially successful films, including Two Moon Junction (1988), Wild Orchid (1990), and Red Shoe Diaries (1992), which became a long-running television series for Showtime network. It spawned many sequels. He is perhaps best known for his collaboration with director Adrian Lyne on the film 9½ Weeks which starred Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. He produced (and usually directed) the television series and film ChromiumBlue.com and Showtime series Body Language. He appeared in Lee Grant's directorial debut feature film Tell Me a Riddle.
Other work as director includes the 1995 film Delta of Venus based on the book by Anaïs Nin and starring Audie England. The film about an American girl living in Paris in 1939 is in many ways reminiscent of European art house films where erotica forms a centerpiece to a plot which is nevertheless about greater issues.
He is married to writer/producer Patricia Louisianna Knop. They have collaborated on many projects, such as writing Wild Orchid, Delta of Venus and 9½ Weeks as well as many episodes of Red Shoe Diaries. They have two daughters, Chloe King and Gillian Lefkowitz.
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The Beaches of Agnès
Self
2008

Saint Francis
Dr. P. Bernard
2007

The Foreign Eye
Self
2006

Playboy: The Story of X
Self - Producer
1998

E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
1996

Red Shoe Diaries
Director · (1 episode)
1992

Endangered Species
Hollywood Producer
1982

Galaxy of Terror
Baelon
1981

Tell Me a Riddle
Paul
1980
Like Normal People
Bill Stein
1979

Blue Sunshine
Jerry Zipkin
1977

The Passover Plot
Yeshua of Nazareth
1976

Charlie's Angels
Harry Owens · (1 episode)
1976
Sammy Somebody
1976

Trip with the Teacher
Al
1975

Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Roy St. John
1974

Some Call It Loving
Robert Troy
1973

Neither by Day Nor by Night
Adam
1972

You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat
Carter Fields
1971

The Ski Bum
Johnny Cochran
1971

The Intruders
Bob Younger
1970

The Young Lawyers
(24 episodes)
1970

The Young Lawyers
Aaron Silverman
1969

Then Came Bronson
(1 episode)
1969
Whiskey Flats
1969

Land of the Giants
Nick · (1 episode)
1968

Adam-12
The Man · (1 episode)
1968

Stranger on the Run
Larkin
1967

Judd for the Defense
(1 episode)
1967

Cimarron Strip
(1 episode)
1967

Ironside
(1 episode)
1967

The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones
Jesse
1966

The F.B.I.
Bernie Voyt · (1 episode)
1965

The Loner
(1 episode)
1965

The Legend of Jesse James
Cincy · (1 episode)
1965

The Munsters
(1 episode)
1964

Daniel Boone
Evans · (1 episode)
1964

Daniel Boone
Meshach Tarbot · (1 episode)
1964

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Fish · (1 episode)
1962

Gunsmoke
Billy Coe · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Joey Jeffords · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Jack Stone · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Muley · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Willy Groom · (1 episode)
1955