| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fifth Generation998. William King Driggs Jr. was born on 27 April 1923 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA. He died in October 1982 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.37 He has Ancestral File Number 4896-KC. S:PPU P143-12-8 His family was noted in radio, television and entertainment as the famous "King Family" and he participated with the group. His profession is advertising. As soon as Bill was old enough to walk and talk he started performing with the family troup in concerts and vaudeville. As he grew to manhood in the Oakland, California area, his interests turned to art rather than music. He attended Chouinard Art Institute. Joining the U.S. Naval Reserves in July 1943, he served in the South Pacific during WWII as radio operator. He and his wife and children actively participated in the King Family television activity. He served as a co-writer and creative consultant for the family's monthly television specials and for their recent [1971] ABC network series. William King Driggs Jr. and Living had the following children:
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