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Jon Hall (actor)

January 01, 1970

For other people named Jon Hall, see Jon Hall.

Jon Hall (born Charles Felix Locher,[1] February 23, 1915 – December 13, 1979) was an American film actor known for playing a variety of adventurous roles, as in 1937's The Hurricane, and later when contracted to Universal Pictures, including Invisible Agent and The Invisible Man's Revenge and six films he made with Maria Montez. He was also known to 1950s fans as the creator and star of the Ramar of the Jungle television series which ran from 1952 to 1954. Hall directed and starred in two 1960s sci-fi films in his later years, The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965) and The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966).

Jon Hall
Hall in 1956
Born
Charles Felix Locher

(1915-02-23)February 23, 1915
Fresno, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 13, 1979(1979-12-13) (aged 64)
North Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery
OccupationActor
Years active1935–1965
Spouse(s)
​
​
(m. 1934; div. 1955)​

Raquel Torres
(m. 1959; div. 19??)
(m. 19??; div. 19??)

One critical appraisal described Hall as follows:

Handsome, well-built, slightly awkward and not terribly charismatic, he nonetheless managed to persevere in leading roles for two decades, half that time in “A” pictures, which isn’t too shabby by any measure, especially for someone who couldn’t really act. He had the lead role in a bona fide classic from a master director, appeared in a string of beloved cult pictures (covering camp, horror and “I can’t believe they made that”), formed one-third of a legendary on-screen team, had an exotic love life and tragic death, got involved in a Hollywood scandal and was a genuine renaissance man IRL, reinventing himself several times.[2]

Early life and career edit

Born in Fresno, California, and raised in Tahiti by his father, the Swiss-born actor Felix Maurice Locher, Hall was a nephew of writer James Norman Hall, co-author (with Charles Nordhoff) of the novel Mutiny on the Bounty (1932).[citation needed]

Hall originally intended to go into the diplomatic service and was educated in England and Switzerland. A friend from Tahiti, writer Gouvernor Morris, suggested that he try acting.[3]

Charles Locher edit

Hall began his career using the name "Charles Locher". His first performance was in a local theatre production of M'Lord the Duke, replacing Robert Taylor; Taylor had just signed with MGM.[3]

His appearance on stage in Murder on a Mountain at the Bliss Hayden Little Theatre in Beverly Hills[4] earned him a contract at Warner Bros.[5] He followed it with What? No Yacht? at the Bliss Hayden.[6] Nothing seems to have happened with the Warners contract: His first film was Women Must Dress (1935) at Monogram Pictures.

In April 1935, he signed with 20th Century Fox for a role in Charlie Chan Goes To Egypt.[7] He did not appear in that movie, but he did have an uncredited bit in Here's to Romance and he played the romantic male lead in Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935). After that, the studio released him from his contract.

Hall recalled, "for the next three years I took whatever jobs in pictures they'd give me."[8] He had supporting roles in Westerns: The Mysterious Avenger (1936), at Columbia; Winds of the Wasteland (1936), with John Wayne at Republic Pictures, and in the serial The Clutching Hand (1936). He had the lead in a low-budget adventure movie, The Lion Man (1936), based on a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He was rejected for the lead of the Flash Gordon serial.[9]

Lloyd Crane edit

He changed his screen name to "Lloyd Crane" and in 1936 signed a contract with Major Pictures, a company run by producer Emmanuel Cohen, who distributed through Paramount. Other actors who had deals with Cohen included Bing Crosby, Mae West, and Gary Cooper.[10] He made two pictures for Cohen, Mind Your Own Business (1936)[11] and The Girl from Scotland Yard (1937). Then Cohen dropped him.

Stardom edit

The Hurricane edit

Samuel Goldwyn was preparing a big budget spectacular, The Hurricane (1937), based on a novel by Nordhoff and Hall and directed by John Ford. They were having trouble finding someone to play the native whose wrongful imprisonment is the focus of the drama. Then Ford introduced Hall to Goldwyn: Goldwyn signed Hall to a long-term contract and cast him as Terangi: Hurricane was a big success.[12]

Goldwyn paid Hall $150 a week, which eventually rose to $200 a week.[13]

Hall spent the next two and a half years idle under his contract while Goldwyn—who made only a few movies each year—contemplated what to do with him. There was some talk of a sequel to The Hurricane;[14] of playing the lead in Golden Boy;[15] of Black Gold, a film about firefighters in Oklahoma;[16] of The Fleet's In;[17] of Tahiti, based on a book by Somerset Maugham.[18] Alexander Korda wanted Hall for The Thief of Bagdad.[19] These films were either not made at all or were made without Hall. Discussing the hiatus, Hall said "At first it's alright because you tell [people]... what you believe to be true, that the studio is trying to find you a right script. But after a year, after a year and a half, after two years, you start to go nuts. You find yourself ducking across the street to avoid people who will ask you what you are doing."[20]

Edward Small edit

After two and a half years of inactivity, Hall made three films in quick succession: Sailor's Lady (1940), a comedy with Nancy Kelly that was developed by Goldwyn and sold to 20th Century Fox;[21] South of Pago Pago (1940), a South Seas adventure for producer Edward Small; and Kit Carson (1940), in the title role, again for Edward Small.

Dorothy Lamour had gone to Paramount, and they reunited her with Hall in the South Seas tale, Aloma of the South Seas (1941). He stayed in that genre for The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) with Charles Laughton at RKO, from a novel by Nordhoff and Hall.

Universal and Maria Montez edit

Goldwyn agreed to share Hall's contract with Universal Pictures, which put him in a supporting role in Eagle Squadron (1942), produced by Walter Wanger and directed by Arthur Lubin. It was a huge hit. They gave him the lead in Invisible Agent (1942), the fourth in their "Invisible Man" series.

Wanger called upon Hall for another movie at Universal, a big budget "exotic" spectacular co-starring Maria Montez and Sabu, Arabian Nights (1942). It was Universal's first color film in years and was a massive hit.[22]

Universal promptly reunited Montez, Hall and Sabu in two more films: White Savage (1943), directed by Lubin, and Cobra Woman (1944), directed by Robert Siodmak.

Paramount borrowed Hall for the musical Lady in the Dark (1944), in which he played the role originated on Broadway by Victor Mature.[23]

Back at Universal he returned to the Invisible Man series with The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944), making him the only actor to have portrayed an Invisible Man more than once in the original Universal series.

Hall was meant to be reunited with Montez and Sabu for three more technicolor films. However Sabu was drafted into the army and was replaced by Turhan Bey for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944), directed by Lubin. Bey was going to reteam with Hall and Montez in Gypsy Wildcat (1944), but he was needed for another film, and was replaced by Peter Coe. Hall appeared in a comedy, San Diego, I Love You (1945), and then was reunited with Montez and Bey in Sudan (1945) – although this was the one Hall-Montez film where she wound up with someone else at the end: Bey.

Hall appeared in a comedy, Men in Her Diary (1945), filmed in early 1945, and then went into the army. He was out of the Army by April 1946[24] and made a pair of Westerns, The Michigan Kid (1947) and The Vigilantes Return (1947). After this, he made no further films for Universal, although he was still under contract to Goldwyn. In August 1946, he cancelled his contracts with Goldwyn and Universal and signed a one-picture deal with Sam Katzman.[25]

Later career edit

Sam Katzman edit

Hall went on to make a number of films for producer Sam Katzman, who had a set-up at Columbia Pictures. Their association began with Last of the Redmen (1947), an adaptation of Last of the Mohicans, for which he had been borrowed from Sam Goldwyn.[26] He followed it with The Prince of Thieves (1948), playing Robin Hood, and The Mutineers (1949).

Hall was in three films for director William Berke; Zamba (1949), an adventure tale; Deputy Marshall (1949), a Western, and On the Isle of Samoa (1950), a South Seas tale.

He was meant to appear in Last of the Buccaneers for Katzman, but Paul Henreid played the role.[27] In June 1950, he signed a new three-picture contract with Katzman and Hall's wife, Frances Langford, signed a two-picture contract.[28] They both starred in Hurricane Island (1951),[29] and Katzman scheduled Thief of Damascus for the two of them.[30] Henreid wound up starring in that instead; Hall made two Westerns, When the Redskins Rode (1951), and Brave Warrior (1952). He also made China Corsair (1951) for Columbia.

It was back to Katzman for Last Train from Bombay (1952).

Television edit

Jon Hall is perhaps best remembered by later audiences as the star of the television series Ramar of the Jungle, which ran from 1952 to 1954.

He made a pilot for an unsold series, Knight of the South Seas for his own company, Lovina Productions.[31] It was not picked up for series but the pilot was edited into a film, Hell Ship Mutiny (1957).

He returned to feature films with Forbidden Island (1959), made at Columbia by Charles B. Griffith. He said he wished to follow it with three more movies, two set in the Orient and one a Western.[32] However the film was not successful, and it was a number of years before Hall appeared in another movie.

Hall made his final two television appearances on Perry Mason; in 1963, he played Max Randall in "The Case of the Festive Felon", and in 1965, he played Lt. Kia in "The Case of the Feather Cloak." He directed and starred in the 1965 cult horror film The Beach Girls and the Monster.

Non-acting career edit

Hall was an inventor and highly skilled aviator. He held patents on an underwater camera, optivision lenses and the design of the hulls of PT boats for the US Navy.[33]

He shot some additional footage for The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966).

With his father, he developed the Locher-Hall Telecurve map, a revolutionary cartographic device.

During the 1970s he ran a camera lens firm, Optivision Co. of Santa Monica.

Personal life edit

Hall was married to singer Frances Langford from 1934 until 1955, and also later twice married and divorced actress Raquel Torres (m 1959).

In 1944, he took part in "the battle of the balcony," a fight between Hall and big band leader Tommy Dorsey.[34]

Death edit

Hall was diagnosed with incurable bladder cancer which caused him extreme pain. He died by suicide on December 13, 1979,[35] and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.[citation needed]

Hollywood Walk of Fame edit

Hall has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for Motion Pictures at 1724 Vine Street and for television at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard.

Filmography edit

Features:

Short Subjects:

  • Picture People No. 4: Stars Day Off (1941) – Himself
  • Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Shower of Stars (1955) – Himself

References edit

  1. ^ Astro Data Bank – Hall, Jon
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (April 9, 2022). "The Campy, Yet Surprisingly Interesting Cinema of Jon Hall". Filmiink.
  3. ^ a b Harrison, P. (July 21, 1937). "Hollywood NEWS and GOSSIP". The China Press. ProQuest 1425448465.
  4. ^ "FAMILY OF COMEDIANS TO BE SEEN". Los Angeles Times. June 14, 1934.
  5. ^ "DANCE and DRAMA". Los Angeles Times. July 8, 1934.
  6. ^ von Blon, K., T. (July 15, 1934). "Studio and theater comings and goings". Los Angeles Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Schallert, E. (April 1, 1935). "Prize story, with jaw-breaking name, looks good for gable and crawford". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ Sullivan, E. (November 10, 1937). "Looking at hollywood". Chicago Daily Tribune. ProQuest 181967981.
  9. ^ p.35 Buster Crabbe interview quoted in Kinnard, Roy, Crnkovich, Tony & Vitone R. J. The Flash Gordon Serials, 1936–1940: A Heavily Illustrated Guide McFarland, 14/04/2008
  10. ^ Scheuer, P. K. (October 10, 1936). "MADY CORRELL, SIGNED BY EMANUEL COHEN, AWARDED LEAD IN "END OF ADVENTURE"". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 164608083.
  11. ^ Schallert, E. (October 1, 1936). "TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX ABOUT TO SIGN JESSIE MATTHEWS, BRITISH NOTABLE". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 164715056.
  12. ^ "The story of "the hurricane"". The Times of India. February 5, 1938.
  13. ^ "JON HALL, $150-WEEK FILM STAR, SETTLES CONTRACT ROW". Los Angeles Times. January 25, 1938.
  14. ^ Schallert, E. (August 18, 1938). "Hall, lamour to do "hurricane" sequel". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 164833694.
  15. ^ Schallert, E. (October 29, 1938). "Jon hall may play role of 'golden boy'". Los Angeles Times.
  16. ^ "SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD". New York Times. February 17, 1939. ProQuest 102704527.
  17. ^ DOUGLAS W CHURCHILL (September 30, 1939). "SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD". New York Times.
  18. ^ DOUGLAS W CHURCHILL (October 14, 1939). "SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD". New York Times.
  19. ^ "A FORGOTTEN MAN". The Sydney Morning Herald. November 23, 1939. p. 25. Retrieved May 29, 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "Looking at Hollywood: Jon Hall, a Forgotten Hero". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 7, 1940. p. d3.
  21. ^ Schallert, E. (November 23, 1939). "DRAMA". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 164940417.
  22. ^ Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p441
  23. ^ "Lady in the Dark Opening Night Cast". Internet Broadway Database.
  24. ^ "MISS BEL GEDDES SIGNS AS RKO STAR". New York Times. April 6, 1946. ProQuest 107439340.
  25. ^ "Katzman's Jon Hall". Variety. August 28, 1946. p. 2.
  26. ^ "'LAST OF MOHICANS' TO BE FILMED AGAIN". New York Times. June 22, 1946. ProQuest 107566430.
  27. ^ THOMAS F BRADY (February 23, 1950). "CHAPLIN AND GARBO WIN MOVIE LAURELS". New York Times. ProQuest 111501100.
  28. ^ Schallert, E. (June 7, 1950). "Drama". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166104179.
  29. ^ Schallert, Edwin (June 7, 1950). "Drama: Clift Soon Heading West With Script; Mitchum's Brother Changes Name". Los Angeles Times. p. B7.
  30. ^ THOMAS F BRADY (July 26, 1950). "CUMMINGS TO DO 'ALADDIN'S LUCK'". New York Times. ProQuest 111590505.
  31. ^ Ames, W. (October 24, 1955). "Matinee series calls for top names; jon hall to play sea captain". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166831673.
  32. ^ Schallert, E. (September 12, 1957). "Tropic romance calls jon hall; jack cardiff to direct for curtis". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167172906.
  33. ^ p. 12 New Lens Brings Cinemascope to Home Movies and Slides The Dispatch – Jan 28, 1976
  34. ^ "Tommy dorsey, jon hall wage bloody fist fight". Los Angeles Times. August 6, 1944. ProQuest 165566571.
  35. ^ "John Hall, Hero of South Sea Movie Epics, Kills Himself". Los Angeles Times. December 13, 1979. p. 3.

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For other people named Jon Hall see Jon Hall Jon Hall born Charles Felix Locher 1 February 23 1915 December 13 1979 was an American film actor known for playing a variety of adventurous roles as in 1937 s The Hurricane and later when contracted to Universal Pictures including Invisible Agent and The Invisible Man s Revenge and six films he made with Maria Montez He was also known to 1950s fans as the creator and star of the Ramar of the Jungle television series which ran from 1952 to 1954 Hall directed and starred in two 1960s sci fi films in his later years The Beach Girls and the Monster 1965 and The Navy vs the Night Monsters 1966 Jon HallHall in 1956BornCharles Felix Locher 1915 02 23 February 23 1915Fresno California U S DiedDecember 13 1979 1979 12 13 aged 64 North Hollywood California U S Resting placeForest Lawn Hollywood Hills CemeteryOccupationActorYears active1935 1965Spouse s Frances Langford m 1934 div 1955 wbr Raquel Torres m 1959 div 19 m 19 div 19 One critical appraisal described Hall as follows Handsome well built slightly awkward and not terribly charismatic he nonetheless managed to persevere in leading roles for two decades half that time in A pictures which isn t too shabby by any measure especially for someone who couldn t really act He had the lead role in a bona fide classic from a master director appeared in a string of beloved cult pictures covering camp horror and I can t believe they made that formed one third of a legendary on screen team had an exotic love life and tragic death got involved in a Hollywood scandal and was a genuine renaissance man IRL reinventing himself several times 2 Contents 1 Early life and career 1 1 Charles Locher 1 2 Lloyd Crane 2 Stardom 2 1 The Hurricane 2 2 Edward Small 2 3 Universal and Maria Montez 3 Later career 3 1 Sam Katzman 3 2 Television 4 Non acting career 5 Personal life 5 1 Death 5 2 Hollywood Walk of Fame 6 Filmography 7 References 8 External linksEarly life and career editBorn in Fresno California and raised in Tahiti by his father the Swiss born actor Felix Maurice Locher Hall was a nephew of writer James Norman Hall co author with Charles Nordhoff of the novel Mutiny on the Bounty 1932 citation needed Hall originally intended to go into the diplomatic service and was educated in England and Switzerland A friend from Tahiti writer Gouvernor Morris suggested that he try acting 3 Charles Locher edit Hall began his career using the name Charles Locher His first performance was in a local theatre production of M Lord the Duke replacing Robert Taylor Taylor had just signed with MGM 3 His appearance on stage in Murder on a Mountain at the Bliss Hayden Little Theatre in Beverly Hills 4 earned him a contract at Warner Bros 5 He followed it with What No Yacht at the Bliss Hayden 6 Nothing seems to have happened with the Warners contract His first film was Women Must Dress 1935 at Monogram Pictures In April 1935 he signed with 20th Century Fox for a role in Charlie Chan Goes To Egypt 7 He did not appear in that movie but he did have an uncredited bit in Here s to Romance and he played the romantic male lead in Charlie Chan in Shanghai 1935 After that the studio released him from his contract Hall recalled for the next three years I took whatever jobs in pictures they d give me 8 He had supporting roles in Westerns The Mysterious Avenger 1936 at Columbia Winds of the Wasteland 1936 with John Wayne at Republic Pictures and in the serial The Clutching Hand 1936 He had the lead in a low budget adventure movie The Lion Man 1936 based on a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs He was rejected for the lead of the Flash Gordon serial 9 Lloyd Crane edit He changed his screen name to Lloyd Crane and in 1936 signed a contract with Major Pictures a company run by producer Emmanuel Cohen who distributed through Paramount Other actors who had deals with Cohen included Bing Crosby Mae West and Gary Cooper 10 He made two pictures for Cohen Mind Your Own Business 1936 11 and The Girl from Scotland Yard 1937 Then Cohen dropped him Stardom editThe Hurricane edit Samuel Goldwyn was preparing a big budget spectacular The Hurricane 1937 based on a novel by Nordhoff and Hall and directed by John Ford They were having trouble finding someone to play the native whose wrongful imprisonment is the focus of the drama Then Ford introduced Hall to Goldwyn Goldwyn signed Hall to a long term contract and cast him as Terangi Hurricane was a big success 12 Goldwyn paid Hall 150 a week which eventually rose to 200 a week 13 Hall spent the next two and a half years idle under his contract while Goldwyn who made only a few movies each year contemplated what to do with him There was some talk of a sequel to The Hurricane 14 of playing the lead in Golden Boy 15 of Black Gold a film about firefighters in Oklahoma 16 of The Fleet s In 17 of Tahiti based on a book by Somerset Maugham 18 Alexander Korda wanted Hall for The Thief of Bagdad 19 These films were either not made at all or were made without Hall Discussing the hiatus Hall said At first it s alright because you tell people what you believe to be true that the studio is trying to find you a right script But after a year after a year and a half after two years you start to go nuts You find yourself ducking across the street to avoid people who will ask you what you are doing 20 Edward Small edit After two and a half years of inactivity Hall made three films in quick succession Sailor s Lady 1940 a comedy with Nancy Kelly that was developed by Goldwyn and sold to 20th Century Fox 21 South of Pago Pago 1940 a South Seas adventure for producer Edward Small and Kit Carson 1940 in the title role again for Edward Small Dorothy Lamour had gone to Paramount and they reunited her with Hall in the South Seas tale Aloma of the South Seas 1941 He stayed in that genre for The Tuttles of Tahiti 1942 with Charles Laughton at RKO from a novel by Nordhoff and Hall Universal and Maria Montez edit Goldwyn agreed to share Hall s contract with Universal Pictures which put him in a supporting role in Eagle Squadron 1942 produced by Walter Wanger and directed by Arthur Lubin It was a huge hit They gave him the lead in Invisible Agent 1942 the fourth in their Invisible Man series Wanger called upon Hall for another movie at Universal a big budget exotic spectacular co starring Maria Montez and Sabu Arabian Nights 1942 It was Universal s first color film in years and was a massive hit 22 Universal promptly reunited Montez Hall and Sabu in two more films White Savage 1943 directed by Lubin and Cobra Woman 1944 directed by Robert Siodmak Paramount borrowed Hall for the musical Lady in the Dark 1944 in which he played the role originated on Broadway by Victor Mature 23 Back at Universal he returned to the Invisible Man series with The Invisible Man s Revenge 1944 making him the only actor to have portrayed an Invisible Man more than once in the original Universal series Hall was meant to be reunited with Montez and Sabu for three more technicolor films However Sabu was drafted into the army and was replaced by Turhan Bey for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1944 directed by Lubin Bey was going to reteam with Hall and Montez in Gypsy Wildcat 1944 but he was needed for another film and was replaced by Peter Coe Hall appeared in a comedy San Diego I Love You 1945 and then was reunited with Montez and Bey in Sudan 1945 although this was the one Hall Montez film where she wound up with someone else at the end Bey Hall appeared in a comedy Men in Her Diary 1945 filmed in early 1945 and then went into the army He was out of the Army by April 1946 24 and made a pair of Westerns The Michigan Kid 1947 and The Vigilantes Return 1947 After this he made no further films for Universal although he was still under contract to Goldwyn In August 1946 he cancelled his contracts with Goldwyn and Universal and signed a one picture deal with Sam Katzman 25 Later career editSam Katzman edit Hall went on to make a number of films for producer Sam Katzman who had a set up at Columbia Pictures Their association began with Last of the Redmen 1947 an adaptation of Last of the Mohicans for which he had been borrowed from Sam Goldwyn 26 He followed it with The Prince of Thieves 1948 playing Robin Hood and The Mutineers 1949 Hall was in three films for director William Berke Zamba 1949 an adventure tale Deputy Marshall 1949 a Western and On the Isle of Samoa 1950 a South Seas tale He was meant to appear in Last of the Buccaneers for Katzman but Paul Henreid played the role 27 In June 1950 he signed a new three picture contract with Katzman and Hall s wife Frances Langford signed a two picture contract 28 They both starred in Hurricane Island 1951 29 and Katzman scheduled Thief of Damascus for the two of them 30 Henreid wound up starring in that instead Hall made two Westerns When the Redskins Rode 1951 and Brave Warrior 1952 He also made China Corsair 1951 for Columbia It was back to Katzman for Last Train from Bombay 1952 Television edit Jon Hall is perhaps best remembered by later audiences as the star of the television series Ramar of the Jungle which ran from 1952 to 1954 He made a pilot for an unsold series Knight of the South Seas for his own company Lovina Productions 31 It was not picked up for series but the pilot was edited into a film Hell Ship Mutiny 1957 He returned to feature films with Forbidden Island 1959 made at Columbia by Charles B Griffith He said he wished to follow it with three more movies two set in the Orient and one a Western 32 However the film was not successful and it was a number of years before Hall appeared in another movie Hall made his final two television appearances on Perry Mason in 1963 he played Max Randall in The Case of the Festive Felon and in 1965 he played Lt Kia in The Case of the Feather Cloak He directed and starred in the 1965 cult horror film The Beach Girls and the Monster Non acting career editHall was an inventor and highly skilled aviator He held patents on an underwater camera optivision lenses and the design of the hulls of PT boats for the US Navy 33 He shot some additional footage for The Navy vs the Night Monsters 1966 With his father he developed the Locher Hall Telecurve map a revolutionary cartographic device During the 1970s he ran a camera lens firm Optivision Co of Santa Monica Personal life editHall was married to singer Frances Langford from 1934 until 1955 and also later twice married and divorced actress Raquel Torres m 1959 In 1944 he took part in the battle of the balcony a fight between Hall and big band leader Tommy Dorsey 34 Death edit Hall was diagnosed with incurable bladder cancer which caused him extreme pain He died by suicide on December 13 1979 35 and was buried at the Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles citation needed Hollywood Walk of Fame edit Hall has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 1724 Vine Street and for television at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard Filmography editFeatures Women Must Dress 1935 Janet s Other Friend Here s to Romance 1935 Chauffeur uncredited Charlie Chan in Shanghai 1935 Philip Nash Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Tahitian Native uncredited The Mysterious Avenger 1936 Lafe Lockhart The Clutching Hand 1936 Frank Hobart Winds of the Wasteland 1936 Jim Pony Express Rider Mind Your Own Business 1936 Scoutmaster Davis The Lion Man 1936 The Girl from Scotland Yard 1937 Bertie The Hurricane 1937 Terangi Sailor s Lady 1940 Danny Malone South of Pago Pago 1940 Kehane Kit Carson 1940 Kit Carson Aloma of the South Seas 1941 Tanoa The Tuttles of Tahiti 1942 Chester Eagle Squadron 1942 Hank Starr Invisible Agent 1942 Frank Raymond Arabian Nights 1942 Haroun Al Raschid White Savage 1943 Kaloe Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1944 Ali Baba Lady in the Dark 1944 Randy Curtis Cobra Woman 1944 Ramu The Invisible Man s Revenge 1944 Robert Griffin Gypsy Wildcat 1944 Michael San Diego I Love You 1944 John Thompson Caldwell IV Sudan 1945 Merab Men in Her Diary 1945 Randolph Glenning The Michigan Kid 1947 Michigan Kid Jim Rowen The Vigilantes Return 1947 Marshal Johnnie Taggart Ace Braddock Last of the Redmen 1947 Maj Duncan Heyward The Prince of Thieves 1948 Robin Hood The Mutineers 1949 Nick Shaw Zamba 1949 Steve Deputy Marshal 1949 Deputy Ed Garry On the Isle of Samoa 1950 Kenneth Ken Crandall John Reagan When the Redskins Rode 1951 Prince Hannoc China Corsair 1951 McMillan Hurricane Island 1951 Captain Carlos Montalvo Brave Warrior 1952 Steve Ruddell Last Train from Bombay 1952 Martin Viking Hell Ship Mutiny 1957 Capt Jim Knight Forbidden Island 1959 Dave Courtney The Beach Girls and the Monster 1965 also director and cinematographer Dr Otto Lindsay final film role The Navy vs the Night Monsters 1966 uncredited director of special photographic effects Survival of Spaceship Earth 1972 director of special photographic effects Short Subjects Picture People No 4 Stars Day Off 1941 Himself Screen Snapshots Hollywood Shower of Stars 1955 HimselfReferences edit Astro Data Bank Hall Jon Vagg Stephen April 9 2022 The Campy Yet Surprisingly Interesting Cinema of Jon Hall Filmiink a b Harrison P July 21 1937 Hollywood NEWS and GOSSIP The China Press ProQuest 1425448465 FAMILY OF COMEDIANS TO BE SEEN Los Angeles Times June 14 1934 DANCE and DRAMA Los Angeles Times July 8 1934 von Blon K T July 15 1934 Studio and theater comings and goings Los Angeles Times a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Schallert E April 1 1935 Prize story with jaw breaking name looks good for gable and crawford Los Angeles Times Sullivan E November 10 1937 Looking at hollywood Chicago Daily Tribune ProQuest 181967981 p 35 Buster Crabbe interview quoted in Kinnard Roy Crnkovich Tony amp Vitone R J The Flash Gordon Serials 1936 1940 A Heavily Illustrated Guide McFarland 14 04 2008 Scheuer P K October 10 1936 MADY CORRELL SIGNED BY EMANUEL COHEN AWARDED LEAD IN END OF ADVENTURE Los Angeles Times ProQuest 164608083 Schallert E October 1 1936 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX ABOUT TO SIGN JESSIE MATTHEWS BRITISH NOTABLE Los Angeles Times ProQuest 164715056 The story of the hurricane The Times of India February 5 1938 JON HALL 150 WEEK FILM STAR SETTLES CONTRACT ROW Los Angeles Times January 25 1938 Schallert E August 18 1938 Hall lamour to do hurricane sequel Los Angeles Times ProQuest 164833694 Schallert E October 29 1938 Jon hall may play role of golden boy Los Angeles Times SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times February 17 1939 ProQuest 102704527 DOUGLAS W CHURCHILL September 30 1939 SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times DOUGLAS W CHURCHILL October 14 1939 SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times A FORGOTTEN MAN The Sydney Morning Herald November 23 1939 p 25 Retrieved May 29 2013 via National Library of Australia Looking at Hollywood Jon Hall a Forgotten Hero Chicago Daily Tribune July 7 1940 p d3 Schallert E November 23 1939 DRAMA Los Angeles Times ProQuest 164940417 Matthew Bernstein Walter Wagner Hollywood Independent Minnesota Press 2000 p441 Lady in the Dark Opening Night Cast Internet Broadway Database MISS BEL GEDDES SIGNS AS RKO STAR New York Times April 6 1946 ProQuest 107439340 Katzman s Jon Hall Variety August 28 1946 p 2 LAST OF MOHICANS TO BE FILMED AGAIN New York Times June 22 1946 ProQuest 107566430 THOMAS F BRADY February 23 1950 CHAPLIN AND GARBO WIN MOVIE LAURELS New York Times ProQuest 111501100 Schallert E June 7 1950 Drama Los Angeles Times ProQuest 166104179 Schallert Edwin June 7 1950 Drama Clift Soon Heading West With Script Mitchum s Brother Changes Name Los Angeles Times p B7 THOMAS F BRADY July 26 1950 CUMMINGS TO DO ALADDIN S LUCK New York Times ProQuest 111590505 Ames W October 24 1955 Matinee series calls for top names jon hall to play sea captain Los Angeles Times ProQuest 166831673 Schallert E September 12 1957 Tropic romance calls jon hall jack cardiff to direct for curtis Los Angeles Times ProQuest 167172906 p 12 New Lens Brings Cinemascope to Home Movies and Slides The Dispatch Jan 28 1976 Tommy dorsey jon hall wage bloody fist fight Los Angeles Times August 6 1944 ProQuest 165566571 John Hall Hero of South Sea Movie Epics Kills Himself Los Angeles Times December 13 1979 p 3 External links edit nbsp Biography portal Jon Hall at IMDb Jon Hall at Find a Grave Jon Hall bio on re Search my Trash https news google com newspapers nid 1734 amp dat 19760128 amp id jDceAAAAIBAJ amp sjid N78EAAAAIBAJ amp pg 6747 1857623 Obituary at Los Angeles Times Obituary at New York Times Jon Hall at Brian s Drive In Theatre Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jon Hall actor amp oldid 1186963220, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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