Actor
The Resume
(February 23, 1915-December 13, 1979)
Born in Fresno, California
Birth name was Charles Hall Locher
Appeared in the films 'Charlie Chan in Shanghai' (1935), 'The Lion Man' (1936), 'Hurricane' (1937), 'Kit Carson' (1940), 'South of Pago Pago' (1940), 'The Tuttles of Tahiti' (1942), 'Arabian Nights' (1942), 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' (1944), 'Cobra Woman' (1944), 'The Invisible Man's Revenge' (1944), 'Gypsy Wildcat' (1944), 'The Prince of Thieves' (1948), 'The Mutineers' (1949), 'Hurricane Island' (1951), 'Forbidden Island' (1959) and 'Beach Girls and the Monster' (1965)
Portrayed Tom 'Ramar' Reynolds in the TV series 'Ramar of the Jungle' (1952-54)
Committed suicide while suffering inoperable bladder cancer
Why he might be annoying
He started acting under his own name, then as Lloyd Crane, and finally changed his name to Jon Hall.
He was married and divorced twice from actress Raquel Torres.
He tested for the part of Flash Gordon but lost out to Buster Crabbe.
He said, 'I never liked acting. I don't like to be told what to do and what to say and how to say it.... As a profession, it's a bore.'
Why he might not be annoying
He was the son of a Swiss skating champion and a Tahitian princess.
He was called 'Goldwyn's Gift to Women.'
He was a proficient swimmer and did his own aquatic stunts in 'Hurricane.'
He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for both movie and TV work.
Credit: C. Fishel
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