Hal Price

{{Short description|American actor (1886–1964)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Hal Price

| image = Hal Price in The Devil Bat (1940).png

| caption = Price in The Devil Bat (1940)

| birth_name = Harry Franklin Price

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|06|24|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Wauseon, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|04|15|1886|06|24|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1930–1952

| spouse = {{Plainlist|

  • {{marriage|Eleanor May Fitzsimmons|1916|1922|reason=div}}
  • {{marriage|Amy F. Goodrich|1923|1939|reason=d.}}
  • Josephine DeSimone
    ({{abbr|m.|married}} 19??){{Cite web|url=http://www.b-westerns.com/villan35.htm|title=Hal Price|website=www.b-westerns.com}}

}}

| children = 2

}}

Harry Franklin "Hal" Price (June 24, 1886 – April 15, 1964) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1930 and 1952. He is the father of character actress and comedian Lu Leonard.

On stage, Price toured for three months with Will Rogers in a production of Ah, Wilderness!. He also performed with Leo Carrillo and William Gillette.{{cite news |title=Hal Price now in westerner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50886406/hal-price/ |access-date=May 13, 2020 |work=The Dothan Eagle |date=January 16, 1938 |location=Alabama, Dothan |page=7|via = Newspapers.com}} He had the role of Willem in the Broadway production of The Red Mill (1945).{{cite web |title=Hal Price |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/hal-price-111743 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=May 13, 2020 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200513203359/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/hal-price-111743 |archive-date=May 13, 2020}}

Personal life

Price was born in Wauseon, Ohio, and died in Los Angeles, California, from arteriosclerosis. His daughter Mary Lou was an actress, known as Lu Leonard.{{cn|date=April 2022}}

Partial filmography

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