Herman Hack
{{short description|American film and television actor}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Herman Hack
|image = Cropped_Photo_of_Herman_Hack.jpg
|caption =
|birth_name = Herman H. Hackenjos
|birth_date = {{birth date|1899|06|15}}
|birth_place = Panola, Illinois, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1967|10|19|1899|06|15}}
|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|occupation = Film and television actor
|years_active = 1925–1967
}}
Herman H. Hackenjos (June 15, 1899 – October 19, 1967){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWVZAAAAMAAJ|title=Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903-1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers|page=339|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|date=1996|isbn=9780786401581 |via=Google Books}} was an American film and television actor{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MgteCgAAQBAJ|title=The John Wayne Filmography|page=402|first=Fred|last=Landesman|publisher=McFarland|date=July 11, 2007|isbn=9780786432523|via=Google Books}} who appeared in over 500 films.
Biography
Hack was born in Panola, Illinois. His screen debut was in the 1925 film The Big Parade,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/434075322/|title=Herman Hack Appeared in 500 Films; 68|work=The Boston Globe|author=Associated Press|location=Boston, Massachusetts|date=October 20, 1967|access-date=September 17, 2022|page=34|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} which starred John Gilbert and Renée Adorée. His final credit was for The Ride to Hangman's Tree in 1967. His appearances in television programs included Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train, Death Valley Days, Rawhide, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Daniel Boone, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Deputy, Sky King and The Big Valley.{{Cite web|url=https://www.b-westerns.com/henchie8.htm|title=Herman Hack|work=B-Westerns|access-date=September 17, 2022}}
Hack died in October 1967 of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 68.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xqUYAQAAIAAJ|title=The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers: A Necrology of Actors and Actresses|page=234|first1=Billy|last1=Doyle|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=1999|isbn=9780810835474|via=Google Books}} He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Selected Filmography
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964) (Season 2 Episode 17: "The Jar") as Townsman (uncredited)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0352368}}
- {{TCMDb name|78677%7C70299}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/herman-hack/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:Male actors from Illinois
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:Male Western (genre) film actors
Category:Western (genre) television actors
Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)