Hal K. Dawson


Biography

Hal K Dawson was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. K Dawson's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "Another Language" (1933), the Paul Muni drama "Dr. Socrates" (1935) and the comedy "Libeled Lady" (1936) with Jean Harlow. He also appeared in "My American Wife" (1936), "Public Enemy's Wife" (1936) and "On Again - Off Again" (1937) with Bert Whee...

Biography

Hal K Dawson was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. K Dawson's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "Another Language" (1933), the Paul Muni drama "Dr. Socrates" (1935) and the comedy "Libeled Lady" (1936) with Jean Harlow. He also appeared in "My American Wife" (1936), "Public Enemy's Wife" (1936) and "On Again - Off Again" (1937) with Bert Wheeler. His film career continued throughout the forties in productions like "We Who Are Young" (1940), "Cracked Nuts" (1941) and the dramatic adaptation "Life Begins at Eight-Thirty" (1942) with Monty Woolley. He also appeared in the Betty Grable musical "Song of the Islands" (1942). In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in "Superman and the Mole Men" (1951), the historical feature "Park Row" (1952) with Gene Evans and the John Forsythe crime feature "The Captive City" (1952). He also appeared in "It Grows on Trees" (1952) with Irene Dunne and "The Glenn Miller Story" (1954). K Dawson more recently appeared in "Brock's Last Case" (NBC, 1972-73). K Dawson passed away in February 1987 at the age of 91.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Brock's Last Case (1973)
The Rat Race (1960)
Bo
The Alligator People (1959)
Conductor
But Not for Me (1959)
Father in play
Face of a Fugitive (1959)
Stableman
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Managing editor
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Rewrite man
Cattle Empire (1958)
George Washington Jeffrey
Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
Loving You (1957)
Lieutenant
The Tin Star (1957)
Andy Miller
Top Secret Affair (1957)
Reporter
The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
Mr. McHenshey
A Cry in the Night (1956)
Joey's victim
Trial (1955)
Nervous man
Foxfire (1955)
Tourist
Three for the Show (1955)
Theater treasurer
The Country Girl (1955)
Actor
The Girl Rush (1955)
Desk clerk
City of Shadows (1955)
Lift tender
Rails into Laramie (1954)
Hotel clerk
The Yellow Mountain (1954)
Sam Torrence
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Used car salesman
It Grows on Trees (1952)
Tutt
Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
Mr. Cox
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
Man in barbershop
Woman of the North Country (1952)
Dispatcher
Park Row (1952)
Mr. Riley
The Captive City (1952)
Clyde Nelson
Young Man With Ideas (1952)
Mr. Cumberly
Rhubarb (1951)
Mr. Fisher
Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
Weber
Double Dynamite (1951)
Mr. Hartman
Wabash Avenue (1950)
Healy
Dallas (1950)
Drummer
To Please a Lady (1950)
IMRA manager
Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
Jake Barker
You're My Everything (1949)
Ticket seller
Slightly French (1949)
Whitaker
You Gotta Stay Happy (1949)
Night clerk
The Mating of Millie (1948)
Davidson
Let's Live a Little (1948)
M.C.
Apartment for Peggy (1948)
Salesman
B. F.'s Daughter (1948)
Frederick X. Gibson
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Harry Selby
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Exhibitor
A Likely Story (1947)
Dr. Fraser
Merton of the Movies (1947)
Gus Blanchard
Blondie's Big Moment (1947)
Mr. Little
The Flame (1947)
Telegraph clerk
Something in the Wind (1947)
Mr. Cook
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
Peabody
Blondie in the Dough (1947)
Mr. Taylor
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
Artie
Variety Girl (1947)
Man at steam bath
Road to Rio (1947)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Man at airport
One More Tomorrow (1946)
Guest
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
Hotel clerk
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
Clerk
Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
Sam Carter
Guest Wife (1945)
Dennis
Doll Face (1945)
Hotel clerk
One Way to Love (1945)
Henry
Life with Blondie (1945)
Reporter
You Came Along (1945)
Reporter
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944)
Photographer
Greenwich Village (1944)
Cashier
Riding High (1943)
Master of ceremonies
Coney Island (1943)
Cashier
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
Poindexter
Jitterbugs (1943)
Desk clerk
Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
Minister
What a Woman! (1943)
Foster
Hi' Ya, Sailor (1943)
Howard
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
Photographer
Mr. Lucky (1943)
Draft board director
The Magnificent Dope (1942)
Charlie
Song of the Islands (1942)
John Rodney
Baby Face Morgan (1942)
J. B. Brown
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
Producer
The Mad Martindales (1942)
Hotel clerk
Jail House Blues (1942)
Talent scout
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)
Shumate
The Fleet's In (1942)
Bert
My Favorite Spy (1942)
Eberle
Obliging Young Lady (1942)
Pullman bore
Blues in the Night (1941)
A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941)
Photographer
Three Girls About Town (1941)
Guest
Washington Melodrama (1941)
Logan
Week-End in Havana (1941)
Mr. Marks
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Information
Cracked Nuts (1941)
Saw horse man
San Antonio Rose (1941)
Farnsworth
Man at Large (1941)
Drunk reporter
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
Salesman
You're the One (1941)
Male secretary
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Photographer
Little Men (1941)
Telegraph operator
Millionaires in Prison (1940)
Reporter
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
O'Grady
The Great Profile (1940)
Ticket seller
We Who Are Young (1940)
Salesman
Blondie on a Budget (1940)
Bank teller
Star Dust (1940)
Wellman's assistant
The Doctor Takes A Wife (1940)
Charlie
Slightly Tempted (1940)
Steward
Elsa Maxwell's Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
Layout man
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
Clerk
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Hotel clerk
Lillian Russell (1940)
Chauffeur
Pier 13 (1940)
Ticket salesman
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
Booking agent
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
Bill
Disbarred (1939)
Clerk
The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)
Announcer
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Chump
The Great Victor Herbert (1939)
George Faller
Two Bright Boys (1939)
Boswell
I Stole a Million (1939)
The Big Guy (1939)
Man customer
For Love or Money (1939)
Cashier
Honolulu (1939)
Wally
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Judge
Blackmail (1939)
Desk clerk
The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
Publicity man
Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women (1939)
Dave Moore
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
There Goes My Heart (1938)
Camera clerk
Always Goodbye (1938)
Boy friend
The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse (1938)
Pedestrian
Gateway (1938)
Reporter
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
Wardrobe attendant
Just Around the Corner (1938)
Reporter
Keep Smiling (1938)
Casting director
Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)
Tommy Tucker
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
Cutter
You and Me (1938)
Information clerk
Blondie (1938)
Eddie
Change of Heart (1938)
Golf store clerk
International Settlement (1938)
Master of ceremonies
Sweethearts (1938)
Stage manager
Safety in Numbers (1938)
Cameraman
Kentucky (1938)
Clerk
Mountain Music (1937)
Hotel clerk
Café Metropole (1937)
Arthur Cleveland Thorndyke
On Again--Off Again (1937)
Sanford
Second Honeymoon (1937)
Andy
Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
Dr. Hedges
Love and Hisses (1937)
Clerk in music store
We're on the Jury (1937)
John Weatherman
Danger - Love at Work (1937)
Chauffeur
Crack-Up (1937)
Reporter
Wells Fargo (1937)
Correspondent
She Had to Eat (1937)
Telegraph clerk
Life Begins in College (1937)
Graduate manager
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
Information clerk
Easy Living (1937)
Second jeweler
Wedding Present (1936)
Furniture salesman
Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
Daugherty
My American Wife (1936)
Stephen Cantillon
Libeled Lady (1936)
Harvey Allen
China Clipper (1936)
Airplane designer
Everybody's Old Man (1936)
Jameson
Paddy O'Day (1936)
Motorist
Music Is Magic (1935)
Jim Waters
Dr. Socrates (1935)
Mel Towne
The Firebird (1934)
Assistant stage manager
Another Language (1933)
Walter [Hallam]

Cast (Short)

How to Sub-Let (1939)
How to Read (1938)
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (1937)

Life Events

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