Jon Hall


Biography

Jon Hall was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Hall's earliest roles were in film, including "Hurricane" (1937), "Kit Carson" (1940) and "Sailor's Lady" (1940). He also appeared in "South of Pago-Pago" (1940), "Aloma of the South Seas" (1941) and "Arabian Nights" (1942). He kept working in film throughout the forties, starring in "White Savage" (1943), "Ali Baba and ...

Biography

Jon Hall was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Hall's earliest roles were in film, including "Hurricane" (1937), "Kit Carson" (1940) and "Sailor's Lady" (1940). He also appeared in "South of Pago-Pago" (1940), "Aloma of the South Seas" (1941) and "Arabian Nights" (1942). He kept working in film throughout the forties, starring in "White Savage" (1943), "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" (1944) and "Cobra Woman" (1944). He also appeared in "Gypsy Wildcat" (1944), "The Invisible Man's Revenge" (1944) and "Sudan" (1945). In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in "Deputy Marshall" (1949), "Zamba" (1949) and "China Corsair" (1951). He also appeared in "Hurricane Island" (1951), "Hell Ship Mutiny" (1957) and "Forbidden Island" (1959). Hall more recently acted in "Beach Girls and the Monster" (1965). Hall passed away in December 1979 at the age of 64.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965)
Otto Lindsey
Forbidden Island (1959)
Dave Courtney
Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
Capt. Jim Knight
Thunder Over Sangoland (1955)
Phantom of the Jungle (1955)
White Goddess (1953)
Dr. Thomas Reynolds, also known as "Ramar"
Eyes of the Jungle (1953)
Brave Warrior (1952)
Steve Ruddell
Last Train from Bombay (1952)
Martin Viking
China Corsair (1951)
McMillen
Hurricane Island (1951)
Captain Carlos Montalvo
When the Redskins Rode (1951)
Prince Hannoc
On the Isle of Samoa (1950)
Kenneth Crandall
Deputy Marshal (1949)
Editor Garry
Zamba (1949)
Steve O'Malley
The Mutineers (1949)
Nick Shaw
The Prince of Thieves (1948)
Robin Hood
Last of the Redmen (1947)
Major [Duncan] Heywood
The Vigilantes Return (1947)
Johnnie Taggart, also known as Ace Braddock
Michigan Kid (1947)
Michigan Kid, also known as Jim Rowen
Men in Her Diary (1945)
Randolph Glenning
Sudan (1945)
Merab
Cobra Woman (1944)
Ramu
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
Michael
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
Ali Baba
San Diego, I Love You (1944)
John [Thompson] Caldwell [IV]
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
Robert Griffin [also known as Martin Field]
Lady in the Dark (1944)
Randy Curtis
White Savage (1943)
Kaloe
Eagle Squadron (1942)
Hank Starr
The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
Chester [Tuttle]
The Invisible Agent (1942)
Frank Raymond [also known as Frank Griffin]
Arabian Nights (1942)
Haroun-al-Raschid
Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
Tanoa
South of Pago Pago (1940)
Kehane
Sailor's Lady (1940)
Danny Malone
Kit Carson (1940)
Kit Carson
The Hurricane (1937)
Terangi
The Girl from Scotland Yard (1937)
Bertie
Winds of the Wasteland (1936)
The Lion Man (1936)
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)
Hobart
The Mysterious Avenger (1936)
Lafe
Mind Your Own Business (1936)
Scoutmaster
Here's to Romance (1935)
Chauffeur
Women Must Dress (1935)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
Philip Nash

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Five the Hard Way (1969)
Director of Photography

Producer (Feature Film)

Five the Hard Way (1969)
Executive Producer
Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
Executive Producer

Life Events

Photo Collections

The Hurricane - Lobby Cards
The Hurricane - Lobby Cards

Videos

Movie Clip

Kit Carson (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Horizon Fever Efficient framing and opening from screenwriter George Bruce and director George B. Seitz, introducing Jon Hall as the title character, Ward Bond his man “Ape” and Harold Huber as Lopez, expressing attitudes both wise and nasty, then cracking action as the Shoshone attack, in independent producer Edward Small’s Kit Carson, 1940.
Kit Carson (1940) -- (Movie Clip) They'd Kinda Like Them Brass Buttons Clever scene by director George Seitz, Raymond Hatton (said to have appeared in 500 movies) as host Bridger advises bathing Jon Hall (title character) and crew (Ward Bond, Harold Huber) about the offer from Fremont (Dana Andrews as the historical character) and Terry (“Lone Ranger” Clayton Moore), Lynn Bari in the neighboring tub, in producer Edward Small’s Kit Carson, 1940.
Kit Carson (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Hurry So Fast Producer Edward Small getting his money’s worth in Monument Valley (even if the story takes place along the distant Oregon Trail), Dana Andrews as (historical figure) Captain Fremont wants to hurry the wagon train, civilian Clayton Moore obeying until Jon Hall (title character) and his team (Ward Bond, Harold Huber) show up to take the trail guide jobs they at first refused, Lynn Bari the affronted Miss Murphy, in Kit Carson, 1940.
Hurricane, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Terangi Jailed white-guy Terangi (Jon Hall) takes a stab at rejoining his wife's ship as it passes his Polynesian island prison in John Ford's The Hurricane, 1937.
Hurricane, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Let Me Save You! Terangi (Jon Hall) offers rescue to Father Paul (C. Aubrey Smith) and Mme. DeLaage (Mary Astor), having already tied his wife (Dorothy Lamour) and daughter to a tree in the storm sequence from John Ford's The Hurricane, 1937.

Bibliography