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Hal K. Dawson

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedOct 17, 1896 (Died at 91)
Zodiac Sign♎Libra
Place of BirthRockville, Connecticut, USA
Career Span1934 – 1987
Known Credits127 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.8

Hal K. Dawson

Also known as:Hal Dawson
Total Works

127

115 movies • 12 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hal K. Dawson (October 17, 1896 – February 17, 1987) was an American actor. The films he performed in include: Dr. Socrates, My American Wife, Libeled Lady, Wells Fargo,, Broadway Melody of 1940, Star Dust, The Doctor Takes a Wife, Washington Melodrama, Week-End in Havana,, Guest Wife, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Chicken Every Sunday, Bonzo Goes to College and The Benny Goodman Story. He died on February 17, 1987, in Loma Linda, California aged 90.

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Best Years of Our Lives
7.7
as Man at Airport (uncredited)
Funny Girl
7.1
Funny Girl
1968•movie
as Doorman at Keeney's (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
as Secretary
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
7.0
as Harry Selby (uncredited)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 127 titles featuring Hal K. Dawson

The Best Years of Our Lives
7.7

as Man at Airport (uncredited)

Funny Girl
7.1
Funny Girl
1968•movie

as Doorman at Keeney's (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
1 eps

as Secretary

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
7.0

as Harry Selby (uncredited)

The Glenn Miller Story
7.0

as Used Car Salesman (uncredited)

The Tin Star
7.0
The Tin Star
1957•movie

as Andy Miller

Libeled Lady
7.3
Libeled Lady
1936•movie

as Harvey Allen

Hellzapoppin'
7.2
Hellzapoppin'
1941•movie

as Photographer at Pool (uncredited)

Teacher's Pet
6.8
Teacher's Pet
1958•movie

as Bill (uncredited)

The Country Girl
7.0
The Country Girl
1954•movie

as Actor in Play (uncredited)

Superman and the Mole Men
5.3

as Chuck Weber

Easy Living
7.2
Easy Living
1937•movie

as Jeweler (uncredited)

The Alligator People
5.6

as Conductor

The Last Hurrah
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958•movie

as Managing Editor (uncredited)

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
7.0

as Pedestrian at Burglary Site (uncredited)

Emergency!
8.0
1 eps
Emergency!
1972•series

as Old Man

Mr. Lucky
7.2
Mr. Lucky
1943•movie

as Draft Board Doctor (uncredited)

Adam-12
7.1
1 eps
Adam-12
1968•series

as Watchman

You and Me
6.6
You and Me
1938•movie

as Information Clerk (uncredited)

The Touch of Satan
3.0
The Touch of Satan
1971•movie

as Mr. Gentry

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
7.0

as Man in Balcony (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940
6.9

as O'Grady (uncredited)

Park Row
6.7
Park Row
1952•movie

as Mr. Wiley

A Lawless Street
5.6
A Lawless Street
1955•movie

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
7.1
1 eps

as Stage Doorman

What's Happening!!
7.4
1 eps
What's Happening!!
1976•series

as Louie

The Captive City
6.1
The Captive City
1952•movie

as Clyde Nelson

Cheyenne
6.2
1 eps
Cheyenne
1955•series

as Truckee Charlie

Face of a Fugitive
5.7
Face of a Fugitive
1959•movie

as Jackson (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle
6.1
Too Hot to Handle
1938•movie

as Film Cutter (uncredited)

The Rat Race
6.7
The Rat Race
1960•movie

as Bo Kerry

Wedding Present
6.2
Wedding Present
1936•movie
A Night at the Movies
5.9

as Mr. Pennelly (uncredited)

You Gotta Stay Happy
6.8

as Night Clerk

The Female Animal
6.0
The Female Animal
1958•movie

as Assistant Director Eddie (uncredited)

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
5.5

as Jim - Ticket Seller in Boston

Wells Fargo
5.5
Wells Fargo
1937•movie

as Ormsby - N.Y. Herald Correspondent

There Goes My Heart
7.3

as Camera Clerk (uncredited)

Wicked, Wicked
4.9
Wicked, Wicked
1973•movie

as Grandpa Blake (uncredited)

Guest Wife
6.4
Guest Wife
1945•movie

as Dennis

Hi Diddle Diddle
6.6
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943•movie

as Minister

The Yellow Mountain
5.4

as Sam Torrence

Kentucky
6.1
Kentucky
1938•movie

as Auction Clerk

How to Read
5.4
How to Read
1938•movie

as Annoying Club Member (uncredited)

Lillian Russell
6.6
Lillian Russell
1940•movie

as Chauffeur

Week-End in Havana
7.0
Week-End in Havana
1941•movie

as Mr. Marks

Lydia
6.5
Lydia
1941•movie

as Hotel Desk Clerk

Lawman
6.0
1 eps
Lawman
1958•series

as Fane

Café Metropole
7.2
Café Metropole
1937•movie

as Arthur Cleveland Thorndyke

The Ice Follies of 1939
5.6

as Publicity Man (uncredited)

China Clipper
5.8
China Clipper
1936•movie

as Airplane Designer (uncredited)

Baby Face Morgan
4.5
Baby Face Morgan
1942•movie

as J.B. Brown

The Magnificent Dope
7.3

as Charlie

Tin Pan Alley
5.4
Tin Pan Alley
1940•movie

as Hotel Clerk

Little Men
5.5
Little Men
1940•movie

as Telegraph Operator

The Doctor Takes a Wife
6.8

as Charlie

Foxfire
6.7
Foxfire
1955•movie

as Tourist (uncredited)

Blondie on a Budget
6.2

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

Rich Man, Poor Girl
6.1

as Mr. Allen

Dr. Socrates
6.6
Dr. Socrates
1935•movie

as Mel Towne

Rhubarb
5.8
Rhubarb
1951•movie

as Mr. Fisher

An American Dream
5.0
An American Dream
1966•movie

as Apartment House Guard

Young Man with Ideas
5.2

as Mr. Cumberly (uncredited)

Three for the Show
5.9
Three for the Show
1955•movie

as Theatre Treasuer (uncredited)

Blackmail
6.9
Blackmail
1939•movie

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Second Honeymoon
6.4
Second Honeymoon
1937•movie

as Andy

Trackdown
6.9
1 eps
Trackdown
1957•series

as Gus

Public Enemy's Wife
6.4

as Daugherty

The Great Victor Herbert
5.4

as George Faller

Boy Meets Girl
6.9
Boy Meets Girl
1938•movie

as Wardrobe Attendant

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
6.7

as Producer

International Settlement
6.0

as Master of Ceremonies

Millionaires in Prison
6.1

as Mike, a Reporter (uncredited)

The Tall Man
6.9
2 eps
The Tall Man
1960•series

as The Clerk

Blondie's Big Moment
5.5

as Mr. Little (uncredited)

You're My Everything
4.8

as Ticket Seller (uncredited)

Greenwich Village
6.7
Greenwich Village
1944•movie

as Cashier

Rose of Washington Square
6.7

as Chump

A Likely Story
4.8
A Likely Story
1947•movie

as Dr. Fraser (uncredited)

We Who Are Young
6.3
We Who Are Young
1940•movie

as Salesman

Two Girls on Broadway
7.0

as License Bureau Clerk (uncredited)

We're on the Jury
6.2
We're on the Jury
1937•movie

as John Weatherman

My Favorite Spy
5.7
My Favorite Spy
1942•movie

as Eberle

Slightly French
7.5
Slightly French
1949•movie

as Whitaker (uncredited)

Star Dust
5.7
Star Dust
1940•movie

as Cargo, Wellman's Assistant

Song of the Islands
7.0

as John Rodney

Danger – Love at Work
7.0

as Mike, the chauffeur

Chicken Every Sunday
6.2

as Jake Barker

The Firebird
6.4
The Firebird
1934•movie

as Assistant Stage Manager

Washington Melodrama
6.0

as Logan

Merton of the Movies
6.3

as Gus Blanchard - Agent (uncredited)

One Mile from Heaven
6.6

as Information Clerk

This Thing Called Love
8.4
Public Deb No. 1
4.9
Public Deb No. 1
1940•movie

as Layout Man

She Had to Eat
5.6
She Had to Eat
1937•movie

as Mr. McIntire - Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)

Blondie in the Dough
6.5

as Mr. Tyler, the Grocer (uncredited)

Swanee River
7.0
Swanee River
1939•movie

as Drunken Man on Riverboat

Gateway
7.4
Gateway
1938•movie

as Reporter

The Great Profile
6.8
The Great Profile
1940•movie

as Ticket Seller

Three Girls About Town
6.5

as Guest

The Fleet's In
6.0
The Fleet's In
1942•movie

as Bert

How to Sub-Let
5.8
How to Sub-Let
1939•movie

as Real Estate Agent

Meet the Stewarts
5.5
Meet the Stewarts
1942•movie

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Adventures of Champion
6.2
1 eps

as Jim Custer

The Adventures of Kit Carson
6.0
1 eps

as Outpost Clerk

Crossroads
6.8
1 eps
Crossroads
1955•series

as American Legion Member (uncredited)

Music Is Magic
5.3
Music Is Magic
1935•movie

as Jim Watson (uncredited)

Pack Up Your Troubles
6.8

as Booking Agent

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
7.0

as Dr. Tom Hedges

Obliging Young Lady
6.0

as Bore in Pullman Car with Linda (uncredited)

You're the One
4.7
You're the One
1941•movie

as Male Secretary

Danger Street
6.5
Danger Street
1947•movie

as Stevens

My American Wife
7.5
My American Wife
1936•movie

as Stephen Cantillon

On Again—Off Again
8.0

as Sanford

The Nurse from Brooklyn
6.5

as Tommy Tucker

Paddy O'Day
7.0
Paddy O'Day
1936•movie

as Motorist

Hotel for Women
7.5
Hotel for Women
1939•movie

as Dave Moore

I Stole a Million
8.0
I Stole a Million
1939•movie

as (uncredited)

The Mad Martindales
7.5

as Hotel clerk

Everybody's Old Man
7.0

as Jameson

Mama Runs Wild
7.0
Mama Runs Wild
1937•movie

as Bank Robber (uncredited)

Love and Hisses
10.0
Love and Hisses
1937•movie

as Music store clerk

Cracked Nuts
7.0
Cracked Nuts
1941•movie

as Sawhorse Man

Safety in Numbers
7.0
Safety in Numbers
1938•movie

as Cameraman

Keep Smiling
8.0
Keep Smiling
1938•movie

as Casting Director

Two Bright Boys
10.0
Two Bright Boys
1939•movie

as Boswell