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Hal August
Born Frank T. Halleck
August 23, 1890Died September 21, 1918 Resting place
Hollywood Forever Cemetery Occupation(s) Actor, US Navy Reserve Years active 1913-1918
American silent film actor
Hal August (1890-1918) was a
silent film actor born as Frank T. Halleck . He performed mostly in
westerns and dramas.
He appeared in numerous short films directed by
Edwin August and produced by Edwin's production company
Eaco Films . He worked also for the
Bison Film Company ,
Balboa Amusement Producing Company and
Powers Picture Plays . Contemporary references often list him and Edwin August as brothers or half-brothers.
He joined the
US Navy Reserve during the Great War, but died from pneumonia on base in
Great Lakes, Illinois in September 1918. He was buried at the
Hollywood Forever Cemetery .
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Selected filmography
His Own Blood (1913) *short
An evil of the Slums (1914) *short
A Coincidental Bridegroom (1914) *short
Into the Lion's Pit (1914) *short
Withered Hands (1914) *short
My Mother's Irish Shawls (1914) *short
The Hand That Rules the World (1914) *short
Hands Invisible (1914) *short
The Romance of an Actor (1914) *short
Pitfalls (1914) *short
The Taint of an Alien (1914) *short
The Two Gun Man (1914) *short
The Great Secret (1914) *short
A Double Haul (1914) *short
A Strange Adventure (1914) *short
Beyond the Trail (1916) *short
References
^ Who Was Who on the Screen 2nd edition c.1977 Evelyn Mack Truitt ISBN 0-8352-0914-8
^ Silent Film Necrology 2nd edition c.2001 Eugene Michael Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
^ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3RF-DFX : 8 March 2018), Frank Thomas Hallack, 21 Sep 1918; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,544,184.
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