Henry Hull
Henry Hull (born October 3, 1890 in Louisville , Kentucky , † March 8, 1977 in Cornwall , Great Britain ) was an American film and stage actor .
Life
Henry Hull was from 1911 as an actor on theater stages in the USA. He was regularly seen on Broadway for decades , where he played the main role of the backwoodsman Jeeter Lester in the world premiere of the play The Tabakstrasse . From 1916 onwards, roles in the cinema were also added to Hull. With his slender figure, Hull was almost always limited to supporting roles, in which he often played bizarre types. Among his greatest successes were his appearances in the Jesse James films. He took on one of his few main roles with the impersonation of the title character in the horror film The Werewolf of London (1935). Up to and including 1966, Hull was seen in over 110 productions.
The actor was married to Juliet van Wyck Fremont, a granddaughter of the explorer John C. Frémont , from 1913 until her death in 1971 . They had three children. After the death of his wife, Hull moved to live with his daughter in England, where he spent the last years of his life and died in 1977 at the age of 86.
Filmography (selection)
- 1917: A Square Deal
- 1924: The Hoosier Schoolmaster
- 1934: The Convict's Ransom (Great Exspectations)
- 1935: Werewolf of London (Werewolf of London)
- 1937: Teufelskerle (Boys Town)
- 1938: The Great Waltz (The Great Waltz)
- 1938: Three Men in Paradise (Paradise for Three)
- 1939: Jesse James, Man Without a Law (Jesse James)
- 1940: The Wrong Paths of Oliver Essex (My Son, my Son)
- 1940: Revenge for Jesse James (The Return of Frank James)
- 1943: The lifeboat
- 1943: The Woman of the Town (TV title Woman for the Marshall )
- 1945: The Hero of Burma (Objective, Burma!)
- 1947: The Deep Valley
- 1948: The Walls of Jericho
- 1949: The Return of Jesse James
- 1949: El Paso, the city of the lawless (El Paso)
- 1949: The Great Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)
- 1949: outlawed (Colorado Territory)
- 1949: A Man Like Explosives (The Fountainhead)
- 1951: Murder in Hollywood (Hollywood Story)
- 1952: The Treasure of lost Canyon
- 1953: The last Posse
- 1953: Thunder over the Plains
- 1953: Fateful Traces (Inferno)
- 1955: Man with the Gun
- 1958: The proud rebel (The Proud Rebel)
- 1958: King of the Buccaneer
- 1958: The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw)
- 1959: With rifle and gun (The Oregon Trail)
- 1960: Robur, Lord of the Seven Continents (Master of the World)
- 1966: A Man Is Chased (The Chase)
Web links
- Henry Hull in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 103.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hull, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisville (Kentucky) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1977 |
| Place of death | Cornwall , UK |