Winter Hall

Winter Amos Hall (21 June 1872 – 10 February 1947) was a New Zealand actor of the silent era who later appeared in sound films. He performed in more than 120 films between 1916 and 1938. Prior to that, he had a career as a stage actor in Australia and the United States. In sound films, he was frequently typecast as a clergyman.

Winter Hall
Hall in 1920
Born
Winter Amos Hall

(1872-06-21)21 June 1872
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died10 February 1947(1947-02-10) (aged 74)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1916–1938
SpouseKatherine Young
Children1

Biography

Hall was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, and died in Los Angeles, California. Hall was married to fellow-New Zealander, Katherine Young, a concert pianist. Their Australian-born son, Desmond Winter Hall, was a science fiction writer, magazine editor, and the author of I Give You Oscar Wilde (1965), a novel about the nineteenth century dramatist and wit.[1]

Filmography
Hall (left) and William S. Hart in
The Money Corral, 1919

References
  1. "Desmond W. Hall, 82, Author and Ex-Editor", The New York Times, 2 November 1992
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