He also had a small role in a 1948 film, the comedy So This Is New York, starring radio comedians Henry Morgan and Arnold Stang, which was Gorcey's last appearance as a straight character actor. No longer were the Dead Enders ambiguous or torn in their sympathies; they were full-fledged good guys. Miltie was fuming when I declared that Huntz won the cock face-off. In 1977 he played the role of a movie mogul in Ken Russell's ''Valentino.'' The couples son, Oliver, a musician, lives in California. Evelyn Ankers, who played the female lead in Hit the Road (1941) stated, "On one occasion after a day's shooting I thought I was the last one to leave but on my way out I bumped into Huntz Hall (acne and all). Hall later played the increasingly buffoonish Horace DeBussy "Sach" Jones in 48 of "The Bowery Boys" films, gaining top billing when his longtime partner, Leo Gorcey, left the series in 1956. Gary Hall (Huntz Hall's son) Behind Sach: The Huntz Hall Story presents the life of the actor who made us laugh with his unforgettable and unique persona of Horace DeBussy Jones, better known simply as "Sach." This is the story of Huntz Hall, who played the zany character in forty-eight Bowery Boys films from the 1946 thru 1958. Publicity Listings (When Hall reads a magazine in a darkened bedroom he is asked how he can read in the dark and replies, "I went to night school."). https://rarifiedheirpodcast . Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. Compared to Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell films- they were masterpieces. | During the war years Mr. Hall appeared in nine films for Universal in which he was usually called Pig. He blamed not hiring Hall since he couldnt remember his lines which was not true. ISBN 0816023387. However, considering the quantity and their body of work and the durability and sustained popularity for nearly 85 years- it certainly places them in the pantheon of great comedy teams. View a list of all the Feature Films sorted by popularity. We have estimated Clements would become an official Bowery Boy in 1956's Fighting Trouble, filling the void left by the departing Leo Gorcey The Gorcey Boys: Papa Bernard (left) with his sons David (middle) and Leo (left). "There is a peculiar chemistry that keeps a series going for years," said the producer Ben Schwalb. Producer Sheldon Leonard who appeared in a couple of their films concurred with Bernds. . 50% OFF EVERYTHING* ENDS TOMORROW - Discount applied to eligible items. Huntz Hall is a member of Actor Age, Biography and Wiki Net worth The 14th of 16 children born to an air conditioning repairman, Henry Richard Hall (he got the name "Huntz" from a brother who said his large nose made him look German) was anything but the tough street kid he played in the East Side Kids/Bowery Boys films. He was 78. Shemp taught me everything about Comedy! There was much more he said but this was my introduction to him that I will never forget and always cherish. In 1948, Hall was arrested for possession of marijuana. In 1940 he married 18-year-old dancer Elsie May Anderson (they divorced in 1944). His trial, held in 1949, resulted in a hung jury.[11]. He made his stage debut at the age of 1 in a play called "Thunder on the Left"; after graduating from a Catholic grammar school, he attended New York's famous Professional Children's School, was a boy soprano with the Madison Square Quintette, and appeared in an experimental 1932 television broadcast. Another series for Monogram Pictures cast the rubber-faced, pop-eyed Mr. Hall in his usual role of a good-natured dumb guy. Gorcey, now given star billing, was Slip, given to wild malapropisms and ideas above his station, and Hall was Sach, frantically gyrating his lips and often taken advantage of by Slip. He knew what was coming too. Peppering their speech with ''dese,'' ''dem'' and ''dose,'' the six portrayed the hard-luck solidarity of poor teen-agers who, seeing few alternatives to lawlessness, find themselves impressed by criminals. He was 78. For one last time in 1969, Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall appeared together for a forgettable movie called The Phynx (1970). A studio press release reported that Gorcey spent 30 minutes a day studying a dictionary: "He has made something of a career for himself as an actor by the use of words no one else has ever heard of, and by the misuse or mispronunciation of others."[3]. In 1959 he was arrested on a drunk driving charge. Gosa citar-se a lo critico cinematografico francs d'orichen italiana Nino Frank qui, en un articlo publicau en 1946 en a revista especializada francesa L'cran Franais constataba l'existencia de bellas caracteristicas comuns en quatre . [8][9] Hall was then cast along with the other Dead End Kids in the 1937 film Dead End, directed by William Wyler and starring Humphrey Bogart.[10]. In 1967 Gorcey self-published an autobiography, An Original Dead End Kid Presents: Dead End Yells, Wedding Bells, Cockle Shells, and Dizzy Spells, which was limited to 1,000 copies. & "Merlin the Magician", This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 13:48. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, but because he requested a fee, he was removed. Huntz Hall Active - 1933 - 1987 | Born - Aug 15, 1919 | Died - Jan 30, 1999 | Genres - Comedy , Crime Overview Two months later in June of 1969, Gorcey was dead. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for " HIGH SOCIETY "- Original 1956 OS Movie Poster-Bowery Boys, Huntz Hall, COMEDY at the best online prices at eBay! Just getting around to watching this one from @tcm, "Spook Chasers". Gary Hall (Huntz Hall's son) Behind Sach: The Huntz Hall Story presents the life of the actor who made us laugh with his unforgettable and unique persona of Horace DeBussy Jones, better known simply as "Sach." This is the story of Huntz Hall, who played the zany character in forty-eight Bowery Boys films from the 1946 thru 1958. . - Julie Gibson, actress, Bowery Buckaroos Behind Sach: The Huntz Hall Story presents the life of the man who made us laugh with his unforgettable and unique persona of Horace DeBussy Jones, best known as "Sach." This is the story of Huntz Hall, who played the zany character in forty-eight Bowery Boys motion pictures from the 1946 thru 1958. Leo recruited his brother David to play one of the gang members. The most well-known role Huntz Hall played was that of Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones in the Bowery Boys movie series. After catching the Boys nearly a decade ago I recently got around to grabbing the Warner Archive setsenjoying them immensely and agree Huntz and Hall are under appreciated to the sad point of nearly being forgotten/unknown by the general publicits sad. After the trial Hall married showgirl Leslie Wright. [on the consequences of being one of the "Dead End Kids"] Everywhere we went, genuine tough guys would challenge us. He changed his name to Gary. In the early 1940s, as the dramatic films shifted to roughneck comedy, Gorcey embellished his dialogue with malapropisms, always delivered in a thick Brooklyn accent. He is from USA. [4][5] He attended Catholic schools[6] and started performing on radio at five years of age. Divorced three times and widowed once, the actor lived comfortably in Los Angeles, wealthy from offshore oil investments and a 10 per cent percentage of the Bowery Boys films. Life and career. When his father Bernard Gorcey was killed in 1955, Leo only lasted a few more films before they pulled the plug on him. The group splintered. Born:15-Aug-1919 Birthplace:New York City Died:30-Jan-1999 Location of death:North Hollywood, CA Cause of death:Heart Failure Remains:Buried, All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, CA Gender:Male Race or Ethnicity:White Sexual orientation:Straight Occupation:Actor Nationality:United States Executive summary:Dead End Kids Custom Content. They had support from the other bodies who appeared as the other Boys which included Billy Benedict as Whitey, Leos brother David Gorcey as Chuck, Bobby Jordan ( for a year) and other non-descript members such as Eddie LeRoy as Blinky, Bennie Bartlett ( as Butch)etc. Huntz Hall Played the zany sidekick Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones in 48 Bowery Boys films in the 1940s and '50s. Anyone know more about this? During WWII Hall enlisted in the Army, and after his discharge returned to Hollywood, where his first jobs were in war films playing soldiers (for his impressive work in A Walk in the Sun (1945) he received the New York Theatre Critics Circle Blue Ribbon Award).In 1948 Hall found himself in the same kind of jam as did Robert Mitchum -- getting arrested for possession of marijuana, but he was acquitted by a jury. Gorcey was many times sluggish and bloated from booze- sometimes lifeless. 204-205. New York: Facts on File, 1992. He died from liver failure which was no shock. 1948 - ca. An indication of the films' profitability was Monogram's decision to give them a shooting schedule of two weeks (the previous films had been shot in six or seven days). He was very smart, self-educated and his character was not like him at all.. Hall was almost always on the money. Thanks for writing. In reminiscing about his Hollywood past, Gary Hall shares that Shemp Howard was his godfather. But those pictures really weren't made for American kids. Henry Richard Hall. Despite their cheap values, flimsy sets and second rate supporting cast- the films run to this day ( currently most Saturday mornings on TCM). Despite the Germanic appearance which resulted in his nickname, he was actually of Irish ancestry. Henry Richard Hall (Huntz Hall), actor: born New York 15 August 1919; married four times (one son); died Los Angeles 30 January 1999. HUNTZ HALL gave some impressive performances on film as a character actor (notably in the war film A Walk in the Sun) but he will always be remembered for his role as part of the gang known through the years as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids and ultimately the Bowery Boys. Huntz Hall Actor Born August 15, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA The 14th of 16 children born to an air conditioning repairman, Henry Richard Hall (he got the name "Huntz" from a brother who said his large nose made him look German) was anything but the tough street kid he played in the East Side Kids/Bowery Boys films. Otherwise he moved north of Los Angeles to a remote cabin near Los Molinos where he drank himself to death and died of liver failure. Episode #116: Gary Hall (Huntz Hall) by rarifiedheir Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Gary Hall, son of actor/comedian Huntz Hall. 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