Arch Sr. Hall
Arch Sr. Hall
B-movie actor/writer/producer/director Arch Hall Sr. reportedly assumed his onscreen moniker after staring at a hallway with an arch. A graduate of the University of South Dakota, Hall became a radio writer-actor and did a stint as a pilot in the Army Air Force prior to entering films as a bit player around 1938. His near-legendary exploits were later satirized by writer-producer Jack Webb in The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961), a service comedy starring Robert Mitchum in the title role. Hall himself went on to produce, write, and/or direct such low-budget classics as The Choppers (1961), Eegah! (1962), Wild Guitar (1962), and Deadwood '76 (1965), often under the pseudonyms of Nicholas Merriwether or William Waters. His son, Arch Hall Jr. (born 1945), co-wrote and played leading roles in many of the films. Hall's little misadventures were released by his own company, Fairway Productions, located in Burbank, CA. His death was attributed to a heart attack. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Arch Sr. Hall:
- Ghost Mine with George Houston , Alaine Brandes , Budd Buster , Frank S. Hagney , Alden Chase , Reed Howes , Charles King , George Cheseboro , Lane Bradford , Buffalo Jr. Bill , Steve Clark , Curley Dresden , Frank Ellis , Karl Hackett , Jack Ingram , Edward Sr. Peil , Al St. John , Augie Gomez , Byron Vance
- Thieves Like Us with Keith Carradine , Shelley Duvall , John Schuck , Bert Remsen , Louise Fletcher , Tom Skerritt , Ann Latham , Rodney Jr. Lee , Suzanne Majure , Eleanor Matthews , John Roper , Mary Waits , William Watters , Nicholas Merriwether , Joan Tewkesbury , Pam Warner , Al Scott , Josephine Bennett , Walter Cooper , Lloyd Jones , Howard Warner
- The Nasty Rabbit with Mischa Terr , Arch Jr. Hall , Melissa Morgan , Jack Little , John Akana , Hal Bokar , George Morgan , Laszlo Kovacs , Richard Kiel , Ray Vegas
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