Huntz Hall

Rick Nielsen, the rock guitarist from Cheap Trick, modeled his wardrobe and look after Hall.

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Huntz Hall is depicted on the cover of The Beatles' 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (2nd to the left of Bob Dylan).

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Huntz's only son, Leslie Richard, changed his name to Gary.

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Despite the Germanic look that resulted in his nickname, he was of Irish descent.

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An avid Major League Baseball fan, Huntz prominently wore a Black NL National League umpire cap during television interviews.

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Shemp Howard was his son's godfather.

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His son became a minister in the 1970s and leads a church in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

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He lived for several years in the Seaview Village neighborhood of Canarsie, Brooklyn, NY.

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His grandson Oliver became a musician and currently lives in California.

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Huntz served in the Army during World War II, but little is known about his service (where he was stationed) because he was still making films throughout that time. Some of the films were made for the War Department. For example, he played a comedic character named Lieutenant Dilbert in the Navy training film Don't Kill Your Friends (1943).

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Huntz Hall's character (Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones) was used in the animated series Fangface (1978) and Fangface and Fangpuss (1979).

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He appeared in approximately 50 films.

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