Gen. Hetherton — The Hour Before the Dawn Character Profile

About Gen. Hetherton

Jim's grandfather who instructs the young Jim to shoot a rifle in 1923, an event that indirectly triggers Jim's lifelong pacifism.

Character Facts

Played by

Henry Stephenson

Appears in

The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Gen. Hetherton — Family Grandson — Jim (as a boy) (Raymond Severn)

  Grandfather mentors Jim in marksmanship, an event that later triggers his pacifism.

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