Hal K. Dawson

Characters played by Hal K. Dawson

Photographer at Pool (uncredited) — Hellzapoppin' (1941)

Uncredited photographer capturing pool scenes

O'Grady (uncredited) — Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

Uncredited background character named O'Grady.

Chuck Weber — Superman and the Mole Men (1951)

Local resident caught up in the town's panic over the strange visitors.

Cameraman — Safety in Numbers (1938)

Films events or documents town activities.

Career Overview

Hal K. Dawson has 114 screen credits in a career dating back to 1934. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently Blondie with 3 titles. Signature works include How to Read, How to Sub-Let, The Rat Race. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 114
Birth Date: 1896-10-17
Birth Place: Rockville, Connecticut, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

Blondie (3 titles)
Fanny Brice Collection (1 titles)
Superman Classic (1 titles)
Superman (George Reeves) Collection (1 titles)
The Olsen & Johnson in Hollywood Collection (1 titles)
The Broadway Melody Collection (1 titles)
Jones Family (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Robert Benchley (2 collaborations)
Marie Blake (2 collaborations)
Barbara Bedford (1 collaborations)
Mahlon Hamilton (1 collaborations)
Hobart Cavanaugh (1 collaborations)
Esther Dale (1 collaborations)
Margaret Bert (1 collaborations)
Tony Curtis (1 collaborations)
Debbie Reynolds (1 collaborations)
Jack Oakie (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (114 credits)
- Wicked, Wicked
  Grandpa Blake (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
- The Touch of Satan
  Mr. Gentry
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Funny Girl
  Doorman at Keeney's (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- Adam-12
  
  - West Valley Division (1973) ... Watchman actor actors
  
  1968
- An American Dream
  Apartment House Guard
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1966
- The Rat Race
  Bo Kerry
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1960
- The Alligator People
  Conductor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1959
- Face of a Fugitive
  Jackson (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1959
- The Last Hurrah
  Managing Editor (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1958
- Teacher's Pet
  Bill (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1958
- Lawman
  
  - The Squatters (1961) ... Fane actor actors
  
  1958
- The Tin Star
  Andy Miller
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1957
- A Lawless Street
  Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- Foxfire
  Tourist (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- Three for the Show
  Theatre Treasuer (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- Cheyenne
  
  - Massacre at Gunsight Pass (1961) ... Truckee Charlie actor actors
  
  1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  
  - The End of Indian Summer (1957) ... Graham actor actors
  
  - You Got to Have Luck (1956) ... Secretary actor actors
  
  1955
- The Country Girl
  Actor in Play (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- The Yellow Mountain
  Sam Torrence
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- The Glenn Miller Story
  Used Car Salesman (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- Park Row
  Mr. Wiley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- Young Man with Ideas
  Mr. Cumberly (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- Superman and the Mole Men
  Chuck Weber
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- Rhubarb
  Mr. Fisher
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- You're My Everything
  Ticket Seller (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- Slightly French
  Whitaker (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- Chicken Every Sunday
  Jake Barker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- You Gotta Stay Happy
  Night Clerk
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- Blondie in the Dough
  Mr. Tyler, the Grocer (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- Merton of the Movies
  Gus Blanchard - Agent (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- Danger Street
  Stevens
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- A Likely Story
  Dr. Fraser (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- Blondie's Big Moment
  Mr. Little (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- The Best Years of Our Lives
  Man at Airport (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1946
- Guest Wife
  Dennis
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- Greenwich Village
  Cashier
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
- Hi Diddle Diddle
  Minister
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- Mr. Lucky
  Draft Board Doctor (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
  Producer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Baby Face Morgan
  J.B. Brown
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- The Magnificent Dope
  Charlie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- My Favorite Spy
  Eberle
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Meet the Stewarts
  Waiter (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- The Mad Martindales
  Hotel clerk
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Obliging Young Lady
  Bore in Pullman Car with Linda (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Song of the Islands
  John Rodney
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- The Fleet's In
  Bert
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Hellzapoppin'
  Photographer at Pool (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- Three Girls About Town
  Guest
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- Week-End in Havana
  Mr. Marks
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- Lydia
  Hotel Desk Clerk
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- Cracked Nuts
  Sawhorse Man
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- Washington Melodrama
  Logan
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- You're the One
  Male Secretary
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- This Thing Called Love
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Little Men
  Telegraph Operator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Tin Pan Alley
  Hotel Clerk
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Public Deb No. 1
  Layout Man
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- The Great Profile
  Ticket Seller
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- We Who Are Young
  Salesman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Millionaires in Prison
  Mike, a Reporter (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Lillian Russell
  Chauffeur
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- The Doctor Takes a Wife
  Charlie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Two Girls on Broadway
  License Bureau Clerk (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Star Dust
  Cargo, Wellman's Assistant
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Blondie on a Budget
  Bank Teller (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Broadway Melody of 1940
  O'Grady (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Swanee River
  Drunken Man on Riverboat
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- The Great Victor Herbert
  George Faller
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
  Bill
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Pack Up Your Troubles
  Booking Agent
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Two Bright Boys
  Boswell
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Blackmail
  Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Hotel for Women
  Dave Moore
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- I Stole a Million
  (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Rose of Washington Square
  Chump
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
  Man in Balcony (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- The Ice Follies of 1939
  Publicity Man (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- How to Sub-Let
  Real Estate Agent
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Kentucky
  Auction Clerk
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- There Goes My Heart
  Camera Clerk (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Too Hot to Handle
  Film Cutter (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- How to Read
  Annoying Club Member (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Boy Meets Girl
  Wardrobe Attendant
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Keep Smiling
  Casting Director
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Rich Man, Poor Girl
  Mr. Allen
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Gateway
  Reporter
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
  Pedestrian at Burglary Site (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- You and Me
  Information Clerk (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Safety in Numbers
  Cameraman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- The Nurse from Brooklyn
  Tommy Tucker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- International Settlement
  Master of Ceremonies
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Wells Fargo
  Ormsby - N.Y. Herald Correspondent
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- Mama Runs Wild
  Bank Robber (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- Love and Hisses
  Music store clerk
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- Second Honeymoon
  Andy
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- A Night at the Movies
  Mr. Pennelly (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- Danger – Love at Work
  Mike, the chauffeur
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
  Jim - Ticket Seller in Boston
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- One Mile from Heaven
  Information Clerk
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- Easy Living
  Jeweler (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- On Again—Off Again
  Sanford
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- She Had to Eat
  Mr. McIntire - Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- Café Metropole
  Arthur Cleveland Thorndyke
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- We're on the Jury
  John Weatherman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- Wedding Present
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- Libeled Lady
  Harvey Allen
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- China Clipper
  Airplane Designer (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- My American Wife
  Stephen Cantillon
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- Public Enemy's Wife
  Daugherty
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- Everybody's Old Man
  Jameson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- Paddy O'Day
  Motorist
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- Music Is Magic
  Jim Watson (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1935
- The Firebird
  Assistant Stage Manager
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1934

Content sources

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