Jon Hall (actor)

Jon Hall
Hall in 1956
Born	Charles Felix Locher (1915-02-23)February 23, 1915 Fresno, California, U.S.
Died	December 13, 1979(1979-12-13) (aged 64) North Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1935–1965
Spouse(s)	Frances Langford ​ ​ (m. 1934; div. 1955)​ Raquel Torres (m. 1959; div. 19??) (m. 19??; div. 19??)

Jon Hall (born Charles Felix Locher,^[1] February 23, 1915 – December 13, 1979) was an American film actor known for playing a variety of adventurous roles, as in 1937's The Hurricane, and later when contracted to Universal Pictures, including Invisible Agent and The Invisible Man's Revenge and six films he made with Maria Montez. He was also known to 1950s fans as the creator and star of the Ramar of the Jungle television series which ran from 1952 to 1954. Hall directed and starred in two 1960s sci-fi films in his later years, The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965) and The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966).

One critical appraisal described Hall as follows:

Handsome, well-built, slightly awkward and not terribly charismatic, he nonetheless managed to persevere in leading roles for two decades, half that time in “A” pictures, which isn’t too shabby by any measure, especially for someone who couldn’t really act. He had the lead role in a bona fide classic from a master director, appeared in a string of beloved cult pictures (covering camp, horror and “I can’t believe they made that”), formed one-third of a legendary on-screen team, had an exotic love life and tragic death, got involved in a Hollywood scandal and was a genuine renaissance man IRL, reinventing himself several times.^[2]